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Message: [QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 2166221"] I don't blame Lydon for leaving and I think his departure helped the program more than hurt it. The decision was a win-win, imo. Lydon will get paid and Syracuse will have more room to develop talent at the Forward positions. Lydon's departure frees up minutes at the 4 for TT, which is where he needs 90% of his minutes to come from. If Lydon returned, either he or TT would have to play Center for significant stretches in order to get both on the court for the minutes they deserve. Another year of a Forward playing Center would be horrendous and wouldn't help Chukwu or Sidibe develop. Lydon leaving also frees the team up to actually develop a SF or go get one. If Lydon was going to come back and play SF, the ship would have been sunk. Regardless of Hop's influence on the decision, I think Lydon saw that he was not going to be a good fit on this season's team and the team composition was not going to help his draft stock improve. [/QUOTE]