Bazley Decommits

[pearl31]

what in the actual f

 

[Edfromsodus]

Oh my head...

 

[FrancoPizza]

It's funny. That is what I thought of first when Moyer left.

So the theory is that Moyer in his bitterness dished some dirt on JB and got Baz to stick it to the old man?

 

[rrlbees]

Sick to my stomach

 

[phil77]

Just when I start feeling good about where we are going..........BLAH

 

[littlereg]

Time to change all our expectations!

 

[HakAttack]

Tyus coming back is a must or we’re a bubble team again.

 

[OttoMets]

i think we will be fine but very low class of Bazley. If he makes his damn mind up sooner we can recruit others. By committing and then waiting until everyone is gone he screws us in recruiting. Te article said he is mature but this is a very immature (me first ) thing to do.

And, seriously, to each his own, but choosing to ride buses and earn $26,000 to live in Abilene rather than go to college for a year? Let's just say that I don't agree with the values behind that decision.

 

[Tobias Funke]

I really wouldn't put Moyer in the same sentence with those other two.

agree dont really know that he is much more than a depth loss. That said and i haven't followed closely but is there more than just conjecture that says Moyer would try to convince Bazely not to come?

 

[OrangeBlood]

We go from a potential top 10/top-tier ACC team to a potential top 25 team/mid-tier ACC, but just no depth AGAIN... If everyone stays healthy still have Frank, Carey, Hughes, Oshae, Marek, Chukwu, Sidibe which is a pretty good lineup but not what it could have been with Bazley.

This hurts our team next year, but it really hurts how we (fans) and any objective observer's perception of our recruiting. He was a symbol of the next age of JB and proof that Top 10 kids would still pick us. Now thats gone. It opens up the old recruiting questions again (please don't overreact). How does staff fill all the scholarship holes (4?)?

It wouldn't be SU hoops without drama..ugh.

 

[dasher]

So the theory is that Moyer in his bitterness dished some dirt on JB and got Baz to stick it to the old man?

I have no idea. Honestly. Just when Moyer left, I actually thought I hope this doesn't hurt us with Bazley. But then I thought, where could he go? Now I know.

 

[SUOrangeSU]

I honestly don't think Moyer is going to go and actively get the kid to go to the g league...come on

 

[Bayside44]

So the theory is that Moyer in his bitterness dished some dirt on JB and got Baz to stick it to the old man?

That would be the theory.

JB was going on about the G League in one of those pressers, how ridiculous it would be for 18 year old kids riding the busses with 23 year olds, etc.

Oh well...

 

[FrancoPizza]

I have no idea. Honestly. Just when Moyer left, I actually thought I hope this doesn't hurt us with Bazley. But then I thought, where could he go? Now I know.

If anyone on the coaching staff had any inkling that Moyer and Baz were tied at the hip, then JB might have made his own bed here.

 

[dasher]

That would be the theory.

JB was going on about the G League in one of those pressers, how ridiculous it would be for 18 year old kids riding the busses with 23 year olds, etc.

Oh well...

This must not have been a surprise to the coaches. At least not a surprise today.

 

[pearl31]

This is awful.

 

[Consigliere]

If Bazley is going to the G league to get paid I would have to imagine quite a few other (better players) would do the same

Max G league salary is $26k if you are not on an NBA contract. Absolutely stupid move.

 

[Tobias Funke]

I have no idea. Honestly. Just when Moyer left, I actually thought I hope this doesn't hurt us with Bazley. But then I thought, where could he go? Now I know.

Ok got it. Ill go out on a limb and say that this decision probably had very little to do with Moyer. Unlikely a guy who thinks he can play in the G league is worried about the same thing that Moyer is worried about.

 

[dasher]

If anyone on the coaching staff had any inkling that Moyer and Baz were tied at the hip, then JB might have made his own bed here.

There is no way that any college coach would have thought they would lose a kid to the g league.

 

[Orangefan1]

Embarrassing

 

[phil77]

Can we bash this kids decision to be a none and done since he wasn't actually a member of the Cuse?

 

[PauliePeppas]

Lets hope for a miracle and he changes his mind. I cant imagine what is going thru the coaches minds right now. Dude was literally talking about Syracuse in great detail about next year and all of a sudden this, sketchy as hell

 

[Cusefan0307]

We have no shot at competing in this league the way things are currently constructed. ZERO. Another gut punch. They keep coming year after year.

 

[dasher]

Ok got it. Ill go out on a limb and say that this decision probably had very little to do with Moyer. Unlikely a guy who thinks he can play in the G league is worried about the same thing that Moyer is worried about.

Let me try this on for size. Bazley talked about how comfortable he felt at Syracuse. And then he learns from Moyer, everything isn't as rosy as he thinks it is.

 

[Doc5120]

Bazley said the following:

“I’m aware that this might start a trend and that’s one of the reasons why I am doing this,” Bazley told Yahoo Sports. “I’m outspoken and I like to speak on things. This is me speaking through my actions, speaking through my character. This is going to happen down the road and become more common. But someone has to start the fire — and I believe I’m going to do that, and it’s very important to me."

Well, congratuf'inglations - great trend, screw the school you signed with. I hope kids don't follow in those footsteps. I'd be a lot more OK with this if he decided it 3 or 4 months ago. Now we're up a creek and need to find a grad transfer, or much lesser recruit. Just disappointed in the way this played out. Frustrating to say the least.