Another Day, Another Scholarship Opens Up

by Sean Keeley on Apr 8, 2009 4:37 PM EDT

Another football player had shuffled himself loose the Syracuse coil, according to Donnie Webb:

Dan Sheeran has left the program, says HC Doug Marrone.

Sheeran converted to linebacker last week from wide receiver and, we thought, all parties were fine with the move. On Monday, Sheeran was absent from practice and Marrone was tight lipped about it. Lucky for SU, it's also the day Mike Mele returned to his old spot at linebacker. Seems as though the absence was a precursor.

And so we bid farewell to another player not jiving with the Doug Marrone Era. As seems to be modus operandi, Dan has already been removed from the official roster. Sheeran only caught two passes last season but one of them was a touchdown, so at least he leaves with that.

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Peace out Dan...

Thanks for stopping by. If they can’t hack working as hard as Marrone wants them to, I’m glad they are going. They thought they were getting easy street with Greggers. Then they wonder why they kept losing.

by Orange::44 on Apr 8, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions

Im sure

this kid will be a star at whatever D3 school he transfers to. He will like the “whenever you feel like it” mentality a lot of those programs have. Good luck.

by ryanwk628 on Apr 8, 2009 5:35 PM EDT reply actions

This is really getting pathetic

Seriously… how is that going to work when you look for a new place to play? How do you answer the question of why you left Syracuse?

Answer: “I liked playing for G-Rob.” OK… so you missed the losing and the touchy-feely attitutude.

Answer: “I did not like playing for Marrone.” OK… so you did not transfer as soon as G-Rob was canned… you met Marrone… you tried a few practices and did not like playing for him. In other words… if we let you into our program, you may decide that you do not like us as much after practicing with us.

Answer: “My PT was likely to decrease.” OK… so you are not good enough to play on a 3-9 team at either of two positions.

What can these kids possibly say to sell a new school on them?

by ezcuse on Apr 8, 2009 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

Absolutely nothing

Again, my only caveat here is that we don’t know why the kid left the team. Maybe he has family issues, maybe there is stuff going on in his life about which we don’t know.

However…

If he, and the myriad of others who left for unknown reasons have left because the “going got tough” and they couldn’t handle it, then I say good riddance. We’ve done our share of losing, thanks, we don’t need losers hanging around the program.

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

by kotite4ever on Apr 8, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

i don't know...

i imagine there must be a way for a coach to win without being like a 1950s gym teacher, which i sort of imagine marrone as. that would piss me off too. maybe’s he’s not like that, though. or maybe that’s the only way you can win. what do i know? i’ve never played college football.

apart from that, though, it doesn’t strike me as completely irrational for a player who dreams of being a receiver, who has worked his entire life and recruited to be a receiver to leave the team when a new coach comes in and says there’s no chance you’re ever going to play as a receiver. that’s not to say that the new coaching staff is obligated to play him there or leave him at that position, but you can see how football might not be as much fun once you’re not allowed to compete at your chosen position.

by Bernie's Fine on Apr 8, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions

Thats D1. Unless youre a 5star, if you go to a D1 BCS school, you play where they need you. If you want to be a super star, you have to be better than everyone else so the coach wont have a choice but to play you there. My buddy got offered a full ride to Michigan and several other schools to kick field goals. Kid could hit from 55 every time. However he was 6’4" and wanted to play wide receiver. He went to a 1AA team because they could assure him hed play receiver. Most would have gone to UM, but these guys are used to being hot shots and have too much pride.

by ryanwk628 on Apr 9, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions

and the downward spiral continues

this effing marrone better know what he is doing, this kid looked good at the end last year, made a couple adjustments to badly thrown balls to make good catches

by 86trash on Apr 9, 2009 5:29 AM EDT reply actions

twice

by ryanwk628 on Apr 9, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

You do know that kids are leaving on their own accord, right? He’s not making cuts…

Syracuse '12

by blackknight76 on Apr 9, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Downward spiral?

I see it as exactly opposite. This team is finally seeing some discipline. If you can’t handle discipline you have no business playing DI football. These kids are leaving on their own, Marrone isn’t cutting them. With Mike Williams back I’m guessing Sheeran wasn’t going to see much PT at WR. Marrone was giving him the opportunity to contribute and possibly play by switching positions. Players switch positions all the time, but if a player isn’t buying into it, it’s time to leave. Best for both parties.

by NOLACuse on Apr 9, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

hes not cutting them .........

get real, we are seeing the same uneasy, possibly non-consistant moving of players between positions. guys with wr bodies dont translate to lb, keep him at wr use him on special teams, or move him to db…….my gut tells me he wanted him gone andthat is why he was moved to lb

by 86trash on Apr 9, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions

That's a helluva lot of effort

to make a guy quit. Why waste all the time when someone else could have been getting first-team reps all last week?

by Sean Keeley on Apr 9, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions

aside from the rb's and arthur jones

there was only a rew brightspots by the end of lat year, personally i thought sheerans ability to adjust on the run coupled with him finnally geting an opportunity at then was on of those bright spots……….i was looking forward to seeing his progress this year….could it be he left because marrone is taking a similar path, that the last took ,……and really it takes no effort other than saying “sheeran, your moving to outside backer”

by 86trash on Apr 9, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions