MSOrange
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Never change Franco
So Who Is The First Portaler?
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IraSez
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I'm more concerned with who we are bringing in than who is leaving. Players leaving is just the way things are now. Read this morning that as many as 1800 players may enter the portal. That's over 5 per team. Everyone is looking for the next Dalton Knect - JUCO, Northern Colorado, Tennessee, to NBA first round draft pick. With that said, this new reality sucks. Give me a team of 4 year guys who grow and we get know over this crap the NCAA has turned into.
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Team of four years guys may get boatraced if other teams are able to upgrade spots every single year.
I also trust the coaches have been doing pre work and already have guys lined up
Not true teams that stick together and are older are always better. See Creighton for example
SUfanNC
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Selection show. No idea. Tweets are too hard to figure out with no context
FrancoPizza
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At this point, give me a Syracuse team that can be ranked during the regular season and makes noise in the dance... and I'll live with players signing 24-hour contracts and a completely different roster every game.
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franco needs it to make sense NOW
Niastri
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What about teams of 4 year guys that have played for 3 teams like Knecht?
Zelda Zonk
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Lots of 'intrigue'—it's interesting to ponder the potentials of next year's team, but i gotta say, i'm somewhere in between disgusted and apathetic in how i feel about this era of college sports. Next year, no matter what we bring in, is going to be like the juniors version of the 2023 Boeheim's Army team.
It's all mercenary now. We shouldn't expect to have quality players for more than a year or two at most. We're probably going to be scouting as much from Div II as from high schools. And the players we do recruit or poach are going to be paid enough that they feel entitled to fling -bombs at officials and our coaching staff.
I watched every minute of every available game since 1985. Until this year. This year, i turned off three games with ~5 minutes to go, and didn't bother to watch 3 or 4 games live. And the minutes i did watch were with ipad in hand, and the game was almost secondary. I used to watch every minute in rapt attention, legs crossed, fingers crossed, in an SU shirt, with orange 'stuff' at hand. Yeah, i'm older now, and life changes you, but this era of sports just sucks out loud.
It's all mercenary now. We shouldn't expect to have quality players for more than a year or two at most. We're probably going to be scouting as much from Div II as from high schools. And the players we do recruit or poach are going to be paid enough that they feel entitled to fling -bombs at officials and our coaching staff.
I watched every minute of every available game since 1985. Until this year. This year, i turned off three games with ~5 minutes to go, and didn't bother to watch 3 or 4 games live. And the minutes i did watch were with ipad in hand, and the game was almost secondary. I used to watch every minute in rapt attention, legs crossed, fingers crossed, in an SU shirt, with orange 'stuff' at hand. Yeah, i'm older now, and life changes you, but this era of sports just sucks out loud.
Red Holzman
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Been checking in-
Expected SU portal announcements to come early/often today(?)
Is there a delay strategy the "definite" portalers are following?
Expected SU portal announcements to come early/often today(?)
Is there a delay strategy the "definite" portalers are following?
OttoinGrotto
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It's not his fault but I despise Knecht.
People talk like there are piles of Knechts out there. Just go get one!
Getting a Knecht might be more rare than signing a burger boy.
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It's not like we have a Knecht net.
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Just because you say that with conviction doesn't mean it is the case. People who would know have told me good things about Quadir. Not that he is perfect. But you really have apparently changed the narrative on this kid on this board and I hope it wasn't hyperbolic. I hope you are being careful using your reputation here on the board when trashing the name of a college student. It is very easy to say things when you are anonymous and don't have to be held accountable.
Things happen behind the scenes as we all know. But the difference of behavior between Quadir and the other 3 guys on the court has been significant.
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Yeah - I dunno... I was kinda expecting a flurry of outgoings today as well, after all the banter...
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If the individual player meetings weren't being held until today, why decline the NIT if we don't yet know how the year-end meetings will go and how many players will be going to the portal?
Either it's so bad Red didn't want to spend more time coaching these guys since they will be pushed toward the portal or the players made it known they didn't want to play in NIT and wanted to hit the portal asap?
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It's unacceptable we haven't flushed the whole team down the toilet, signed 12 transfers, booked a trip to Europe and announced the starting 5 for game 1 next year. What is Red doing? Asleep at the wheel...I mean first practice is only 7 months away. We demand action.
For the obtuse ones in the room, yes this post is tongue in cheek, ok?
For the obtuse ones in the room, yes this post is tongue in cheek, ok?
Actually Scott, I haven't trashed him at all. I have never said any of the things I have heard. Not once. But, if you are correct, then I'm sure the coach and his staff will work something out where he returns.
Orangezoo
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Don’t forget while riding a unicycle and juggling knives
IthacaMatt
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Because they apparently knew that some were leaving, or some were objecting to play. When you only have 7 guys, it only takes a couple to make playing untenable. And who wants to get Maliq hurt, to be honest?
IthacaMatt
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You've been pretty definitive that he's a bad character, Dash. Don't walk away from that now; you've said it several times in several ways. Everybody has seen it.
So Who Is The First Portaler?
already a bunch of players declared in the portal via twitter plenty of talent to be found i hope this time around red and co dont only stick with recruits with a prior relationship but target players based on skills and fit
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Im not sure your definition of "trashed" but this certainly wasn't a glowing review of his character.
