His blind loyalty to an underachieving staff seemed to set the seeds for a doom walk that led to beating after beating in the big games. Ramirez at the end of a contract year. Pitt, and the other members of the beat-up gang. Carroll, would always talk him up but never hire him. Most of the players worked hard, accepted the circumstances and results, and a few even became entrepreneurs in the hookah smoke shop business. Those days are over. If one coach is a vegetarian, the other is looking for a meal in a steak house. We got a different type of guy. Syracuse finally has a real-deal football coach. Marrone is here to get the job done. Only a fool would measure first year success by wins and losses. A golden boy, hometown, basketball point guard ran the show. Paulus planted the footsteps in the right direction. He was not the final answer. Nassib to gain needed experience for the next couple of years. Greg would take the blame. Wolverines feel now about the coaching swap we made. Coach even offered to help these guys find a spot where the environment might be more comfortable. In most sports, athletes play to the level of their competition. Gross and the rest of the committee got this one right. The attitude has been adjusted, the wins will follow.