It’s not just about talent. Although that is lacking significantly as seen with depth issues. For every gem found, they recruit a lot of guys with MAC only offers. They are last in the ACC in recruiting almost every year. With a better coach they might be able to make up for the lack of talent. Unfortunately, DB isn’t a good coach.
If ‘Cuse wants to compete for ACC championships, hell just compete for a bowl game every year, then they need to cut their losses & pay big money for a big time coach who can recruit and better fund recruiting.
Honestly, the money situation isn’t bad and they are middle of the pack in almost every metric, but they fall short in recruit spending.
graphics.wsj.com
A look at which schools spend the most on college football and which spend the least.
www.syracuse.com
^This one is a few years old and Im sure Syracuse has spent more money each year.
See how much the top schools spend to get the best players.
finance.yahoo.com