Syracuse, N.Y. — Dino Babers greeted a reporter with an aloha and another with a compliment on his hair.

There was one more day for the first-year Syracuse football coach to charm the media as he has done throughout the summer, and he did that for more than 15 minutes Friday afternoon at Manley Field House, blending in some off-the-cuff anecdotes such as a birthday meal at Denny's to more expected football-speak on the eve of fall practice.

But when the team hits the field Saturday morning in helmets and shorts, Babers will return to doing what he was hired to do here.

"I look forward to all this going away and I get an opportunity to be hands on with my football team," Babers said.

"The excitement and the buzz is really cool for the players, and it's good to have the media and the community excited about what's going on, but we still have work to do."

You can catch the entirety of Babers' press conference in the video below (and hear from linebacker Zaire Franklin and center Jason Emerich).

Syracuse coach Dino Babers and players meet with media on the eve of training camp Posted by Syracuse Orange Football on syracuse.com on Friday, August 5, 2016

Here are three highlights from Babers:

No ceilings, no walls

A new season always brings new expectations, and everyone wants to take a guess at the number of wins this team can accomplish in Year 1.

Babers won't.

"I don't put a ceiling on how high this football team can go, and I don't put walls up to where we can expand to," he said.

Dino's message to the fans: Be patient

Remember Babers' mantra from the outset of his tenure?

Belief without evidence.

"Give us the time. It'll work," Babers said. "It's a proven product. Don't be quick to judge. I know this is the Google era where everybody wants the answer right now.

"Just be slow to go and give us some time. It'll work."

Gluteus maximus what?

Babers said his team looks physically stronger than when he inherited it in the spring.

"They've got bigger biceps. They've got bigger pecs. They've got gluteus maximus medius," Babers said.

"These guys look differently, and they don't look exactly right yet. They'll be a lot better in a year-and-a-half. They'll be phenomenal in two-and-a-half years."

The gluteus medius is a broad muscle located on the outer surface of the pelvis.

Learned that on Google.

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