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Syracuse (1-1) at Pitt (2-0)

King of Allapattah said:
Fran might be a great recruiter, but he's not a very good HC. Hate to say it, but that dude looks out of place.
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In Brown's defense, Syracuse ain't an easy place to win consistently even in a garbage ACC.

He'd have been better off as a first-time HFC getting the Temple job. He's from right outside Philly and the American Conference is a step or two down as far as competition
 
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Hold My Beer said:
In Brown's defense, Syracuse ain't an easy place to win consistently even in a garbage ACC.

He'd have been better off as a first-time HFC getting the Temple job. He's from right outside Philly and the American Conference is a step or two down as far as competition
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There should be no defense of that idiot Fran Clown. Ever.
 
Unclejoey99 said:
305407cane said:
It’s all about marketing, buy-in and money. Performance is a prerequisite.

If Miami fspoo and Clemson were national powers investing money it would be different. Sprinkle in some teams cycling up every few years and you got yourself a conference that isn’t a joke.

Not that I want the holes to be good. I hope they lose every game. This conference is good to us because of the new playoff money rule. We made bank last year
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Go root for your SEMENHOES
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Clearly didn’t read my whole comment
 
Hold My Beer said:
In Brown's defense, Syracuse ain't an easy place to win consistently even in a garbage ACC.

He'd have been better off as a first-time HFC getting the Temple job. He's from right outside Philly and the American Conference is a step or two down as far as competition
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I don't think he would've had much more success there. Guy is just not a very good HC. Few times I've watched them play his teams are consistently out played and out coached.
 
cookies said:
For the older folks, I was thinking to myself how long will that ten win season buy Fran Brown.

But going through Syracuse’s history; I was stunned at how much winning they did in the late 80s and 90s. WTF happened? Did they use to be a tuff out for Miami?

Looking into it, they actually have a much more impressive legacy than I’d knew about. Some of that is way more retro tho. The late 80s to 2001 (their last ten win season before Babers in 2018), run was pretty cool. I thought they always sucked tbh.

Dino Babers went 4-8 twice, then went 10-3 in year 3. It bought him 5 more years (5-7, 1-10, 5-7, 7-6, 5-6 —fired after the eleventh game).

Not easy to win ten games at Syracuse. But that Syracuse team was so undisciplined, they lead the nation in penalties, and to make matters worse he was playing the wrong quarterback for three games outta nostalgia.

Wouldn’t even feel Syracuse did him wrong if they pull the plug early despite that strong year 1, however, I know Syracuse is a bit different. That 10 win year season may buy him a fourth year.
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Nope they were quite competitive in the Big East and was a tough out for UM several times. Heck, they beat the crap out of the our '98 team that went on to beat #2 UCLA the following week.
 
canecrazy23 said:
This is hardly what a great recruiter does.

#38 class
#42 class
#35 class
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amanan28 said:
He can't recruit either
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Again, lousy HC. However, he has a history of bringing some top prospects. In fact, in 2023, Brown was named #1 national recruiter by 247Sports. Listen, I don't care for the guy, but he's moved up the coaching ranks rather quickly and it ain't because of his coaching prowess. His ability to bring in players is the reason. Is what it is.
 
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