He does not. There was never an offer or a contract. Orange United won’t engage until the transfer is official. Money is in the general men’s basketball fund and tagged as coming from syracusefan / SyraCRUZ Tailgate NIL. It will go toward funding a tailgate visit by other basketball players.
You’re right he borrowed money from Red for a vape pen and never paid him back.
Lots of hindsight here. Expecting JJ to improve from freshman to sophomore year isn’t a huge leap and Westry got hurt. I was very excited by both and I wasn’t alone. Those were great adds given the info Red had at the time.
And it's an awful new job for coaches to have.
Red went to him and said you're my number 1 recruiting target. I will give you the starting point guard at Syracuse. That's what got the attention of other schools. Red is a tremendously decent guy, I think his honesty and decency was thrown in the mud.
You weren't alone but the same people who had those questions last year have the same ones this year and it's very fair.
I think it's fair to speculate a little, Laffew strung everyone along for more money. If that's the choice you make, then it's fair as fans to offer minor critique of how the process played out. I haven't seen anything too out of bounds. At this point, most will never know the whole story, but I think we can all speculate to a degree.
How so? His stellar record of 0-3 against P6 teams? Where he shot 40% from the field and 2-19 from 3? How he wowed with an average of 4 assists in those game? There is nothing he has done that screams “ACC point guard.” Meanwhile Carlos at least had 9 assists to only 3 tos against their ACC opponent. I’m not sure what all the fuss is about, neither are great but Carlos is a better fit to distribute.
Didn't know it was his hometown school. Still he was ready to sign with us a couple of weeks ago.
It's all about NIL
Or, he always planned on taking his visits and then making a decision. We don't really know.
Fran is a very special person. Hes on a different level when it comes to connecting.
Lets give it to the hofstra kid
From my view it looked like a play for more money. If it's not, then it's not, but I can speculate, and pass judgement. Not the end of the world, we all make choices in life, he's not immune to minor critique of how the recruitment played out.
Of course it was money. Kid most likely committed, reneged and got a bigger bag from the home team. Good for him. Time to put the saint from marys on a shelf.
This is where I think we may not have a good chunk, at least enough to sway any of these premium guys who seem to be coming out of the cracks now that all these mid-level guys are signing.
At this point "wasn't worth the money" isn't going to play. This is a starting position, if you're not willing to overpay for a dire need then what's the point of paying anyone. Freeman is gone after this year no matter what happens, whatever investment made into him is a waste if you don't have a complete team. We'd really blow a season over a couple hundred grand for a starting point guard? We play this game and Red will be gone sooner than later.
