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It was in the final few minutes of a practice earlier this week when Trevor Cooney received a pass on the wing, dribbled once to create a sliver of space and let fly an effortless jump shot from beyond the arc. He was fading left, his body leaning toward the sideline, as the ball leapt from his fingertips, a perfect gooseneck follow-through guiding it toward the hoop.
After it swished, Syracuse’s next great shooter cast a glance in the direction of one of the greatest shooters in team history, and a fleeting moment of eye contact denoted Gerry McNamara’s approval from the sideline. For on this play and on so many others lately, it is as if McNamara is watching a mirror image of himself.
“They’re both hard-nosed, tough guys that can shoot,” Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim said. “There are some similarities there I think.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/14/s...-coach-looks-beyond-arc-and-sees-himself.html