Mt Rushmore of Syracuse sports

[HyattsCuse]

My Mt Rushmore of Syracusefan.com
Orangeyes
Orange Extreme
SWC
TOMCAT/BEES

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Apparently, there is only room for one Siamese twin on Jarhead's Mt Rushmore since Tomcat and Bees are conjoined. Haha.

 

[OrangeAl]

Imaginary you say?!?

Oh, no! You're not writing this from Dubai are you?

 

[JarHeadJim]

Oh, no! You're not writing this from Dubai are you?

Yes

 

[CuseFan]

What about Sportscasters:

Bob Costas
Dick Stockton
Mike Tirico
Marv Albert

 

[cliftonparksufan]

What about Sportscasters:

Bob Costas
Dick Stockton
Mike Tirico
Marv Albert

I guess you never heard of Marty Glickman. He's #1 for many reasons. Go read his wiki page.

 

[RF2044]

If you leave out Dave Bing you have the whole thing wrong. Without him you have nothing in basketball.

Bing is one of the greatest all-time basketball players to attend Syracuse. But I don't think I have it wrong at all. Jim Boeheim transcends the players, I don't know if Bing was any more important than Pearl or Derrick Coleman, just for the example.

A rare topic we disagree on, bagger bob.

 

[baggerbob]

Bing is one of the greatest all-time basketball players to attend Syracuse. But I don't think I have it wrong at all. Jim Boeheim transcends the players, I don't know if Bing was any more important than Pearl or Derrick Coleman, just for the example.

A rare topic we disagree on, bagger bob.

Bing brought Syracuse basketball back from the dead. Even JB will tell you that, Lewis followed the firing of Guley who set an NCAA record at the time of 26 loses in a row. Without Dave no JB or possibly any program at all. I lived through that not good times
If you think the current situation is bad, the end of Guley coaching Davis and Mackey, had to come from the football team to play.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Who you got?
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Well, it has to be a big mountain. We got a large group in the college football Hall of Fame, and more who were stars in hoops in college and the NBA. I refuse to limit myself to 4 for each sport.

Let's list all who are deserving - at an indisputable level.

Let's start with football:

Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little, John Mackey, Larry Csonka, Daryl "Moose" Johnston, Marvin Harrison, Art Monk, Joe Morris, Dwight Freeney, Jim Ringo (the center on all those Lombardi Packer teams), Donovan McNabb, Tim Green, Chandler Jones, Kevin Mitchell.

That's 15 all-time greats of the modern era, not counting old-time guys like Vic Hanson or Wilmeth Sadat-Singh, or coaches like Ben, Mac and Pasqualoni.

OK, on to the basketball side:

All-Time Greats (college, remember): Dave Bing, Carmelo Anthony, Derrick Coleman, Billy Owens, Pearl Washington, Sherman Douglas, John Wallace, Gerry McNamara, Hakim Warrick.

That's 9 that are kind of beyond debate, for me, and then you have another 10-15 guys who deserve honorable mention. Boeheim of course as the coach and architect of the program.

I probably should add Lawrence Moten, too, since I believe he was the all-time leading scorer in Big East history when his career ended, like Sherm was the all-time leading assist leader.

 

[miamicuse]

No Rushmore is complete without Geno Thorpe.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Looking at the big picture, I'll go with Ben Schwartzwalder, Jim Boeheim, Roy Simmons, Sr. and Jim Brown.

Weitsman over Brown.

 

[OrangeAl]

Well, it has to be a big mountain. We got a large group in the college football Hall of Fame, and more who were stars in hoops in college and the NBA. I refuse to limit myself to 4 for each sport.

Let's list all who are deserving - at an indisputable level.

Let's start with football:

Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little, John Mackey, Larry Csonka, Daryl "Moose" Johnston, Marvin Harrison, Art Monk, Joe Morris, Dwight Freeney, Jim Ringo (the center on all those Lombardi Packer teams), Donovan McNabb, Tim Green, Chandler Jones, Kevin Mitchell.

That's 15 all-time greats of the modern era, not counting old-time guys like Vic Hanson or Wilmeth Sadat-Singh, or coaches like Ben, Mac and Pasqualoni.

OK, on to the basketball side:

All-Time Greats (college, remember): Dave Bing, Carmelo Anthony, Derrick Coleman, Billy Owens, Pearl Washington, Sherman Douglas, John Wallace, Gerry McNamara, Hakim Warrick.

That's 9 that are kind of beyond debate, for me, and then you have another 10-15 guys who deserve honorable mention. Boeheim of course as the coach and architect of the program.

I probably should add Lawrence Moten, too, since I believe he was the all-time leading scorer in Big East history when his career ended, like Sherm was the all-time leading assist leader.

That's a continent, not a mountain!
Picking four to represent the success of SU sports in general almost eliminates players, unless they're of the magnitude of the GOAT.
Coaches build programs that last beyond playing careers.