Quadir Copeland/NC St

[Orangezoo]

Anyone who chirps Cuse should be met with some hostility, even if we hate our coach.

let’s be honest here… chirping at Red and staff. I get your point but we don’t have a lot to stand up behind our program right now given the lack of relevance and poor performance. For this type of thing I laugh at the gesture more than anything given no one cares enough to give him additional attention to his complaints.

 

[orangepassion]

Very good article. Lots of interesting insights, particularly from Judah Mintz.

 

[Eric15]

Q was my favorite player on the 2024 team and the player I was most bummed to lose in the portal era.

 

[HyattsCuse]

Article seems like a nice summary of Copeland’s collegiate career. Sounds like Wade finally gave him the wake-up call he needed by kicking him off the team temporarily at McNeese to finally humble him. Academic issues here as well as not wanting the role Red was defining for him wasn’t enough.

 

[Blanko97]

Not following your logic. Red had a cancer in the locker room and outside it and you want to blame Red? There's plenty you can put on Red deservingly, this isn't one of those things. When you have a cancer, you cut it out or it spreads.

I’m just saying he has seemingly had accountability and locker room issues 2/3 years and it appears there may be some forming this year as well.

 

[orangecuse]

Loved his game. Didn't love his head.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

Kingz is our best on ball defender. But to act like we have Michael Jordan to throw on Copeland is a stretch. He was on Cummings a bunch against Pitt.

 

[Dinkyspond]

"It's personal ". I would imagine it would be for a guy who stopped going to class and invited people to stay with him in his appartment. Both issues documented by insiders. Also shared he was disruptive in the locker room and had no respect for the staff. This guy is the perfect example of "addition by subtraction ". If he has truly changed his behavior good for him but let's not even remotely act like Syracuse blindly just let a kid go. Dude was intentionally let go because he was a walking scheetshow.

this^

 

[capeorange]

Q was my favorite player on the 2024 team and the player I was most bummed to lose in the portal era.

I liked Q until his last game of the season where, to me, it looked like a couple of his passes to the other team looked intentional.

 

[JarHeadJim]

I'm not going to lie. I love Copeland!

 

[Brooky03]

I liked Copeland on the court. I could also understand the perception of not being respected for his abilities and not getting the opportunities he wanted leading him to do a lot of the off court stuff he did here. But that doesn’t excuse what he did.

I also have no confidence our players will step up and play motivated to stop Quadir/defend Red. And that’s really the sad part.

 

[grepal]

Q was my favorite player on the 2024 team and the player I was most bummed to lose in the portal era.

Yeah, Q was one of the most dynamic players to wear orange. He has the "it" factor and was my favorite as well. Sure, he made mistakes, but no one gave more effort and entertainment. Imagine, him, William and White playing together. Possibly lead the NCAA in technical fouls but they could blow the roof off of the dome.

 

[SUbear]

Even if Q stayed we are still in the same boat. Floundering program needing a coach

Perhaps because the cancer is and was Red as a coach.

 

[Conrad13]

Q was my favorite player on the 2024 team and the player I was most bummed to lose in the portal era.

There was a lot I liked about his game and I was hoping that he was going to be a loveable knucklehead fan favorite who stuck around for a few years. However, it seems like there was enough stuff going on behind the scenes that I am cool with Red letting him go and don't think that his chirping at Syracuse is warranted. There's not much to play for this season, so I'd love to see our guys take some extra pride in shutting him down.