Red

[tptcuse]

“The program is all but destroyed.” Talk about melodramatic hyperbole. Millions of fans might be frustrated with the current product and the decline in recent success but they still love Syracuse basketball and anticipate an eventual resurgence. If Red can’t turn things around soon, the athletic dept will hire someone who can, and it can happen fast (Louisville being the latest example.). The program is not destroyed.

We've lost fifteen games by more than ten points in a season and a half. Honest question: What would need to happen for this to be considered dire for the program?

 

[hoopsupstate]

I wonder what's going to happen if there is a mass exodus on the roster this off-season. We have a bunch of seniors graduating; they are:

• Taylor
• Carlos
• McLeod
• Davis
• Lampkin

Then, we have a bunch of players who MIGHT [emphasis on, "might"] decide to transfer, for various reasons:

• It is highly likely that Westry will opt out.
• Would anyone be surprised if Bell decided to leave?
• Cuffe, due to intermittent playing time?
• Moore, due to getting "Booheimed" after being inserted into the starting lineup?

I won't list Freeman with this group above, but not out of the realm of possibility.

Who's left?

• JJ
• Majstrorovic
• Anthony
• White

Really, those four are the only four locked in at this point. They could be joined by a couple of players from that middle group, but TBD how that works out.

This is approaching the territory of what our roster would have looked like if JB had been retained for one more year, in 23-24.

There’s two other freshman too.

 

[kcsu]

My gawd. WHY???? Because THEN we will know it's time to move on? I mean, come on. The damn writing is on the wall. The narrative last year was this season was tournament or bust. We're beyond bust, we blow so badly. It is so apparent that as a program right now, we are low ACC caliber and it's a culmination of poor coaching, talent acquisition, talent assessment, roster construction and management.

Why? Seriously don't you know the answer?
Hint $$$

 

[kcsu]

I pray this ages better in the long run. It appears clear we need a PG that can dominate & get to the hoop or FT line at will. That is priority #1. TYJM.

An offensively focused Center that can't jump, block shots and doesn't even have any focus on Def should not be a top priority.

Gotta hand it to Dry rub here to some extent anyways, he out negotiated SU. But at the same time he sabotaged his teams potential.

He is now known as The dry Hump

 

[Nicknack]

Why? Seriously don't you know the answer?
Hint $$$

Okay, I can understand that. However, that's not at all what you were saying in your post which is why I commented that way.

 

[RF2044]

My gawd. WHY???? Because THEN we will know it's time to move on? I mean, come on. The damn writing is on the wall. The narrative last year was this season was tournament or bust. We're beyond bust, we blow so badly. It is so apparent that as a program right now, we are low ACC caliber and it's a culmination of poor coaching, talent acquisition, talent assessment, roster construction and management.

Excuses, excuses, excuses.

 

[RF2044]

I think we can stop the Red cant coach Baloney. Thank God JW made the right call.

A valiant, rationalized, final attempt to cling to confirmatory bias before the truth become too impossible to ignore anymore.

 

[cardiac]

I wonder what's going to happen if there is a mass exodus on the roster this off-season. We have a bunch of seniors graduating; they are:

• Taylor
• Carlos
• McLeod
• Davis
• Lampkin

Then, we have a bunch of players who MIGHT [emphasis on, "might"] decide to transfer, for various reasons:

• It is highly likely that Westry will opt out.
• Would anyone be surprised if Bell decided to leave?
• Cuffe, due to intermittent playing time?
• Moore, due to getting "Booheimed" after being inserted into the starting lineup?

I won't list Freeman with this group above, but not out of the realm of possibility.

Who's left?

• JJ
• Majstrorovic
• Anthony
• White

Really, those four are the only four locked in at this point. They could be joined by a couple of players from that middle group, but TBD how that works out.

This is approaching the territory of what our roster would have looked like if JB had been retained for one more year, in 23-24.

JJ is NOT a lock to come back