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[QUOTE="Fat tire 13, post: 2834895, member: 6171"]
Lots of good points here, and wanted to add some thoughts from a slightly different perspective.  It's (very) painful to type this, as I have often defended coach B to both friends and haters.  But it is time to consider moving on for various reasons...

Basketball is simply not an enjoyable product.  I keep going back to the UNC/ZAGS game I watched over the weekend.  UNC scored 50 in the first half.  It was exciting.  Damn exciting.  Sure, there were some defensive lapses.  But it was offense first, and felt like both teams could score in bunches.  Contrast that to Cuse offense, which has zero creativity.  Yes, players matter and all that.  But run some plays, mix it up a bit, etc.  Just do ANYTHING.   Both the coaches and players are to blame.  But it can't be 0% coaching here.

Also contrast it to football, and why Dino is so awesome.  Even when we were losing games, we were doing exciting stuff.  Maybe Marrone/Shaffer got the same won/loss results.  However, 90% of the fans would rather see us lose 55-40 than 10-7.

With a basketball team that allegedly has 2+ NBA prospects, this is a squandered opportunity.  Press more, run fast breaks, even throw the damn alley oops.  7-4 with two awful losses should be a reason to shake it up

The problem is I don't think Boeheim will do anything to shake it up, and that is why we need a change...
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