Buddy played 34 minutes in a 1-12 night last time . He had many such nights last year (as did Girard) when Boeheim never went to the bench and we lost anyway. Three guards transferred away last offseason. Probably not a coincidence. You may think it's moronic, but others don't.
Two decades ago, Igor coined the term "Boeheimed". Every year, Igor would decide that some player rooted to the pine was destined to be the team's next superstar if only unchained from Boeheim's hoops galley and allowed to flourish.
And only Igor could see this massive talent just waiting to be unleashed.
And, inevitably, that player would either get his day in the sun or transfer and we would all discover the truth:
There was a very valid reason why the kid never saw the court. The kids on the court ahead of him were better players.
Eric Williams and Matt "All Big Ten" Gorman are a couple examples of Igor's next superstar players. (Younger posters are saying, "Who?" Exactly.)
The term was picked up by others and took on a life of its own. Other posters have taken up Igor's cause as year-in and year-out there is always some player, or group of players, that should be getting playing time that aren't.
Inevitably, as those players either transfer or actually see the court, those posters are proven wrong.
In fact, there is only one player that I know of that has truly blossomed after leaving SU and that was BJ. And BJ did get playing time, he just wasn't strong enough at the time he was forced to play.
And, with Buddy's arrival, the term "Boeheimed" has added a new meaning: "I am going to play my kid as many minutes as possible despite what it might do to the team". NEPOTISM.
Well, we'll see. Buddy had HW, JC and BG behind him last year. All three have transferred and two are playing. We'll see how they do.
We'll come back to this post at the end of the year and we'll look at their stats and see whether, or not, they've flourished in their new environment and all they needed was to be liberated from JB's "family-centric" view of playing time.
To be continued...