You don’t rebuild with 5 freshman anymore, this isn’t Kentucky, you need to mix transfers with the r freshman, how many of these freshman do you think are going to be on the roster in 4 years? Next year?
4. It was a disaster for our basketball identity. It doesn’t matter because of 1 and 2
All ture.
If coaches worked for minimum wage instead of millions of dollars, the BOT wouldn't be involved. SU is no different than any school when it comes to the BOT being involved in budget matters like this.
The BOT at other schools are involved in the decision on who should remain HC in major sports? If that is so what is the AD paid a high salary for?
They're involved in major budgetary decisions.
That is fair but they shouldn’t be involved in coaching decisions beyond saying we can afford this amount regarding buyouts and hirings.
He really refuses to put anything on JB so he’s got to dig in somewhere.
Yup. Now, it’s just something to watch. If we aren’t playing well, I’ll switch over to Hulu or Netflix, and check in on my phone from time to time.
But it's all because of the ACC
Dont forget the sanctions that ended a decade agoBut it's all because of the ACC
I'm picking up on that too. The last two press conferences have been among the most light-hearted in his career. Makes me wonder if he just recently decided to retire after this year, and he's getting sentimental. The timing would make sense because it's pretty much settled we won't have 2023 recruits. If he had recruits, he might feel obligated to coach them to avoid losing them. I think he went into the season thinking he would coach this group next year too, and maybe the lack of recruits changed that and made the timing right for him. What better time to retire than after a season where you have no one new coming in.
This, right here, sums up my involvement. I ended up watching the news and Netflix and occasionally checking the score of the UVA game. Sadly, this has become the norm.
Identity? Our identity hasn’t changed. We’re a zone school with a geriatric coach who thinks it’s 2009.
He's also been very complimentary of his young players, including Chris and Benny (who he's historically been rough on). Could be trying to ensure they don't transfer if he leaves, which would ruin the rebuild. We'll see if he continues on that way.
Look, some of this is obvious. JB is 78.
The foresight to have a $120m buyout is the only thing saving the ACC right now, and even that might not be enough to keep Clemson or Florida State from seriously considering an SEC offer. The Pac 12 is dead in the water, and the ACC never will be a football threat to the SEC. It's next in line to be picked apart.The league has a decade to figure it out and the northern ACC schools all are on the outside looking in.
That's been my thought.
It kind of is a "Syracuse only" problem. They were one of the winningest programs in the history of college basketball but over the past decade they have fallen into the "also-rans" category. It's hard to find another program that has fallen as far as they have. It all starts and ends with the man in charge. Programs in that tier like UCLA, Kentucky, UNC, Duke etc have continued to have overall success while Syracuse has fallen hard. Meanwhile, programs like Gonzaga, Baylor, Texas Tech, Houston etc have found ways to join the national conversation.
I think the proper term I would use is TIRED. I'm just tired of turning on the game and watching 5 dudes stand in a zone with no intensity whatsoever.
