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I wish I could share that optimism. I see Battle and Howard on the court at all times unless they are fouled out or too injured to play.Default.
I wish I could share that optimism. I see Battle and Howard on the court at all times unless they are fouled out or too injured to play.Default.
We have had two different centers quit and return.Maybe he didn't want his family to see him sitting on the bench or getting the quick hook against KU Sat. Seems pretty immature and selfish.
You don't quit on JB. He's gone.
Saw this too. Not a huge loss but hurts the depth. Howie is going to have to be ready to contribute some good minutes.
Thorpe wasn’t impressive in what little we saw of him. I expected more given his relative success at South Florida. He wasn’t going up unseat Howard as I expected prior to the season. But this is still a big loss even if he wasn’t going to play much. He’s more experienced than Washington and a better defender. We can also kiss the 3-guard offense goodbye. After watching Thorpe, I quickly lost confidence he could be the guy for 30-35 minutes a game if Howard or Battle went down. Now we have to hope Howard and Battle can stay healthy. If one goes down, so goes our season. But that was probably true if Thorpe was still here.
Nope not a huge loss and with the depth, since Washington is going to be here 4 years, he should get the minutes. Thorpe was a not very good mercenary.
In the minutes I saw, Thorpe's issue is that he's not playing for the little sisters of the poor anymore, this is Syracuse.
I get people are mad that he's suddenly gone, but this is asinine. He was a serviceable point guard while Frank/Tyus needed a blow.
define serviceable? 4 minutes 2 turnover serviceable?
This is a big deal. We have extremely little margin for error in terms of injuries or foul trouble.
i was extremely unimpressed with thorpe's game. he was gonna get abused in acc play. got a feeling jb felt the same way since he only played 4 minutes against maryland.
We have had two different centers quit and return.
I suspect some grad transfers might have a lower tolerance for some of JB’s motivation techniques.
Glad you brought up Thompson. Considering the play of Chukwu and Sidibe so far, TT's a perfect example of addition by subtraction. I can't imagine anyone missing him this season. What he lose in offense we gain in defense and then some. Also better for team chemistry.I wonder if the bridges are burned so badly that things are irreparable. Maybe in a few weeks after the holidays things could be worked out. If he never returns, there will most likely be a point in this season where we'll say wish we had Geno. More of a chance of saying that then saying wish we had Taurean.
Didn't McNeil have family issues back home in addition to being unhappy with his role? Who else are you referring to, Ovcina? Maybe not, since he only missed a game and was basically just homesick.We have had two different centers quit and return.
I'm with you 100 percent on this. No margin for error now. Given some time, Thorpe could have become an important factor off the bench.Sorry this is just wrong also. Geno is every bit the shooter and that's in college. Pretty stunned even for this board that we r trying to talk ourselves in to this not being a big deal. It's massive.
What...why can't we have one normal season?
I don't think the injury excuse works anymore. Like I said earlier in this thread, he must be healthy if he's whining about PT.An experienced body that was still feeling his way into the program. Y'all forget he was hurt and played hurt? Everyone is an armchair coach on here.
W T eFFFF...why can't we have just one normal season?
This is normal.
Every school has weird happen, every school has transfers, every school has disciplinary issues. This is just what happens in a game played by teenagers. (And it's always been thus, if perhaps not as well documented as it is today.)
Just as a reality check on this, I think of Syracuse's closest peer programs as being Louisville, Arizona, and UConn. Everyone of them is in the midst of (much) more tumult than Syracuse is right now. Folks only pay attention to the school they follow and don't see the litany of stuff happening elsewhere.