DOCTOR Daryl Gross On The Block!

Sadly he isn't on the chopping block and about to get fired by Nancy Cantor, but he will be appearing on the Axeman's radio show, On The Block, on ESPN Radio 1260.

Axe, do us all a favor and make sure that you grill him about how the Women's programs really haven't improved much while the Men's programs have just completely fallen off.

Orange in Decline

After a couple of comments on my blog, I compiled the records of the Athletics Programs that I have been tracking under DOCTOR Daryl Gross for the years prior to his arrival on campus. Without much more of an explanation here are the how those sports fared under Jake from the Summer of 2001 until DOCTOR Daryl Gross was hired.

Men's Lacrosse: 40-10 (.800) [Worse under DOCTOR Gross]
Men's Basketball: 61-19 (.763) [Worse under DOCTOR Gross]
Women's Lacrosse: 29-18 (.617)
Volleyball: 75-47 (.615) [Worse under DOCTOR Gross]
Field Hockey: 43-36 (.544)
Football: 26-22 (.542) [Worse under DOCTOR Gross]
Women's Soccer: 32-35-6 (.479) [Worse under DOCTOR Gross]
Tennis: 29-32 (.475)
Softball: 67-75 (.472)
Women's Basketball: 40-54 (.426) [Worse under DOCTOR Gross]
Men's Soccer: 24-37-7 (.404)
Total: 466-385-13 (.548) [Worse under DOCTOR Gross]

The records in Bold have fared worse under DOCTOR Daryl Gross. This really begs the question, are the minimal gains in Men's Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Field Hockey and Women's Lacrosse really worth the overall loss of competitiveness by the Orangemen and Orangewomen under DOCTOR Daryl Gross.

Losing Week for SU Sports

Every Monday, I will be giving you the record for the Athletic Programs for the prior week. This update is for the past 11 days since I last gave an update:

Football: 0-2 (.000)
Men's Soccer: 0-1 (.000)
Field Hockey: 0-1 (.000)
Volleyball: 3-2 (.600)

Total: 3-6 (.333)

With Daryl Gross at the helm of Syracuse Athletics, we start off our weekly outlook with a losing record. I'm sure that DOCTOR Gross is really excited that basketball starts tonight and that some of the other sports are ending their Fall seasons. The major hope for Gross is that the Women's Basketball team can improve over last year otherwise the wins that the Men's team should provide could be a moot point.

Continuing Mediocrity

I added the records for several other Syracuse programs to the collective "Record Under Gross". Most of our sports struggle with mediocrity under this new administration. I also ranked them in the order of highest winning percentage to lowest. As you can see by the list, without Men's Basketball, Women's Lacrosse and Women's Tennis, we would be sitting at a record of 271-297 (.477).

Many people have mentioned that this isn't just about football and I certainly agree. The problem is that outside of a few select programs, Syracuse Athletics stink. And when the Athletics Department as a whole fails to produce, we have to look at the man who is responsible for the administrative decisions regarding the coaches of all the struggling units. And of course that man is Daryl Gross.