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In a results based industry, Dino Babers didn't prove his process was strong enough to weather the storm at Syracuse

Dino Babers was allegedly fired because he couldn't get to 7 wins this season against a very winnable schedule. Why that happened is a microcosm of his Syracuse struggles.

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Andy Pregler
Nov 22, 2023
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Earlier this week, I wrote about the Syracuse Orange football coaching vacancy in terms of who I thought John Wildhack should be targeting to fill the role. I purposefully waited to write about why the role came open because I’m not sure there was much to say beyond “Dino didn’t win enough games.”

Then Wildhack spoke to the media and said that the firing…

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