Pete Thamel

[Irishsecra1]

I have watched this team all year and I still have no idea what Syracuse tries to do on defense.
There has literally been no improvement all year.
They just seem to throw something against the wall every game and hope it works.
In the Cal game, I thought they finally had a defensive identity but that was just a one time thing.
Up until the middle of the season, I thought Taylor and Cuffe showed real effort on defense.
Then I think out of watching their teammates not do a damn thing all year they just gave up trying.
Or in Cuffes case, his contribution to the team was not valued. Even when he plays well offensively, he still gets minimal playing time.
And dont get me started on player rotations. Makes no sense at all.
Players who are shooting well during a game are sent to the bench
Players who cant seem to hit the broad side of a barn during the game are kept in longer.
I swear Syracuse thinks its better to play whoever has the cold hand, and douse those hot hands.

 

[kirbivore]

I'm just waiting to see what happens in the off-season. No need to get bent out of shape over all this every day.

Carry on!

 

[oldpinepoint]

Love me some GnR

 

[miamicuse]

I think it’s silly to over analyze the press conferences. I’m guessing that if you gave Red truth serum he’d say “our guys suck at defense. That’s why our defense is horrible. I tell them what to do, they try to do it, but they suck at it.”

Now, we can discuss why he assembled a roster loaded with guys who suck at defense. But the bottom line is that almost all of them suck at defense.

Suck at it as in they can't or they won't?

To me it seems they choose not to defend, not that they lack the ability to. This is not a talent gap that Red found these guys who choose to play one side of the ball.

 

[Millhouse]

The football team is packing the house and going to bowl games because of JW. His job is safer than most of ours.

turning basketball into a joke by giving a dunce that no one else wants a contract we can't get out of offsets that

basketball should matter here

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I’d say the number of kids that genuinely want to play defense gets fewer every year. Thank the NBA and AAU.

Need coaches to demand it or they sit. Not give them a “nice guy” high 5.

SMU played pretty hard on defense. Lots of overplaying, even away from the basket.

 

[Dcuse]

turning basketball into a joke by giving a dunce that no one else wants a contract we can't get out of offsets that

basketball should matter here

A Dunce? I just remembered why a football player‘s father wanted to deck you.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

A Dunce? I just remembered why a football player‘s father wanted to deck you.

Keep Red and enjoy another 12 months of comments like this about a former player sounds like a great idea. Even if Kiyan was better than his dad we'd still suck under this coach.

Louisville cut their losses with Kenny Payne it will be shameful and pathetic if Syracuse keeps our version longer than they did.

 

[Dcuse]

Keep Red and enjoy another 12 months of comments like this about a former player sounds like a great idea. Even if Kiyan was better than his dad we'd still suck under this coach.

Louisville cut their losses with Kenny Payne it will be shameful and pathetic if Syracuse keeps our version longer than they did.

If you don't want him as coach, that's one thing. But when you start calling one of our great players, and a guy that has given a good portion of his life to this program that we love, names like "Dunce" ( which I assume you agree with since you made this post) let's just say you make me sick.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

If you don't want him as coach, that's one thing. But when you start calling one of our great players, and a guy that has given a good portion of his life to this program that we love, names like "Dunce" ( which I assume you agree with since you made this post) let's just say you make me sick.

Watching us suck this much and the level of incompetence makes people sick as well. As I said Louisville fans didn't pom pom wave for Kenny Payne why should ours?

We both know there's an easily and obvious solution that ends this nightmare in a week.

 

[Dcuse]

Watching us suck this much and the level of incompetence makes people sick as well. As I said Louisville fans didn't pom pom wave for Kenny Payne why should ours?

We both know there's an easily and obvious solution that ends this nightmare in a week.

Don't get your hopes up.