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[QUOTE="VaBeachOrFan, post: 211955, member: 1274"]
SU plays its best when it has experienced players (this year and 2009-10); the Zone demands it.  Ideally, you'd have two graduating seniors each year (KJ/SJ) with two solid juniors ready to take over leadership the next year (BT/JS).  That's how UCLA built its teams in the Wooden years.  The once-in-a-generation Melo notwithstanding, this doesn't lend itself to one-and-doners, and SU might be better off if they stayed away.
 
Dropping one&done types doesn't mean recruiting projects that won't develop for 2-3 years (Cuse built its legacy on that foundation; been there, done that), but now as an elite program, SU needs to focus on talented kids who value the education and what is clearly becoming the Syracuse Family tradition and loyalty.  Scoop, KJ, DC and the solid-Orange coaching staff are poster icons for this, and Melo's contribution is far greater than the length of his stay.  Hope Fab, Dion (and Nerlens) understand that.-VBOF
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