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Sherman20 said:
Yea, JB is way too relaxed and lackadaisical for a guy whose program has become mediocre and unranked during the regular season for most of the last 8 years and hasn’t had a top 4 conference finish since 2014. It’s incredibly frustrating. He put in the effort to get Judah. What is he doing to try to sell Cole to return for one more year and/or find a comparable replacement? I always thought JB would do anything to win. Why the complacency?
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My opinion only - at a certain point JB stopped pushing to be conference champion and a national title contender and became satisfied with making the tournament and taking his shot there that his style is tough for a program not familiar with it. He was comfortable with the effort required of him to achieve the latter outcome. I suspect he legitimately never thought we would have a losing season.
 
OttoinGrotto said:
My opinion only - at a certain point JB stopped pushing to be conference champion and a national title contender and became satisfied with making the tournament and taking his shot there that his style is tough for a program not familiar with it. He was comfortable with the effort required of him to achieve the latter outcome. I suspect he legitimately never thought we would have a losing season.
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I think he thinks his teams are going to be better than they are and I question some of his basketball decisions recently even when I predicted they would happen. The talent isn't the best it's ever been, but he's also mismanaged it.

There was the pg debacle in 20-21...

The 16-17 team was torpedoed from the start because he had the wrong lineup playing the first 15 games.
 
What scares me is we need a a lead forward and we need a viable 3rd forward. Rebounding as well. cant extend if forwards cant board. imo, For my expectations,, not sure Cole, had he come back would have been a viable first option as defensive forward; and he was special. Only 15-25 freshmen forwards are used to the speed of ball espeically on D, and anything less than 215ish is tough for rebounding for fresh/sohp wings.I had a wild guess Frank was gone when he didnt play any forward this year .Im excited about all our returners and super excited about the freshmen class.
 
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Cusefan0307 said:
I think he thinks his teams are going to be better than they are and I question some of his basketball decisions recently even when I predicted they would happen. The talent isn't the best it's ever been, but he's also mismanaged it.

There was the pg debacle in 20-21...

The 16-17 team was torpedoed from the start because he had the wrong lineup playing the first 15 games.
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I think deep down he knows this team isn't good enough but he wants to win on his terms and frankly I don't think he wants to put in the extra effort these days. I give him credit for getting more involved with Judah but I think it was more out of desperation. He badly needed a win to stave off the critics.
 
dasher said:
Not all of them. And those same coaches, they thought we would be really good this year. And you might have missed the part where the coaches are looking to the following year. That in my opinion is insane. You don't write seasons off. Guys leave and players get hurt.
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Thank you dash for the info/insight.. Yeah if that actually is the case then its also a bit hypocritical of the staff. I mean, JB went out and grabbed JB3 to start and play a head if Benny last year who was rated far higher than any of the current forwards coming in after they had already picked up Cole. He also gave the lion share of the minutes to other forwards last year instead of playing Benny and working on Developing him during a losing season.
 
With the clock ticking and 12 seats taken it seems the priority is a backup center. Could be tough to find good player willing to be a backup.
 
Jake said:
Disappointing. The game has changed. Portal recruiting is equal if not more important than HS kids.

This years tournament saw older teams generally succeed more than previous years. And you could see it in the style of play. Stronger defenders, more physical - almost a throwback to the 80s/90s.

The portal has changed the dynamic instantaneously.
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Time to abandon HS and 100% focus on the portal
 
rrlbees said:
Blah. I don’t want to root for a team of nomads. Wish the portal didn’t even exist.
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It's new so all these kids who grew up with participation trophies will try it because they think life if sunnier on the other side of the street.

Eventually they will realize that it only works for maybe 50% of the kids and hopefully their "handlers" will see the big picture and advise them as such.
 
IMO there's 3 ways to build a good college team.

1. Go all in on one and dones. (Duke)
2. Go all in on the transfer portal to mix with elite talent already on the roster(UK/Carolina/Kansas/Arkansas)
3. Build a roster through HS recruiting and Player development(Villanova is the best at this..Virginia...etc)

I always thought the third option was the best option for Syracuse. The problem is we have had so much turnover due to poor roster management we lack the veterans to supplement the young guys next year. Nova regularly starts juniors and seniors while somehow getting guys to wait their turn. The Gillespies, Archiadiacanos, Moores, Eric Paschall's, Saddiq Bey's, Divencenzos, Caleb Daniels, etc of the world were not can't miss prospects. They were bottom 100 or out of the top 100 recruits. They've had a few high ranked guys, but they were more the exception than the rule.
 
Cusefan0307 said:
IMO there's 3 ways to build a good college team.

1. Go all in on one and dones. (Duke)
2. Go all in on the transfer portal to mix with elite talent already on the roster(UK/Carolina/Kansas/Arkansas)
3. Build a roster through HS recruiting and Player development(Villanova is the best at this..Virginia...etc)

I always thought the third option was the best option for Syracuse. The problem is we have had so much turnover due to poor roster management we lack the veterans to supplement the young guys next year. Nova regularly starts juniors and seniors while somehow getting guys to wait their turn. The Gillespies, Archiadiacanos, Moores, Eric Paschall's, Saddiq Bey's, Divencenzos, Caleb Daniels, etc of the world were not can't miss prospects. They were bottom 100 or out of the top 100 recruits. They've had a few high ranked guys, but they were more the exception than the rule.
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We went hard after DiVincenzo. He was definitely Top 50-75. Paschall was a transfer from Fordham. Moore was a Top 55 recruit.

Villanova has more talent than you’re giving them credit for. But I do agree, they develop. And get guys to buy in. That’s the big difference and that falls on JB & staff.
 
SUFan44 said:
We went hard after DiVincenzo. He was definitely Top 50-75. Paschall was a transfer from Fordham. Moore was a Top 55 recruit.

Villanova has more talent than you’re giving them credit for. But I do agree, they develop. And get guys to buy in. That’s the big difference and that falls on JB & staff.
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We passed on Divencenzo because we prioritized Malachi and Frank Howard. He was ranked 124th overall on the 247 composite according to their site now.

Moore was 57th.
 
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