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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 302910, member: 40"]
This probably belongs in the other thread where Scoop is being discussed, but one of the most important things he brought to the team this year--in addition to solid lead guard play--was leadership. Around mid-season, he had an interview where he talked about how when he was a freshman, there was no veteran leadership on the team, and consequently the frosh all lapsed into bad habits. He went on to explain how he was taking it on himself to not only set an example of the team's young players, but how he also was cognizant that what he did set the tone for the others and why it was important to lead by example, not just talk. Example from the interview was that he would get up for 6am workouts. At first, he was the only one. Then after about a week, MCW started showing up, then others on the team. His example showed the younger players how hard they have to work in order to excel at this level, and I'm willing to bet that those guys will now carry that forward because it is ingrained in the team's culture.
 
He also set the tone for unselfishness when it came to minutes distribution--an important factor on a team that had 10 very good players, all jockeying for PT. I'll never forget after the Stanford game, when he got benched for a significant portion of the second half including the end of the game, when he was questioned about it in the post-game press conference. Boeheim started to answer the question, to protect the player, but Scoop interrupted: "I've got this one, coach. Just win."
 
Just win.
 
Scoop was a guy who deserved to have his leadership questioned earlier in his career, but what a senior year the guy had--on and off the floor.
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