Oh boy, this board. Okay, here is how I see it

[dasher]

Let's start with this notion that Mark Few would come here. First, I would love it. But the question that should always be
asked on almost every question is why? Not who? Not when. Not where. Why? Can anyone come up with one good
reason that Few would want to come here? Money? I doubt we can match Gonzaga. So, it wouldn't be for money.
Improving his living conditions for him and his family. The guy loves to fish. I have never heard that he loves to be
drowned in snow. Go to a better program? We aren't. Go to a better league? Yeah. But so what. If he wanted
that he could just go to the Pac. So why would he leave a place he is a God and come here and replace a legend?
Who would give all that he has up and come here? I don't believe for a second that Few would leave the Zags for the Cuse..
Sign me up if he would. But once again..that pesky why.
What do we want for next year? I want it all. I want Buddy back. Of course. I can't believe there is a question. And if he
had a different last name, there wouldn't be. For all of the Joe moves to the 2, yeah, that means he gets the 6-5 guy that
currently guards Buddy. Big trouble. I think it is a fair point to be worried that JB will play Joe and Buddy in to the
ground if they both are back. I wish he wouldn't but the idea that we will be better without him than with him, is to me, crazy.
We have no idea what this kid Judah will look like playing D-1. Some had Benny going one and done. And lets save the I wish
we had Woody as well. He has done less than nothing with Oklahoma St. And unlike a lot of you, I actually went and watched
Bunch play. He scored a whopping 2 pts in a high school game. Worse yet, I'm 66 and have a bad knee and I really don't believe
he could stay in front of me when he is on defense. He has a nice looking stroke and he does block shots coming from
the weak side. good player down the road. not next year. And I think currently, he is the best recruit we have.
I want Cole back as well. and a real athletic and good forward from the portal. He will be out there and we have to get him.
A guy like that, with Mintz will change our outlook. Jesse and Frank gives us a great 1 2 punch in the middle.
JB is a hall of famer at what he does for a living. That is more than all of the rest of us with what we do for a living. Keep that
in mind when you question his coaching. I guess Mike Waters can match that. Having said that, he should retire. JB, not Waters. Once again,
the question why? because I go to the Hall of fame classic every year. I have seen all of the big time coaches there. Cal. Huggy, Jay wright.
But not JB. He isn't getting up on a Sunday morning and going to Spfd or any other place to see a recruit. but the guys we are
competing against, they are. I'm 66 this year. And I am not the same guy that I was at 63. We need an aggressive guy that is
everywhere. That has the fire that JB did when I was in school. He has stayed too long and it hasn't served him or the school well.
I don't post here anymore. The place is toxic. On a private board I am on, a player on our team was called useless. And only one person
(general) agreed that it was out of line. JFK said that victory has a thousand fathers and defeat is an orphan. No place more true than
on a fan message board.

 

[djcon57]

I don't post here anymore

You just posted.

 

[sutomcat]

Let's start with this notion that Mark Few would come here. First, I would love it. But the question that should always be
asked on almost every question is why? Not who? Not when. Not where. Why? Can anyone come up with one good
reason that Few would want to come here? Money? I doubt we can match Gonzaga. So, it wouldn't be for money.
Improving his living conditions for him and his family. The guy loves to fish. I have never heard that he loves to be
drowned in snow. Go to a better program? We aren't. Go to a better league? Yeah. But so what. If he wanted
that he could just go to the Pac. So why would he leave a place he is a God and come here and replace a legend?
Who would give all that he has up and come here? I don't believe for a second that Few would leave the Zags for the Cuse..
Sign me up if he would. But once again..that pesky why.
What do we want for next year? I want it all. I want Buddy back. Of course. I can't believe there is a question. And if he
had a different last name, there wouldn't be. For all of the Joe moves to the 2, yeah, that means he gets the 6-5 guy that
currently guards Buddy. Big trouble. I think it is a fair point to be worried that JB will play Joe and Buddy in to the
ground if they both are back. I wish he wouldn't but the idea that we will be better without him than with him, is to me, crazy.
We have no idea what this kid Judah will look like playing D-1. Some had Benny going one and done. And lets save the I wish
we had Woody as well. He has done less than nothing with Oklahoma St. And unlike a lot of you, I actually went and watched
Bunch play. He scored a whopping 2 pts in a high school game. Worse yet, I'm 66 and have a bad knee and I really don't believe
he could stay in front of me when he is on defense. He has a nice looking stroke and he does block shots coming from
the weak side. good player down the road. not next year. And I think currently, he is the best recruit we have.
I want Cole back as well. and a real athletic and good forward from the portal. He will be out there and we have to get him.
A guy like that, with Mintz will change our outlook. Jesse and Frank gives us a great 1 2 punch in the middle.
JB is a hall of famer and what he does for a living. That is more than all of the rest of us with what we do for a living. Keep that
in mind when you question his coaching. I guess Mike Waters can match that. Having said that, he should retire. JB, not Waters. Once again,
the question why? because I go to the Hall of fame classic every year. I have seen all of the big time coaches there. Cal. Huggy, Jay wright.
But not JB. He isn't getting up on a Sunday morning and going to Spfd or any other place to see a recruit. but the guys we are
competing against, they are. I'm 66 this year. And I am not the same guy that I was at 63. We need an aggressive guy that he is
everywhere. That has the fire that JB did when I was in school. He has stayed too long and it hasn't served him or the school well.
I don't post here anymore. The place is toxic. On a private board I am on, a player on our team was called useless. And only one person
(general) agreed that it was out of line. JFK said that victory has a thousand fathers and defeat is an orphan. No place more true than
on a fan message board.

Nice post Dash. Common sense. Don’t see a lot of that here any longer.

Hope your knee is doing better.

Edit:

Regarding who might replace JB someday….

At one point I was sure it was going to be one of the current assistants.

But a couple of things have happened that make it less likely in my mind.

1) the performance of the program has deteriorated significantly. Alarmingly. Staying the course doesn’t look like a very good option as time progresses and things continue to worsen.
2) JW has shown an ability to convince the powers that be that it is okay to pay for high end coaching talent. We repeatedly went out of character bringing in well qualified high priced assistant coaches, regarding from Liggy, to Anae, Beck and even Johnson. Maybe it was a one time thing we will never see the likes of again. But I think it signals a fresh new approach to addressing problems with our revenue programs and I expect John will again do things no SUAD has done in my lifetime when it comes time to replace JAB. And hire a proven, experienced, well qualified HC.

Now if this experiment to greatly increase the payroll for the assistant coaching staff for football doesn’t work, maybe the BOT and the chancellor will be less enthusiastic to a ‘throwing dollars at it’ approach to hiring a new hoops HC. Hoping it works out for football and we use the same approach for hoops. That would be awesome.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Wish you well on the knee Dash. Kaiser wanted me to let you know that he misses you.

 

[Carduccib]

What about Nate Oats?

 

[UpstateSM]

A Heights dark chocolate bar from NETA in Northampton will keep your mind off that bad knee for a couple hours.

Hope all is well and glad to hear from ya.

 

[CA Monk]

Keep posting.
Just keep posting.

 

[SUGIANT]

when I was a kid there was no better fishing than upsate ny, not to mention all the places within driving distance. And what about ice fishing? Just saying…

 

[pearl31]

Nice to see you post dasher hope your knee is on the mend

 

[OttoinGrotto]

#believeintheknees

 

[Briancuse]

You just posted.

And he posted a novel.

 

[Eric15]

JFK said that victory has a thousand fathers and defeat is an orphan.

That's one of my favorite JFK quotes, along with...
1. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", and
2. "I get a migraine headache if I don't get a strange piece of A every day."

 

[goofnoff]

when I was a kid there was no better fishing than upsate ny, not to mention all the places within driving distance. And what about ice fishing? Just saying…

Upstate NY isn't what it was when I was growing up. They've even managed to screw up Oneida Lake. I can barely stand to think about it.

 

[dasher]

That's one of my favorite JFK quotes, along with...
1. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", and
2. "I get a migraine headache if I don't get a strange piece of A every day."

That second one was a private message to another world leader.

 

[Trueblue25]

I also hope Cole comes back. He plays defense. We’re better with guys who actually play defense.

 

[CU44SE]

Few is the Gonzaga as Jim is to Syracuse. He built the program to a national power. He isn’t leaving the Zags. They compete for a NC every year and get some of the best prospects. Why leave? It doesn’t make sense.

The dark horse, is Brad Stevens. Total shot in the dark. But rumors last year were he was fired as coach, they didn’t want to pay him all that money to leave so they gave him a front office role. Does he like that role? Does he want to be a coach? Does he even want to coach college basketball again? But it would be a shot I would go after. Worst case, he says no. But the worst that happens is he says no thank you and you go in another direction.

Now, with that said. I know Jim is not going anywhere anytime soon unfortunately.

 

[pfister1]

Wait until Few hears about the fish in Onondaga Lake. He'll be here in a second!

 

[kcsu]

Few isnt coming here. Next coach is Hop Red G
IF JB steps down this year, no later than after next season. If he wants one of his guys he needs to step down soon

 

[007]

Let's start with this notion that Mark Few would come here. First, I would love it. But the question that should always be
asked on almost every question is why? Not who? Not when. Not where. Why? Can anyone come up with one good
reason that Few would want to come here? Money? I doubt we can match Gonzaga. So, it wouldn't be for money.
Improving his living conditions for him and his family. The guy loves to fish. I have never heard that he loves to be
drowned in snow. Go to a better program? We aren't. Go to a better league? Yeah. But so what. If he wanted
that he could just go to the Pac. So why would he leave a place he is a God and come here and replace a legend?
Who would give all that he has up and come here? I don't believe for a second that Few would leave the Zags for the Cuse..
Sign me up if he would. But once again..that pesky why.
What do we want for next year? I want it all. I want Buddy back. Of course. I can't believe there is a question. And if he
had a different last name, there wouldn't be. For all of the Joe moves to the 2, yeah, that means he gets the 6-5 guy that
currently guards Buddy. Big trouble. I think it is a fair point to be worried that JB will play Joe and Buddy in to the
ground if they both are back. I wish he wouldn't but the idea that we will be better without him than with him, is to me, crazy.
We have no idea what this kid Judah will look like playing D-1. Some had Benny going one and done. And lets save the I wish
we had Woody as well. He has done less than nothing with Oklahoma St. And unlike a lot of you, I actually went and watched
Bunch play. He scored a whopping 2 pts in a high school game. Worse yet, I'm 66 and have a bad knee and I really don't believe
he could stay in front of me when he is on defense. He has a nice looking stroke and he does block shots coming from
the weak side. good player down the road. not next year. And I think currently, he is the best recruit we have.
I want Cole back as well. and a real athletic and good forward from the portal. He will be out there and we have to get him.
A guy like that, with Mintz will change our outlook. Jesse and Frank gives us a great 1 2 punch in the middle.
JB is a hall of famer and what he does for a living. That is more than all of the rest of us with what we do for a living. Keep that
in mind when you question his coaching. I guess Mike Waters can match that. Having said that, he should retire. JB, not Waters. Once again,
the question why? because I go to the Hall of fame classic every year. I have seen all of the big time coaches there. Cal. Huggy, Jay wright.
But not JB. He isn't getting up on a Sunday morning and going to Spfd or any other place to see a recruit. but the guys we are
competing against, they are. I'm 66 this year. And I am not the same guy that I was at 63. We need an aggressive guy that is
everywhere. That has the fire that JB did when I was in school. He has stayed too long and it hasn't served him or the school well.
I don't post here anymore. The place is toxic. On a private board I am on, a player on our team was called useless. And only one person
(general) agreed that it was out of line. JFK said that victory has a thousand fathers and defeat is an orphan. No place more true than
on a fan message board.

dasher long time brother. You know where you need to post. Come back…

 

[Nicknack]

Post or not to post, that is the question.

For me, whatever... it is what it is.

 

[miamicuse]

Is cuserunner on that private board？

 

[Dinkyspond]

I wonder on that other board if the player called useless was Benny

 

[hoopsupstate]

Brad Stevens should be Wildhack’s first call. He’s worth 6 million a year.

 

[realorange]

How about getting Thad Matta back into coaching?

 

[dollarbill44]

And he posted a novel.

I'm waiting for the Cliff Notes to be available.