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Message: [QUOTE="Eric15, post: 5319918, member: 676"] With the exception of Bernie Fine who always sat directly to JB's right if you're looking at them, none of the assistant coaches (GMac, Autry, Hopkins, etc.) ever sat next to JB during games. There were always 3-4 players inbetween JB and the assistants. That may seem like an insignificant thing on the surface, but I actually think it speaks volumes about how prepared and groomed the assistant coaches were to potentially become head coaches. At almost every other school, you see the head coach and the assistants huddled up close together on the bench working as a collective unit. At Duke for instance which had a similar dynamic as SU with former players as assistants, you would see Coach K talking and listening to Scheyer, Wojo, Collins, etc. But at SU on gameday, it was 100% JB and nobody else. It was almost like the assistant coaches may have well been equipment managers. [/QUOTE]