SU-CKS

The face of Greg Robinson says it all. He has a Super Bowl ring. He coached the Texas defensive unit that ended Reggie Bush and Matt Leinert's USC careers (although some can argue that Lendale White's inability to gain 1 yard ended that). He was tabbed as the man that would return this once proud college football program to respectability. But in the last three years, Greg Robinson has managed to do nothing but make this team worse. SU now regularly loses all of its recruits to other Big East doormats and Division II schools. Nobody wants to play here anymore. At first I thought it was the brutal Upstate winters, but really, that's not the problem. If the basketball team can recruit top talent here, then why can't the football team?

The answer is clear. Greg Robinson. The offense he runs is terrible. They can't gain any yards at all. Flag football teams that play just outside the Dome could move the ball better than this team. Since it really can't get any worse, how does it get better? Here are some ideas. If Darryl Gross would follow this plan, the team would be respectable in 3 years.

First, you fire Robinson. That's the obvious choice. Who replaces him you ask. Two people would fit great as the head ball coach of this team. My first choice would be to go and find former Miami head coach Larry Coker and give him whatever he wants to coach this team. The man can win. He has a National Championship and Miami was a perennial contender under him. In addition, Coker has deep ties to Florida recruiting, which is where some of the best athletes in college football come from. If you can't get him, then wait for Michigan to fire Lloyd Carr and hire him right away. But Coker is my first choice.

Assuming you can hire Coker, you then allow him to recruit his top talent. Coker specialized in "team speed". His Miami teams were always faster then their opponents at every position. After that, you hire a coordinator that can install the spread offense that works so well. Players like to play in this offense so bring it in. If SU were to do this, they would stop losing the top players that they have lost in the past 3 years (Ray Rice left and went to Rutgers, Greg Paulus to Duke, and Mike Hart to Michigan).

Make the alumni proud. Stick to the plan. Either that, or bring back G-Mac and hope he can run an offense ax well as sell cars for Fucillo. And also, get rid of those horrible all orange uniforms. Worst idea ever.