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[QUOTE="Caboose, post: 2238009, member: 3281"]
Really good points, particularly in your second paragraph.  I also believe that JB has sacrificed offense for defense.  To that point, the 2012 Final Four run, imho, was fueled not just by the stellar zone, but by MCW's realization that he needed to stop shooting and instead get to the hole.  Once he did that and he became a true point guard, the team took off.

To your first comment about the orange homers not admitting that the zone doesn't hurt us in recruiting and overall... I'm dealing with two of them.  I just can't wrap my head around it.  How does closing out a chance at a segment of elite recruits help you?  Both of them say the benefit of the zone in actual game-play outweighs the recruits we have no shot at.  Sorry, I don't buy that.

I think that what I'm about to say is a sentiment shared by many, many Syracuse basketball fans...  I love what JB has done for Syracuse and it's basketball program, and I would be saddened to no longer see him pace the sidelines in the Dome.  However, I was optimistic and excited for the switchover to a new coach, be it Hopkins or whoever.  The reason I was excited was because I knew that a new defensive philosophy would be ushered in, and possibly a wide open door to many more recruits who previously would have shut us out of consideration.  I am still optimistic, but is a different optimism than that, the same one I've had for the last couple decades under the same old coach.  The loss of the excitement from a fresh outlook and a fresh new coach is somewhat depressing to me.
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