I agree with the deficit spending if necessary. My biggest problem is Red, he hasn't shown in 2 years any real identity on offense or defense.
and what he creates is...
Artistic releases with his right hand from the left side of the basket with multiple people guarding him?
I like Kyle Cuffe, Jr and his skills and ability to play and shine. I’m impressed that he would want to stay at Syracuse.
Even in this era, when you can have a program guy like Cuffe who can always give some good minutes off the bench and put up some production, you need to retain that guy, so you can add in the portal and not replace. He also has been looking really good as of late!
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seems like hes finally gotten that athleticism back he had in HS.
Current Syracuse assistant coach Allen Griffin.
I agree with you on Fennell. I don’t think he’ll start but I think he’s gonna be a fan favorite here and has high upside.
Get ready for a mid major shooting guard who has half way decent looking numbers but is worse than JJ against quality D1 comp. When you try and do mass replacements in the portal, you realize rock bottom is a lot lower than you thought. Just look at our current roster. We cannot afford to lose JJ, as frustrating as he has been. I hate the casualness people have saying "oh we will just pound the portal" like it is some kind of cakewalk to get a pg, center, and now a shooting guard, along with other depth pieces. Portal options will take into account the current state of the program, not just the amount of money we offer. And yes, it is likely it will not be as active as last season.
Now this is a great post. So the old man was on Cuse Sports talk radio yesterday. Mostly just the usual stuff from him but I listened closely when he talked about JJ.
The casualness is because it's become very clear in CNY that we need to play the NIL value game with our returning players.
I agree with you on the notion that we are going to pull in the needed complement of players from the portal and they will meld together to a winning team. That notion is like we go to the sports department at Kmart for new basketballs or going to GoodWill for recycled players.
Absolutely, but SU doesn't have much of an option here. Red is stuck because none of the players they picked up last year have eligibility remaining. The ones on the roster who do have eligibility haven't been very effective. And non-elite freshman can't be expected to carry a team (there are exceptions like Lydon, but they are few and far between).
The interesting thing is we were told last Spring we intentionally went after transfers with only one year of eligibility. Apparently the thought was to clear the deck for talent next year. We'll see how it works out.
I agree about adding staff, but at what is the point of having Red around? What is he good at? I guess recruit but if everyone leaves after a year or two why even bother with high school recruiting.
Yeah, I'm with you in theory but at this point, what choice does Red have? We have so many holes that have to be filled. He's going to have to take a chance on several new guys. I think getting Donnie back will be huge for Red. At least that would be one known entity that he can rely on to produce.
When Moore shot well he was still taken out of games early. He's a freshman. The amount of freshman that struggle in year one is quite high. He didn't get the same benefit of doubt as others.