Well the fact remains that people make decisions that they believe will be a benefit to them.
just use your search function, We have a snow blower thread for the last 5 years. We tend to forget what was posted after 2-3 months especially the older posters, 90% of us.
Nope. We don't have to respect it, accept it, understand it, believe it, or even give it any thought whatsoever, if we don't want to. 😀
I was referring to the Oregon game. I specified that game because I specifically heard that story. I dont know what controls he had in other games
Some people once thought that the earth was flat too. More knowledgeable people proved them wrong.
Another lazy narrative. 18 year olds are not thinking about price of living, scenery, weather. They are not making football decisions based on how it will be raising a family there. lol None of them will have to snow blow during their 3 or 4 winters in Syracuse
Yes and to some degree I think's it is a rationalization so that we can still feel warm in our Rutgers will be better than SU in perpetuity blanket instead of the reality which is Syracuse made a good hire and will most likely be improved and potentially pretty quickly if their NIL river runs strong.
You’ve been around this place long enough to realize snowblowers are a thing here.
Recruiting will improve because hiring great recruiters usually do that in the beginning .
That was a fair knock on Locks, given his coaching record up until the last few years. Maybe he grew and learned, or just maybe he was able to hire better coordinators. Or maybe 80% of his late success was Taulia?
Agreed on the above.
I somewhat agree. He has surrounded himself with great recruiters. I am surprised he didn't bring someone in that has extensive coordinator or head coaching experience. As you have said head coaching is less on field coaching and more administrative. That is a role he has never had. Not saying he cant grow into this role but it is not something he has experience. But anyone that thinks he will not be a pain in the ass on the recruiting trail is sadly mistaken. As you said above he will be dangerous.
I only have a smallish electric snow blower so no prep needed just as I like it.
Getting old with that shtick
Even I expect Syracuse recruiting to improve, they normally have a recruiting class ranked in the 70’s and in a good class around 50’s. They are 11th in a conference of 14 teams, near the bottom of the barrel. If they are lucky they get to the middle of the barrel. The coach will get 8 wins right before his contract is up and renew his contract for another 4 years which the fans will regret similar to Dino Babers. The vicious cycle continues and the hope lies in the next coach.
we have the 35th ranked class of 24 and 19 are not from NJ...Some of our own fans didn't get the memo from Schiano
I previously mentioned the majority of the NJ recruits that we are losing are going to Top 10 National programs, Ohio State, Michigan, Norte Dame, Wisconsin and Penn State, normally the Top 15 recruits and other Big Ten teams #16-20 rated recruits. There just aren’t enough NJ recruits to make a good teams like 20 years ago. Recruiting has to be national. I wouldn’t worry about Cuse recruiting vs Ohio State or Michigan.
Winning at the highest levels of college football goes beyond recruiting NJ high school football players. We now play in a national conference. I think other states may have some good players to develop too😉
Greg has gotten smart about it...we have some kids that come out of places like BC and DBP that are national kids- they are usually going to the elites. We then pick and choose the others we want. And Greg doesn't care so much about their state rank as we are in their backyard- we can find the KM type player who was behind the national recruit (Berger). But Greg also realizes we are in the B1G and now we have a pool of players in B1G country and Florida who will be able to play at this level but may need to be coached up just a little more.
The best recruiter of all time at Rutgers, Jeff Hafley, according to most Rutgers fans, Fran comes in a far second, has really made a dent on our recruiting. The last 4 years Jeff has gotten 5 NJ recruit. Their only 2022 recruit is now in the portal.
Penn State and Georgia has 2 out of the top 5 2025 NJ recruits already. The majority of them are going to Top 10 programs not Cuse which is in the bottom of the barrel in the ACC.
