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[Briancuse]

I fear that insensitive student sections in an up coming game will find a way to wave signs and scream things about the accident in attempts to distract JB. Stupid kids will think it's funny and a good idea.

That's pretty messed up im all for taunting the visitors but not something like this.

 

[orange79]

Hopefully opposing student sections will have more common sense and sensitivity...

Sadly, this probably won't happen.

 

[SWC75]

Another thought: On 1/2/76 there was a famous chain-reaction crash on Route 81 after a Syracuse Blazers game went into overtime and the road had just iced over, (a friend attended that game and said that if there hadn't been a long brawl and OT everyone would have gotten home safely). As it was over 60 cars piled up and 65 people wound up in the hospital. No one died but one person lost a leg. I've always been concerned about having big events during the winter around here, especially when i go down Colvin on that hill. One mistake and there could be a very big problem.

Syracuse Herald Journal Newspaper Archives, Jan 3, 1976

The current incident could certainly happen anyway but I've always thought it would make sense to have every sport be self-contained in the fall or spring semesters so that the big events like this Duke game would take place in the spring rather than the winter and road conditions would be less likely to be a problem. (It might also help the players academically, giving them a semester to concentrate on their studies.) Play Arkansas State when there might be a blizzard or ice storm. Play Duke when the birds are singing.

 

[GooseMutt]

I fear that insensitive student sections in an up coming game will find a way to wave signs and scream things about the accident in attempts to distract JB. Stupid kids will think it's funny and a good idea.

Coach K would shut down that behavior in a heartbeat and you bet Duke players would not be cool with that

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse Basketball Coach Boeheim the Driver in Fatal Pedestrian Crash

Disabled vehicle in the middle of 690.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Honestly I’ve read other fans’ reactions on other message boards. And the worst takes I’ve read aren’t over there.

 

[rrlbees]

Sadly, this probably won't happen.

Would not be surprised if the opposing coach would have something to say to the student crowd.

 

[Trueblue25]

Coach K would shut down that behavior in a heartbeat and you bet Duke players would not be cool with that

Was it not duke’s students who taunted the passing of an opposing players grandmother a few years ago? Maybe it was Arizona.

 

[longislandcuse]

I think schools have a way of getting the message out to student sections via the student leaders. Certain stuff is off limits. I remember when that picture of JB having a wet spot on his pants after Duke game went around... there were some jokes, until people/posters pointed out it's due to his bout with prostate cancer. I haven't seen or heard anything on that from opposing crowds or fans. I'd hope this gets the same treatment...it could happen to any one of us.

 

[TacoTime75]

Man, those roads look treacherous. Where the car is situated on the highway is also incredibly dangerous. Smack in the middle with piles of snow along the side, making an already narrow road even tighter. An awful situation to be in for all. Inconceivably, this situation could have been even worse somehow.

 

[andyw715]

Good advice is to stay in your car, but for many it's tough advice to follow especially if it is the first accident you have been involved in.
Who knows how shaken up the guy was after the initial crash. I've been involved in 2 MVCs and both times spun around a few times and totally disoriented.

That and the dark environment, he might not have known he was even on the road at that point.

Sad situation.

 

[OrangeDW]

Was it not duke’s students who taunted the passing of an opposing players grandmother a few years ago? Maybe it was Arizona.

Steve Kerr was taunted as his father passed. It wasn’t Duke though. It was ASU.

 

[HakAttack]

This is going to be the biggest thread in the history of Syracusefan. Already at 9 pages.

I just wish it was for something happier.

 

[SBU72]

Coach K would shut down that behavior in a heartbeat and you bet Duke players would not be cool with that

I agree, but SU doesn't play at Duke again this year, so it's a mute point. Roy Williams at UNC should do the same. Can't say about Wake or Clemson. Hopefully they would too.

 

[EastCoast2]

This is going to be the biggest thread in the history of Syracusefan. Already at 9 pages.

I just wish it was for something happier.

I know you were around for the Thomas Bryant, AW3, and Quade threads...

 

[DaCuse]

If a student section taunted SU overt his it would be the most classless act in all of sports.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Yeah. This wont eclipse AW3. Not even close.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Steve Kerr was taunted as his father passed. It wasn’t Duke though. It was ASU.

I imagine someone else mentioned this, but his father was murdered by terrorists.

 

[Orangefan1]

Can you imagine what people are going to chant at him on the road?

 

[Trueblue25]

If a student section taunted SU overt his it would be the most classless act in all of sports.

My only worry is the ACC tournament. Is it in North Carolina this year?

 

[SUintheVille]

Wow incredibly sad. This brings us all back to reality about how precious life is and what really matters. Hug your loved ones every day! Tell them you love them. Prayers to that family and the Boeheim's.

 

[Trueblue25]

I imagine someone else mentioned this, but his father was murdered by terrorists.

I never knew that

 

[Eric15]

Steve Kerr was taunted as his father passed. It wasn’t Duke though. It was ASU.

That episode is one of the most 'ed up things in college basketball history. If I was the AD I would have completely banned students from the following home game.

 

[Cuseregular]

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Syracuse Basketball Coach Boeheim the Driver in Fatal Pedestrian Crash

Disabled vehicle in the middle of 690.

Oh man that picture, definition of a tragic accident. Those poor people had a bad choice or a worse choice(s). Sit in the car and hope a semi doesn't roll into you and the car, get out of the car and risk what happened, or try and go over the rail there and fall down what looks like a hill right toward the highway in the other direction.

Just horrible. Feel so deeply for all involved.

 

[sufan4eva13]

The only thing we can do as fans is show on Saturday that we love Jim and support him. He is in what is undoubtedly one of the worst 24 hour periods of his life.