Syracuse Football: Season Ended Sooner For Some

because yes there maybe a discipline issue, but its also your job on the line. I think DC3 is the only time a player got sort of a pass, but he was essential to the 8 win season.

DC3 being the lone exception. What’s interesting about Lyn is that from what we can tell, he’s not been dismissed from the team, so HCDM really can’t hide behind the “no comment about players no longer with team” line. So Doug is deliberately choosing not to enlighten anyone about what actually happened.

Same with P. Thomas. He’s suspended for a year, but not officially “no longer with the program”. Kind of a grey area. He’s not officially done with the program until he decides to transfer or take a shot at the NFL.

So in these cases it appears Doug is taking the same approach as they were officially kicked off the team, even though it appears they were not. It’s particularly annoying to me because these are HIS players, not Gerg’s holdovers. Whatever they did, I’d sure as hell like to know and I’d like Doug address what the problem is. I didn’t mind the secrecy when it was one of Gerg’s, because we all knew there was going to be a ton of turnover, and I always assumed they were a bunch of turds that weren’t going to contribute anyway. Lyn and Thomas were/are definitely players.

I do think either he is unable to judge some of the game-day abilities of his players or he’s very slow to substitute\replace upper classmen. Last year, he never let Sales into games, claiming he wasn’t showing what he expected from him in practice. When they were finally forced to play him toward the end of the season, and he excelled, Hackett commented: “why didn’t you do that in practice?” Anyone who has ever coached knows that certain players are “gamers” and although they might not look like much in practice, they step it up when game-time comes around. AND, there are players who look great in practice but can’t produce during game situations. There is also Marrone’s inability (refusal?) to bring in obviously better players when his senior starters aren’t getting the job done. Perfect example is Jerome Smith… this guy is fantastic running between the tackles, much better than Bailey. Yet, he got almost zero playing time, even though he picked up 5-6 yds every time he touched the ball. Marrone stubbornly stuck with Nassib and Bailey when every coach in the conference was willing to play any player that MIGHT help the team to win. I mean, what would it have taken to design a package for Loeb or Kinder to run so we could at least throw a “change up” and possibly confuse the other teams defense. I think Marrone’s inflexibility and narrow-mindedness caused the team to lose faith in him and may have caused the players to look undisciplined and MAY be the main reason for the 5 game slide.

all they have to do is ask their host on their visit.

I remember back to my college days (before I flunked out and joined the Army) and let me tell you, had some of the stuff I did been big news, I would have been pissed and my parents too (I was paying my own way but still embarassing). We all try things or do silly things at this age but as long as nobody is hurt or these are not criminal actions, this is not our business. It is amazing what happens when you add one plastic red cup + a keg of coors light + 19-20 year olds…ah, the memories.