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This team deserves better from the fans

I am not entirely sure how to word this email. I will ramble at times,
I'm sure. I'll try to stay focused on my point, but if I go off on a
tangent, please bear with me.

I grew up in Rochester, NY. I have been attending Syracuse games for
26 years now. Save for a couple family members, my entire extended
family lives in Syracuse. I now live more than 1000 miles away in
Memphis, TN. My life and profession have taken me here by way of
Charlotte, NC for five years prior to this June. I am the nostalgic
type -- seems that I have an old soul. I remember the "good old days"
of Cuse football -- Don McPherson and Tim Green and Rob Burnett and
Tommy Kane and Michael Owens and Billy Scharr and Kirby Dar Dar and
Marvin Graves and so on and so on and so on. Never -- not even in the
past four seasons -- have I ever felt anything but pride for the
football team.

And maybe this is easy for me -- to be on the outside looking in.
Maybe it's easy for me to say, what with me being so far away, and so
far removed from the situation there in Central NY. On Saturday, I
called my brother up during the 1st Quarter to lambaste the SU fans
for what the fans there call "support". That was a JOKE on
Saturday...the sparse crowd, the booing, the lack of ANY energy
whatsover.

Look...in the past 22 months, I've been out of work for 10. I know
firsthand how tough things have gotten for a number of families and
professionals all over the country, and Syracuse is no exception. I
realize that money is tight and that attending an SU game may not be
high on your list of things to do. But I have to believe that there
are people who can swing the 10 ducats for a ticket. As a fanbase,
we've done nothing short of put the administration on a skewer and
grill them up. But here we are...8 games into Coach Marrone's first --
FIRST -- season, and there are 30,000 or so (looked like 22k on TV) at
a game against a Top 10 football team. Without being dramatic, that is
simply not acceptable. Not at SU. Maybe at Vandy or Duke or Indiana,
but NOT Syracuse. This is a proud program rich with tradition. And
while that tradition includes grainy, black and white footage from the
1950's and 60's, moreso, this is a program that was 14th in winning
percantage from 1987-2001. There are only a handful of programs that
can boast that type of success during ANY 15 year period. And yes,
that WAS at the start of this decade. And the dissenters may throw at
me that here we are in 2009, and it sure does feel like a 3-9 season
on the horizon. I say hogwash. These kids play their asses off, and
this staff - led by a Syracuse alum - works it's ass off and has very
solid gameplans week in and week out. You can see that pieces are
being put in place. This team brings the wood on D, and let's face it
-- without those turnovers inside the Cincy 10 yd line, that is a
completely different game.

Syracuse is behind the curve regarding their talent. And I don't want
to hear about how this team "raised expectations" with their play
early in the season. Greg Robinson's teams were close too, but would
end up packing it in at times because they weren't tough enough to
handle the adversity. This team has been out of ONE game all year.
They very easily could be 5-3 right now. WIth essentially the same
group of kids from last year.

At the end of the day....Greg Paulus is one of our own. He's a
Syracuse kid. He came home to help the program and play some football.
And SU Fan boos him? What a crock of shit. Disgusting. Look, I will
boo the hell out of UConn and Rutgers and West Virginia -- oooh, I
hate me some Mountaineers -- but to boo your own players??? HORSESHIT.
Complete horseshit. Greg Paulus and Delone Carter and Ryan Bartholemew
and Arthur Jones and Derrell Smith and everyone else deserves...AND
NEEDS...our support. To bail on those kids -- to rag on your own
fucking team -- is totally UNACCEPTABLE and, frankly, embarrassing. If
you want to bash Coach Marrone or DOCTOR Daryl Gross or Nancy Cantor,
or Rob Spence, then fine. They're professionals and they make some
big-time decisions and some big-time money and should be put under the
microscope and questioned. I've got no problem with that. I have to
agree with you, Sean -- good riddance to the students who are
graduating, and everyone else who doesn't attend the games right now
-- to hell with them, too.

I see a light at the end of this long, dark tunnel that has been so
dark and long since 2005. I can see it from 1000 miles away. And I
know Sean can see it from 2800 miles away. Coach Marrone has been
upfront and straight forward and taken full responsibility ever since
he's shown up.

The lack of class and dignity by SU Fan sucks. I'm tired of the boos
and the fickleness of them all. So, SU Fan -- Don't show up when SU
starts competing for the Big East title. And don't show up for tickets
when they make a bowl game. You stay home and you watch your SEC
football or Notre Dame or Big Ten football or whoever the fuck it is
that holds your interest more than a team who is in your backyard
playing hard and giving top programs fits every Saturday.

The Dome will rock again. Kids will want to come to Syracuse again. I
believe that. Truly, I do. And Coach Marrone is the one who will lead
the way.


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Could not agree more

We’ve always had shitty fans at Syracuse. Always. The student body has had its spirit broken lately, and that’s not good, considering the townies have always been terrible in terms of being a do-nothing, front-running fan base. That combination is a recipe for creating the types of embarrassing crowds (both in terms of size and actions during the game) that we saw on Saturday.

That said, since the locals ARE front-runners, and since the students have never seen success up close (the football team has always been a joke to them), winning will be the only thing that fills the Dome again. I know that’s not profound or anything, but Syracuse simply is not the type of town where the fans pack the Dome regardless. It’s more like an NFL city, in terms of how they view the football team. If they win, they will show up. When they lose….when the team needs the support most…they will not. It’s a sad reality, but it is just that – reality.

"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998

by kotite4ever on Nov 4, 2009 7:38 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

tripping down memory lane?

and if so, u must remember, those offenses, well maybe hurley and scharr somewhat, but basic, marvin graves, mcpherson, and mcnabb in no way resembled the types of qbs that have been populating the dome recently.one reason, its lots easier to find some cloner dropback passer who can m anage a game" rather then a dynamic opton guy who can throw bombs on the run. and its not just like nebraska , VT, wvu, and navy/airforce ,, orygun"that are trying to recruit these guys now. lots of schools are out there. and i was wishing that marrrone would actually show some iniative, and creative play calling. for a change. if we wanted the same ole stale and boring nfl offense that never takes chances, we could have kept grob! and most other schools seem to be doing just fine, w ith out all the silly dress codes marrone seems intent on. cept, of c ourse for say navy, usaf academy, west point. i would submit u put your thinking cap on and check on the scores that GT/wishbone, and orygun/spread run opton, rolled up vs usc and vanderbilt. granted, vanderbilt is bottom feeder road kill in the might sec most of the years, but rolling up 613 yards vs USC?that is smoking!i dont see a big future for any of these characters from the nfl here in college football. the only reason weis has not been fired is they still owe him like 12 million. its ovious he dont care for beamer ball"-defense, run, and special teams.i submit also, that rutgers, pitt and ct, playing the pro set, flat out would be torched every time they play say bama and usc. big east teams are never, ever gonna match say UT/OK/USC/BAMA/LSU talent levles. as the big 11 has found out many times, they simply cant play pro set smash mouth and win vs USC on any level.so far, marrone is not gonna be confused with kelly from cinci, kelly from orygun".. urban meyer, rodriquez. i personally feel at this point,if we had hired d’addoizo from the gators, kelly from oregon, or say even the UB coach, we would be at least 5-3. as marrone admits, its about putting a winning product on the field. that means offenses that outquicks, out maneuvers bigger stronger teams who go 2-3 deep to our one.that does not mean confusion when a typical" nfl plan simply wont work. and i am really sick of all this dink pass wco nfl stuff, flare passes, bubble screens, blah blah, that guy slike weise, marrone, wannstead are so fond of. gotta get innovative for a change. there is absolutely nothing su has shown that all the defense coaches they are playing have not seen countless times every sunday for years. and marrone of all folks should have realized that the only thing thats gonna win for schools like wvu, su, navy, kansas, ole mizzou.. is some kind of opton , triple, spread pass, spread run, that negates the raw talent of schools at the top, the big dogs, non?

by eiremist on Nov 6, 2009 3:23 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

cleveland browns and green bay packers?

not always true, since i think inmost cases, both the green bay townies" and the cleveland b rowns fans have been exposed to some really bad years, still supported the team in large numbers regardless. i personally have seen the same thing in charlottesville,va, the local red necks dont identify at all with UVA and actually root for VT in the game every year.it does not help that cept for say like ESF forestry and conservation school, the average upstate ny rural and working class ala syracuse, buffalo, rochester, et al, does not i dentify with su at all. i know for a fact, that several of our local kids, way back when,were never recruited sucessfully by su. shane conlan, penn state, bill bergey, arkansas state, and marv hubband, colgate, they all were quite sucessfull with the raiders, eagles, etc. infact,they just had a kid from clymer, ny, here in chautaua qu and cattaraugus area, southwest tier, big fullback at michigan state, set all kinds of td records, never sucessfully recruited to su.. the only one kid i can think of recently, actually was recruited by grob, of all folks, the reciever who just quit the team.

by eiremist on Nov 6, 2009 3:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Not Reasonable

Eiremist –
First off…it’s hard for me to take you seriously when you spell Erie incorrectly. Secondly, you want to crack on me for tripping on Memory Lane, yet you bring up names of recruits like Shane Conlan and Bill Bergey. Really? Those guys are your examples? Hell, you didn’t even mention the kid that chose to go to Western Michigan over SU just a couple years back. Another thing – what the hell do you mean that the Charlottesville townies root for VaTech? Are you comparing UVa to Syracuse??? You’re out of your damn mind. The Cavs can’t hold SU’s jock when it comes to football tradition and history. If there were SU townies that showed up just to root for Pitt or West Virginia, then to hell with them. Now that I mention it, I respectfully say Fuck You right to you. Are you fucking kidding me…? You’re bagging on this team? COME ON. Wake the fuck up, man! This team — shorthanded talentwise in the spring — has lost 21 scholarship players. 21. Let that number sink in. That is 1/4 of all their alotted scholarships. But yeah, they should be better. For cripes’ sake, GIVE THIS STAFF TIME. You sound like every other front-running Orange fan that booed Paulus on Saturday. And if you truly think that Chip Kelly or D’Addazio or someone else would have done more with this team, well, that’s an easy argument to make. Because it’s all based on skepticism. How convenient to bag on this hire…8 games into his campaign. This staff is doing the best they can with the product they have. You can’t make filet mignon with cube steak. The talent level on the Hill has dropped significantly in recent years and couple that with all the players lost and it would put any coaching staff in a tough position.
Look, if you want to bail on the Orangemen, then so be it. Frankly, the sooner you jump off the bandwagon, the sooner we can make room for someone else who WANTS to support the ’Cuse.

by Cooper's Dad on Nov 7, 2009 12:05 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

absolutely shattered by your critique'

guffaw…. well i do think many folks connected with UVA with be bright enough to comprendez vous/capisce’/versteh/comprendos that EIRE" stands for ye ould sod..namely IRELAND! IN GAELIC translated into english.of which i have been to several times, country rosscommon is home to some of the ancesters. naturally, whenever i am there, i am not estupido enough to state i root for the ORANGEMAN" or orangepeople/volk, whatever in this day and age of politcal correct thought. i might well add, apart from the esf forestry /conservation dept, having worked for both USFS in ca, and NPS back in ny, is quite highly ranked. very highly ranked, as is of course cornell ag/conservation. however, to digress.. i have serius doubts that the average su student would gain entrance in other categories to UVA,even if they were instate.pour le example, the law school.. including provost marshall JAG school that even other countries military send their personnal to attend. i also know that UVA has the highest % of black students of any university in the usa.as far as u taking the high road, balderdash! hopefully i wont stoop to vile obscenitys such as your impassioned rants and diatribe. however, i m not forgetting the disgraceful way that the kid recruited, the qb -from william rainey comm college outside of chicago land, was dismissed from scholarship consideraton by the present junta/regime. and i thought it was somewhat shabby the way they did not welcome back with open arms, the in state kid, who wanted to transfer, rb, from central florida back to ny. u have happily and conviently forgot these matters. and last but not least, with all your pitiless whining about losing 21 players, most of them were probably 2nd string in say a bottom feeder program in the mac, for example anyways. also, if u got a genius coach.. they take what they have and win,, after all,coaching is not just recruiting. i might well add, as far as recruits.. that also left 20+slots open for juco kids. say from CA? big time juco football programs out there, many of them, considering there is like what?107 jucos inCA? and u have a kid whose academic and behavoir problems are resolved.. who has 2 extra years of emoitional and physical maturity , as well as 2 additional years of coaching also. the only kid i can remember marrone trying to place from juco ranks, quit football entirely, not exactly a glowing recomendation for coach marrone and his staff. who really are not gonna win big time trying to do a old as the hills pro set offense , even in the big east-muchless opponents from the big 11 .do u serius think that when we play usc in future, marrones pro set formation is gonna outscore theirs? a school that last year had, what? 5 5 star halfback recruits from hs alone??? and by now, the unlike at arkansas when it started, the wildcat" is widely copied.. nothing new or innovative so far. in fact, a team that despite all the nonsense with dress codes and discipline.. reminds me remarkebly of the grobsters teams.. interceptions, penalites, fumbles, u name it.and the same arguments u made, deju vu..i heard them all when the grobster took over. for at least th e first couple of years.

by eiremist on Nov 7, 2009 11:03 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

EIREMIST= IRISHMIST!

 and i believe, that usually in all public university rankings,unlike cornell and su, which after all are mostly private, cept for esf forestry or cornell ag/conservation and labor relations board dept, that UVa annually is ranked say between 2-4#. right up there with michigan, UNC chapel hill..uc berkeley.. non??

by eiremist on Nov 7, 2009 11:12 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Dude

What? Completely incoherent, man.

"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998

by kotite4ever on Nov 7, 2009 3:40 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

me know think so!

incoherent only to folks from new joisey" i would surmise. the same kind of people who booed the naval academy when they stepped on the rutgers football field. a state which sets a standard to tasteless behavoire, including the ex governor .i merely deconstructed the beginning slanderous statement concerning su fans in general. and after the denouement down in pittsburgh today, i think anyone in their right mind , after 5 years is sick of bubble screens.. drop back pocket passers, and coaches win big time experience in the nfl!

by eiremist on Nov 7, 2009 4:40 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Dude

You seriously can not properly construct a sentence. I don’t know what my being from New Jersey has to do with it, other than the fact that I obviously received a better elementary school education than you did.

"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998

by kotite4ever on Nov 7, 2009 4:59 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry

That was kind of a cheap shot on my part. I’m just pissed. But your posts are really hard to read.

"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998

by kotite4ever on Nov 7, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

WHAT?

Great job using big words.

Syracuse fans who boo 19-23 yr old kids — on their OWN TEAM — should be slandered. And it’s not SLANDEROUS because it’s an accurate statement. That was my entire point. And, yeah, I swear. I’m an adult. Four letter words express emotion, of which I feel a lot for a team that I’ve followed my entire life.

Your rambling incoherence and your use of words that 4 people who read this site can understand is impressive. Really, speaking of the academics of schools when I was speaking about FOOTBALL, makes total sense. And, yeah, I get that EIRE means Irish, douchebag. It’s called sarcasm. And no, they don’t teach that at school. It’s something where you need common sense to understand, genius.

And calling the new staff a JUNTA? For crying out loud….Marrone is freaking Irish, not Latino, and I am quite sure that they did not stage a coup in order to get their jobs.

The good news is that you increased traffic on dicionary.com. The bad news is that you call yourself a “fan” of SU. To me, that’s the biggest travesty in all of this

by Cooper's Dad on Nov 7, 2009 11:41 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Stop feeding the troll

It might go away

Formerly Mariners124M... Username was sorta bland, so I'm changin it up

by BQueezy on Nov 8, 2009 3:08 AM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Tip to you guys

If you like this post (as I do) use the “rec” feature on it. If enough people rec it, it will stay longer on the front page as a “recommended fanpost” for more people to be able to read.

I rec’d it, because it is exactly what needs to be said

Formerly Mariners124M... Username was sorta bland, so I'm changin it up

by BQueezy on Nov 8, 2009 3:05 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

take another prozak, bitte/s'il vous plait!

coopers vater- was deeply hurt by your personal attack using the bad words. gonna tell the principal on ya! guffaw.. and no, i doubt u did know that eire meant ireland. its a wonder u yourself knew how to spell erie". u strike me as somebody who religiously watched all the andy rooney goes to the U" movies on ted turners channel and has knute rockne’s " win won for the gipper ridiculous monalougue ala ronald ray gun forever imbedded in your stream of cousiousness. and i am not sorry if i offended u.. your whole smaltzy speech was a travesty of all known literary values!

by eiremist on Nov 8, 2009 11:48 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

And on and on and on...

Hold on. Why would you “doubt” that I would know what Eire meant? I would hope that it’s pretty common knowledge, but if you wanna hang your hat on thinking that I’m a half-wit, so be it. And, what, pray tell, have you said that would offend me? You have quite the self-perception. Check your freaking ego at the door, pal.

I loathe people like you — the ones who walk into a room and automatically assume they’re the smartest person and everyone else is a moron. So, in order to compensate for something (ahem), you use large words and share your knowledge of other languages. You talk down to me because you believe — based on what, I’m not sure — that I am intellectually infefior to you. What that has to do with my post is beyond me. Meanwhile, here in reality, the rest of us are talking college football. But you’re too busy patting yourself on the back and coming up with what you think are witty one-liners to understand that with each of your posts, you make yourself look like the ongoing punch-line that you are. So, you got that going for ya, which is something.

by Cooper's Dad on Nov 8, 2009 3:44 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Haven’t we played this game before with Irishspring? It’s just better to let him rant and ignore him.

He reminds me of the Damon Wayans prison character from ‘In Living Color’.

by Otis Hill on Nov 9, 2009 11:39 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

How did I know

when the comments on this went to 15 new over night that eriemist was somehow involved?

by ryanwk628 on Nov 9, 2009 1:10 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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