STEVEHOLT
There are FIVE letters in the name BLAIN.
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I still disagree.
The comments JB made on the kids who lost the lawsuit were ill advised for a man with his resources to make. No one is questioning that.
I don’t see how it puts the university in a bad light. Even if SU had to pay some small amount of money in this.
Same with pointing out a reporter with no expertise on the sport of basketball has no expertise on the subject. I don’t see this reflecting badly on Syracuse.
If he treated national media the way he treats some of the local media, maybe there is a point to be made here. Don’t get me wrong; I wish he wouldn’t be petty to some of the local reporters. But none of these incidents, including the latest one, has ever become a major news event that cast the university in a bad light.
Okay, you don’t like JB and want him fired. The best you can do it dig up a civil lawsuit from 15 years ago? One that he didn’t even lose? Even knows thse money grab lawsuits happen to rich people and are routinely settled for minor dollars.
When a national media member needs a thoughtful take on college basketball, JB is one of the first people they go to. He is widely respected. He is not a loose cannon that could go off at any time.
That’s one way to look at it .. the other is they go to him because their interview may go viral if he says some cray crap