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Message: [QUOTE="Oráiste, post: 2372698, member: 5974"] Even more than asking Mike, he could have queried some of Boeheim's peers. Associates like Pitino, friends like Krzyzewski, rivals like Calhoun will all tell you that, if anything, Boeheim is underrated. And I, too, have read numerous books about my hometown, and this characterization of them is just untrue: [INDENT]Two things stood out from my reading. First, people with ties to Syracuse can’t resist making fun of the city of Syracuse. This theme popped up in everything that I read. [I]Syracuse is a with nothing to do and where it snows for 300 days a year, and I will never forgive my ancestors for settling in this godforsaken part of the world.[/I] The important catch here, though, is that the authors of these books always insulted their city in an endearing way, where the subtext “… but it’s my home and that’s reason enough to love it” shined through in every complaint. It also was obvious that these complaints were NOT invitations for outsiders to join them in tearing down Syracuse, which is critically important to note.[/INDENT] Everything that I've read about the weather in the Snow Belt and the economic conditions in the Rust Belt are much heavier on pride than on self-deprecation. They are things that make us hardy, and they are always mentioned along with reverence for the unmistakable beauty of CNY. It doesn't surprise me t all, then, that he does not bother to reference by title any of these books and that his "quotes" from them are made up. JB is a complicate man and his legacy is also complicated and open to debate, but the impression I get after having read the article is that the author began with his conclusion already determined and then sought out only those things that would help to confirm it. It often seems that approach is Journalism 101 these days. [/QUOTE]

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