He's Trying Really Hard....

Greg Robinson, in a piece done by ESPN concerning the absolute free-fall of Syracuse football, said that we should all know he's working as hard as he can.

That may have been the first absolutely brilliant move G-Rob has made in his head-coaching career. Why? Because we apparently are not supposed to know exactly what he's working so hard for.

But it all makes sense now... he's TRYING to get fired. There's no other explanation.

First, he punted after having a 4th and 1 with a 14-3 lead at home against a 2 touchdown favorite. The man has won just 8 of his first 40 games as a head coach and he's worried about
not seeming desperate.

"We had the lead," he said. "We had the lead right there. It was sitting there. It was more than just a fourth-and-one. It was almost two. It was two, really, if you were down where I was. And it was out on the 45-yard line or whatever. Uh uh. That's desperate. That's desperate, in my mind."

Oh, well, thank you so much for clearing that up, Mr. Robinson. You're absolutely right. There's no reason whatsoever for you to act desperate at this point. Especially since you've now clarified that it was 4th and "almost 2" instead of 4th and 1. Is this guy serious? Would ANYONE have questioned whether or not he should have gone for it if they didn't get a first down? Would ANYONE have said to themselves, "That move seems a little too desperate to me."

Then, later in the game, after Pitt tied the score at 24, Robinson sat Curtis Brinkley, who had gained 107 yards on 14 carries (a 7.6 avg.).

"Curtis needed a blow," Robinson said.

How did Brinkley feel about the move, you might ask?

"I wanted to be in the game," he said, "I wasn't hurt or nothing. I wasn't tired. I mean, my momentum carried me throughout the whole game. My adrenaline was rushing from the first play. I ain't get tired throughout any minute of the game."

Kudos to Curtis Brinkley. That's the attitude I like to hear coming from true competitors. G-Rob on the other hand should just hand the headset over to... Otto at this point. But he won't, because he's working his tail off to turn this thing around, so long as "working his tail off" doesn't involve taking risks or jeopardizing his oh-so-valuable head-coaching reputation.

Such is the culture Greg Robinson has created for the football program at Syracuse University, and now we, the fans, have to swallow hard and ride it out.

Everyday. It. Gets. Worse.