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Message: [QUOTE="kcsu, post: 5291412, member: 528"] After watching today's game I'm not sure what should be done. I started watching SU basketball when Roy was the coach and since that time I have never seen an SU team that has been as messed up as this one. Nothing is right. Its hard for me to describe as everything is off. There isnt one thing about this team that i can point to as being good. Not a single thing. Offense, Defense, Shooting, Rebounding nothing. More disturbing is that there seems to be a lack of any type of game plan. Usually we can all point to specifics that are off, to plays or specific substitutions that didnt make sense. Not with this team as nothing makes sense. There is no cohesion in anything that they do on the court. Total chaos is what I see. In short, a disorganized mess that has no plan and for this reason it is apparent that Red baring some type of miracle isn't the right person to coach Syracuse basketball back to relevance. However, the one thing that I can't get my head around is the good job that Red did last year. Getting 20 wins out of that group was a good accomplishment. He had a mess on his hands and by all accounts handled it extremely well. Fast forward to today's season and yesterday's game and the question is what happened. Is it as simple as the team not having any talent. With the operative word being any. I mean if you look at each player individually there isn't one player with the possible exception of Donnie and JJ that would start for any other ACC team. Maybe BC but i doubt it. The talent level on this team is horrible. Nobody can defend. Nobody is a force on the offensive end. Nobody is a fierce rebounder. Most importantly not one player is a leader. So, is it Red or is it a complete lack of talent. Obviously Red has to own the roster as he is the one that has constructed it. Still would JB be winning with this roster. Would he have won today or last game? My answer is no. The games would have been closer, but we wouldn't have won. My take is that we have a team that has little to no talent and leadership and we have a coach who isn't very good. I have been saying that Red will get a third year, and I still believe that to be the case. Still, I'm not sure as this team might not win more than two or three more games and I believe Red has either already lost them or at best they have one foot out the door. If that is the case, how do we move forward? What can JW do to save next year's recruiting class? Most importantly save the support that Melo is going to provide. For me if not for Melo I wouldn't give Red a third year. I would make the move after this season. But the power of Melo is so strong that I think he has to be part of the equation. I know this is a rant and ramble but I'm truly at a loss. There is simply nothing that I can see that can fix the team this season. I guess Red could focus on the future and play the kids that might be back, but I don't know. I'm pissed and sad to see what has happened to our program. I will keep watching and keep supporting as I have for close to 60 years. Hopefully we find a miracle and win a few games. This sucks. [/QUOTE]

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