I really don’t think you understand the realities of attracting talent in this day and age. Starting to feel like JB has the same issue.
its all of it. i do not think for one minute that our coaches arrogant, public degrading of players goes unnoticed, and may be a negative recruiting ploy. why did two players decommit???? jb needs to keep his individual player critiques to practice. he thinks he is bigger than the game, and the fans. we are all stupid.
You seriously think Cole would get the minutes over Jimmy?
I think it's hard to say Buddy maxes effort on loose balls or rebounds.
No offense but what you are implying here is that the poster, AND JB (with over 40 years coaching, and never a losing season) doesn't understand this process, yet you do. Do you understand how silly this sounds? This is not as simple as all the armchair D1 wanna-be coaches make it seem. It appears after 10 games JB has made some mistakes with player evaluation and roster construction, that is not the same as not understanding the realities of this process.
This is correct and it really bothers me. The Jim Boeheim apologists (for lack of a better word) swarm if you say that Jim has not done a good job with this program recently. I don't understand why someone can't say Jim has had an incredible career but also note that he is no longer what many on this board think/want him to be. It is painfully obvious that he is struggling, to put it mildly, with the current climate of kids, portal etc. I love that the retort is one of 2 things "you don't know as much as coach!!" or "what about the sweet sixteen runs?!?!". The day I judge anything on a 2-3 game sample, is the day I'll stop watching that sport.
That's exactly what it is lol. This is not a "one-off" roster construction issue. This has been festering for quite some time and now the issues are coming up for all to see. Jim is losing impact players and bringing in kids that aren't nearly of the same caliber. Losing guys like Richmond and Lands is just a small symptom of the bigger issues.
Just ten games?
That's all that they have played this year.
They didn't play any last season, or do previous years not count when evaluating a program?
Last years team was pretty good. I don't like the trajectory any more than you do. I suspect JB is also aware. I would love a top 10 team, but that's most likely not in the cards this year.
That's probably putting it mildly. This program has finished inside the top 25 once in the last 5 years and inside the top 10 once in the last 9 years. They haven't won a conference title (regular season or tourny) since 2011-2012. The 2-3 game sweet sixteen runs are all well and good, but this is a program that used to compete for 1 & 2 seeds, now they're praying to be on the right side of the bubble every selection Sunday.
Do you think JB and JW are unaware of this?
Oh, they're aware but I don't think they have any clue how to fix it. Well, JW has his hands tied thanks to JAB's last contract.
This sums it up perfectly
Saddest part of Saturday was how predictable the 2nd half was. The lead would be lost by the first media TO, (although it did take G'town 6 minutes instead of 4), and there would be no subs unless forced by fouls.
There wasn't anything in that post talking about 2013. No conference champs (regular or tourney), no regular season rankings in the top-25. The last time SU was in the top-25 after December 10th was in 2014. Seven years ago.
Honestly, I think JB is past the point of caring about top 25 rankings or conference titles. These days he seems content to put all his chips on winning 2 games in the middle of March, and calling the season a success.
What day and age was that the case for us?
I agree with this comment... Question is do we even get a shot in March at this rate?
