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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 161201, member: 27"] Well, let's break it out into individual sports. The Olympic sports...I think we will always be a power in men's lacrosse, expect a couple NCs here over the next 10 years. The ACC if anything will make us stronger. Same applies to women's lacrosse. We are recruiting well, and Gait is going to get us some hardware for women. Women's hoops...Q hasn't shown me much on the coaching front. He can recruit but on gameday, he is not getting things done. Hope he can get it together, I like him as a person a lot. Men's hoops.....we have the Melo Center, we have as much talent as anyone in the pipeline, we have the Carrier Dome, which will remain unique because of its size. We will be playing an easier schedule, should be able to get 13 or 14 conference wins each season without much problem. Attendance might take a hit...but that could be offset by a long term stay in the top 10, which I think is a distinct possibility. The only fly in the ointment is JB's eventual retirement. Don't know if Hop can coach but we do know he is a phenomenal recruiter and we know he has spent a ton of time learning next to one of the top 3 or 4 head basketball coaches in the history of the college game. And we know JB thinks he is the man who should replace him. That is good enough for me. Football...I think DM has shown he is able to win games against programs with more talent than he has. The question is, can he ever get to the point where he is on an equal footing with the other schools in the ACC (right now he is not there). I don't think the ACC is a level higher than the Big East is in the football. I think they are roughly equivalent. Overall, ACC facilities are a little better. We have to do something about this to ensure the long term success of football. To me, SU is at a crossroads in football. If the school is willing to take a significant amount of the guaranteed increased revenues that will come with the ACC and invest them in things like a new indoor practice facility, better training facilities, nicer locker rooms, etc., I think we will be fine. I believe DM when he says that if he has a level playing field, he will have great success. I hope don't end up end up siphoning off the profits from revenue sharing and putting them in the general fund. That will ensure we end up fighting it out for last place with Duke and BC...perennial lovable losers. [/QUOTE]

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