Angst About Recruiting on the Syracuse Board

[HooperScooper]

Does anyone know what happened with him and UConn?? I was hearing some buzz around him and UConn towards the end of last season and it sort of fizzled out. Just wondering

Between the bigs UConn already has and Clingan being their number 1 priority at the 5 in 2022, there just wasn't room for him. If you take him in the 2021 class then does Clingan even consider UConn? Too bad because it sounds like he's going to be a really good player and in any other year UConn would probably be all over him.

 

[HooperScooper]

I don’t even know if cuse was recruiting him hard but even if they were what did we expect lol

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[bendm]

lets go marquette!

Does anyone know what happened with him and UConn?? I was hearing some buzz around him and UConn towards the end of last season and it sort of fizzled out. Just wondering

Between the bigs UConn already has and Clingan being their number 1 priority at the 5 in 2022, there just wasn't room for him.

yup. can't go sanogo micawber clingan back to back to back. none of them are one and dones and i'd rather have either sanogo or clingan over micawber (and obviosuly both sanogo and clingan)

 

[Waquoit]

I don’t even know if cuse was recruiting him hard but even if they were what did we expect lol

Reminds me of the new AC/DC song, "Kick In The Balls"

 

[UC1995]

Always gives me a chuckle when Syracuse fans lose out on another recruit and go right to either blaming the loss to another school paying them or their handlers, or say that they were cool on him and stopped recruiting him a few months back. It happens but it seems to happen to them every time!

 

[scuba lou]

Always gives me a chuckle when Syracuse fans lose out on another recruit and go right to either blaming the loss to another school paying them or their handlers, or say that they were cool on him and stopped recruiting him a few months back. It happens but it seems to happen to them every time!

IE

 

[Watchdog]

I always thought that was BC exercising the "We're New England's team" card. Look where they are now.

Well, they are in New England, just not in the same realm as was implied in their slogan............

 

[Watchdog]

I don’t even know if cuse was recruiting him hard but even if they were what did we expect lol

One of the quotes I posted from their board had Anselem as superior to Etienne, so they were already preparing for the worst, but they sure sounded as if they wanted him. They were pretty cocky about Benny Williams potentially being another Carmelo and they can't understand why Chance Westry hasn't committed to them yet.

 

[Palatine]

If you take he 35,000 foot view, Syracuse is far down the second tier of major college basketball. Their lone NC came before today's recruits could walk or talk. They are an afterthought in their league, living on the periphery of the discussion for the ACC Championship. They can hang their hat on a couple of deep NCAA runs. But again, no one had them seriously in the discussion for an NCAA title.

They have other problems as well, the 2-3 zone, lake effect snow, a coach near retirement. That's not to say they cannot climb back into the national conversation. But right now the deck is stacked against them.

 

[buddy]

I always thought that was BC exercising the "We're New England's team" card. Look where they are now.

Both schools are scum for what they did to UConn.

 

[Waquoit]

If you take he 35,000 foot view, Syracuse is far down the second tier of major college basketball. Their lone NC came before today's recruits could walk or talk. They are an afterthought in their league, living on the periphery of the discussion for the ACC Championship. They can hang their hat on a couple of deep NCAA runs. But again, no one had them seriously in the discussion for an NCAA title.

Both Cuse and BCU thought they pulled a fast one when they stuck the shiv into UConn. But the joke ended up on them. Neither AD has any juice at all while UConn is back in the spotlight.

 

[Watchdog]

Both Cuse and BCU thought they pulled a fast one when they stuck the shiv into UConn. But the joke ended up on them. Neither AD has any juice at all while UConn is back in the spotlight.

They were blind and delusional. They couldn't, or wouldn't, see the strength of the ACC was the proximity of the rivals. Duke, Fake Class U, NC State, etc. bred interest and excitement.

The same could have resulted for Syracuse and BCU had they not gone off the deep end thinking they could own something without competition fueling the same issues that made the Triangle schools so successful.

Remember the days when BC had success in mens and womens basketball? Even the women went down the drain. It's been fun watching the swirl but it's getting old for me and I'm ready for our new successes that will come in the old neighborhood!

 

[Adios]

Being a BC or Cuse fan is like being a NY Jets fan now. Only things going between those schools may be Cuse lacrosse and BC hockey.

 

[nashusky109]

Being a BC or Cuse fan is like being a NY Jets fan now. Only things going between those schools may be Cuse lacrosse and BC hockey.

way to kick me when im down

Hopefully the jets are on the rise after Gase is fired and plethora of picks that they have. To Syrcause's credit, they are a far better college basketball team than the NY jets are a football team if that makes any sense.

 

[ucawn]

If i remember correctly there were some posters on the boneyard/twitter that were not speaking so positively about Donovan early in his recruitment saying he's not that skilled etc etc. VERY clearly, they were wrong but i think his dad read some of that and it didn't go over to well with him.

Exactly why Danny said "Our fan base has a huge social media presence and thats important.. when its positive".

It can be equally as important in a negative aspect too.

Nah nah nah, there were some really bad comments/attempted jokes about his high school if you know what I mean. It was a terrible look, I don’t know what the poster was thinking.

 

[Waquoit]

They were blind and delusional. They couldn't, or wouldn't, see the strength of the ACC was the proximity of the rivals. Duke, Fake Class U, NC State, etc. bred interest and excitement.

The ironic thing is that they both would be in better shape with us than they are without us. The 3 would have formed a northern block. Instead you have Pitt, Cuse and BCU on their own islands. And I swear Cuse would have more recent recruiting success against us if we were in the same conference. We have better basketball and the BET to offer. They have "you get to play Duke and UNC twice". Kinda how JC used to recruit when he first got here.

 

[Adios]

The ironic thing is that they both would be in better shape with us than they are without us. The 3 would have formed a northern block. Instead you have Pitt, Cuse and BCU on their own islands. And I swear Cuse would have more recent recruiting success against us if we were in the same conference. We have better basketball and the BET to offer. They have "you get to play Duke and UNC twice". Kinda how JC used to recruit when he first got here.

Never understood the allure of Greensboro.

 

[Adios]

way to kick me when im down

Hopefully the jets are on the rise after Gase is fired and plethora of picks that they have. To Syrcause's credit, they are a far better college basketball team than the NY jets are a football team if that makes any sense.

Jets might have an ownership issue.

 

[nashusky109]

Jets might have an ownership issue.

They MOST DEFINITELY have an ownership issue along with a structure issue. If Woody Johnson comes back and gives the reigns to Joe Douglass i think that'll go a long way.

 

[buddy]

Both Cuse and BCU thought they pulled a fast one when they stuck the shiv into UConn. But the joke ended up on them. Neither AD has any juice at all while UConn is back in the spotlight.

It is true but they are both getting a very nice payday from ESPN which unfortunately UConn is not.

 

[ucawn]

Well, they missed on Mac. Don’t know how hard they were recruiting him but given their most recent performance they could use a big man.

 

[businesslawyer]

It is true but they are both getting a very nice payday from ESPN which unfortunately UConn is not.

For the one millionth time -- as a fan, how much money the school gets for athletics is irrelevant. No one gets an emotional rush on the 31st of the month thinking about a check that your school's athletic department gets. Money in sports is only a means to an end, and the end is winning. If UConn goes back to dominating Syracuse in athletic performance again, I couldn't give a plugged nickel about whether Syracuse can afford to pay coaches better than us.

 

[businesslawyer]

way to kick me when im down

Hopefully the jets are on the rise after Gase is fired and plethora of picks that they have. To Syrcause's credit, they are a far better college basketball team than the NY jets are a football team if that makes any sense.

I'm a better ballerina than the NY Jets are a football team.

 

[Durks07]

Well, they missed on Mac. Don’t know how hard they were recruiting him but given their most recent performance they could use a big man.

I'm sure that they stopped recruiting him because he was afraid to compete with Joe Girard and Buddy Boeheim for minutes.

 

[FlippinCrazy!]

I'm sure that they stopped recruiting him because he was afraid to compete with Joe Girard and Buddy Boeheim for minutes.

Can we point out how they thought they lost Andre Jackson due to playing time. At the time, we were going to have a senior Polley and Bouknight essentially playing the 3, both of which were near locks to be on the team this year. They had Elijah Hughes (who had a good chance to go to the draft) and Guerrier (who they were proclaiming was a likely one and done at the time). What am I missing, I would think Cuse looked like a lot more available playing time when he committed (and ultimately they do).

 

[Adios]

I'm a better ballerina than the NY Jets are a football team.

I beg to differ!

 

[scuba lou]

Can we point out how they thought they lost Andre Jackson due to playing time. At the time, we were going to have a senior Polley and Bouknight essentially playing the 3, both of which were near locks to be on the team this year. They had Elijah Hughes (who had a good chance to go to the draft) and Guerrier (who they were proclaiming was a likely one and done at the time). What am I missing, I would think Cuse looked like a lot more available playing time when he committed (and ultimately they do).

In the original Andre thread they mentioned going to UConn because there was ample playing time compared to SU where he would have to ride the bench... now they are saying he woukd have gotten 30 min a game if he picked the Orange...

 

[Scot-e]

While I get why some don’t like Cuse.they were easily the team we liked to play and beat the most. Aside from the fact that I have family up there who I like to tease when we beat them (and they me) I miss that rivalry. We haven’t had any nearly the same.

DOOK.

 

[scuba lou]

These mother lovers are absolutely delusional! When we Whiff on a recruit do we have posters making up reasons? They seem to do that every single time.... so apparently Mac chose UCLA over SU because Mick promised him playing time and he would have had to earn it at SU.....

 

[navery12]

These mother lovers are absolutely delusional! When we Whiff on a recruit do we have posters making up reasons? They seem to do that every single time.... so apparently Mac chose UCLA over SU because Mick promised him playing time and he would have had to earn it at SU.....

That's par for the course for that board. Although there's a large handful of posters who do the same thing here any time a recruit goes elsewhere