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[QUOTE="Finwad32, post: 1094255, member: 651"]
I'll jump off Carlson a little bit because overall he put together a decent article with multiple sources. But, there were a couple of points in the article that I believe could've and should've been done differently. IMO he's using quotes to ram home a point.

-Saying Shafer has taken a "cynical" approach to the rankings and making it seem like that's because Syracuse has been at the bottom of the rankings.

- Dohn pointed out that Syracuse is rarely beating out P5 conference teams for recruits in their own backyard? What's rarely and what's backyard? Specify and rebuff or strengthen the claim. I know that on a national level we're beating a lot more P5 teams than 5 years ago, I'd be willing to wager over 80% of our recruits/commits have other P5 offers. That's why I ask what is our backyard?

- Then the Louisville quote, please, rankings don't quantify wins/losses. And, if you think it's okay that he put a half hearted disclaimer in half an article away that says you can win regularly/frequently but not ACC titles, then I disagree. Furthermore, he could've corrected him there... We're only one season removed from the Big East, I'm sure he remembers our last Louisville game.

Again, overall I think it's a decent article. But I think he's using quotes to strengthen an opinion instead of reporting from all angles and letting the reader formulate their own. My main hang up was with Dohn.
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