P-S: Syracuse's 2016 Final Four run masked impact of NCAA's penalties

[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse, N.Y. — When the Syracuse Orange advanced to the 2016 NCAA Final Four, there was a prevailing thought among some fans and members of the national media that the NCAA's sanctions had little impact on Jim Boeheim's program.

After all, there was Syracuse at the Final Four in Houston just one year after serving a self-imposed postseason ban and only months following Boeheim's own nine-game suspension from the NCAA.

In reality, Syracuse's Final Four appearance masked the impact of the NCAA's penalties that came after a long investigation into the SU program.

The fact is that, despite those four tournament wins in a two-week period last March, the NCAA's sanctions did exactly what penalties are supposed to do. They've hurt Syracuse...

Syracuse's 2016 Final Four run masked impact of NCAA's penalties

 

[orange79]

Shhhhh. You'll ruin the narrative of some posters here.

 

[Alsacs]

Everybody knows the sanctions hurt but follow
Francis and what he says about recruiting. He is objective and doesn't have an agenda.
Also asking for adjustments when the pieces don't fit isn't an agenda.
If we could win the way JB wanted to I wouldn't complain.
Watching this team though we don't change. JB doesn't switch defenses with a team that can't play the zone and force turnovers and the offense is garbage 1 on 1 ISO.
Watch the Kansas game I linked we had AO posting, shooting in Rautins, multiple ball drivers Devi/Flynn and a junkyard dog player in Paul Harris.'
That team had 2 NBA draft picks Flynn and Rautins.
JB with 11 scholarships should be fine.
The year before our sanctions were hit he had 10 players. That is on him.
We will go 6 years without a full roster for a 4 year penalty because JB didn't recruit a full roster of 13.
He also pushed Johnson and Patterson out.

 

[donniesyracuse]

I hate that Waters misused the word "fact." Nobody seems to know what a fact is anymore.

 

[cuseguy]

The sanctions are certainly playing a part, but that's not all of it.

The staff felt no urgency to find a better PG than Howard knowing G was leaving.

We're not even using all of our allotted scholarships.

Two seniors -- Roberson, a top 50 player, and Coleman, an AA -- haven't lived up to expectations. While injury is an excuse for Coleman, he's healthy now and still not producing.

Waiters is simplifying things without taking other factors into consideration.

 

[OttoMets]

I hate that Waters misused the word "fact." Nobody seems to know what a fact is anymore.

I only read the excerpt posted above, but that was plenty. What is the beat writer doing publishing an opinion piece, and one with a dopey and unsupported opinion at that?

The NCAA is a fun scapegoat for some, but this roster probably would have looked a lot like this one with or without sanctions. The NCAA isn't responsible for SU getting blasted by AAC and Big East teams with worse players and worse coaches.

 

[supp]

Shhhhh. You'll ruin the narrative of some posters here.

Even so, that's on Boeheim. The events of the past couple years, culminating in this year's team, all add up to a pattern of benign neglect. Last year's team caught a bunch of breaks at the end of the season but what preceded it was in line with the previous year and this year.

Whether it's sanctions or Olympic duties or delegating too much responsibility to assistants and support staff, you can't run a program at this level on half speed.

 

[cuseguy]

Even so, that's on Boeheim. The events of the past couple years, culminating in this year's team, all add up to a pattern of benign neglect. Last year's team caught a bunch of breaks at the end of the season but what preceded it was in line with the previous year and this year. Whether it's sanctions or Olympic duties or delegating too much responsibility to assistants and support staff, you can't run a program at this level on half speed.

Well said.

I think some attention to detail has been lost.