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Message: [QUOTE="VaBeachOrFan, post: 1375352, member: 1274"] I don't disagree, but the "best players possible" for Syracuse are now top-tier players, and it wasn't always thus. SU has historically made its mark with long-term players -- some of them "5-and-done" redshirts -- who provided maturity and continuity to go with the occasional Melo, Pearl and Owens. The staff has long been noted for finding gems among the overlooked like Pace, Q and Hak. Now, however, they're having to deal with turnover and they're making the best they can of it. I just don't see them going after any "project" players during this 10-schollie period (because they can't afford to), and that's a significant change IMHP. I just say I don't like it because, as a fan and a former journalist, I get attached to those 5-and-dones, watching them develop as players and as people with interesting stories.-VBOF [/QUOTE]