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[QUOTE="JDubbin, post: 5601499, member: 2453"]
I'm not sure why we're re-hashing all the previous 10 years of shoulda-woulda-coulda Boeheim stuff, we ALL know it should have been different...but honestly, with the current landscape of college basketball & the re-shuffling of entire team rosters (Syracuse brought back TWO players from last year), it has no impact on the game TONIGHT.

The thing that frustrates me is this, with a weaker roster & less skilled players last year, it was still CLEAR that Syracuse under Autry is system-less. There's no clear identity, especially on offense. The way the season started I was hopeful & excited, but even then we could see that if Syracuse isn't getting out & running off of turnovers, the team would struggle immensely.

It's absolutely asinine that Syracuse Men's basketball is the worst free throw shooting team in Div. 1. The Orange do not have the margin to be that... it continues to bite us hard.

Here's how I see the reality, after 2+ years... we're 100% capped with Autry as the coach. There's not gonna be some "aha" coaching breakthrough, no matter how talented the players. Even if they love playing for him, the final posession tonight was genuinely embarrassing (even though Kiyan was fouled!).

Can you envision Red Autry coaching Syracuse to a National Championship? No? Even just in your wildest dreams? Yeah, me either. If that's the case, why is he currently the head coach of one of the top 10 programs in College Basketball history? Why even hold on to him until the end of the season? It's unbelievable.
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