Pat Forde Article on SI

[CuseCPT]

When Coaches Become Emperors​

https://www.si.com/college/2023/02/06/syracuse-boeheim-coaches-influence-duke-unc-villanova

Oof.

 

[Brooky03]

Low hanging fruit. Won’t be the first or last article capitalizing on this. Strike while the clicks are hot!

 

[Toga]

When Coaches Become Emperors​

https://www.si.com/college/2023/02/06/syracuse-boeheim-coaches-influence-duke-unc-villanova

Oof.

 

[djcon57]

"If “95%” of Syracuse fans want Boeheim to keep coaching, as he asserted, they certainly have lowered their expectations for the program. Barring a big February run, the Orange will enter the ACC tournament in need of winning it to make the NCAAs. (And Syracuse has never come close to winning the ACC tourney since joining the league in 2013–14.)

This would mark ‘Cuse’s first back-to-back NCAA misses since 2007–08. Their record in the past two seasons: 30–27, 16–17 in the ACC, with a Ken Pomeroy ranking of 69th last year and 85th so far this year. A program that had 17 straight 20-win seasons from ’97–98 through ’13–14 now hasn’t had one since ’19."

Yikes. FACTS. Hard to explain this away.

 

[elimunelson]

Emperor Boeheim articles, that's fantastic.

I'm hoping he realizes it's time to walk away to make this easy on everyone involved, most importantly SU. Otherwise, the bad will get worse and the good will be offset by the bad

 

[Orangejet]

JB needs to retire after this season for the program needs a new direction which includes man to man defense.

 

[Goin' Deep]

I think it's more accurate that 95% of Syracuse fans want JB gone...QUICKLY!!

 

[phil77]

It will get worse and worse and they will write article after article. All the media people JB pissed off over the years are going to drive him into the ground now.

 

[MikeSU02]

When Coaches Become Emperors​

https://www.si.com/college/2023/02/06/syracuse-boeheim-coaches-influence-duke-unc-villanova

Oof.

Not great. Forde has 344k Twitter followers plus his other platforms.

On top of being another national name piling on.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

It will get worse and worse and they will write article after article. All the media people JB pissed off over the years are going to drive him into the ground now.

And he’s done it to himself.

 

[samspann1]

Yep, you're right Cuse181 - this story is definitely going away...

 

[5OutFred]

"The customary chain of command has long been broken at Syracuse, with chancellor Kent Syverud and athletic director John Wildhack more likely to fetch Boeheim coffee than give him a directive."

Many here have wondered when the narrative would shift from "JB being JB" to a systemic enablement from SU. This may be the first piece to address it, it certainly won't be the last.

 

[bigmike]

Seems to be the beginning of a mob forming, which is not good.

 

[FrancoPizza]

JB will issue another statement to counter Forde's comments. And round and round we go. It won’t wait till after Wednesday’s game. Jim is too impulsive to wait.

I have to say, all this “drama” has made an otherwise forgettable season much more entertaining.

 

[TheCusian]

Forde has a long beef with JAB, if you read that and don't take it into account you're playing the fool no matter how true *some* of it is.

(And JAB has been the emporer of the thing for like 1/2 his tenure. He's a mafia boss and Forde is a turd. There are no winners here)

 

[Brooky03]

Seems to be the beginning of a mob forming, which is not good.

Yuppp. Not good for JB, not good for the program, by extension not good for the fans.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Seems to be the beginning of a mob forming, which is not good.

Not good for who? For those who want change, the media is our obi wan. And it’s sad that it has come to this.

 

[kingtidge]

Yep, you're right Cuse181 - this story is definitely going away...

4 days to go and it will be crickets!

 

[Toga]

Seems to be the beginning of a mob forming, which is not good.

 

[cuseinseattle]

Not great. Forde has 344k Twitter followers plus his other platforms.

On top of being another national name piling on.

Forde is a joke though. I don't know anyone who takes him seriously. There are many people who don't like Boeheim in the media and this is their chance and he gave it to them.

 

[Brooky03]

One possible thing in our favor is the number of people typing www.si.com in their browser daily can't be more than a few dozen.

 

[MikeSU02]

Forde is a joke though. I don't know anyone who takes him seriously. There are many people who don't like Boeheim in the media and this is their chance and he gave it to them.

Ya, joke or not, he has a massive platform.

 

[samspann1]

Right or wrong, you reap what you sow.

It will get worse and worse and they will write article after article. All the media people JB pissed off over the years are going to drive him into the ground now.

Forde is a joke though. I don't know anyone who takes him seriously. There are many people who don't like Boeheim in the media and this is their chance and he gave it to them.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

Ya, joke or not, he has a massive platform.

Exactly, the article will get some run, barstool torching him as well. Don't love either but it's going to have a pretty good reach regardless

 

[Wrinkle]

Ya, joke or not, he has a massive platform.

I don't know about massive. Large.