Lydon comments

[NineOneSeven]

Not wrong! I try to do my best when I’m discussing these games to not make over the top or derogatory comments directed at anyone. Nothing wrong with a dose of perspective. Really remarkable some of the stuff people send DIRECTLY to players on social media though.

Head coach on the other hand

Thanks for that incredible 2016 run, Tyler!

 

[SUMinistry]

Great post by him.

 

[djcon57]

He’s absolutely correct.

Also note that includes KIDS that decide not to play at Syracuse anymore.

 

[Jake]

I completely agree that people need to be respectful in their comment. But let’s not forget that the dynamic has changed a wee bit now that these kids are asking these grown ass men to buy their gear for profit.

 

[HoustonCuse]

A very privileged take by him.

 

[phil77]

Hmmm part of me agrees and part doesn't. With social media the way it is now and the way the players are starting to get paid, I think things are going to get even worse for the athletes in college.

 

[two3zone]

Wonder what his view on DCs take when he tweeted “who in the hell recruited Ron Patterson?”

 

[syrBossHogg]

Players aren't immune to valid criticism, but reaching out directly to the player to agitate them is lame and needs to stop happening

 

[OrangeDW]

Grown men tweeting negative things AT players is beyond lame and weird.

Sports fans talking ABOUT players is normal.

Wanting to punch people in the face for the first example is normal.

Getting offended by the second example is soft.





SHOT FAKE!!!! Had to do it.

 

[MikeSU02]

I would say that anyone that reaches out to a player, recruit or a family of either in DMs is even crazier. Good intentions or not.

That is crazy to me.

Social posts are one thing (I wouldn't do that, I barely post anything that isn't a normal photo of something in my life), but to try to get 1:1 time with a teenager or their parent is really crazy to me if you are just a fan.

 

[CousCuse]

He's got Batman complex.

 

[two3zone]

I would say that anyone that reaches out to a player, recruit or a family of either in DMs is even crazier. Good intentions or not.

That is crazy to me.

Social posts are one thing (I wouldn't do that, I barely post anything that isn't a normal photo of something in my life), but to try to get 1:1 time with a teenager or their parent is really crazy to me if you are just a fan.

I think I had one interaction with a player on Twitter and it was Fab Melo, he mentioned Brazil and I asked him about the beaches and the women down there, he recommended that I take a trip.

 

[MikeSU02]

I think I had one interaction with a player on Twitter and it was Fab Melo, he mentioned Brazil and I asked him about the beaches and the women down there, he recommended that I take a trip.

I would guess that was outside of the DM function and the topic is clearly light and in passing. Obvious there can be carved out exceptions. Nothing is absolute, for sure.

 

[Ghost]

Not wrong! I try to do my best when I’m discussing these games to not make over the top or derogatory comments directed at anyone. Nothing wrong with a dose of perspective. Really remarkable some of the stuff people send DIRECTLY to players on social media though.

Head coach on the other hand

Thanks for that incredible 2016 run, Tyler!

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As a rule i never turn down an invite to slide into someone's DMs

 

[Nicknack]

Meh

I get what he's saying but it also gets old when players (or coaches) try to diminish people's opinions because they've never played div 1, 2 or 3 ball. I do agree that people shouldn't contact players directly with comments. However, his last statement about grown ass men/women, that he could have done without.

 

[OrangeDW]

Meh

I get what he's saying but it also gets old when players (or coaches) try to diminish people's opinions because they've never played div 1, 2 or 3 ball. I do agree that people shouldn't contact players directly with comments. However, his last statement about grown ass men/women, that he could have done without.

Hey, a lot of these guys worked REALLY hard to be 6’10!

 

[pwong]

Hey, a lot of these guys worked REALLY hard to be 6’10!

In the eyes of JB, you only have credibility if you’re taller than 5’2.

 

[elimunelson]

They are pros now which changed my approach to critique. Sugar comes with the spice.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

A very privileged take by him.

Really? I don’t think that word means what you think it means. Being civil and respectful has nothing to do with anything other than who you are as a person. If you are confident in that, and have any sort of humanity, you don’t need to berate people you never met, who play a game at a level you never could, and whose actions have no real impact on your life.
In other words, if you feel the need to try to “personally “ degrade another person through Social Media, posting things you would not have the guts to say in person, you have issues, not the least of which is being immature. Keyboard tough guys should just go get a life.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Grown men tweeting negative things AT players is beyond lame and weird.

Sports fans talking ABOUT players is normal.

Wanting to punch people in the face for the first example is normal.

Getting offended by the second example is soft.





SHOT FAKE!!!! Had to do it.

Agree… Open discussion which, imo, is what we primarily (emphasis on that) have here is how it goes.

 

[OrangeDW]

Agree… Open discussion which, imo, is what we primarily (emphasis on that) have here is how it goes.

Yeah, it’s high Major D-1 ball.

If anyone has a problem with the type of discussion that happens here, they should probably go play ping pong or something, instead.

 

[City of Cuse]

Grown men tweeting negative things AT players is beyond lame and weird.

Sports fans talking ABOUT players is normal.

Wanting to punch people in the face for the first example is normal.

Getting offended by the second example is soft.

This is an excellent post. Seems like common sense but clearly it isn't.

 

[two3zone]

Grown men tweeting negative things AT players is beyond lame and weird.

Sports fans talking ABOUT players is normal.

Wanting to punch people in the face for the first example is normal.

Getting offended by the second example is soft.





SHOT FAKE!!!! Had to do it.

Kind of like his game. Is he at the proper age I can say that yet?

 

[4evaOrange]

Watch

 

[OrangeDW]

Kind of like his game. Is he at the proper age I can say that yet?

Ha!

I loved his game as a freshman. Felt like he never quite found his stride as a sophomore. Then he was gone.

Amazing that at the time a lot of us weren’t sold on him playing at center.

He looks like Etan, compared to Marek and…well any other non-centers that we’ve put at center in key spots in close games.