Your starting to see Fran and his assistants get exposed for a lack

[charleston]

What happened to Ross-Simmons? he was our best and most sure-handed receiver

 

[Ttk.gman2]

What happened to Ross-Simmons? he was our best and most sure-handed receiver

Injured and he has no QB to throw him the ball.

 

[tbonezone]

Carson Beck protected the football, was able to get the ball to his playmakers

like his 330 pound samoan lineman ...

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Pasqualoni was literally on the field with Freeney when he got his number retired. He got a standing ovation. Things are fine with him and SU.

Great let’s get him on the freaking sideline to help out on defense again. Sheesh, this is an all hands on deck moment for this program

 

[Scooch]

Hope we get to the portal bowl again in April.

we actually need Don brown as d coordinator and maybe another sage x and o guy in the program. If pasqualoni wasn’t persona non grata he’d make a great advisor to the program.

Just need some adults

Cheer up, man.

 

[Cusefan95]

Thing is, Fran *did* recover from the QB mistake! He got Angeli after the spring game. That was a huge recovery and could have netted us a half-way decent season.

Again, the issue, which is hard to address admittedly, is that not only didn’t we have a good QB2, we didn’t have a good QB 3 or QB 4.

I’m giving the benefit of the doubt to the poster I was responding to that there was some unaddressed mistake, but agree Fran did what he could. Missing on a guy like Collins is going to happen. Getting Angeli addressed that.

What more interesting is what happens in recruiting. If we go hard for an obvious starter to replace Angeli - which is what the anti-Fran crowd seems to want - I’m not sure how you keep Angeli. If you go for a legitimate backup, you’re hoping Angeli recovers which isn’t a given from his injury. Ideally you want as many potential starters as possible - but with NIL that’s bordering on impossible for everyone, especially at QB.

My opinion is you count on Angeli, recruit a young guy to redshirt and maybe become starter down the road, and hope for the best. Recruiting a “McCord” type so we can have either him or Angeli be second string seems unlikely.

 

[cusefan88]

Now Fran has an off-season to evaluate and retool his staff. First-time HC growing pains.

 

[JimBoston]

My opinion is you count on Angeli, recruit a young guy to redshirt and maybe become starter down the road, and hope for the best. Recruiting a “McCord” type so we can have either him or Angeli be second string seems unlikely.

McCord was a once in a generation transfer QB so don't ever expect someone of his caliber to transfer to Syracuse as successful starting QBs from one of the top P2 schools are not readily available in the portal. But, you have to bring in a backup QB for next year.

 

[Scooch]

I’m giving the benefit of the doubt to the poster I was responding to that there was some unaddressed mistake, but agree Fran did what he could. Missing on a guy like Collins is going to happen. Getting Angeli addressed that.

What more interesting is what happens in recruiting. If we go hard for an obvious starter to replace Angeli - which is what the anti-Fran crowd seems to want - I’m not sure how you keep Angeli. If you go for a legitimate backup, you’re hoping Angeli recovers which isn’t a given from his injury. Ideally you want as many potential starters as possible - but with NIL that’s bordering on impossible for everyone, especially at QB.

My opinion is you count on Angeli, recruit a young guy to redshirt and maybe become starter down the road, and hope for the best. Recruiting a “McCord” type so we can have either him or Angeli be second string seems unlikely.

I don’t think we can count on Angeli being ready to play from game #1 next season. We take injury recovery for granted, but it’s not unlikely, even when he is able to play, that he has a lot of rust. And he may not be nearly as mobile as he was pre-injury.

Which is all to say that I think it’s imperative that we bring in a starting-caliber QB via the portal. Maybe it’s a high quality G5/FCS guy with 2+ years of eligibility because that’s all we’ll be able to attract. But it’s gotta be somone(s).

 

[anomander]

McCord was a once in a generation transfer QB so don't ever expect someone of his caliber to transfer to Syracuse as successful starting QBs from one of the top P2 schools are not readily available in the portal. But, you have to bring in a backup QB for next year.

I think most people on here realize just how rare that was that we got a starting QB, who was highly successful, from one of the blue bloods of the sport, but I doubt the average SU football fan is aware. As you said, I don’t ever expect anything like that to happen again, and i’m still shocked it did. All the credit for that goes to Fran Brown. For the most part we’re going to have to hit on guys like Angelo, who lost a 1 v 1 starting job to an elite QB at a blue blood.

The one thing I think the staff needs to improve on is who to go after in the portal, utilizing NIL on proven commodities.

 

[FrancoPizza]

The crusty old DC is right there, just hire him. Maybe it's end of season. But give Don Brown the DC job, and tell ERob that he's co-coordinator and DT coach. And if that's not for him, then he needs to find another school.

I don't know what to do about offense. You have a head coach that wants to run the ball, an OC that wants to throw the ball, and without the right QB we can't do either. But I'd probably prioritize most of the money on the line of scrimmage on both sides. It's always our weak spot. Always.

I’d prioritize OL coaching just the same. Dale sucks asz.

 

[Dinkyspond]

Pasqualoni was literally on the field with Freeney when he got his number retired. He got a standing ovation. Things are fine with him and SU.

I think Paul has finally retired. It would be worth a shot to see if he's interested in a consultant/analyst role. At worst, he can say no. I believe his wife, Jill, is from Syracuse so perhaps there would be some interest in a homecoming.

 

[elimunelson]

Cheer up, man.

Hahaha. Agreed. I have this issue w the patriots being good and su stinking and vice versa since about 1997. Want this to end

So yeah I’m fine. Just hate the season flush that we are ok with at SU. Making a bowl game is like next level easy in 2025 vs 1993 and 1994 when we had teams that were mediocre and yet won 6 and 7 games.

 

[elimunelson]

I think Paul has finally retired. It would be worth a shot to see if he's interested in a consultant/analyst role. At worst, he can say no. I believe his wife, Jill, is from Syracuse so perhaps there would be some interest in a homecoming.

He’d be a good advisor type. I assume he’s not gonna bend over backwards w the way the university treated him when they fired him so grossly.

 

[kirbivore]

I think Paul has finally retired. It would be worth a shot to see if he's interested in a consultant/analyst role. At worst, he can say no. I believe his wife, Jill, is from Syracuse so perhaps there would be some interest in a homecoming.

I'd rather have PP lurking on the sidelines than Will Hicks.

 

[Dinkyspond]

He’d be a good advisor type. I assume he’s not gonna bend over backwards w the way the university treated him when they fired him so grossly.

I don't think Paul is vindicative like that, his daughter Cami graduated from SU and was part of the athletics department involved with football recruiting and other things. I think it's all water under the bridge for him.

 

[SuFTW]

It is inexcusable. You made my point. How do you know there's nobody behind Angelli that's remotely capable? They throw a walk on in last week . Then put the NIL guy back in today knowing he can't do the job.

But what does inexcusable mean? It happened, so if no excuses are allowed do we fire Fran?

 

[rvandertx57]

But what does inexcusable mean? It happened, so if no excuses are allowed do we fire Fran?

Yea, that's the point I was trying to make, fire Fran. Read through the posts. I'm a Fran fan.

 

[SuFTW]

Yea, that's the point I was trying to make, fire Fran. Read through the posts. I'm a Fran fan.

So it is excusable? I am just not a fan of throwing around the term inexcusable when it is not actually meant.

 

[rvandertx57]

So it is excusable? I am just not a fan of throwing around the term inexcusable when it is not actually meant.

You win.

 

[Faegan]

I'm all in on the Fran Plan. No apologies. I liked the hire, I liked taking a different approach. I'm not going to cry about it now. Doesn't mean it's going to be painless. That's it. That's where I'm at.