Guys. He gave over a million dollars towards NIL. Funded multiple sports including Womans bball. Why are you bashing him? Because he pushed his social media PF. Because he brought celebrities to Syracuse. I dont get the hate. The guy loves SU. Is a really good friend of JB that all of you worship and yet you throw this guy under the bus. Only in Central NY. Seriously most of you need to travel
Falls under no such thing as bad publicity thinking. Same folks salivating at the thought of a Kardashian putting the butts in a Dome seat.
And he promised a million a year for a great player. Would likely bid what it would take to get guys here. From a sports perspective, the chancellor did wrong by this.
So far, we are 50 % successful with this approach in hoops.Can he coach? I'm tired of SU hiring folks who were good players and are family. Personal talent doesn't necessarily translate to coaching ability (I'm talking to you, Red).
Yea, even if the guy gave millions to the programs, brought more attention to our games and at the same time brought more attention to himself...I would consider that pretty damn normal.
I don’t personally have anything against the man. I just don’t want him as the face of recruiting at my alma mater. I have seen him as “the billionaire client” on two different cheesy luxury real estate shows where he claims to need a $100million luxury home in LA and the Hamptons, and I haven’t seen him buy anything. It may not be an accurate representation of who he is, but it’s what he puts out there and what I have to base an opinion on (and why I am OK with the distancing). I genuinely appreciate what he seems to do for the betterment of CNY, but I don’t see SU as a charity case no matter how much money they may need to be competitive in high stakes revenue sports. Don’t they have a $2billion endowment?
Sweet. It’s a Ross Douglas thread.
I stand corrected. I didn't realize he had contributed over a million toward NIL. However, with regards to the post I responded to, that's not close to being Phil Knight, which was the statement. In fact, haven't numerous other donors donated more? And if he still loves SU so much, could he not continue to donate in a less visible way? Or is he and I'm wrong about that too?
Just to clarify, when I say his school, I don't mean alumnus. I never went to SU but it's my school because I'm a CNYer.
All good. Also for clarity, I wasn’t calling you out or questioning your position, just tacking on to it. When I hear others say what a huge fan he is, but then worry openly that other schools like Miami may poach him, then even they are saying he’s a free agent who doesn’t have a “his school”. He will go to whoever makes it easiest for him to promote himself, and grow his social media base. It’s not about the kids, or the school. This is just my opinion, but how I see it based on these poaching statements, and his public actions.
So you don't believe that any SU WR recruit is good enough to play for Oregon? Or that Ross doesn't have a relationship with any of those recruits?
I don’t think the endowment is for, nor can it be used for, NIL or athletics in general. There are often very limiting restrictions on donations to endowments.
None of the above
I know and agree. I only brought it up to show that Syracuse University is not a destitute charity case.
I apologize as it looks like my post above, which I thought was an innocent comment, turned into another thread about Adam. My only point is If you look at what Phil has done for Oregon - financed a $68 million football facility, has the basketball arena named after his son due to his support on that, has donated almost $1 billion to the university in general, a huge NIL supporter with their Division Street collective - when you have that kind of supporter for anything you need, it makes it very easy to outbid SU for a WR coach. I'm very grateful for what Adam has done for NIL in the past and it would be nice to have him back in the fold. But to put him in the same sentence as Phil Knight as a supporter is laughable. I'm sorry if that offends Adam's groupies on here.
Very well said. Totally agree.
Fran is going to continue to be a magnet for ambitious high-upside coaches too. Simply amazing.
That's what keeps me from feeling panicky. Same with the player talent.
