Honestly, I don't think they ever did. One tell tell sign. And this has always bothered me. The players on team always refer to him as Boeheim. It just seem so disrespectful. It will be interesting to see how Buddy fares with his teammates going forward. I have heard he is a great kid by the way. As someone said to me, he takes after julie.
Has it always been this way or has JB’s alleged mistreatment of players deteriorated only in recent years?
By all accounts, Jb was much tougher on his players when he started. I was around then. Nothing has changed or got worse from what I see. However, I wouldn't use the term mistreated. That is a loaded term as you know. We see mistreatment around college basketball and what he does, isn't that. He yells at guys. They all do that. He doesn't hit anyone. He doesn't make life a living hell. If anything, he is too lax. He calls them out in press conferences and he SHOULDN'T do that. He isn't a warm guy. I wish he was. He says things he shouldn't. Like when guys are going out the door. But he doesn't mistreat players. That term is really loaded and not true.
It's not the age gap. Other coaches have got old and have not had their players call him by his last name. That was going on in 1977. I was there. I was in college at 1 year old.
That tells me that players come here for the brand and the exposure first and foremost. Or does JB change his personality completely during recruiting visits? Which seems more likely?
We won't get as good a coach on the next go around.
And you know this how, Nostradamus? So much in the college landscape can change in 5 years. If you’re suggesting we won’t be able to find someone who can do better than .500 ball in the conference then they should plan to eventually move all home games to the new state fair expo center.
Carmelo Anthony has always referred to him as "Boeheim" and seems to like him just fine.
You have no clue. You make it personal. Notice how multiple people in this thread have basically confirmed my news but instead of that being good enough you make it personal about me. I could give a bleep what you think of me or my message.
What was JB suppose to do?
Auto response yeah well I am sure the Moyer’s are bitter about Matthew’s PT.
To me it’s not just that the roster isn’t full, but that it seems, recently, that recruits either play as many minutes as possible or they’re suddenly not good enough to play at all and they’re publicly bad-mouthed. It does no good to have 11 on the roster if 3 don’t play and two quit halfway through the season. Relationships are a two way street and that’s not a good look for the program. If JAB can’t manage more than 8-9 players, then depth and development is going to be a continuing issue.
Oh, you can call Thorpe a miss. That’s accurate. But as far as him quitting goes, there’s no way JB could have seen it coming. Even Thorpe’s dad was surprised.
