(02-09-2021 08:46 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  

(02-09-2021 07:29 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  Meatball Marinatto. In charge of the BE when the ACC stole teams right from under his nose. Reacted to slow to everything. Should have twisted arms and convinced BE to accept ESPN's offer as well as go to 12 football schools which would have secured future.

Basically, a failure.

Was there really anything he could do to keep Syracuse and Pittsburgh in?

The raid the decade prior dealt a crippling blow to the Big East. It was to be expected that if the ACC came back for more that the schools offered would jump at the stability and cash.

That's a good point, Fighting-M. The Big East could have been led by Mike Slive or James E. Delany at the time and still likely would have been raided.