That's fine. I respect your view totally. I knew it wouldn't be my most popular post ever. But I do agree that I'd love to see 44 back out there again.
If there is money tied to this, we have another whole problem entirely.
With all due respect to her late husband, I found her speech to be irritating as it seems like she is campaigning against Tucker getting it.
Seems like she is just assuming that her grandson automatically gets into SU, automatically gets on the team, and has #44 taken out of retirement just for him. Dude that’s a lot.
Shoot, I was mad too! I'm glad he was upset. He was probably thinking, I can get us a 1st down. But a player being upset with a solitary decision does not cause one to leave. And if it did, that's not the type of player we want. Sean Tucker, by all accounts, is not that type of guy.
I feel like Floyd's "dream" is being misconstrued here. I have a hard time believing that if there was a player worthy of the number by the measure of Ernie or Floyd (leaving Jim out due to his off the field situations), that Floyd would block that just because he wants the number to remain dormant so his grandson can have it at some point. I have to believe the spirit was that he wanted his grandson to wear the number when he was available as a college player, not for it to be held from being given to a worthy player prior to his grandson even being able to wear it.
Floyd Little’s wife says his dream was for grandson to wear No. 44: ‘If he doesn’t get it, then it’s fair game’
DeBorah Little, the wife of the late Syracuse running back, weighs in on un-retiring the program's iconic jersey number.www.syracuse.com
DeBorah Little, the wife of the legendary Syracuse football running back Floyd Little, said Friday that she would like to see their grandson wear the No. 44 if he attends Syracuse in two years.
“I’d like to see Blaze Little-Jones wear No. 44. That was Floyd’s dream since our grandson was born,” DeBorah Little said when asked if she would like to see Syracuse running back Sean Tucker wear the program’s iconic jersey number.
DeBorah Little, who delivered a heartfelt speech to honor the life of her late husband during halftime of Syracuse’s football game against Clemson, said the Little family has asked that the number be reserved until their grandson has the opportunity to wear it. She said Jones-Little is currently a junior in high school.
There isn't going to be any real issues with roster retention if (when) Dino is confirmed to be coming back.
No and that's a big part of my problem w JW.
It’s not incumbent upon him to disclose any promises, contracts or monies donated or whatever happened that Gross made. My only point is that people are making assumptions and we don’t have all the facts/details.
