Want to know the truth about Syracuse? They’re about 10 years behind us…if they’re lucky. Syracuse is in for a brutal ride, and it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving school. I hope they enjoy a sub .500 Jim Boeheim for another year, becuase after that, they’ll have to endure whoever tries to fill his shoes and fails for 5 years after. (Spoiler alert, the follow-up coaching act never works out!) Then if they’re lucky, there’s an incredibly slim chance that a program changing coach will be available within that year’s coaching carousel. Even then, the chances of getting the guy they want to take on a rebuild job in Canada will be nearly impossible. By that point, the program will be a disastrous mess filled with low end recruits and an ugly reputation of losing. (See Boston College, Pittsburgh, and Miami)
Moving to the ACC was a foolish move by the school, they’re just too proud to admit it. They’ve somehow managed to implode their program, and are on a serious fast track to losing all basketball credibility. Just remember, all power conferences have perennial bottom feeders.
But hey - they wanted that ACC money over basketball tradition and rivalries! You’ve made your bed, now sleep in it. Good riddance, Orange.
