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Message: [QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 4494109, member: 225"] Well said. All too often, fans parse every word that Jim Boeheim says, interpret those words to support whatever feelings they have, create urban legends around them, etc. There are people on this board who know Jim Boeheim well and others who have had a lot more contact with him than I ever have but I'd like to share the three times I have interacted with him. In Spring of 1987, I was flying back to Syracuse from a business trip to Philly. As I settled into my seat, I realized that someone had sat down next to me. I looked over and it was Jim. We started chatting and he was very personable, very friendly, and could not have been less like what most people think his persona to be. A memorable flight for this SU fan, to be sure. That was the first time that I realized that the terse, public Jim Boeheim was not the real Jim Boeheim. In 2003, SU came to East Lansing to take on MSU. The game was sold out and we couldn't get tickets. We send a card to Coach and the team wishing them the best. The night before the game, I was skiing with my sons and I got a call from my very excited wife. She said "I just got off the phone with the team manager. He said "I'm standing next to Coach Boeheim and he said I want you to take care of this family." The next day, we sat in seats in the Breslin Center, courtesy of Jim Boeheim. Right in front of us were the parents of a certain point guard from Scranton. Perhaps the most memorable experience came in September of 2020. My beloved wife of 40 years was in hospice and celebrating her final birthday. I got her a Cameo from Coach Boeheim. It was a message from his heart. He commented on her Michigan license plate number (it was an obvious SU theme) and gave her a pep talk. I have a video of her watching it, a smile from ear to ear, saying "oh wow!" over and over. She passed the following morning. His tribute to Louis Orr shows that side of him that I have been fortunate enough to see a few times, a side others know far better than I. Jim Boeheim is a treasure. The next time you think you know him and can thus speak with authority about what he is thinking, you do not. [/QUOTE]

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