When Robinson wanted to bring in Colt Brennan, I didn’t think it was a good idea. He turned out to be a model citizen in Hawaii.

When there was hesitation about bringing Mike Williams back, I thought he deserved a second chance. The guy ended up being a bag of ass.

I say you make the call and bring him to campus so he can check the place out and the staff can meet him. If Marrone feels comfortable with him, give him a scholarship and put his life on lockdown. If Marrone thinks he’s going to get in knife fights down at Sadie’s Place, leave him on the trash heap.

Its Doug Marrone. I say bring him in and give him a 2nd chance, and if he doesn’t like to play by Doug’s rules, then he’s off the team. I’m not a big fan of bringing in guys who lack character, but I wasn’t a fan of bringing in Duke PGs to play QB either and it worked out ok.

Also, if Nancy wouldn’t go for Colt, not so sure she would want Massoli either.

This guy will clash with HCDM. No doubt in my mind. Maybe it would be good for him, but not necessarily for our program. I think GP2 had a great impact on the culture of SU football. Masoli would be totally counter productive.

and for the same reasons we couldnt get Colt Brennan, we couldnt get Masoli anyways. Chancy Nancy would shoot it down.

going to get in knife fights down at Sadie’s Place

Masoli could be the difference between a bowl game or not, and I recognize that, but I think this roster is capable of making a bowl game this year as is. I also don’t think Masoli would elevate the team to BCS heights, so what is the real gain long term? I say more will be gained by staying loyal to high-character guys and guys who want to be a part of the system. Paulus chose Duke for basketball years ago, but he came to us last year as much as Marrone reached out to him. If Masoli would be more than a one year addition, I might say give him the chance. As a one year deal though, the character flaws are too much. My vote is pass. Let’s see what our current crop of QBs have in them and let him go somewhere else. This isn’t basketball where a single transfer can turn a mediocre year into a championship run.

Won’t re-tread many of the reasons already posted. Paulus was a unique case with the home-town connection, and bringing this guy in would indicate that HCDM is building a “win now at all costs” program, which clashes completely with what he has lead everyone to believe. While Nassib undoubtedly benefited from his year as a backup, allowing Paulus to take the heat for the inevitable growing pains the program underwent in the transition from the Dark Times to the new regime, doing the same thing to him again this year would not only completely destroy any credibility he had to be a team leader next year, but it would also poison the pool for future recruits. Taking this guy on is a (risky) shortcut that doesn’t even address some of the chief issues of last year’s team (the secondary).

HCDM is laying the foundation of integrity, team pride, and discipline. Having Masoli would destroy the credibility of the vision of bringing Syracuse back to prominence.

Can’t say that about any of our current QBs, who have combined for zero starts in college. I mean, Masoli led Oregon to a Pac 10 title and the Rose Bowl game.

Also, the winning cures everything attitude has sure done wonders for our bball program over the past decade. I know that brining in Masoli will go against HCDM’s master plan for us, but isn’t winning the #1 goal with that plan? Yes, Masoli has character issues, but athletes have gotten a second chance doing much, much worse than Masoli has done.

Pardon the language, but rooting for and defending Devendorf for three years was hard enough. I like rooting for guys with character, and I am patient enough to wait another year if need be for a bowl game. Think about the long term effect, not only to our reputation, but to the development of Nassib. If he doesn’t work out next year, we have Loeb and like seven other QB’s coming into compete. But if Nassib has confidence because of the coaching staff’s trust in him, maybe he develops into our QB for the next three years. I saw enough in him to think he had the potential last year. Why kick the chair out from under him again until we know if he can hack it?

Give him a change of scenery, since there have been so many damn issues with that Oregon program, might do him a world of good. Worst case scenario, he slips up even the tiniest bit, and we cut his ass.

has no concept of why our program floundered under GRob and the underlying issues.

I am just disappointed we missed out that that Oregon jackass who enjoyed fighting with people including teammates and fans. I would have loved watching HCDM’s head explode on the sideline before he charged him like he was Bobby in Waterboy.