At the end of six years all Syracuse would have to show for Skippy would be a couple of Music City Bowl bids and a .500 overall record. Then pappa Lou will be talking about what a great job he did and pushing him for the ND job. He might be the safe pick but the ceiling is too low for me. Give me someone who really wants the SU job and isn’t concerned about checking around to see what other jobs might be available.

What’s the reason for the capitalization when you’re talking about DOCTOR Gross?

TIA

Is it too obvious? Come on people, the best coaching candidate with the best credentials, while coaching in the toughest conference. Oh yeh, against only 8 of the top 20 head coaches in the country. Bearly missed winning the national championship after going unbeaten 4 years ago. doesnt this say it all from wiki

Early career
Tuberville was an assistant coach at Arkansas State University. He then went through the ranks at the University of Miami, beginning as graduate assistant and ending as defensive coordinator in 1993 and winning the national championship three times during his tenure there (1986–1994). In 1994, Tuberville replaced Bob Davie as defensive coordinator under R. C. Slocum at Texas A&M University. The Aggies went 10–0–1 that season.

 Ole Miss
Tuberville got his first collegiate head coaching job at the University of Mississippi. He took over a Rebel team under severe NCAA scholarship sanctions and was named the AP SEC Coach of the Year in 1997. During his tenure, he acquired the nickname “The Riverboat Gambler” for his aggressive play calling, particularly on 4th down. Tuberville is “infamous” at Ole Miss making the statement "They’ll have to carry me out of here in a pine box" in reference to not leaving to coach at another school. Two days after he made that statement, it was announced that he was leaving to go to Auburn, leaving some upset fans at Ole Miss

THIS SHOULD BE OUR COACH

Not to mention, I think he could dominate the big east. East coast conections, Plus some in Texas from when he was at A&M.

You think the good DOCTOR is a fan of yours?

I just do not think that’s true. As bad as the situation is, Syracuse would be a step up for Gill or Holtz. They got notoriety by having great seasons for their schools. Going 6-6 would get them notoriety with Syracuse. Plus the pay would be higher. I think the more likely scenario is Gross knows his ass is on the line. He screws this one up and he is gone. If there is anyone that is remotely qualified, he knows he needs to talk to them. No stone left unturned. I honestly think that is more likely. Could he be wary of an NFL hire? Sure. Could Holtz, Golden, or Gill be lukewarm to the idea of Syracuse? Yea, but I doubt all of them are. Sounds like Gill has a shot at Auburn so it wouldn’t surprise me if he wasn’t too responsive, but everything we see points to Holtz at least having some interest in the job. I think this more Gross covering his bases than anything.

perhaps he’s looking at murphy as oc or dc? haven’t the rumors been that gross wants more input on the type of offense and defense we run?

is a really really good 1AA (FBS?) school. I dont see what people have against taking someone from a league down if we are going to be reaching for OC’s and NFL guys. Tim Murphy has had them going well for a while, coming back from nothing. He turned around Cincy back in the day. His teams are exciting to watch, Ive seen them play Yale and Holly Cross – both games won by Harvard.

Has anyone thought how hard it is to recruit good football players to Harvard? You have to find a special kind of kid who can play top level 1AA football (remember when ap state beat Michigan? 1AA is not that bad) and get a 1500 on his SATs. Finding athletes to play for SU should be a breeze compared to that.

Honestly I dont know why you would leave Harvard. A school with an endowment 30 times the size of ours can fund anything they want and never have budget issues. Remember our womens lacrosse coach before Gait left SU for Harvard.

Bottom line, hes a good coach. SU should take a look at him and as fans of the worst team in college football we should be open minded when it comes to someone that says he can turn shit into gold.

I’ve seen Harvard play probably a dozen times over the last couple of years and he clearly knows what he’s doing. This would be a great pick.

of naming a head coach. Can we just pick someone and name them our head coach and set them off on the recruiting trail?

I see a lot of flash in those press conferences.