JB's Presser after St Johns

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[two3zone]

Wow, first time I've ever heard him take blame.

 

[AZOrange]

Wow, first time I've ever heard him take blame.

Kind of...he knows the teams defeated

 

[two3zone]

Kind of...he knows the teams defeated

The more I'm listening to it, I'm not sure he believes what he said. He kept mentioning execution which obviously falls on the players. At this point he knows he can't pile on these guys more than they are right now.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Wow, first time I've ever heard him take blame.

Must have read this site before taking the podium.

 

[AZOrange]

The more I'm listening to it, I'm not sure he believes what he said. He kept mentioning execution which obviously falls on the players. At this point he knows he can't pile on these guys more than they are right now.

Yeah it was laced with sarcasm...

 

[IthacaBarrel]

Wow, first time I've ever heard him take blame.

Stop

 

[We Are Syracuse]

Good for JB

 

[two3zone]

Stop

Almost every post game is on youtube. Find me one.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

Almost every post game is on youtube. Find me one.

Stop

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Stop

I can't remember the last time he took the blame like that. Ever.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Ironically(?), i kinda like JB, the dude. Feel a bit bad for him now. A lifetime of investment into the program, and it's crashing. Kinda wish he could go out on top, and not just for me/us/SU.

He needs to lose those dress shirts, though. They look like they were made for male maternity.

 

[jdubs30]

When you say "the players don't execute it's my fault" - it's kind of double blame. JB has his way and he's won 992 games doing it his way. This is who he is.

 

[Toga]

Ironically(?), i kinda like JB, the dude.
He needs to lose those dress shirts, though. They look like they were made for male maternity.

The poofy shirt.

 

[dasher]

Yeah it was laced with sarcasm...

He wasn't being sarcastic. He knows that the teams confidence is in the sewer. And he knows that he is not getting the job done.

 

[AZOrange]

He wasn't being sarcastic. He knows that the teams confidence is in the sewer. And he knows that he is not getting the job done.

Sarcasm isn't the right word. It's time we be honest about the staff.

 

[dasher]

Ironically(?), i kinda like JB, the dude. Feel a bit bad for him now. A lifetime of investment into the program, and it's crashing. Kinda wish he could go out on top, and not just for me/us/SU.

He needs to lose those dress shirts, though. They look like they were made for male maternity.

It's funny. I like him him as a coach a lot more than I have liked him as a person over the last 41 years. Of which, I have sadly been around for all of them.

 

[Guinness]

He wasn't being sarcastic. He knows that the teams confidence is in the sewer. And he knows that he is not getting the job done.

Exactly.

 

[hoopsupstate]

This is what happens when loyalty doens't matter. You bring in 2 free agents who obviously, don't care about being loyal to the two programs they left behind. Then you give them the reigns and you forget about the players you recruited and put time in to the program. It's pretty easy to lose control of the ship. When you're weak at guard and Gillon and Howard have the ball in their hands for the majority of the game, you're in trouble. Gillon didn't run any offense, just dribbled all night. When Howard came back in all he did was jack jump shots and try a hot dog dunk move. Howard is a problem on this team. He only cares about himself. This team may not win 10 games this year. Athletic teams will take them apart defensively and completely stop our offense. Whitlock better think twice about the price plan he has in place for basketball tickets next year.

 

[Madbiker]

IMO he knows this team is awful. Lacks talent. The guard play is atrocious. Is headed for a losing conference record and will miss the tourney field. And he's taking the bullet to shield some kids and Hopkins.

 

[two3zone]

IMO he knows this team is awful. Lacks talent. The guard play is atrocious. Is headed for a losing conference record and will miss the tourney field. And he's taking the bullet to shield some kids and Hopkins.

Then he has no clue what he was watching this pre season then, he thought this was one of his all time best teams.

 

[pearl31]

When you say "the players don't execute it's my fault" - it's kind of double blame. JB has his way and he's won 992 games doing it his way. This is who he is.

thing is though, double blame is warranted here in what we've seen on the court - the coach(es) clearly don't have the team prepared adequately and the players clearly are not executing at all, and are playing with little to no energy - it's an entire systemic failure... obviously buck stops with JB but this is on the players as well

 

[Toga]

IMO he knows this team is awful. Lacks talent. The guard play is atrocious. Is headed for a losing conference record and will miss the tourney field. And he's taking the bullet to shield some kids and Hopkins.

Maybe but in my mind I keep going back to his glowing preseason comments. Something happened.

 

[longislandcuse]

IMO he knows this team is awful. Lacks talent. The guard play is atrocious. Is headed for a losing conference record and will miss the tourney field. And he's taking the bullet to shield some kids and Hopkins.

That would be shocking since he waxed poetic about this team before the season.

 

[Townie72]

Sarcasm isn't the right word. It's time we be honest about the staff.

OK. Let's be "honest".You can start off.