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I live on the Hudson River in New Jersey and felt it for awhile, kind of crazy.

I truly cannot understand why anyone would want to be a college basketball coach anymore.

So true what is there even to look at, this is getting insane in both men and women’s tourny, everything is a review

Being a Fairfield alum I’ve watched some games this year he has definitely been impressive, probably not good enough to be a top level acc player but can definitely have his moments of dominance in the maac

But we had Joe with Mintz and a true center last year and the results were not great. This year we got to 20 wins and for the first time in a while it was enjoyable to watch Syracuse play. I’d take that trade every day.

Agreed but we did have Joe last year and had a true big man….Still didn’t work out to well.

I understand that point, I also think a lot has to do with the team around him. My point is more towards the original post which was a straight comparison between Joe and Mintz

People need to get real, if we traded Girard for Mintz we’d have a losing record. We’ve seen that movie for four long horrific years. As Dash said he has a guy who is the ultimate bail out, Mintz doesn’t.

I went to high school with him, I was a year younger but he is right his grade had some good athletes which finally made us competitive in football, but we just didn’t have the same footprint as our sister school Northern Valley Old Tappan who tends to be much better athletically (also where...

Wait I thought he was going to LSU with Joe and were to be roommates?????

From Jakes post in another thread it looks like Red might have made the decision for him. I bet a lot of it comes down to if Judah comes back or if we aren’t able to add another big time portal guard.

Not saying GMAC doesnt deserve this over Allen but doesnt Allen have more experience as an assistant coach? He was an assistant at St. Francis while Gmac was still in college. I got to have a good conversation with him at the ABCD camp when I was still in high school back in the day, I asked...

Does anyone know why McCullough isn’t on the team, and can more players still be added. I like the team but I agree with others that another guard would be helpful as would a versatile big like Chris M.

Im going So Car and Stanford, think that Uconn/Stanford game is going to be a toss up but really would rather not have too see Uconn win.

Im actually looking forward to the matchup between Bueckers and Hull. From what i've seen of Stamford Hull is tenacious and will probably try taking it to Bueckers on the defensive side. Hopefully Brink can stay out of foul trouble to help negate Uconns size inside.

Goodness me, this is pretty much every coach or up and coming coach in America, if this is the criteria we are basing the coaching decision on we will be mediocre to bad for a very long time. Thankfully I trust the people who actually make the decisions will look at track records of success in...

I have the same final four with Gonzaga beating Zona

Actually making progressive hires most likely, we are only allowed to choose from select ex alums who are either on our bench or just recently departed.

Yeah his theatrics and head throwbacks for times when there’s barely any contact is quite annoying, like others have said play the game and be strong with the ball stop trying to draw phantom fouls.

Tonight’s game is why there is no chance Girard ever transfers. What school is he going to play as much as he does here even when he plays terribly? He gets free reign here, would be crazy to leave.

I had to laugh when JB was yelling at Benny for the 5 second call, he cut to the basket and was wide open but buddy didn’t inbound the ball.

Honestly people aren’t on the ledge, most just don’t care anymore and our program is a joke. I do think the program will be fine, when we have some fresh ideas and a new coach. Until that happens we will be irrelevant and most here are already resigned to that fact.

Not to mention the reason why it might be a rough few years if we replace JB is because of our horrible roster construction which is the head coaches fault. Last I checked the coach is in charge of recruiting and roster management.

I mean we’ve had some pretty ROUGH years with JB at the helm recently and could have a losing season this year. At some point you have to take a look at the program and say there needs to be change and that might include another down year or two but for long term success it is needed. But you...

And my point was you were wrong about dukes losing and or .500 record, as you were trying to use that as the crux of your argument that this happens to everyone. Unfortunately our program has been floundering for years and 18-14 records have been masked by a couple sweet 16 runs while most...

I’ll wait until you tell me when we have as many championships as Duke does. Just stop it, whatever this arguement is that you are making holds no water.

No they weren’t they were 13-11

Hahaha agreed

I'm guessing you are talking about Roy Williams with a losing record who subsequently is no longer the coach at UNC, not sure the other coach since duke finished 13-11. But in either case those programs have been strong in the last decade, we have not. We are barely a bubble team every year...

But I think a big part of this is how minutes get distributed by the coach, who will immediately yank a player that isn’t on his preferred player list if any mistake happens. When this is the case the player starts playing scared which means they aren’t playing basketball they are playing to...

That’s the thing I don’t think he’s purposefully doing it, which means he is not capable of being competitive anymore as seen by our results. Recruiting is nowhere close to where it has to be and frankly I don’t care if it’s because he recruited and constructed a roster to get his kids the most...

JB should really not speak to the media, if being a horrible team isn't enough we get to be subjected to these types of comments. And people complain that posters on here are negative, just look at our coach.

Can you blame him

Well said, I don’t get how people don’t see this. It’s not pushing him out but he’s not fit for the featured role he’s in along with pretty much all our players which is why we are 8-8!

Hahaha agreed, that might be a positive, with our recruiting it might be better to scrap the current recruiting plans. If we get a real coach with experience and recruiting contacts I guarantee we get better players than what Gmac and co have been bringing in

Agreed, I’m tired of this take that the board is effecting recruiting, have people here seen other boards and how toxic they are, makes this place look good. I want to add keeping these opinions to the board is one thing, people who start writing comments to players over social media is not ok...

Coach in waiting asserts that it will be one of our current assistants taking over, if that is the case PLEASE NO! The program needs a fresh start badly.

But this is the issue, Jimmy is limited, he should be a bench player who gives you 15 minutes off the bench and provides a scoring spark. Instead he’s a focal point of a team that is our worst in decades. We would be a much better team if we recruited better players and kept some of the pieces...

100%, where’s he going to go?

Buddy needs to understand that he’s had four years to try proving he belongs in the NBA, if he hasn’t done it yet it’s not happening next year.

I guess I just have to accept the fact that we no longer are looking to field competitive teams. Also if jimmy is better then any freshmen coming in this again proves for the 100th time how severely lacking our recruiting is. The whole situation with the program is just sad.

Unfortunately its the opposite, I used to watch every game and be miserable when we lose for the rest of the night. I am still watching every game but really feel nothing when we lose like I used to.

Buddy is a very good shooter that is undeniable, but the rest of his game is lacking significantly. He’s a lazy passer, shows little hustle for loose balls or rebounds, is bad defensively, and not very athletic. I wouldn’t call him a great player which gets thrown around here a lot, he’s the...

Its pretty sad this is the best Syracuse can put forward, but as it’s been stated numerous times, it falls on the coaches horrible roster construction.

This is no inside info, but with this team and what Jesse is forced to do defensively, if I were him I would take my chances at the draft or overseas. I’m sure scouts are noticing his play this year.

I think it kind of comes with the territory of committing to a 77 year old coach that he might not be there for your full college tenure. Why did kids commit to UNC last year prior to Roy retiring or commit to any coach on the hot seat.

It’s sad to hear that last part, but can’t say I am at all shocked. At this point I’m hoping for a clean break at the end of the season and JB can ride off in the sunset. Hopefully JW will do the right thing and the program can get a fresh new direction.

It’s not disinterest, it was getting dominated from the start of the game by a 5’5” pg

Right now Duke is on a whole other level then Syracuse in terms of recruiting and continuity was a smart choice, we are a struggling program whose peers are passing us by, call me crazy but I think this program needs a bit of a change and injection of new blood.

I couldn’t agree with you more, we are historically a top program why are we limited to assistants and ex assistants? I’m not saying we can go and get Jay Wright but I think we can do better then our assistants.