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  1. Dick_in_MI

    The Devo & Kris Jo Show

    I can’t recall the students ever booing one of our guys before. I also don’t think that is the reason Taylor hit the portal. They also had a lot to say about Q as well.
  2. Dick_in_MI

    The Devo & Kris Jo Show

    Devo did say that, although Kris was far more sympathetic to Justin regarding the fans. As for me, there is no way to easily shrug off being boo’d by your own student section when you are being introduced on your own home court. I align more with Kris on that one.
  3. Dick_in_MI

    The Devo & Kris Jo Show

    I think he referred to rumors to that effect. He did that a couple of times with varying things, almost like he read posts on this board. I assume that Eric has better inside info than most of us and if he does, I assume he wouldn't share the truly good stuff on his podcast.
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    Buddy Boeheim: Signing 2-way with Pistons

    Crap! I get the Pistons games on my cable system and didn't see this. Will have to be more attentive.
  5. Dick_in_MI

    The Devo & Kris Jo Show

    I loved them channeling their inner Grumpy Old Men while complaining about today’s “entitled” players as it pertains to the portal. Favorite moment was when Devo said (in response to rumors about our former guys) “anybody who transfers to Georgetown has no self-respect” Exhibit 1000 why we...
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    Quadir Copeland in the portal

    As for Ennis, he was a great pass-first distributor...until we got to the NCAA's. We went over to Buffalo to watch us play...and lose...to Dayton. Whatever player Tyler had been before, on that day was clearly auditioning for the NBA. He took, by far, a team high 21 shots and made only 7. He...
  7. Dick_in_MI

    Q-

    We all liked Q a lot. He seemed like a good teammate and his enthusiasm was infectious. He was flashy, although "flashy" doesn't always equal "good" and his 1.4:1 assist to turnover ratio attests to that. He may not have started, but he got a lot of playing time and was generally on the court...
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    Quadir Copeland in the portal

    He was maybe the first player I can recall that took tons of crap on this board. I left the board for over a year after one too many times reading him referred to as “Scoopid” by one too many morons.
  9. Dick_in_MI

    NIT Bracketology

    It's also the difficult business of being a player who is paid to play basketball. The days of building a program and allowing players to develop over a period of years is gone. You might be a good kid and a hard worker, but you are also getting paid to be a good player. If you aren't, or if...
  10. Dick_in_MI

    Players Returning Next Year

    Agree. Maliq has to know that at the next level, he is a 4. He is sacrificing his development in that area in order to play in the middle banging with bigger guys. Just like 6’6” Taylor being forced to guard power forwards in man to man, I can’t imagine that Brown wouldn’t find a home where he...
  11. Dick_in_MI

    Mike Hopkins and UW

    Mike was always one of my favorite SU players. Not because he was great; he wasn't a top scorer or anything like that. Rather, because he was a "glue" guy who left it all on the court. I love guys like that. Years later, he would joke that, at the end of a season, no reporters ever asked him if...
  12. Dick_in_MI

    Judah On GTown's Portal Wishlist?

    Agree. At his best, Z was surrounded by Senior Wallace, Otis, Cipolla, Burgan and a host of others. Judah isn't surrounded by any of that. There is always a tendency to compare young current players to our memories of former players when they were at their peak. If Judah declares for the...
  13. Dick_in_MI

    Change the Offensive Lineup

    We scored 87 points. Offense was not the problem, rather it was the 83 points we gave up.
  14. Dick_in_MI

    NC State Postgame Thoughts 2

    I have no problem with it. As Jake and dasher mentioned, this is the fan base that yelled the racist crap at my beloved Kueth. I will forever root against NCf-ing ST for what hey did to him. They were on Q all game. We are the fan base that loves and idolizes Devo…I’m sure Eric was right there...
  15. Dick_in_MI

    Red Season 1 Now a Bust

    I don't consider fans' expectations in Year 1 to be a valid benchmark of anything.
  16. Dick_in_MI

    Jesse Edwards' Choice?

    I always liked Jesse a lot. He is a smart kid with an SU degree in a real major. He will always be a fellow alum. He graduated and moved on for more $$$. That's the way it is now. The guys who come to SU from elsewhere are doing exactly the same thing. Truthfully, once a player has his degree...
  17. Dick_in_MI

    Girard over/under 18 points?

    The booing was classless and embarrassing. Joe bled Orange, gave us the best he could during his career, and has his SU diploma. He is a fellow alumnus. There are fans who still want to have the love child of lesser guys who have left but boo a Syracuse grad. Screw them.
  18. Dick_in_MI

    Guards need to rebound

    OK, but in 54 combined minutes, Taylor and Cope...guys who average a total of 9.5 boards per game...combined for 3 rebounds. Or 6 boards less than their average. While true that it wouldn't have closed the gap a lot, on nights where we are getting pummeled on the glass, those two have to at...
  19. Dick_in_MI

    Benny Williams dismissed from program

    Totally agree, dash. If you assume that the multitude of things we have seen with Benny are just the tip of the iceberg, Red had to act. He has recruited many of these guys and has been their buddy. He can’t allow them to take advantage of that. Another example of Red making a statement: We...
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    RIP Carl Vernick

    1969-Fall ‘72 Watson West 1, baby! off campus after that Two of the people I met there are still my closest friends. One was a roommate and pall bearer for both my parents and my oldest son. The other is like a brother to me and we trade SU-sports-related emails almost daily. I'm still in...
  21. Dick_in_MI

    DEON SANDERS Anyone?!?!

    The laughable irony of ripping our educational system and yet being unable to form a coherent sentence... Clearly you had a fair amount to drink last night, because the whole post read like a Bill Walton fever dream. PS-Last I can recall McKinley was with the Tiger Cats but not sure if that’s...
  22. Dick_in_MI

    Tennessee Postgame Luau

    Once again, both Maliq and McLeod are outrebounded by both guards and two of our forwards
  23. Dick_in_MI

    Babers, Syracuse face stark reality / David Hale (ESPN)

    I acknowledged that the challenges were real. That said, that isn’t the whole explanation for Dino’s tenure
  24. Dick_in_MI

    Babers, Syracuse face stark reality / David Hale (ESPN)

    I think Hale really downplayed Dino’s crappy record, especially vs other ACC foes. He also didn’t provide real perspective on the “TE playing QB” thing, as has been pointed out by other posters in this thread. The staff either misjudged the QB talent of or failed to improve the other QB’s who...
  25. Dick_in_MI

    Jeff stoutland

    A mere lad.
  26. Dick_in_MI

    Thamel gives some names

    I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Joey's. His hair was prefect.
  27. Dick_in_MI

    Jason Beck, Rocky Long, and the rest of the Staff

    And toss in the fact that he didn’t develop any of the guys with QB after their name to the point that they could line up behind center the past two weeks.
  28. Dick_in_MI

    Babers fired according to Thamel

    I was sure they had the balls to do it. I wasn’t sure they had the judgement to do it. We are guaranteed our 6th non-winning regular season in 8 years. We are guaranteed our 7th non-winning ACC record in 8 years and,at best, our 5th (I think) 2-6 ACC record in 8 years This tells me we expect...
  29. Dick_in_MI

    Ga Tech Gameday...

    Davis has an arm. Why not just put him behind center instead of this crap.
  30. Dick_in_MI

    Ga Tech Gameday...

    You are confusing “deepest” with “biggest pile of bodies if they were dumped on top of each other”
  31. Dick_in_MI

    Ga Tech Gameday...

    Nah, we have QB’s and it’s a great gig. Free ride through college and no chance of getting injured. There is no scenario in which you actually have to play. There is no scenario in which you CAN play.
  32. Dick_in_MI

    Ga Tech Gameday...

    My feeling as well. 7-5 plus the bowl win. Against The University of Texas at Rural Mississippi in the Birmingham What An Unusual Place To Have A Bowl, Bowl. I assume he gets an (hopefully short) extension at 7-5. At 6-6, given the totality of his tenure and including our abysmal ACC record...
  33. Dick_in_MI

    Ga Tech Gameday...

    I have made no secret that I don't think Dino is the answer. That being said, I'm not one of those "I hope we lose so that they will fire a coach I don't like" guys. I hate those guys. I hope we win out, including the bowl game because my loyalty is solely to SU. That takes top billing over...
  34. Dick_in_MI

    Happy Birthday James Arthur Boeheim

    Larry was my high school gym teacher. Junior year, if I recall. Also coached the basketball team. I think he was only around for a year before heading off to the NBA and winning a championship with some guy named Alcindor. One day in class, he was teaching us proper form on free throws. I can...
  35. Dick_in_MI

    Tennessee Predictions...

    Billy Drew 86 GrunKing 84 JT with the winning 3 in OT
  36. Dick_in_MI

    Exciting win, but concerns

    Uh, Justin had the same number of boards as Maliq and McLeod had collectively.
  37. Dick_in_MI

    Colgate Postgame Thoughts

    Agree but two things: you can’t read the game thread and, in general, you can’t read things immediately after a game. Posters usually are their worst/craziest selves in those threads. And that’s OK, as long as you realize it. We are all Orange, but I find my best analysis is with my dear...
  38. Dick_in_MI

    Colgate Postgame Thoughts

    Yeah, it was audible on TV
  39. Dick_in_MI

    2023-24’ Pick 3 MVPs Thread (Game #3 Colgate - 11/14)

    Chris Judah JJ A quiet 6 and 6 for Justin and a big 3. By “quiet” I mean the fans won’t notice his contribution but the coaches will To be honest, Maliq played decent D but was abused the entire first half. With about 2 minutes to go, he had 2 points and only 1 board. He came us big at the...
  40. Dick_in_MI

    Benny is back

    I agree. Last year, whenever JB would take him out, he would put a hand on Benny’s arm and talk to him. Often, Benny would put a hand on JB’s shoulder as well, but he would always look straight at JB while he was being coached. A lot of the time, he would be nodding his head. That has not...
  41. Dick_in_MI

    Spitt on Pitt Postgame...

    No idea how the rest of the year will play out, but a fun game and nice win. Kudos to the staff for creativity and a great gameplan.
  42. Dick_in_MI

    Rooting for Dino and the team

    Well, to fair, I removed the mustache about 14 years ago. Then, when the pandemic started I asked myself “why am I shaving at all”. So the mustache and beard returned albeit a “tastefully trimmed” one. None of that has helped the football winning percentage as far as I can tell. Maybe I should...
  43. Dick_in_MI

    Rooting for Dino and the team

    Of course rooting for the team doesn't influence the outcome. On the other hand, wearing the appropriate lucky attire absolutely influences the outcome. The problem is, you don't know which specific shirt is going to be lucky on that day. That is why it is very important to have depth on the...
  44. Dick_in_MI

    Benny is back

    Point taken. I will say that I think you mentioned scuffling with teammates. I recall that there were a lot of rumors about fights between teammates on the 2003 NC team. All that aside, let me clarify and say that I don't know what happened and also clarify that I made it a point to not call...
  45. Dick_in_MI

    Benny is back

    Exactly. Not calling out any posters, because who among us has not come to conclusions about what happened with an off-court incident...the details of which we do not know...and then posted those conclusions. I am sure I have in my 30 years on SU boards, but I sure try not to. Whatever...
  46. Dick_in_MI

    Pitt Predictions...

    Late in the 4th quarter, Pitt has bases loaded, and our entire OL balks. Game over
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    Outdoor Stadium

    My frosh year was Fall of ‘69. I don’t recall ever being at Archbold in good weather. I mean, I must have been, but all I remember is cold, wet, sitting in puddles on the concrete, water pouring off umbrellas in front of me onto my lap, and just being miserable. The games weren’t much better for...
  48. Dick_in_MI

    Woody Newton

    Normally, I forget about most players once they transfer (except for a couple who just left). Got to wondering about Woody, and he is now on his third school after things didn't work out at Okie St. Still not starting; appears to be the 8th man at George Mason but had a nice outing off the...
  49. Dick_in_MI

    How 'Bout Some Justin Taylor Love?

    Amen. The board has a history of posters developing a crush on a player and then ripping anybody who they see as a “rival” for PT with that player. Countless examples of that. Drives me nuts. Red has a lot of options at the 3. It might vary from game to game. It depends upon the matchup, who is...
  50. Dick_in_MI

    How 'Bout Some Justin Taylor Love?

    He was recruited as a 2 but at 6’6” 218 lbs he has grown into the body of a 3. We have had lots of 3’s that size and even a little lighter in the past. I think that once Benny returns, he and Maliq will be our resident 4’s and JT will play exclusively at the 3.
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