Well, that's just pissing in my morning coffee on this fine Saturday. Frustrating we can't seem to land (and hold onto) a top tier talent (esp at PG). I hope things change with what you've heard because next year's team actually could be pretty good with him at point, Symir backing him up, Joe at his natural position, Benny hopefully taking a leap forward, Cole returning, and Jesse controlling the middle.
I’ll be interested to hear what his NIL deal is there, I will say that a backcourt of Cruz and Mintz would be pretty formidable, but the rest of their team is so devoid talent they’ll need to hit the portal hard for a magic year
Zone
An old coach, and a defensive system that isn't favorable for young people to play.
not connected or dependent
Would be great if Cole came back
That is part of it. It kills us in recruiting now. He needs to go back to mixing up defenses like he did for the first 35 years of his career, even if the zone remains the base defense. I hope he’s serious when he says we’ll play some man to man next season.
I agree, though I feel like I remember people hear saying even years ago that it was known Starling didn’t really want to stay home.
And if Red or Gmac or Hop replaces JB we're going to continue to run the same system.
If this was 15-20 years ago, I could see JB making real adjustments to try to regain the program’s footing, and the old JB probably would have already made them several years ago. First, you step up your NIL game and recruiting pitch big-time and start softening your stance on considerations and promises that need to be made to secure the top recruits. Second, regularly mix up your defenses, playing both zone and man-to-man and even pressing at times. Third, hire a ringer assistant coach (a la Troy Weaver) with deep AAU ties to help step up your recruiting game. Fourth, use the portal to its full advantage to improve your roster and use advanced analytics to help you find players. Fifth, try to be a more player friendly coach. Stop exploding at guys on the sideline like an unhinged maniac or at least stop snarkily calling them out in press conferences. It’s a terrible look in this day and age and is used against us. Lol, this last one is a near impossibility considering JB’s hardened, old-school personality.
Why would you? Would any of us be in syracuse as 18-22 year olds if we did it over? I love the school but the city is a freaking dump
NIL money needs to come from someone… if people do not want to invest in the players of the program there is nothing JB can do on that front
Ah yes, because South Bend, Indiana is known for its lavish lifestyle.
Unfortunately you are right, that's why we need a complete reboot.
DePaul is moving in the right direction. Cuse is not.
I think I probably would have gone to Syracuse in retrospect but I probably would have spent my time there differently knowing what I know now.
Are they? Their record sucks every year. They have been over 500 once in last 10 years in 2019.
I hope he comes back too, but then we have two starting forwards who cant beat anyone off the dribble.
Yes. New coach, new recruiters, new approach. Already hitting big recruits.
