#FreeBenny

[AZOrange]

I'm not saying he played very well. I'm just saying he looked a little more settled. That's an objective observation of my own.

Totally agree

 

[AZOrange]

I thought after 10 games that we had the worst starting forwards I'd ever seen here. And it wasn't even close.
I was shocked that Benny looked worse than them. But all three of them have regressed and played worse since then.
I believe the pressure of being JB's first losing season has gotten to Jim's sons and now has everyone on this team in total disarray. But the fact of the matter is Benny couldn't earn playing time over Cole and Jimmy even as bad as they have played. I don't think anyone can dispute that, but what happened to Benny tonight is absolute BS and actually hard to believe. Wow, I can't imagine being his father. He should enter the portal, there is no reason on earth for that to happen.

Cole looks like he just started playing basketball this year…

 

[MikeSU02]

JB purposely tanking Benny’s minutes basically blew up in his face with the injury to Sy.

JB pulled one kid from the rotation and then Sy gets injured and all of a sudden our bench is now JBA and Frank.

And maybe Sid?

We have to hope that no one rolls an ankle next game. Not sure it really matters at this point, though.

 

[UpstateSM]

Cole looks like he just started playing basketball this year…

And Jimmy still plays like he’s the best player on a really bad Ivy League team.

There is ZERO reason for both of them to play 30+ minutes while Benny sits next to the coaches. Even more so when our season is clearly cooked and we should be building towards the future.

Sure seems like the losing record bs is keeping us from developing our players even though things couldn’t possibly be worse if we used our bench.

 

[Owens guy]

I’m guessing that JB has gotten word that Benny is gone so JB has decided to give up on him.

It’s really too bad. There’s nothing to lose by playing Benny instead of Jimmy or Cole.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

The misanthrope in me is thinking JAB already knows he will have to retire at the end of the year, but wants to push Benny away, so that the next coach stands less of a chance of succeeding and diminishing the JAB legend.

 

[tptcuse]

I half expected JB to look to his left and be startled when he saw Benny sitting next to him. It was as if he forgot Benny was on the team.

 

[DoctorBombay]

I’m guessing that JB has gotten word that Benny is gone so JB has decided to give up on him.

It’s really too bad. There’s nothing to lose by playing Benny instead of Jimmy or Cole.

This sounds so familiar. When folks talked about body language and what they saw from certain players last season, it was Pooh-poohed as much ado about nothing. But then the transfers happened, and here we are again.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

The misanthrope in me is thinking JAB already knows he will have to retire at the end of the year, but wants to push Benny away, so that the next coach stands less of a chance of succeeding and diminishing the JAB legend.

You aren’t the only one

 

[CuseCPT]

Am I the only one that winced when Benny came out to shoot after the game? I remember thinking he would probably get punished for it.

 

[Newhouser]

Wonder if JB wanted to see if Benny would refuse…

Thought the same and if so JB should be canned today.

 

[kcsu]

JB purposely tanking Benny’s minutes basically blew up in his face with the injury to Sy.

JB pulled one kid from the rotation and then Sy gets injured and all of a sudden our bench is now JBA and Frank.

And maybe Sid?

We have to hope that no one rolls an ankle next game. Not sure it really matters at this point, though.

At this point the winning record streak is the only left to play for.

 

[OrangeJEM]

The worst thing about coach not playing Benny is what it will do to recruiting. Every other coach gets to point out that Boeheim chose to play his own son over a 5 star recruit. That narrative alone is going to hurt recruiting. Would you trust your college career to that coach?

 

[DoctorBombay]

The worst thing about coach not playing Benny is what it will do to recruiting. Every other coach gets to point out that Boeheim chose to play his own son over a 5 star recruit. That narrative alone is going to hurt recruiting. Would you trust your college career to that coach?

And unfortunately there’s now a 2-year track record of this. Last year it wasn’t his son, more like his adopted son in JG3. But if I’m recruiting vs SU, I show them JB’s pressers, throwing players under the bus, media remarks/comments, team MPG and shots per game, and it’s easy pickings.
Unless they’re outta their minds, no 5-star or their entourage would stake their future on that kinda dumpster fire. JMHO

 

[CuseTG2003]

And unfortunately there’s now a 2-year track record of this. Last year it wasn’t his son, more like his adopted son in JG3. But if I’m recruiting vs SU, I show them JB’s pressers, throwing players under the bus, media remarks/comments, team MPG and shots per game, and it’s easy pickings.
Unless their outta their minds, no 5-star or their entourage would stake their future on that kinda dumpster fire. JMHO

All recruits have to do is watch JB berate certain players during the game and give them the quick hook after one mistake. It's cringeworthy. No wonder players play scared.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Unless their outta their minds, no 5-star or their entourage would stake their future on that kinda dumpster fire. JMHO

I think back to Jalen Carey, who was a four-star and his dad was good friends with Red. He had a lot of big-time schools looking at him coming out of high school, but it didn't work out well for Jalen here, so he transferred to URI and his numbers aren't much better there. I think kids just need to look at what their opportunities are and take advantage of them when presented. That said, hopefully we see more Benny going forward.

 

[DoctorBombay]

I think back to Jalen Carey, who was a four-star and his dad was good friends with Red. He had a lot of big-time schools looking at him coming out of high school, but it didn't work out well for Jalen here, so he transferred to URI and his numbers aren't much better there. I think kids just need to look at what their opportunities are and take advantage of them when presented. That said, hopefully we see more Benny going forward.

Fair enough. And I Agree about Jalen. He showed some signs vs UConn at msg, was given every opportunity to succeed, and it didn’t work out.
But I’ll trade your Jalen for my Kadary and/or Woody. Both players showed promise last year, much more so than Benny this year, and still had to jump through hoops with the old man, who btw had to be dragged kicking and screaming before giving Jesse and others some run. Recruiting can be a crapshoot, sure. But you don’t make it harder by mismanaging promising players. JMHO

 

[djcon57]

And unfortunately there’s now a 2-year track record of this. Last year it wasn’t his son, more like his adopted son in JG3. But if I’m recruiting vs SU, I show them JB’s pressers, throwing players under the bus, media remarks/comments, team MPG and shots per game, and it’s easy pickings.
Unless they’re outta their minds, no 5-star or their entourage would stake their future on that kinda dumpster fire. JMHO

these are all valid points...but on the other hand...we have to take some of the blame for not getting these recruits as well.

 

[Regis]

Obviously this season is a wash. What would be the intelligent thing to do? Keep giving minutes to players that won’t be here next year or let the future of the program get valuable experience? I don’t care how unready Benny is. He needs to be playing.