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[QUOTE="bballbeadle, post: 2007818, member: 548"]
Wow, Flacusian, every single paragraph you wrote is thoughtful, compassionate and also unsparing. Most of us love JB and the program and reputation he has built over the years. 50's Syracuse football may have put us on the map but Boeheim has kept us there. In so many ways, he is irreplaceable. But he must be replaced and that looming eventuality is like the Sword of Damocles hanging over our program. AND hanging over his head.

I will divert to the personal for just a second. I gave my psychotherapy clients a year's heads up that I was retiring. I thought I was giving them a chance to finish up some of their issues and then peel away. Instead, almost all of them hung in there until my last week and the good-byes were fairly excruciating (although also nice). When I look back, I feel the knowledge of my departure was a pall that some of my clients couldn't negotiate well. I wish I had done things differently. Also, it was very hard on ME.

JB wants to go out on a high, not in disgrace. The pressure he has put on himself must be extreme. It is so hard to say good-bye. SO HARD. This is his core identity. I believe he is suffering but - as is often the case - he comes across as snide and derisive.

This can be turned around but, like Carolina, it may take a few years. How JB and the coaching staff handle this team in the next few weeks will be very telling. Blank slate, anyone?
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