And obviously he told the players before the press conference he retired and Red was taking over, so Jim as usual was the problem. That's just the way he has been for the entire time he has been here.btw - I'm sincerely sorry that my post took this off angle to being about me.
My point - comment - about Chancellor Syverud is that he (or whomever works for him) didn't handle the Boeheim thing well (IMHO), and - based on my experience as an alumni and small-time donor - I'm not really surprised. And Nancy was - even though complicated and folks don't like her - a kind human being to me.
(but Syracuse has been better to me than my grad school - a top-10 business program - because they have their motives which are way different from Syracuse's objectives... another story)
He had a great career and deserves a day next year as a thank you for a wonderful career.
Press conferences were never his best times, especially after a loss.