Marrone does intrigue me a bit. Syracuse has been trash since he left. Babers had one good season and now they are worse than ever.
There's absolutely no argument that Marrone rode anyone's coattails there. He made them respectable when they were awful for years beforehand.
But on the other hand, I get some serious Schiano without the scandal vibes from him. Made a total non-factor of a team into something of a competitor. The difference is that he didn't stick around long enough at Cuse to get a great idea of where he is as a college coach, and obviously he flamed out in the NFL. But his NFL career was much longer than Schiano's, and he has an AFCCG appearance on his resume. And was 5 points away from a Super Bowl appearance.