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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 4070412, member: 41"] [MEDIA=twitter]1465334805114069005[/MEDIA] Wildhack: “Coach Babers will return for the 2022 season.” Potential for 18 of 22 starters to return. Wildhack: The young men play hard for Coach Babers. We all know what the expectation is for 2022. We need to win more games. Wildhack: “We want to play that 13th game. We also want to be competitive in the division.”(on expectations for 2022) Wildhack on why he wants to bring Dino back: "It was important for me to see development and progress in this year's team." Says he saw it on D and in the run game. Wildhack said Babers' buyout did not factor at all into the decision to bring him back. "Strictly football." Wildhack says decisions on assistant coaches are up to the head coach. Wildhack says he hopes to make enhancements to recruiting staff that can impact next season. Says he will need alumni and donor support. Special teams will also be addressed next season, Wildhack said. The Orange didn’t have a special teams coordinator in 2021, leading to struggles with the unit the entire season. Wildhack said he has confidence that SU's passing game can get better after a full offseason of Garrett Shrader working with WRs. On the OC vacancy: Dino's call, but "we've talked about someone who's worked with and developed quarterbacks." Wildhack says Syracuse went into last offseason knowing the offensive line needed to improve. The program made a hire. Things got better. He says Syracuse needs to make three strong hires. Wildhack: if you bring in a new head coach, that coach brings in a new staff. That means Tony White isn’t here. We had a run game that was the best in the ACC. We need to find coaches the caliber of Tony White and Mike Schmidt. Asked Wildhack about the possibility of the quickly retained Tony White becoming HC in the future. Praised him for his strategy and his ability to connect with players. Didn't want to get into a potential Babers bridge, but "someday, he has the qualities to be a head coach." [/QUOTE]

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