Cantor the Cannibal

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Interesting article on SU's budget

Lowlights:

-"Before RCM we were in pretty good shape," said Gross, who was hired in December 2004. "Now with RCM, it's a different animal for us because now we're paying a lot of (expenses) that we weren't paying for before. It's made it even more challenging. There's more revenues that we have to keep (generating)."

-First, while academic centers fund financial aid through tuition, Athletics has no tuition revenue to support its scholarships for its near-600 athletes. Second, the athletic department's facilities cover more area than most other centers on campus and demand higher utility costs. Part of the participation tax involves square footage.

-At Syracuse, the percentage of Athletics' revenue that comes from subvention is less than the national average at private schools - 20 percent compared to 28 percent.

Well that makes sense. A Sports school like SU is below avg in helping out Athletics. Brilliant!!!!

What can Brown(ing) do for (S)U?

I have to say I love this guy and I love his system. I really think he will be able to succeed at SU. The question is will he be given the chance? SU has historically been a power running team and this guy will bring that back, which I love to see. But how much can he do in one year? And will the D be good enough to save GRobs job? That is the real question. I do not think GRobs system fits in the college game. But even if it did, SU isnt likely to be very good on D since the players are so young. This group is likely to have its ups and downs no matter who the coach is.

Since the D is so young and the O has a new OC, it isnt likely the team will be over .500. So what is SUs benchmark for this staff returning in 2009? If the team goes say 4-8 and is well coached and plays close games how in the hell can you fire GRob? I do not think GRob is the answer at SU but he was brought back on "fairness". If SU has a season like I mentioned and he is fired then this season was all a waste and pointless. That would show that SU is totally clueless to the situation. Why bring the guy back for 2008 if you are not willing to be fair?

Browning is the type of guy I want as OC. But will he be around long enough to get results? I sure hope so. GRob isnt likely to get it done on D. If SU has to make a choice I hope they either keep GRob and force on him a new DC or promote Browning to HC. Losing Browning would be a mistake.

Fun Quotes

Is that you Mr Robinson?


"My belief and what I see and where I believe we can go as a team... I believe one day that we will win a championship here and I believe a couple of these guys will be a part of that."

"As I sit here and I say it today, I know people will laugh even more at me, but I'm hell-bent on getting this accomplished and making sure that we get it done. And I'm not leaving until we get it done."

"I want to leave something that's going to stand for a long time. I want to leave a legacy. I want to leave a tradition. I want to leave an imprint, a blueprint in terms of how people play and how they coach and how they respond when they put on a ... uniform."

""This is a dark time for us, but I know there's a light at the end of this tunnel and I'm going to keep digging and I'm going to keep pushing and I'm not going to quit. I'm going to do it here."

"I believe we're on the right path and I believe we have the right players." "Our record doesn't show that, but I'm not ready to give up on these players.

"We have good talent. We have good players. We have young players ... and we have a good nucleus. We just need to get them to play well together."


Sounds familiar doesnt it? I guess GRob and Zeke have a lot in common. Both have a good eye for talent and both have driven once proud teams into the ground with mismanagement and poor coaching. Even worse, neither were fired for some strange reason. So who is more inept... Syracuse University or Mr Dolan? I may have to give the edge to SU as Dolan looks to finally be moving on. We cant say the same about SU even if we see another 2-10 season.

I'm Back

Now that BBall season is over I can give 110% to SU FB. Unfortunately SU isnt giving 110% as well since they kept GRob on for another year. And he is likely back for a 5th year as well. Even he cant mess up the Northeastern and Akron games. That plus an improved O should be enough.
I wouldnt mind him staying if he was just HC and was totally removed from any coaching decisions. We better not see any walk ons at KR or PR. He have athletes. Look at the difference the last few games on PR when he finally stopped going conservative with the PRs. The guy is a good recruiter but please leave the FB decisions to the FB guys.

I love bringing in Mitch Browning. I would love it even more if he were OC under Glen Mason with the succession plan of Browning. Would SU not be better off that way? Browning has come in and had more of an impact already in 3 months than GRob has in 3 years. That is a guy who gets it. Now we need a DC and STs guy to join our recruiting specialist GRob. If that were to happen, SU would be THE program in the BE. With RRod leaving there is no current top dog. There is a great opportunity here for SU, lets not F it up.

And the winner is.....

Orange Nation has voted Mike Locksley as the guy who should be SU's new Head FB coach. Unfortunately this wont happen because SU doesnt care about FB. Hopefully this time next year the candidates will be as good as this crop, otherwise SU just screwed itself. Luckily for SU most of these guys should still be available. However Coughlin, Mason, and Oleary will all be a year closer to retirement. BTW the Oleary buy out can be worked around. If SU went to UCF and said we will pay you $200K per year over 5 years, give you a 3 for 2 FB series (which is priceless since no BCS team will give them 1 home game let alone 3), and will lobby for you should the BE expand, do you really think UCF would say no?

Final Results

Mike Locksley 16
Paul Johnson 11
HCRE 10
Kevin Rogers 2