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[QUOTE="orangenirvana, post: 2129406, member: 156"]
[URL="http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/03/19/mike-hopkins-washington-syracuse-jim-boeheim"]Mike Hopkins's move to Washington creates fascinating dilemma for Syracuse[/URL]

Excerpts from Pete Thamel's latest lambasting of Boeheim and Syracuse...

[I]A move to keep Boeheim longer than expected would be [B]bowing to fan pressure and an acknowledgement that filling the Carrier Dome is more important that academic integrity and following the rules[/B].

[B]Try putting together a list for that job. It’s not easy.[/B] There are no names that immediately come to mind.

Following Boeheim and living in central New York aren’t huge draws for hot young coaches. [B]Would an established coach[/B] like Dayton’s Archie Miller or Xavier’s Chris Mack [B]leave the comforts of their current jobs for Syracuse? Probably not.[/B]

Winning has helped Boeheim outlast two one-year NCAA postseason bans, his insensitive public comments in the wake of the Bernie Fine case and countless petulant public outbursts. [B]The university has shown over the years a distinct comfort in accepting Boeheim’s flaws in order to get 30,000 in the stands on a February night and show up in the tourney bracket nearly every March.[/B][/I]
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