Ok who are we?

[GooseMutt]

I don’t get it! Our defense is non existent. Our offense sputters. Cole is well…..less than effective. Jimmy is a glue stud. What is going on? How are we so unhinged?

 

[DaCuse]

We are a mid major

 

[GENESEO1983]

Speed kills and we have NONE!

 

[l'orange]

We lack athleticism so how do we make it up?
Good playmaking, low turnovers, and good shooting. -> I'm not seeing that.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

A bunch of unathletic guys that can’t compete at a high level.

 

[brian williams]

I was so looking forward to hoops season. Now I’m not sure I want to ruin my holiday by watching two more games like the past two.

 

[Toga]

That's an exciting brand of basketball.

 

[Ajflood12]

We play a zone with no length or athleticism. Nobody can or tries to close out on shooters. What did ppl expect?

 

[Zelda Zonk]

That whole ‘winning season’ streak—tremendously overrated. If we had a long string of 15-14 ball… that’s not really as great of an accomplishment as lot of people want to believe. It’s not a substitution for actual excellence. It’s not even a worthy consolation. It’s just a rationalization for complacency.

 

[Eric15]

I'm not saying this to insult Jimmy who is obviously a great kid and plays hard, but if an Ivy League-caliber player is the 2nd best player on a Syracuse roster, then we have MASSIVE problems in terms of roster development. I don't understand what our coaching staff is doing.

 

[GENESEO1983]

We lack athleticism so how do we make it up?
Good playmaking, low turnovers, and good shooting. -> I'm not seeing that.

None of the above………you either have speed and athleticism or you don’t! We look like a varsity team from ESM in the ’70’s…..

 

[Reyes39]

I was so looking forward to hoops season. Now I’m not sure I want to ruin my holiday by watching two more games like the past two.

I don't think I'll watch tomorrows game. Not because I'm that quick to give up on SU...but because there's a 78% chance I'll throw the turkey through the TV.

 

[hoopsupstate]

I can’t believe the level of athleticism they are recruiting. It makes no sense. One thing I know. Great players want to play in the NBA. Playing zone is not something that prepares them. I don’t care what JB says, but I’m sure opposing coaches are negatively recruiting against us. We have Ivy League talent. I hate to say it, but Benny is not a NBA talent. He doesn’t do anything great to hang his hat on. He and Swider are very disappointing. I hope it changes for both of them. JB is doing Benny no favors the way he’s using him.

 

[JeremyCuse]

I'm not saying this to insult Jimmy who is obviously a great kid and plays hard, but if an Ivy League-caliber player is the 2nd best player on a Syracuse roster, then we have MASSIVE problems in terms of roster development. I don't understand what our coaching staff is doing.

Jimmy's a nice guy and a decent player but he's an 8-10 min bench guy at best at this level, him playing 30+ min a game will cause anarchy in the fanbase by January. He also seems like he's moving in slow motion at times, I started calling him iceberg in our text chat.

 

[GENESEO1983]

The grammar on that is worse then our 3 pt shooting

“Than” is the correct word grammar police guy!

 

[JeremyCuse]

“Than” is the correct word grammar police guy!

I think you missed the joke but duly noted.

 

[djcon57]

I'm not saying this to insult Jimmy who is obviously a great kid and plays hard, but if an Ivy League-caliber player is the 2nd best player on a Syracuse roster, then we have MASSIVE problems in terms of roster development. I don't understand what our coaching staff is doing.

You understand.

Jimmy being the 2nd (or 3rd) was baked into roster.
...and he is the 2nd best player in the team.

 

[Toga]

We could march right down to the Y and get in a shirts and skins game and kick some ass.

 

[TheKid]

A bunch of unathletic guys that can’t compete at a high level.

Did anyone watch the uconn/Auburn game before ours? I did. Big, fast, tall, athletic players running up and down the court, night and day from watching our crew.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Remember 3 years ago when the refrain was that we recruited athletes who had no basketball skills. Now we have guys with basketball skills and no athleticism.

 

[Sherman20]

Jimmy's a nice guy and a decent player but he's an 8-10 min bench guy at best at this level, him playing 30+ min a game will cause anarchy in the fanbase by January. He also seems like he's moving in slow motion at times, I started calling him iceberg in our text chat.

But he’s probably the second or third best player on the team! On Cuse teams of old, yes he’d be a 8-10 min bench guy.

 

[jdubs30]

Remember 3 years ago when the refrain was that we recruited athletes who had no basketball skills. Now we have guys with basketball skills and no athleticism.

That’s what I thought we would have. I didn’t see a whole lot of skill tonight unfortunately

 

[Col. Bleep]

Remember 3 years ago when the refrain was that we recruited athletes who had no basketball skills. Now we have guys with basketball skills and no athleticism.

See…things average out.

I don’t know much.
But the offense - when faced with any kind of decent defense looks like a chaotic mess.

The defense can’t get stops when they need them and too often seems to get shredded.

But Other than that the team looks strong.

 

[dan7800]

We stink. That’s who we are

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

I don’t get it! Our defense is non existent. Our offense sputters. Cole is well…..less than effective. Jimmy is a glue stud. What is going on? How are we so unhinged?

We are he of the cement shoes. Cole, Buddy, jimmy, Joe they plod on the court. On both ends. Every game is the same, when the opponent realizes they are even marginally more athletic, we get beat to loose balls, can’t defend the rim, beat up and down the court, just over powered with no capacity to respond. Add in that the whole team seems to be deferring to team Boeheim and you get the last 2 games. Just brutal basketball