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Jim Boeheim’s radio show is on Thursdays from 7-9PM on ESPN Radio in Syracuse, which is AM1200 or FM 97.7 on the dial. The show originates from Delmonico’s Italian Steakhouse on Erie Boulevard in Syracuse. The first hour, hosted by Matt Park, the Voice of the Orange, is on their general network. The second hour, which begins with the conference season, is hosted by Gomez, a local radio personality.
The first hour is eventually, (it can take weeks) podcasted on the SU Athletics website on this page:
http://suathletics.com/podcasts.aspx
(Update: the last podcast is a preview of the first Duke game from last year so maybe they have stopped podcasting the show. )
You can call into the show locally at 315-424-8599 or nationally at 1-888-746-2873. For Gomez’s portion, use 315-437-7644. Or you can submit questions from this page:
http://cuse.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
The show can be heard in Syracuse on FM 99.5. It’s sometime simulcast on AM 1200 or FM 97.7. You can also get it on: http://tunein.com/radio/WGVA-1240-s29191/
I will be posting my rough transcript of the first hour the night of the broadcast and will probably do the second hour the following day.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
First hour:
“Coach, one of the team’s problems that you and your staff will be working on is our depth at center. You’ve been using forward Chris McCullough as your back-up center. How has Chinoso Obokoh been coming along and will we see him worked into the rotation as the season goes along?”
Second hour:
“Coach, in your book you talk about the three second call and how it’s important to your zone that referees make that call. Is there a specific referee assigned to keep track of three seconds, the way football has a linesman to make offsides calls? Also would you favor there being a defensive three second rule, as well?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
They were watching this year’s Maui Classic on TV and commenting on how we were there a year ago. Matt noted that this was the first time since 2008 we hadn’t won our rpe-season tournament and that today is the first time we’ve been out of the top 25 in five years. Coach: “If you want to stay there, you’ve got to win!” They discussed the top teams in the country and who could beat Kentucky. Coach thinks Arizona or Duke could. He puts Wisconsin and Texas right behind them. “But there are lots of other good teams out there.” Matt noted that Texas guard Isaiah Taylor had bene injured and will be out for several weeks. “They were up 20 and he tries to dunk on somebody and got knocked down.”
I called in my first question but first I complimented Jim on getting his team to come back from the California loss to beat Iowa. It wouldn’t have done to have two losses in New York on our resume for March. I told him that merlin couldn’t have gotten his team turned around by 5 O’Clock Friday but then Merlin isn’t in the Hall of Fame. That got a laugh. It also prompted the coach to analyze the team, saying that we hardly have things turned around. “We haven’t been able to get things going in practice in two months. We’ve been getting good shots but not making them. The defense has been OK. They’ve had their moments, like the steal at the end of the Iowa game. It’s not a surprise. Tyler Ennis was a once in lifetime point guard. We don’t have CJ or Baye or Jerami. Chris has had a couple of great games. Tyler has an abdominal strain and it’s bothering him more than he’s letting on. He’s 50-60%. He’s an energy, speed, jump type of player. We’ve got much further to go in 2 months, (at this stage), than any team we’ve had in years. “
I did get to ask my question about Chinoso Obokoh. The coach compared him Baye Keita: “Chinoso is a better rebounder and a better offensive player. Defensively, he’s nowhere near Baye. When Rak comes out we use Chris at center to get the forwards- Roberson, Johnson and Gbinije- going.” (Then didn’t Johnson play against Iowa?). Coach did say that we’d see more of Obokoh as the season goes along.
He also discussed the status of DaJuan Coleman, (whom one caller insisted on calling “Duane”) at length: “He underwent serious micro-surgery and it takes 11-12 months, maybe 16 to get over it. He’s been doing a bit of half-court. He should start running December 1st but we won’t know anything until the middle of December. Torn ACL or MCLs take 6-8 months and you come back with the knee stronger than it ever was before because of all the rehabbing you do.” He said this had something to do with the bone and is “completely different. He’s done everything he can do.”
Someone asked how hard it is to keep an athlete motivated through rehab. Coach said he’s had to rehab his knee and got tired of it after about 2 weeks. DaJuan had 5-6 months of rehab last year and has gone through 11 months on this one and yet he’s one of the most emotional players on the team, always cheering them on from the bench. I’d like to have his voice out there on the court. We’ve had quiet teams in recent years. Scoop was a vocal leader but guys like Fair, Jackson, Wes Johnson were quiet guys. This is a quiet team.”
Another caller wondered if DaJuan, had he been healthy, would have been similar to Arinze Onukau. “He would have been better than AO offensively, similar defensively. He’s a better shooter and passer. If he hadn’t been hurt, he’d have been a pretty good player last year and really good this year. He’s a very, very talent offensive player. Believe me, we’d like to have him on our team. We could use a big man.”
“We’re getting scoring from Rakeem and Chris- 38 points is the most we’ve had from a center and power forward for a long, long time.” Matt pointed out that Chris made the game saving play vs. Iowa. Coach: “They ran that play four times and we didn’t cover it any of those times. We’d either foul or not get there at all. Some coaches teach after the game I like to teach during games. Chris listened and he got there in time to make that play. He was a thin freshman playing his second game in two days, something he’s not used to. Without that play, we probably don’t win the game.” Matt noted that Chris, a New York City native, had been playing in the garden since he was in the 8th grade. JB: “He’s off to a good start. He’s learning the defense. He needs time and game situations.”
Matt mentioned that Kaleb Joseph showed some “indecision” in the games in New York. Coach said that Kaleb “just needs to play. Tyler had always been a point guard. Kaleb was a scoring guard in high school. He’s a work in progress. He’ll get
better. He’s got to get adjusted with his teammates, figure out when he should shoot and when he should pass. And 24 turnovers, 6 per game, is comparable to what we were getting last year.” Except we’ve had 46, which isn’t bad, (11.5 per game but not as good as last year, when we had 306 in 34 games, (9.0). But “he’s a very talented player. We’re all getting better. It’s a young team.“
They discussed Trevor Cooney’s shooting. “He’s our best shooter. We’ve got to get him better shots. Last year they were worried about the other guys and his guy doesn’t play help defense. We’ve got to get more offensive rebounds, more transition baskets and our half-court offense. Has to get better.”
Matt in Hannibal called in to ask “who will be our leader, our go-to-guy this year?” (Those aren’t necessarily the same thing.) JB: “Last year we had CJ, Cooney and Tyler at the end of the year, so we had balance. This year we’ve got Trevor, Rakeem and Chris. We need to get more out of Gbinije and the sophomores.”
Regarding this week’s opponents, Loyola is coached by G. G, Smith, Tubby’s son. He was a guard on Georgia’s 1996 team that we beat in that overtime game in the NCAAs. “They can score. They can really shoot the ball.” Holy Cross “Is undefeated. They beat Harvard in their opener. They are very good. These games are tests and that’s what we need- tests. 50 point wins won’t help us. It’s a good time for us to get a lot better.”
(Tomorrow I’ll post the rest of the notes I made, which focus more on other issues and some humor things, most of which were in the second segment with Gomez. )
The first hour is eventually, (it can take weeks) podcasted on the SU Athletics website on this page:
http://suathletics.com/podcasts.aspx
(Update: the last podcast is a preview of the first Duke game from last year so maybe they have stopped podcasting the show. )
You can call into the show locally at 315-424-8599 or nationally at 1-888-746-2873. For Gomez’s portion, use 315-437-7644. Or you can submit questions from this page:
http://cuse.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
The show can be heard in Syracuse on FM 99.5. It’s sometime simulcast on AM 1200 or FM 97.7. You can also get it on: http://tunein.com/radio/WGVA-1240-s29191/
I will be posting my rough transcript of the first hour the night of the broadcast and will probably do the second hour the following day.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
First hour:
“Coach, one of the team’s problems that you and your staff will be working on is our depth at center. You’ve been using forward Chris McCullough as your back-up center. How has Chinoso Obokoh been coming along and will we see him worked into the rotation as the season goes along?”
Second hour:
“Coach, in your book you talk about the three second call and how it’s important to your zone that referees make that call. Is there a specific referee assigned to keep track of three seconds, the way football has a linesman to make offsides calls? Also would you favor there being a defensive three second rule, as well?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
They were watching this year’s Maui Classic on TV and commenting on how we were there a year ago. Matt noted that this was the first time since 2008 we hadn’t won our rpe-season tournament and that today is the first time we’ve been out of the top 25 in five years. Coach: “If you want to stay there, you’ve got to win!” They discussed the top teams in the country and who could beat Kentucky. Coach thinks Arizona or Duke could. He puts Wisconsin and Texas right behind them. “But there are lots of other good teams out there.” Matt noted that Texas guard Isaiah Taylor had bene injured and will be out for several weeks. “They were up 20 and he tries to dunk on somebody and got knocked down.”
I called in my first question but first I complimented Jim on getting his team to come back from the California loss to beat Iowa. It wouldn’t have done to have two losses in New York on our resume for March. I told him that merlin couldn’t have gotten his team turned around by 5 O’Clock Friday but then Merlin isn’t in the Hall of Fame. That got a laugh. It also prompted the coach to analyze the team, saying that we hardly have things turned around. “We haven’t been able to get things going in practice in two months. We’ve been getting good shots but not making them. The defense has been OK. They’ve had their moments, like the steal at the end of the Iowa game. It’s not a surprise. Tyler Ennis was a once in lifetime point guard. We don’t have CJ or Baye or Jerami. Chris has had a couple of great games. Tyler has an abdominal strain and it’s bothering him more than he’s letting on. He’s 50-60%. He’s an energy, speed, jump type of player. We’ve got much further to go in 2 months, (at this stage), than any team we’ve had in years. “
I did get to ask my question about Chinoso Obokoh. The coach compared him Baye Keita: “Chinoso is a better rebounder and a better offensive player. Defensively, he’s nowhere near Baye. When Rak comes out we use Chris at center to get the forwards- Roberson, Johnson and Gbinije- going.” (Then didn’t Johnson play against Iowa?). Coach did say that we’d see more of Obokoh as the season goes along.
He also discussed the status of DaJuan Coleman, (whom one caller insisted on calling “Duane”) at length: “He underwent serious micro-surgery and it takes 11-12 months, maybe 16 to get over it. He’s been doing a bit of half-court. He should start running December 1st but we won’t know anything until the middle of December. Torn ACL or MCLs take 6-8 months and you come back with the knee stronger than it ever was before because of all the rehabbing you do.” He said this had something to do with the bone and is “completely different. He’s done everything he can do.”
Someone asked how hard it is to keep an athlete motivated through rehab. Coach said he’s had to rehab his knee and got tired of it after about 2 weeks. DaJuan had 5-6 months of rehab last year and has gone through 11 months on this one and yet he’s one of the most emotional players on the team, always cheering them on from the bench. I’d like to have his voice out there on the court. We’ve had quiet teams in recent years. Scoop was a vocal leader but guys like Fair, Jackson, Wes Johnson were quiet guys. This is a quiet team.”
Another caller wondered if DaJuan, had he been healthy, would have been similar to Arinze Onukau. “He would have been better than AO offensively, similar defensively. He’s a better shooter and passer. If he hadn’t been hurt, he’d have been a pretty good player last year and really good this year. He’s a very, very talent offensive player. Believe me, we’d like to have him on our team. We could use a big man.”
“We’re getting scoring from Rakeem and Chris- 38 points is the most we’ve had from a center and power forward for a long, long time.” Matt pointed out that Chris made the game saving play vs. Iowa. Coach: “They ran that play four times and we didn’t cover it any of those times. We’d either foul or not get there at all. Some coaches teach after the game I like to teach during games. Chris listened and he got there in time to make that play. He was a thin freshman playing his second game in two days, something he’s not used to. Without that play, we probably don’t win the game.” Matt noted that Chris, a New York City native, had been playing in the garden since he was in the 8th grade. JB: “He’s off to a good start. He’s learning the defense. He needs time and game situations.”
Matt mentioned that Kaleb Joseph showed some “indecision” in the games in New York. Coach said that Kaleb “just needs to play. Tyler had always been a point guard. Kaleb was a scoring guard in high school. He’s a work in progress. He’ll get
better. He’s got to get adjusted with his teammates, figure out when he should shoot and when he should pass. And 24 turnovers, 6 per game, is comparable to what we were getting last year.” Except we’ve had 46, which isn’t bad, (11.5 per game but not as good as last year, when we had 306 in 34 games, (9.0). But “he’s a very talented player. We’re all getting better. It’s a young team.“
They discussed Trevor Cooney’s shooting. “He’s our best shooter. We’ve got to get him better shots. Last year they were worried about the other guys and his guy doesn’t play help defense. We’ve got to get more offensive rebounds, more transition baskets and our half-court offense. Has to get better.”
Matt in Hannibal called in to ask “who will be our leader, our go-to-guy this year?” (Those aren’t necessarily the same thing.) JB: “Last year we had CJ, Cooney and Tyler at the end of the year, so we had balance. This year we’ve got Trevor, Rakeem and Chris. We need to get more out of Gbinije and the sophomores.”
Regarding this week’s opponents, Loyola is coached by G. G, Smith, Tubby’s son. He was a guard on Georgia’s 1996 team that we beat in that overtime game in the NCAAs. “They can score. They can really shoot the ball.” Holy Cross “Is undefeated. They beat Harvard in their opener. They are very good. These games are tests and that’s what we need- tests. 50 point wins won’t help us. It’s a good time for us to get a lot better.”
(Tomorrow I’ll post the rest of the notes I made, which focus more on other issues and some humor things, most of which were in the second segment with Gomez. )
