RECRUITS

by eaiOrange on Feb 1, 2012 12:22 PM EST

Very impressed. Below is a list of incoming SU players and the big name schools they chose us over. For all those who make comments on the PS site, we no longer are fighting over recruits with Akron so quit your whining...

Julian Whigham: BC, Miami (Fl)

Wayne Morgan: Wisconsin, ALABAMA, Penn St. Maryland, Rutgers, BC

Myles Hilliard: Pitt, Michigan St, West Virginia, Minnesota

Markus Pierce-Brewster: Mississippi, Oregon St, Indiana

Josh Manley: BC, Louisville, Missouri, NC State, UCF, Wake Forest

George Morris: Illinois, Purdue, Utah, Vandy

Ron Thompson: Illinois, Michigan, Vandy

Joshua Parris: Mississippi, USF, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia

James Washington: Cincy, Illinois, Iowa St, Pitt, Purdue, South Carolina, West Virginia

Look, HCDM can coach. You can see that by going to the Pinstripe Bowl just 2 years after taking over one of the worst programs in the country with majority of the same players playing. If he can just get some talent to go with his coaching ability, I think we are in fantastic shape. I think right away our team will pass the "look test" on the field, and actually look like a top D1 team in a major conference. Most players are between 6'2-6'6 and it is very exciting to see how our coaches will develop them.

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and let me add…most of the other recruits that dont have offers from “big name schools” is because we had them commit so early that no other schools even were in consideration.

by eaiOrange on Feb 1, 2012 12:25 PM EST reply actions

I am getting so pumped

for the next couple of years. Is it bad that I want SU to sign Marrone to a 20 year contract?

http://www.syracuserugby.com/

by 'CuseRugby on Feb 1, 2012 12:40 PM EST reply actions

I would have no problem with that whatsoever

Hes a good man, and good men are very hard to find. At the end of the day, that’s who I want running our program – not some hot-shot, fly-by-night, off-to-the-next-one upgraded OC, some flamboyant recruiter, or a mean tempered old cuss you just have to deal with.

by Pinker on Feb 1, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions

No “mean tempered old cuss you just have to deal with”? Why do you hate Coach Boeheim? :(

Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

by wildcatlh on Feb 1, 2012 1:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

hey hey now

Theres a difference between “mean” and “curmudgeonly”! :)

by Pinker on Feb 1, 2012 2:34 PM EST up reply actions

slow down

by mh1o on Feb 1, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions

Glad there's a solid class coming in

And glad that some chose the ’Cuse over bigger name football programs. But, at the same time, these are guys who would likely be lucky to crack the rotation at all in places like Alabama or Michigan and the Orange are counting on them to be studs. Still, good to see the program on the upswing.

"If I ain't gonna be part of the greatest, I gotta be the greatest myself." Busta Rhymes

by FeloniousPhunk on Feb 1, 2012 1:51 PM EST reply actions

I'll take

kids that want to come in and work hard any day. The 3 star recruits are more likely to be the ones that haven’t been told that they’re great and are more willing to attempt to max out their potential. Does that mean that I don’t want 4 and 5 star recruits? Of course not.

Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10

by PoetryInMoten on Feb 1, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions