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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 228897, member: 716"]
I agree more strongly with this than with anything I've read so far.
 
I'm not one of those who thinks that Boeheim should be fired; nothing we've learned this year seems to have been a termination-worthy offense. And if he is fired, it'll be a pretty sad day for all Syracuse basketball fans. While Mike has a nice opportunity (and is, I believe, a little less conservative than Boeheim), he's got a terribly tough job ahead of him - how to you replace the most successful coach in school history? With the first ten-loss season, half the fanbase will be demanding his head.
 
Regardless of the specific facts of the Fab situation, though, Boeheim has routinely conducted himself in a way that casts the University in a bad light. His childish behavior with reporters isn't acceptable, and - this is a bone of contention for many on here - the semi-frequent off-court dramas (not the Bernie thing, though, which was truly bizarre) are a reflection of his loose supervision of his players. Many of us have seen the consequences of this for decades. For every public Fab dismissal, there have been similar incidents that were quietly - if not ethically - resolved.
 
Unless Boeheim's supervisors tire of his performance, he ought to keep that job as long as he cares to. There's no denying that he's been a very successful coach (and that his positives far outweigh his negatives). But it would be nice to see the program free of this nonsense. It's not the case that all college basketball players are lazy, intellectually incurious slugs. Many are anything but. It'd be nice to maintain a good core of them and not be so reluctant to run off kids who won't conform.
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