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Message: [QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 1970942, member: 87"] I think the primary disagreement here is over the "bag" issue. On the one hand - it reeks of sour grapes and is an easy copout to just say a kid got paid to go someplace else. There is definitely some of that lazy thinking in our fanbase - no doubt. On the other hand - UK, love them or hate them, is clearly an outstanding destination for a top rated kid. We think Syracuse is too, and I believe it is, but UK does not [I]need[/I] to pay a kid like Green to go there. I think we can agree on that. All things being equal, I will personally not jump to the conclusion that something nefarious happened, even in a case as bizarre as this one. We are dealing with human beings, and teenagers at that. These are fickle creatures who have imperfect systems for making decisions, can change their minds, have many forces acting on their decision making process including family expectations, peer pressure, social media image, ego, current and future financial status, hormones, etc. So an 18 year old kid suddenly changing his mind is entirely possible and doesn't, to me anyway, require an extraordinary explanations. [U][B]BUT[/B][/U], we have this poster who says he knows Green and his family who says he got a "bag." That is the difference. I am inclined to lean in the direction of believing that poster because it is not like he appears to be a bleed-orange kind of guy. Most of his posts are about how bad of an idea it is to come to Syracuse. Most of the people on this board hate the guy because is so anti-homer that he's alienated everyone. That is not the typical mold of the sour-grapes orange-goggles crowd who just can't accept that a free-willed person would pick some other school. So at least in my case, the "bag" talk is not coming from sour grapes, but rather from the unexpected revelation of a guy who is actively sticking up for Green through this whole aftermath. I think some posters are immediately reacting, as I normally would, to the "bag" talk as just being small-mindedness on the part of people who have a very soda straw perspective on things. [/QUOTE]

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