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Eric15
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That's impressive if this group of SU student seniors has an emotional attachment to JB and would camp out in the freezing cold for hours. Their freshman year, they couldn't attend games due to Covid. Their sophomore and junior years, we were never in contention for the NCAA tournament. So unless they grew up as an SU fan (which I feel like most kids who attend SU don't), I wouldn't fault them if this wasn't a huge priority, like it is for locals and alumni.
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Students are tying Thursday’s girls Duke game to Saturdays game. They are camping out for both. This women‘s team deserves a huge crowd for Thursday’s game. They have a chance to win the ACC conference, something the men have never come close to doing. They have the best basketball player on either team with Fair. She’s tough and clutch. She’s going to finish in the top five in scoring for women’s basketball.
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JB does deserve a huge tribute (statue, gifts, etc) but I wish his day would be in a few years after we have had some time to reflect on and appreciate his career accomplishments more.
Time would also give the Syracuse program a better chance to be in a better place and the game could actually mean something.
Time would also give the Syracuse program a better chance to be in a better place and the game could actually mean something.
He is 79 years old, how long do you want to wait?
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How about 90 or maybe let's just wait until he is no longer with us. That way, as a community, we can all come together to appreciate and celebrate his contributions without him.
Just me but I wanted a day just for JB, with no game but just a day for him.
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ESPN has "Jim Boeheim Celebration" listed for 2pm on ACCNX. So its going to be after the game?
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Gotta make people stay.
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It'll help if we win the game.
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I remember everybody googling "William Payne" after he said it and this came up,
William Payne (painter) - Wikipedia and everybody going "WTH is he talking about?"
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Correct. From what I’ve heard, it will be about a 30 minute presentation. The bigger event will be the banquet that evening at Drumlins.
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Jackass SU fan online: Jim Boeheim torpedoed this program and couldn’t coach a beer league team and was despicable in press conferences! Boo this man!
Same fan on JB Day: Thanks for all the memories, Coach; you’ve always been one of the greats! [tear rolls down cheek]
Same fan on JB Day: Thanks for all the memories, Coach; you’ve always been one of the greats! [tear rolls down cheek]
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Why would they do this in Red's first year? I am at a loss to understand...
He hasn't even been retired for 12 months.
JB isn't exactly young. You don't wait too long to do these things.
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Ideally, it should have been done at the end of last year, but things got a bit complicated.
I think the timing of this is perfect whether it was planned or not. This was a major transition and I think that we’ve reached a point of acceptance. I see Saturday as the day when the keys officially get turned over to Autry and is embraced as the ‘Head Coach’ and Boeheim is officially embraced as the ‘emeritus’ figure to the program.
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I actually would argue that the longer you wait, the more disrespectful it looks.
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He’s like 80, I’m assuming they don’t want to honor him when it’s difficult for him to get around or something more grave.
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