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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 36617, member: 716"]
Maybe more than anyone else in Syracuse history, Jason Hart's current reputation is nothing like the reality of most of his SU career.

For three years, Hart was a poor shooter, an average passer, and a guy who could be counted upon to miss a third of his fast-break lay-ups. He was also a good defender, a good penetrator, and a 100% effort guy. And he, moreso than anyone not named John Wallace, saved our butts in the 1990s. Had he reneged on his commitment - as he tried to do in summer 1996 - we would have had David Patrick as our lone point guard (and maybe not, since he did transfer that summer). Without Hart - and he wasn't even very good - I think we'd have lost 20 games in 1996-1997.

Hart gets lionized. I have a ton of respect for the guy, but over the bulk of his career he was way closer to James Thues or Michael Edwards than any of the other point guards we've had in 25 years. He saved us and he deserves praise, but he only saw success when he had good tools around him in his sophomore and senior years. Watch the 1996-1997 games that Time Warner is going to start rerunning next month. Scary stuff.

(This probably doesn't come across well - not meaning to bash Hart, just noting that our current perception doesn't match up with the reality. People were down on him for 3 years when he was here. I was one of those people, but I still love the guy.)
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