Now THAT'S How You Sell Some Syracuse Football
by Sean Keeley on Apr 13, 2009 12:55 PM EDT
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EXPLOSIONS!
GOOFY PUNS!
SWEATY DOUG MARRONE!
You could learn a thing or two from the New York Daily News, Syracuse Post-Standard. This is how you move product.
Seriously though...the fireball over to the left there....WHAT?!?!?!?
The photo is from Rich Cimini's article on new Orange coach Doug Marrone and the Herculean task in front of him.
Four months after being hired to resurrect the school's once-proud football program, Marrone still is settling into his new digs. There hasn't been much time for interior decorating, not with a hectic schedule that began with one month on the road, recruiting. After that, he started barnstorming, traveling the Northeast in an ambassador-like role. The goal is to make Syracuse relevant again.
It's a long article and a must-read, tracing Marrone's roots back to the Bronx and walking the road he took to get here. Couple money quotes in here, the first of which is a bit of open conversation...FINALLY...about the problems that arose during the Greg Robinson Era:
No one will say it publicly, but the team got soft under Robinson, a Pete Carroll disciple whose rah-rah style never clicked in blue-collar Syracuse. Robinson didn't believe in weight-room testing ("That's crazy," Moore says incredulously) and his conditioning program lacked bite, according to William Hicks, the assistant athletic director for athletic performance.
"Now we've got our teeth back again," says Hicks, suggesting that Robinson didn't empower the weight-room staff to impose discipline.
Well, he wasn't a Carroll disciple really, they were more like former co-workers. But Greg certainly tried, and failed, to bring a little West Coast to Upstate New York.
Finally, the money quote from Marrone himself:
"My stakes are higher than anybody else's. I cannot fail."
In Doug We Trust.
Photo: New York Daily News
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Fucking awesome
I’m so fired up that we have someone who gives this much of a shit about Syracuse football running things. The “I can not fail” stuff that he says over and over again gives me chills. That story about when he was a player, and he wrote that essay about how they were going to upset #1 Nebraska the following day (which they did), and how he was writing and writing and writing and by the end he was crying, because he was so overcome with emotion? Holy shitfuck, dude. IN MARRONE WE TRUST.
"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998
No
Those were the snowballs from last year that finally caught fire :)
"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998
All I know
is that after reading that article, I want to go out and fucking hit someone.
by moosedontbounce on Apr 13, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
SU Alum
This is what happens when you get an SU alum who covered the SU-Nebraska game for the DO writing the article. Cimini is the best. He’s known Marone for years. I am ready for some football now. Thanks Rich
Is that Greg Robinson hovering over sweaty Doug there?
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
I believe
That is Coach Mac.
"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998
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