10-8 is good though, right? For a college center?
I guess it’s time to kick him out of the basement and change the WiFi password!
He was not great - great players don't have single digit scoring in 6 games and have 10 in 2 others. That is 25% of our games where he couldn't generate double digit points. That is not great. He is a good player who's numbers were hiked by playing on a bad team. Someone has to get rebounds and score when others on the team cannot. His loss is being felt because of the timing, but he is not irreplaceable
How was he supposed to carry a team with so many underclassmen, nobody could. If he plays on a team with more ready talent, he will have a big year. There are reasons why Kansas. Gonzaga and other high level programs want to talk with him. Syracuse didn't want to pay out a big NIL for 1 year where the rest of the team isn't going to be ready for a big year. Other programs will who are in position to win big next year. It appears the difference in money offered is just too large to over look. Syracuse should be able to fill his spot with a 1 or 2 year player that will do most of what Jesse did and allow them to develop Paterson and bank NIL for '24 and beyond. It's not Jesse's fault and it's not Red's fault. I do think Red needs to communicate his thinking and what his plans are.
He didn't say that at all. Not even close.
He’d probably be closer to double that production here so no, it’s not too great in that context
Eh. It's not like he's going to fool NBA front offices with inflated SU stats and parlay a 20-14 season into a draft pick. He's going to spend the next decade playing in Europe regardless.
I have turned down more money multiple times in the last 10 years to stay in CNY as crazy as that sounds. One time it was for significantly more than I make. I don’t regret it at all. There is more to life than the total amount of money in your bank accounts and stuff you have.
amen to this. I hear ya 100x over doing same. Luckily this place is so beautiful 7-8 month a year, no traffic, reasonable cost of living and a bonus is almost no harsher than harsh winters anymore, at least the last 4 years, and especially this last year sans one march storm.
A UMASS rant might kill this thread, which would be a good thing at this point. Jesse has already had his heart hurt enough.Must be a Western MA thang.
The rest of us just wouldn't understand.
Shame? There’s a lesson in going for the 20 pieces of silver over fidelity. He’s about to learn it.
well put it this way: Jesse wont win a championship next year no matter what team he is on.
Carmelo did it pretty well, didn't he???
You seem to take way too much pleasure in the potential misfortunes of others.
You said Carmelo Anthony. Lol.
There is letter of the law and spirit of the law. Just ask George Brett. NCAA regulations state that boosters cannot be involved in recruiting. NCAA regulations state that an NIL deal cannot be contingent on attendance at a specific institution. So a six or seven deal brokered by a booster with a HS player that does not specify what college that player must attend conforms with the letter of the law. But when you state the player must live and perform regular service within the 315 or 607 area codes, does ot violate the spirit? Compound that with the NCAA saying it no longer requires a smoking gun to initiate an investigation, merely the appearance of impropriety.
I mean are we going off of last year or going into next year? Like I’d had Taken Edwards over Clingan this year but at the same time if he a play a full starting role all season just how good is he by now? I’m not taking Soriano over Edwards but about the rest in that list I am, as well as Pj Hall of Clemson, Carlson of Utah, Timme of Gonzaga, Trayce-Davis of Indiana. In a ball park people are gonna give or take so I’d guess it would be around 15th but he’s definitely between 10-20. The notion that Edwards so crazy efficient is way overblown. He was 25th in the nation in FG% and that’s without stretching the floor like multiple of the other centers listed do, and are stil able to maintain around the same, and a few even better FG% than Edwards.
I mean….I don’t want him to do better elsewhere than he did here. Especially if he goes to a team I dislike.
Keep in mind the collectives are not the be all / end all for NIL at Syracuse. As certified 501c's they can only provided compensation for services provided to another 501c. When you see a group from the football team working at a soup kitchen or basketball players appearing at a youth group or faith focused event, that's the work of the collective. When you see Garrett Shrader selling cars, Sean Tucker on T-shirts or Buddy Boeheim on cereal boxes that is an individual transaction initiated by the business, likely via the ACCELERATE platform.
