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Jim Boeheim’s radio show is on Thursdays from 7-9PM on ESPN Radio in Syracuse, which is AM1200 or FM 97.7 on the dial. The show originates from Delmonico’s Italian Steakhouse on Erie Boulevard in Syracuse. The first hour, hosted by Matt Park, the Voice of the Orange, is on their general network. The second hour, which begins with the conference season, is hosted by Gomez, a local radio personality.
The first hour is eventually, (it can take weeks) podcasted on the SU Athletics website on this page:
http://suathletics.com/podcasts.aspx
(Update: the last podcast is a preview of the first Duke game from last year so maybe they have stopped podcasting the show. )
You can call into the show locally at 315-424-8599 or nationally at 1-888-746-2873. For Gomez’s portion, use 315-4424-8599. Or you can submit questions from this page:
http://cuse.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
The show can be heard in Syracuse on FM 99.5. It’s sometime simulcast on AM 1200 or FM 97.7. You can also get it on: http://tunein.com/radio/WGVA-1240-s29191/
I will be posting my rough transcript the night of the broadcast focusing on my questions, the team and their last and next games and then a second post the next day on other things that were discussed.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
First hour:
"Coach, some people got the impression, (no idea where they got it from), that you aren’t fully satisfied with the play of your team thusfar. Some have suggested “He’s trying to send a message to his players”. At the time of a press conference, you’ve just come from the locker room so I suspect you’ve already given the players any messages you might have. They are probably on their way home and will not be tuning into the coach’s press conference. Have you ever said anything in a press conference that is directed at your players?"
Second hour:
"Coach, could you please describe your philosophy on end of the game situations where you are ahead by 1-2 points with a few seconds left on the clock and the other team is inbounding from the other end of the court? It seems to me, (a fan in the third deck), that since you players will have been told not to foul, it might be best to front the inbound guy and force him to pass to the side, so the clock can begin with the ball 80 feet from the basket or throw it high, meaning it’s up for grabs, rather than allowing a pass to go directly to midcourt where a makeable shot can be attempted.
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
Jim thought his press conference was ”pretty normal. I was just giving information about where we are and what we need to do better. We did a lot of good things but when you aren’t doing everything well, you’ve got problems. We almost lost a game we should have won. We gave them 12 lay-ups after steals. It wouldn’t have bene a close game without that. We can’t continue to make these mistakes. It’s really costly.”
Matt mentioned that “We handled them on the boards.” JB: We really didn’t rebound that great except for Tyler. We made unbelievable mistakes you can’t make. And it wasn’t one guy. It was 2-3 guys.”
They talked about Trevor Cooney’s pass with SU up 10 and four minutes to go that Tyler Roberson didn’t catch. “Ten points is a good lead but you want to make sure the pass if you’re going to try it. In reality, he was wide open. It’s a tough call.”
I called in to ask my question. At first I made a joke about JB’s picture on the Media Guide and suggested it was probably taken after a turnover like the ones we had too many of on Sunday.
http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/inde...14-15_syracuse_basketball_media_guide_is.html
Jim said he was probably anticipating the Louisiana Tech game. “I don’t know why they did that.”
Regarding my question: “I never say anything to the players in the press conference. I do that in the locker room and in the film session the next day. I’m just telling people what I see. They don’t’ have to agree. Some days there’s more good than bad, others more bad than good. I let the fans know what I see. I don’t always get a question about each area so I try to summarize everything. Problems are a bit more obvious when you lose. But you can do things wrong when you win and if you keep doing them you’re going to lose. It’s nothing more than the way I see it.“
Gomez later asked how far back having post-game press conferences go. JB: I don’t remember. At least 30 years. I don’t remember not doing them.” I think they used to just be interviewed in the locker room. I don’t remember myself when I saw a clip form the first Presidential-style press conference in a separate room. I don’t think it goes back 30 years. I remember the famous chair toss from 1984 was in a separate room but that was at Madison Square Garden in the Big Tournament.
“If you play poorly, I treat it as a loss because if you keep playing like that you’re going to lose. I’m not picking on players. I’m talking to the fans about what we need to fix. I do it even more when we haven’t lost because then the fans don’t see the problems. I don’t tell the public anything I don’t tell the players first. Hopefully they learn.”
“We’ve held bad teams to bad shooting percentages and it’s kept our numbers down but that doesn’t mean anything if they can’t shoot. If you’ve got a freshman point guard you’re going to have some turnovers. Some players understand the game. Some are still trying to figure it out. It’s all about experience: You learn where not to go and what not to do. There are some point guards who avoid turnovers but don’t create anything. Tyler Ennis didn’t try to do anything crazy. Actually our turnover numbers this season aren’t terrible.” Matt quoted 13.5 for us, 15.5 for the opposition. Villanova is making 2 less and forcing one more. “Last year it was about 9. It’s that we make them at critical times.” Matt noted that Ennis’ turnovers last year for the season were “in the low 50’s.” (58 in 34 games) JB: “That’s very unusual.”
Jim described Louisiana Tech as “A good team. They press you. They change their press. They get you in transition. They over-played our forwards. They won 29 games last year and should have been in the tournament but lost in their conference tourney. They should be in this year but it could happen again. That’s the problem with a one-bid league.“
Gomez later asked how it would have affected the team had they lost that game. What would have been the residual impact? JB: “It wouldn’t necessarily have one. You still have to get the team ready for the next game, whether you’ve lost five in a row or you’ve won five in a row. You’ve got to get in the frame of mind that you’re going to win. It is hard to take when you lose a lead like that.” I’m glad that was a hypothetical situation.
“Villanova was really good last year: 29-5 and they have 8 or 9 guys back. A couple of their guys are really good now. This is their best team since they went to the Final Four, (2009). Actually they are better. That team had great guards. This team has more balance inside and outside. Their big men were forwards then. Daniel Ochefu is a big, strong shot-blocking center, (we seem to be facing a run of those). Jayvaughn Pinkston is strong, too, (6-7 235)”
Gomez asked about players going to their home city to play, as Rakeem Christmas will be doing. “Some play well others don’t’. We try to not think about where we are playing. We want a consistent approach.” He said it was going to be a home and home series with Villanova “But I don’t know about next year.”
He reminisced about last year’s game. “We were down 10-25 and came back to make it 30-27: a 20-2 run. And we went on to win by 16, 78-72. Down by 15 and you win by 16. Pretty amazing.“ I remember a game in Philadelphia in the Pearl Washington era where we were down by 16 IN THE SECOND HALF and won by 16. (No I don’t: I just looked it up and the only game we won at Villanova in the Pearl’s years was 80-57 on 1/6/86, so that must be the one I remember, just not with precision.)
I called in my second question during the Gomez section. But first I talked about seeing “The Making of Bleeding Orange” on Time Warner Sports Channel. I remarked how our coach was being interviewed for a book about him in a building named after one of his players. It’s a sign we must be doing pretty good. In the show he said that before the Carrier Dome, “No one in North Syracuse knew about our program.” I told him that one guy in north Syracuse did. (Me.) “But it’s true. I used to eat up there and nobody knew who I was. Manley was so small nobody could get tickets. “ I wonder where he ate up here. They have great chicken marsala at the Basil Leaf….
Regarding my question: “I’m afraid of what happened in the Russian game. You can still get a long pass if you step back. I want the extra defender back in case they try that. They’re not going to make the ¾ shot very often. People have different approaches. “
The “Russian game” he’s talking about is when the Russians beat us for the first time ever in the 1972 Olympics:
(Swingin’ version of ”In the Mood”, although I have no idea what it has to do with a basketball game.)
Besides being over 40 years ago, here is what I see in that play: We front the inbounds guy but the front man retreats to try to cut off a pass to a nearby guy. That’s what allows the long pass. We have two guys guarding the basket but both mistime their jumps and then fall down. Belov times his jump and puts the ball in. (That’s not all that happened: entire books have bene written about the ending of this game and I’m not going over everything here. I will note that Belov died at age 26 of a very rare disease: cancer of the heart. I wonder why it’s so rare for that organ to get cancer? That’s a question for another time.) So that’s not a true instance of fronting the inbounds man going wrong. Perhaps they were afraid of a pass to the guy the inbounds defender backtracked to cover who would then toss it to Belov. There were 3 seconds left. But the basket was defended- badly by two guys. I think being afraid to foul kind of negates their presence anyway. And that shot at the end of the Louisiana Tech game was not a three quarter shot- it was a 40 footer at best. And it was dead on line. It just didn’t quite get there.
Gomez asked about the play where we scored the winning basket. Was it the plan to get it to Christmas all the way? “We wanted him to drive straight down. If he was double teamed, throw it to someone else. We’re fortunate he wasn’t and it worked. We had two plays to get the ball to him in area. “
Gomez asked who the “Player of the Game” was. (It’s a promotion from one of their sponsors). “It’s tough to call. Can we do a co-player of the game? Is it legal?” Their producer, apparently the arbiter of such things, signaled “Yes” and to Trevor Cooney and Tyler Roberson reign as co-player sof the game. What will they do when we have two games in a week?
Doug called him to ask about Trevor Cooney being open and waving his arms. JB: “I haven’t seen that. St. John’s never left him. He showed he can drive in the last game. He hit a couple of pull ups. Matt suggested “he could do some damage from the line.” JB: “He’s quick and avoids contact. Maybe he’s too quick. Chris Mullen was slow and he knew it so he drew contact and got to the line 8-10 times a game.”
Dan in Cicero asked about DaJuan Coleman’s status. “He practices a little bit, about every other day. He can’t go down the full court fast. I’m not sure he’ll make it. We’ll take a hard look at it over the next two weeks.“ That doesn’t sound very promising. Let’s go Chinoso!
Dan also asked what Jim was tapping out in Morse Code during the press conference. “Let’s get outta here!”….”Actually, that wasn’t Morse Code. I didn’t know I was doing it. I must have had a tick or something “ It might be fun to have a sort of “closed caption” contest to guess what message his fingers were tapping out. It wasn’t to his players.
Note: Due to Christmas and New Year's being on the next two Thursdays, the show will be broadcast on Tuesday of the next two weeks instead of Thursday.
The first hour is eventually, (it can take weeks) podcasted on the SU Athletics website on this page:
http://suathletics.com/podcasts.aspx
(Update: the last podcast is a preview of the first Duke game from last year so maybe they have stopped podcasting the show. )
You can call into the show locally at 315-424-8599 or nationally at 1-888-746-2873. For Gomez’s portion, use 315-4424-8599. Or you can submit questions from this page:
http://cuse.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
The show can be heard in Syracuse on FM 99.5. It’s sometime simulcast on AM 1200 or FM 97.7. You can also get it on: http://tunein.com/radio/WGVA-1240-s29191/
I will be posting my rough transcript the night of the broadcast focusing on my questions, the team and their last and next games and then a second post the next day on other things that were discussed.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
First hour:
"Coach, some people got the impression, (no idea where they got it from), that you aren’t fully satisfied with the play of your team thusfar. Some have suggested “He’s trying to send a message to his players”. At the time of a press conference, you’ve just come from the locker room so I suspect you’ve already given the players any messages you might have. They are probably on their way home and will not be tuning into the coach’s press conference. Have you ever said anything in a press conference that is directed at your players?"
Second hour:
"Coach, could you please describe your philosophy on end of the game situations where you are ahead by 1-2 points with a few seconds left on the clock and the other team is inbounding from the other end of the court? It seems to me, (a fan in the third deck), that since you players will have been told not to foul, it might be best to front the inbound guy and force him to pass to the side, so the clock can begin with the ball 80 feet from the basket or throw it high, meaning it’s up for grabs, rather than allowing a pass to go directly to midcourt where a makeable shot can be attempted.
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
Jim thought his press conference was ”pretty normal. I was just giving information about where we are and what we need to do better. We did a lot of good things but when you aren’t doing everything well, you’ve got problems. We almost lost a game we should have won. We gave them 12 lay-ups after steals. It wouldn’t have bene a close game without that. We can’t continue to make these mistakes. It’s really costly.”
Matt mentioned that “We handled them on the boards.” JB: We really didn’t rebound that great except for Tyler. We made unbelievable mistakes you can’t make. And it wasn’t one guy. It was 2-3 guys.”
They talked about Trevor Cooney’s pass with SU up 10 and four minutes to go that Tyler Roberson didn’t catch. “Ten points is a good lead but you want to make sure the pass if you’re going to try it. In reality, he was wide open. It’s a tough call.”
I called in to ask my question. At first I made a joke about JB’s picture on the Media Guide and suggested it was probably taken after a turnover like the ones we had too many of on Sunday.
http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/inde...14-15_syracuse_basketball_media_guide_is.html
Jim said he was probably anticipating the Louisiana Tech game. “I don’t know why they did that.”
Regarding my question: “I never say anything to the players in the press conference. I do that in the locker room and in the film session the next day. I’m just telling people what I see. They don’t’ have to agree. Some days there’s more good than bad, others more bad than good. I let the fans know what I see. I don’t always get a question about each area so I try to summarize everything. Problems are a bit more obvious when you lose. But you can do things wrong when you win and if you keep doing them you’re going to lose. It’s nothing more than the way I see it.“
Gomez later asked how far back having post-game press conferences go. JB: I don’t remember. At least 30 years. I don’t remember not doing them.” I think they used to just be interviewed in the locker room. I don’t remember myself when I saw a clip form the first Presidential-style press conference in a separate room. I don’t think it goes back 30 years. I remember the famous chair toss from 1984 was in a separate room but that was at Madison Square Garden in the Big Tournament.
“If you play poorly, I treat it as a loss because if you keep playing like that you’re going to lose. I’m not picking on players. I’m talking to the fans about what we need to fix. I do it even more when we haven’t lost because then the fans don’t see the problems. I don’t tell the public anything I don’t tell the players first. Hopefully they learn.”
“We’ve held bad teams to bad shooting percentages and it’s kept our numbers down but that doesn’t mean anything if they can’t shoot. If you’ve got a freshman point guard you’re going to have some turnovers. Some players understand the game. Some are still trying to figure it out. It’s all about experience: You learn where not to go and what not to do. There are some point guards who avoid turnovers but don’t create anything. Tyler Ennis didn’t try to do anything crazy. Actually our turnover numbers this season aren’t terrible.” Matt quoted 13.5 for us, 15.5 for the opposition. Villanova is making 2 less and forcing one more. “Last year it was about 9. It’s that we make them at critical times.” Matt noted that Ennis’ turnovers last year for the season were “in the low 50’s.” (58 in 34 games) JB: “That’s very unusual.”
Jim described Louisiana Tech as “A good team. They press you. They change their press. They get you in transition. They over-played our forwards. They won 29 games last year and should have been in the tournament but lost in their conference tourney. They should be in this year but it could happen again. That’s the problem with a one-bid league.“
Gomez later asked how it would have affected the team had they lost that game. What would have been the residual impact? JB: “It wouldn’t necessarily have one. You still have to get the team ready for the next game, whether you’ve lost five in a row or you’ve won five in a row. You’ve got to get in the frame of mind that you’re going to win. It is hard to take when you lose a lead like that.” I’m glad that was a hypothetical situation.
“Villanova was really good last year: 29-5 and they have 8 or 9 guys back. A couple of their guys are really good now. This is their best team since they went to the Final Four, (2009). Actually they are better. That team had great guards. This team has more balance inside and outside. Their big men were forwards then. Daniel Ochefu is a big, strong shot-blocking center, (we seem to be facing a run of those). Jayvaughn Pinkston is strong, too, (6-7 235)”
Gomez asked about players going to their home city to play, as Rakeem Christmas will be doing. “Some play well others don’t’. We try to not think about where we are playing. We want a consistent approach.” He said it was going to be a home and home series with Villanova “But I don’t know about next year.”
He reminisced about last year’s game. “We were down 10-25 and came back to make it 30-27: a 20-2 run. And we went on to win by 16, 78-72. Down by 15 and you win by 16. Pretty amazing.“ I remember a game in Philadelphia in the Pearl Washington era where we were down by 16 IN THE SECOND HALF and won by 16. (No I don’t: I just looked it up and the only game we won at Villanova in the Pearl’s years was 80-57 on 1/6/86, so that must be the one I remember, just not with precision.)
I called in my second question during the Gomez section. But first I talked about seeing “The Making of Bleeding Orange” on Time Warner Sports Channel. I remarked how our coach was being interviewed for a book about him in a building named after one of his players. It’s a sign we must be doing pretty good. In the show he said that before the Carrier Dome, “No one in North Syracuse knew about our program.” I told him that one guy in north Syracuse did. (Me.) “But it’s true. I used to eat up there and nobody knew who I was. Manley was so small nobody could get tickets. “ I wonder where he ate up here. They have great chicken marsala at the Basil Leaf….
Regarding my question: “I’m afraid of what happened in the Russian game. You can still get a long pass if you step back. I want the extra defender back in case they try that. They’re not going to make the ¾ shot very often. People have different approaches. “
The “Russian game” he’s talking about is when the Russians beat us for the first time ever in the 1972 Olympics:
(Swingin’ version of ”In the Mood”, although I have no idea what it has to do with a basketball game.)
Besides being over 40 years ago, here is what I see in that play: We front the inbounds guy but the front man retreats to try to cut off a pass to a nearby guy. That’s what allows the long pass. We have two guys guarding the basket but both mistime their jumps and then fall down. Belov times his jump and puts the ball in. (That’s not all that happened: entire books have bene written about the ending of this game and I’m not going over everything here. I will note that Belov died at age 26 of a very rare disease: cancer of the heart. I wonder why it’s so rare for that organ to get cancer? That’s a question for another time.) So that’s not a true instance of fronting the inbounds man going wrong. Perhaps they were afraid of a pass to the guy the inbounds defender backtracked to cover who would then toss it to Belov. There were 3 seconds left. But the basket was defended- badly by two guys. I think being afraid to foul kind of negates their presence anyway. And that shot at the end of the Louisiana Tech game was not a three quarter shot- it was a 40 footer at best. And it was dead on line. It just didn’t quite get there.
Gomez asked about the play where we scored the winning basket. Was it the plan to get it to Christmas all the way? “We wanted him to drive straight down. If he was double teamed, throw it to someone else. We’re fortunate he wasn’t and it worked. We had two plays to get the ball to him in area. “
Gomez asked who the “Player of the Game” was. (It’s a promotion from one of their sponsors). “It’s tough to call. Can we do a co-player of the game? Is it legal?” Their producer, apparently the arbiter of such things, signaled “Yes” and to Trevor Cooney and Tyler Roberson reign as co-player sof the game. What will they do when we have two games in a week?
Doug called him to ask about Trevor Cooney being open and waving his arms. JB: “I haven’t seen that. St. John’s never left him. He showed he can drive in the last game. He hit a couple of pull ups. Matt suggested “he could do some damage from the line.” JB: “He’s quick and avoids contact. Maybe he’s too quick. Chris Mullen was slow and he knew it so he drew contact and got to the line 8-10 times a game.”
Dan in Cicero asked about DaJuan Coleman’s status. “He practices a little bit, about every other day. He can’t go down the full court fast. I’m not sure he’ll make it. We’ll take a hard look at it over the next two weeks.“ That doesn’t sound very promising. Let’s go Chinoso!
Dan also asked what Jim was tapping out in Morse Code during the press conference. “Let’s get outta here!”….”Actually, that wasn’t Morse Code. I didn’t know I was doing it. I must have had a tick or something “ It might be fun to have a sort of “closed caption” contest to guess what message his fingers were tapping out. It wasn’t to his players.
Note: Due to Christmas and New Year's being on the next two Thursdays, the show will be broadcast on Tuesday of the next two weeks instead of Thursday.
