OK - I Have Vented on Judah Along With Everybody Else...

[newmexicuse]

Time to support the kid. It wasnt from lack of effort. He has won us more games than he has lost us.

He probably feels much worse than any of us fans do.

He is a frosh, he will probably lose us a couple of more, but overall he has been TERRIFIC.

 

[Cuse181]

Time to support the kid. It wasnt from lack of effort. He has won us more games than he has lost us.

He probably feels much worse than any of us fans do.

He is a frosh, he will probably lose us a couple of more, but overall he has been TERRIFIC.

Has he won syracuse more games than he has lost? I count 4 losses to 2 wins, and those 4 losses were pretty impactful and each ended (essentially) on a Judah turnover

 

[hoopsupstate]

We’re passionate fans and want to win badly. Mintz really struggled and we take it to heart. You could tell that Judah knew he messed up. The key is he has to learn from this. That’s the key.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Only took 48 hours to go from:

"Judah is better than JJ Starling"

to:

"**** Judah in the ass with a red hot poker".

The life of a college freshman.

 

[crv1728]

Time to support the kid. It wasnt from lack of effort. He has won us more games than he has lost us.

He probably feels much worse than any of us fans do.

He is a frosh, he will probably lose us a couple of more, but overall he has been TERRIFIC.

Thank you. Sometimes we all can be emotional after a tough loss, especially when our expectations were growing, and we saw this game as a victory for a while. But the vitriol toward Judah tonight is as bad as I’ve ever seen toward any athlete on this board ever. It’s too much.
The kid has been terrific for huge chunks of the season.

 

[tee1222]

Agree with OP. Terrific and sky is the limit. He will grow and learn from bad days like this. Proud of him and he's an amazing, gifted young player.

 

[orangemass]

The whole nba ready thing is playing a role here

 

[wiCuse]

We play a lot of freshman. This is what you get. Hopefully, they stick around and it's worth it.

People want to look past the terrible rebounding during the 2nd half against a team that doesn't rebound well.

 

[tptcuse]

The whole nba ready thing is playing a role here

You implied that in the game thread but I don't think so. I think he really wants to win but is too green for the late game situations and thinks he has to take it all on his back.

 

[tptcuse]

We play a lot of freshman. This is what you get. Hopefully, they stick around and it's worth it.

People want to look past the terrible rebounding during the 2nd half against a team that doesn't rebound well.

Absolutely!

 

[SUMJF]

That thread title pisses me off. You can be frustrated and not leave it.

Judah Mintz doesn’t deserve that title and it can be edited.

 

[50YRsofCuse]

So, I am happy to have Judah as a starting PG. He had a bad game, he was knocked around on his drives by Miami and probably 75% of the time, no fouls were called. He was rattled several time in the game. Coach sat him trying give him to get refresh and get settled. When he went in the late minutes of the game, he tried too hard to make things happen. It didn’t work.

He tried to do what what he has been doing the last several games. Anyone remember he is a freshman. Mistakes happen. Coach Boeheim saw it blow up in front of his face. He gave Judah who has been one of the team’s go to guys all year long a chance. Oh, It didn’t work.

If Syracuse won the game, would you still say it was the worst coached game? Miami surged at the right time. There were 5 players on the court when the surge was over. Mintz was not one of those 5 players during the majority of the surge. He did have a bad game thanks to Miamis defense of his play.

 

[newmexicuse]

Has he won syracuse more games than he has lost? I count 4 losses to 2 wins, and those 4 losses were pretty impactful and each ended (essentially) on a Judah turnover

Are you forgetting his play in the first 39 minutes of all of our 12 wins ????

 

[Orangezoo]

Has he won syracuse more games than he has lost? I count 4 losses to 2 wins, and those 4 losses were pretty impactful and each ended (essentially) on a Judah turnover

Enough with this crap. We get it- you aren't a Judah fan. Go throw some darts at his picture.

 

[br801]

That thread title pisses me off. You can be frustrated and not leave it.

Judah Mintz doesn’t deserve that title and it can be edited.

You're no longer a Walk On. You're the Grand Arbiter of Thread Titles.

 

[SUMJF]

You're no longer a Walk On. You're the Grand Arbiter of Thread Titles.

That’s fine. I don’t think a player who has played well and made us a lot better deserved to have a thread title directed at him that was ridiculous.
The thread title got changed. I am happy when I start doing this more go ahead and label me.

 

[Manleymen]

Wish JB would take the first 10 seconds of every timeout to get input from his assistants. He cannot see everything.

 

[Red Holzman]

Ugly, but like Judah's mindset in thinking he could win the game.
He didn't shy away from the moment -will eventually pay dividends.
Next time, expect Judah makes more of an effort to get the ball to Joe, who should have it there.
Judah ended up crushed -Joe would have either won the game, or shouldered not winning it.

Not long ago, few expected SU to even be in this game-
Though the end was painful, mark me down for "glass half full" and looking forward to seeing these guys battle GT.

 

[Hopkins16]

I don't blame Judah, it's the fault of coach. While Judah can be dynamic, both he and Girard are careless with the ball. Symir should have been in the game to steady the ship to make game saving/winning decisions.

I don't like how Benny gets a short leash and gets yelled at and Judah just get instructions and pep talks when he makes mistakes.

 

[br801]

I don't blame Judah, it's the fault of coach. While Judah can be dynamic, both he and Girard are careless with the ball. Symir should have been in the game to steady the ship to make game saving/winning decisions.

I don't like how Benny gets a short leash and gets yelled at and Judah just get instructions and pep talks when he makes mistakes.

Assigning complete blame to either the coach or player in this situation is ridiculous. Judah is the lead guard and a critical piece of the team, so he's afforded a longer leash. Benny is still figuring it out and is one of many options at forward, so he gets a shorter leash. It's not rocket science, and it's nothing new.

 

[NYCCuse826]

The whole nba ready thing is playing a role here

No one is saying that outside of paranoid posters and Cory Alexander. He's a two year player at minimum. I'm sure he knows that as well.

 

[cuseallday]

So many fans trashed Judah after the game on social media. He had a bad game. He knows it. He's had a lot of great games, too. It happens.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Before his career is done I suspect his positive contributions are gonna greatly outweigh the negative. He’s a freshman and he had a bad game. It is what it is.

 

[Manleymen]

Jesse had a stellar game and I believe our madness hopes still rest with his play, or at least getting to the bubble.

 

[Newhouser]

Jesse had a stellar game and I believe our madness hopes still rest with his play, or at least getting to the bubble.

I'm in the minority but I think Jesse's point total is skewing people. He was not good in the first half and he was bad on D most of the night. He got involved early in the second half and was the beneficiary of some nice feeds at the rim. He hit his FT's which helped immensely, but I don't think his entire game was awesome.