Melo has his ownership hat on with the Aussie League. Now he could get his GM hat on creating the modern day Fab 5... Kiyan, Sadiq, Tyler Jackson, this big kid, and one of the shooters on the wing-- Jemison, Abaev, or Frost.
I also have wonderful memories of a snowy and icy slide down the Crouse steps with many other delirious fans following a win with a record-setting crowd against Villanova. 33,000 and something I think. Those were the days.
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he has an elite mentality...really impressed lately by the latest recruits and by the way he looks at the game and making his choice of school
I did design work for Newman’s summer program. Good people down there
Think about it this way, if he goes somewhere else and say things don't work out. He goes in the portal, has a good relationship with the staff, and then you hope things work for him to come to SU.
If the relationship is good enough to get a price discount in the portal next year then he would commit to Syracuse this year. I always thought of that as an excuse for not being able to close
Not to mention that if he is as good as advertised and stock keeps rising... he may only be in college for one year.
Some other schools (blue bloods especially) have a larger budget than SU. Just look at who offered yesterday and how much they've shelled out since Pope was hired.
