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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5045691, member: 173"]
Back in the 90s I was reading articles in places like Sports Illustrated that Syracuse was a key piece in the college athletics landscape that both the ACC and Big Ten would die to have.  But the administration back then neglected to invest in athletics (and actually plundered athletics revenues to spend elsewhere…), so we were a significantly weakened brand by the early 2000s.

The TWO and the bad Dr managed to do as much damage as they possibly could to the university as a whole, and the athletics department, especially the football program, did not escape the reverse Midas touch those two useless clowns had.

Then Mark Coyle came in, realized what a dumpster fire he’d walked into and noped out as fast as he could get his bags packed and a flight to Minnesota booked.

While Wildhack’s legacy isn’t set, I think we need to realize he willingly came to the table knowing he was starting with a ten high hand, and has at least stemmed most of the bleeding of the last three decades.  I’m willing to give him a lot of leeway because leadership at SU has been an endless parade of clowns, grifters, and cowards for three decades - and JW doesn’t appear to be any of those three (despite what Dan LeBatard thinks, he’s demonstrated some strong clown and coward tendencies which may be why he hates JW so much).

If Fran Brown works out, JW deserves a ton of credit for having the courage to go off the board for that hire…even if Fran Brown doesn’t, I’ll give him credit for thinking outside the box at a time it was badly needed.
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