‘Some of the criticisms I have seen about Marrone say that he’s a “.500 coach” Obviously those fans forget just how badly Greg Robinson had destroyed the proud tradition of Syracuse football before Marrone arrived. From a football perspective he is very much like Bill O”Brien of Penn State who was an NFL coordinator and then took over a program in turmoil (obviously under very different circumstances) NFL people looked at O’Brien and Marrone in very similar ways and the same teams (Eagles, Browns, Bills) that liked O’Brien liked Marrone.’