Change, Colored Orange
The inevitable is now reality: Greg Robinson has been fired as SU's football coach after winning a total of nine games in three seasons and only three in the Big East. Granted, he'll be allowed to coach SU as it plays at Notre Dame on Saturday (2:30 p.m., NBC) and Cincinnati on November 29.
The Orange (2-8, 1-5 BE) lost to U-Conn., 39-14, on Saturday night in its final home game of the season. Robinson, who has a year remaining on his contract and earns $1.1 million per season, is expected to coach the Orange for those last two games.
"The timing of this announcement allows us to end rumor and speculation and provides us ample time to hire a head coach who has shown the capability to produce a winning football program that the Syracuse nation can be proud of. That process will begin immediately and will remain confidential until a selection is made," AD Dr. Daryl Gross said during a press conference.
That search is going to center around U-Conn. Coach Randy Edsall, but he's clearly not the only candidate. Word to Gross: find somebody with a winning record as a D-I head coach.
Note: In good news from SU's non-revenue sports, the third-ranked field hockey team (22-1) advanced to the final four for the first time in school history after beating Princeton, 3-2 in OT, yesterday at Coyne Field. Their next opponent will be No. 2 Wake Forest Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Louisville. (In the other match-up, No. 1 Maryland will face the winner of the postponed Michigan State-Iowa game.)
The Orange (2-8, 1-5 BE) lost to U-Conn., 39-14, on Saturday night in its final home game of the season. Robinson, who has a year remaining on his contract and earns $1.1 million per season, is expected to coach the Orange for those last two games.
"The timing of this announcement allows us to end rumor and speculation and provides us ample time to hire a head coach who has shown the capability to produce a winning football program that the Syracuse nation can be proud of. That process will begin immediately and will remain confidential until a selection is made," AD Dr. Daryl Gross said during a press conference.
That search is going to center around U-Conn. Coach Randy Edsall, but he's clearly not the only candidate. Word to Gross: find somebody with a winning record as a D-I head coach.
Note: In good news from SU's non-revenue sports, the third-ranked field hockey team (22-1) advanced to the final four for the first time in school history after beating Princeton, 3-2 in OT, yesterday at Coyne Field. Their next opponent will be No. 2 Wake Forest Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Louisville. (In the other match-up, No. 1 Maryland will face the winner of the postponed Michigan State-Iowa game.)
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