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[QUOTE="007, post: 4558778, member: 393"]
Absolutely. I'm sure this will be made clear to him.

On the other hand, JB has unwittingly now created the "perfect" narrative to step down. Both for himself and for the university. Basketball is an "awful place;" other teams are "buying players;" "it's crazy, that's why those other guys (K, Brey, Williams, Wright) got out." "95% of Syracuse people still want me to coach." "I know it's my choice. I can do whatever I want."

I still believe that the administration will allow JB to retire with dignity, even IF behind the scenes the tides are shifting to nudging/pushing him out the door. I don't think he will be publically fired, or that we will hear something about "going in a different direction with our leadership in the basketball program."

If JB doesn't retire of his own volition and is instead nudged out (now or in the future), the public face of this will be that it was ultimately JB's choice. "Most people still want me to coach. I know that I still can. This has nothing to do with age. Everybody knows we are getting better and the program is in good shape. It was my choice to step down. Just like all those other guys did."
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