PauliePeppas
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Look regardless if Fab was overrated coming out of high school the point is he had the tools to be a major factor in college. Can we all agree on that? There was a reason he came with such hype. But what did he do? Not much of anything. How is it that on a team lacking a post presence this kid only averages 7 and 6 in his second season? What's wrong with that picture? Roy Hibbert came to GU with far less acclaim and yet by his soph season the dude was averaging double figures in points DESPITE playing in a more methodical system. Oh, and Hibbert manage to do that while also actually going to class, staying eligible and spending most of his time hitting the books (actually Fab was good at hitting too...it just so happened that it wasn't books).
Also if it was just a matter of Hibbert and Melo then I could understand people brushing it off. But Boeheim has a 30 year history at Syracuse. That's a large enough sample. During that time span, despite more McDAAs than any other Big East coach/team, the man only produced one terrific player in the NBA who lived up to expectations. One. And that one player was the dude who stuck around only one season in Syracuse. All the other Syracuse pros were either first rounders and lottery picks who never lived up to their potential (like Coleman and Owens) or second rounders who never exceeded the low/middle-of-the-road expectations people had for them. You know what we call that from where I'm from? Lack. Of. Development.
No matter how many excuses people want to toss out regarding Melo, you can't spin the fact that Boeheim's players don't do all that great at the next level. Ever college coach with a lengthy history at a major program/programs that have produced NBA players is bound to have a good chunk of guys who never panned out in the pros. But Boeheim's success ratio on that front is more horrible than practically anyone else other than Izzo. Therefore it is my opinion that man won't do anything for Noel's game. I which I could smugly say the same thing about Calipari but I can't.
Also if it was just a matter of Hibbert and Melo then I could understand people brushing it off. But Boeheim has a 30 year history at Syracuse. That's a large enough sample. During that time span, despite more McDAAs than any other Big East coach/team, the man only produced one terrific player in the NBA who lived up to expectations. One. And that one player was the dude who stuck around only one season in Syracuse. All the other Syracuse pros were either first rounders and lottery picks who never lived up to their potential (like Coleman and Owens) or second rounders who never exceeded the low/middle-of-the-road expectations people had for them. You know what we call that from where I'm from? Lack. Of. Development.
No matter how many excuses people want to toss out regarding Melo, you can't spin the fact that Boeheim's players don't do all that great at the next level. Ever college coach with a lengthy history at a major program/programs that have produced NBA players is bound to have a good chunk of guys who never panned out in the pros. But Boeheim's success ratio on that front is more horrible than practically anyone else other than Izzo. Therefore it is my opinion that man won't do anything for Noel's game. I which I could smugly say the same thing about Calipari but I can't.
