So Who Is The First Portaler?

[Red2003]

If he really was a massive problem child, as it appears, I think a suspension like Cuffe’s would have been appropriate. Cuffe sat for three games as some sort of discipline. Copeland never sat so either things weren’t as bad as people are now saying or this was a missed chance to discipline.

Cuse

Not so puzzling when considering he was already down to 6.5 players.

Big picture a month left in the season even a half or full game suspension would punish let's call them the "good team members" more than the bad apples. Let's just say Q isn't available. OK now Taylor is playing 40 along with Brown's 40. Opponents can just do whatever they want, Not even considering what an extra foul or two does to our team when we're already so short.

I know bosses in Corporate America that have kept around crappy people for 30 years and they get paid more than Autry. We can give Autry another year and a pass for the last month of this year and see what he does in the portal.

 

[Account Deleted at User's Request]

How many times did Q start? Was it none?

Isn't that trying to get a message across to a player to stop taking stupid chances?

Because Autry chose to start a hard-working kid with almost no talent over Copeland - all season long.

If that wasn't sending a message, I'm not sure how much more you can do to get someone's attention.

Where did Reeves and Gayle get mentioned as portal guys? Gayle is not a great shooter, but good slasher and rebounder. Neve4 heard of Reaves.

Reeves is from Syracuse..think of it like a Quincy Ballard situation. He’s not going to be starting here. But he could provide some depth in the back court. He’s got some game..not sure how it translates to power 5 hoops though

 

[Trueblue25]

I have zero inside info - I just see how Judah acts on the court and find it hard to root for him. Its the honest truth. The constant complaining and embellishing of contact. He’s a bit insufferable. Its not an “edge” like Flynn, Fair or Dion. It’s a “keep the cameras on me please” and me vs everyone attitude.

 

[Red2003]

I have zero inside info - I just see how Judah acts on the court and find it hard to root for him. Its the honest truth. The constant complaining and embellishing of contact. He’s a bit insufferable. Its not an “edge” like Flynn, Fair or Dion. It’s a “keep the cameras on me please” and me vs everyone attitude.

I'm with you but for me as long as other teams' hated him so badly I felt it was worth. The definition of insanity was Judah complaining to the same refs that clearly hated him down the ACC stretch. Never could wrap my head around that. Without him though we're probably fighting it out with Louisville at the bottom this year.

 

[jsshap]

Most state courts rule them unenforceable
You can't prevent people from making a living

That is incorrect. Unenforceable in CA and generally disfavored in many states but outside of CA it is not difficult to draft enforceable non competes.

 

[City of Cuse]

How many times did Q start? Was it none?

Isn't that trying to get a message across to a player to stop taking stupid chances?

Because Autry chose to start a hard-working kid with almost no talent over Copeland - all season long.

If that wasn't sending a message, I'm not sure how much more you can do to get someone's attention.

Q started once I think when Judah sat if I’m remembering right. Had a breakout game too.

I love Q and have since I first watched his highlights from high school. He will only get better with the right mentors.

 

[Trueblue25]

I'm with you but for me as long as other teams' hated him so badly I felt it was worth. The definition of insanity was Judah complaining to the same refs that clearly hated him down the ACC stretch. Never could wrap my head around that. Without him though we're probably fighting it out with Louisville at the bottom this year.

Year 1 of a new coach, yeah we need someone like Judah who can give us a chance some nights where otherwise we’d be toast.

If Red’s going to be a success he’s gotta establish a culture of pride and accountability moving forward.

Its certainly an obstacle planting those seeds while NIL is in the picture. Its a personal decision though whether or not to be a team player and maintain mental toughness.

introduce a little stoicism, CJ Fair had plenty and that was the most successful span of seasons I remember witnessing

 

[Cuse2023]

Reeves is from Syracuse..think of it like a Quincy Ballard situation. He’s not going to be starting here. But he could provide some depth in the back court. He’s got some game..not sure how it translates to power 5 hoops though

He's 6 feet tall 170 pounds and scores 60% of his baskets at the rim. I would be shocked if he is at Syracuse next year.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Reeves is from Syracuse..think of it like a Quincy Ballard situation. He’s not going to be starting here. But he could provide some depth in the back court. He’s got some game..not sure how it translates to power 5 hoops though

We already did that with Symir Torrence. We don't need more guys who aren't good enough to play.

 

[kingtidge]

“Inherited” aka, chose to keep the problem children.

If you were Red, what would you have done when you took over?

 

[IthacaMatt]

If you were Red, what would you have done when you took over?

Not taken so many injured guys in my first portal.

 

[tbonezone]

kicking off a player midseason does send a message i guess and is somewhat admirable,
better coaching tho would have been working out whatever issues were unfolding earlier .

 

[Orangezoo]

We already did that with Symir Torrence. We don't need more guys who aren't good enough to play.

Not advocating for the kid but watch his highlights. This isn’t Symir and kid played at the program Dalton Knecht came from before blowing up this year.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Listing Westry as the 2nd guy is foolish. He hasn't played in 2 years. Similar to Carey and Cuffe. I don't see any way that he's going to be an upgrade on Copeland, who has really gotten better these last 2 years, while Westry has collected dust.

Don’t be so literal. It’s just a list of 5 names. Regardless, Westry will be a big part of the plan next year. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him at the point.

 

[Cuse2023]

Not advocating for the kid but watch his highlights. This isn’t Symir and kid played at the program Dalton Knecht came from before blowing up this year.

Now imagine him trying to score at the rim like that in the ACC. After that try and imagine him guarding. Being from the same team as Knecht doesn't qualify him.

 

[orangenauburn]

We already did that with Symir Torrence. We don't need more guys who aren't good enough to play.

Reaves is better than Torrence

Torrence averaged 3 a game at Marquette and Cuse, and bumped it to 8 at Binghamton

Reaves averaged 15 a game this year with four boards and shot 38% from three

 

[Account Deleted at User's Request]

He's 6 feet tall 170 pounds and scores 60% of his baskets at the rim. I would be shocked if he is at Syracuse next year.

Not saying he will be. I haven’t heard that he’s even an option besides a post on the recruiting board. I just know a little bit about him..enlightening the board

 

[NineOneSeven]

Is class attendance even mandatory anymore?

How many classes do these guys miss during the season anyways.

As long as you turn in all the assignments and pass all the exams, you'll pass the course. And the last time I checked, SU has an army of academic support staff to keep the kids in line.

Yeah well when we are playing a Tues night game in Stanford in mid February I’m sure they’ll be at class the next day!

 

[kingtidge]

Not taken so many injured guys in my first portal.

We definitely rolled the dice in that regard and it wasn't a good roll...

 

[pwong]

Reaves is better than Torrence

Torrence averaged 3 a game at Marquette and Cuse, and bumped it to 8 at Binghamton

Reaves averaged 15 a game this year with four boards and shot 38% from three

Not saying Symir is good but he’s 4th in the nation in assists per game. It just shows that borderline HM guys can put up numbers on mid majors.

 

[phil77]

If Reaves wasn't from Syracuse his name would never be mentioned. We have to do a lot better in the portal than Reaves.

 

[Consigliere]

I hope the answer is no but is there still an on-line option?

FWIW Fran is talking about class checks for football.

I guess I made the leap from Quadir not going to class to Quadir not doing schoolwork. From the posts suggesting the former I read that Quadir’s situation was different from anyone else on the team. My bad.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Taylor is first no matter what. Carey will be next. Then it just depends how much money Judah and Bell want. It’s simple. Bell will get a ton of offers elsewhere and he wants to get paid. I care more about the culture than anything. There’s a troublemaker on the team and I’m fine if he goes because behind the scenes it does more harm than good on the court

I would be good with Taylor staying with the idea of redshirting to work on his shot and his mental approach. No pressure to perform.

 

[jsshap]

Not taken so many injured guys in my first portal.

I'm looking for the post where you said taking westry was a bad idea but can't seem to find it for some reason

 

[Cuse181]

If you were Red, what would you have done when you took over?

Seeing as even people here knew hima and Taylor weren’t able to compete at this level, boot them to the curb and replace them with players who can play at all (in himas case) and compete at a P5 level (in Taylor’s case). I would’ve told bell that all he was doing in the off-season was learning how to defend and I would make sure a coach was on him all day every day. After that I would’ve kept JG3 and told Jj you’re sharing time with him this year while you recover your shot and so I had a leader on my team. I probably tell the administration and boosters to shove it and I pay Jesse what he wants seeing as it’s a clear hole in the team. Finally I probably tell Benny his time at cuse has ended and thank him for services and offer upstarting 3 minutes to the open portal.

Chance is still a great pickup, Cuffe can still come along with JJ but if you keep Jesse you don’t need naheem anymore.

Finally I make my identity clear from start: if we’re a running team, you run or you sit. If we are an aggressive man D, you play aggressive man D or you sit. Simple as that. I use the early season tournament to take some low risk teaching moments in terms of installing my system how I see fit.

I’m not paid millions so my opinion is worth its weight in chit but I don’t think I’m expecting something groundbreaking in terms of changing a supposedly flawed culture. If you don’t have the chops to make a big swing then you shouldn’t be at a top tier job.