Official Syracuse Unintended Hilarity Thread

[August_West]

Yes …but I’d be ok with an ACc tourney title and winning a tournament game to remove any doubt of his return.

Lets not get crazy, that would be too kind to that program. I think we can get there with a couple wins.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I just cannot imagine his ego letting him walk away when the program is in the state it's in and everyone is blaming him and saying he's done. Either he brings the program back to some semblance of life and walks away (feels like the least likely scenario), the Cuse AD grows a pair and shows him the door (along with whatever booster infighting that brings), or he continues to drag that program down even lower into the depths of irrelevance.

I'm personally here for it.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Yes …but I’d be ok with an ACc tourney title and winning a tournament game to remove any doubt of his return.

Lets not get crazy, that would be too kind to that program. I think we can get there with a couple wins.

Split the difference. Win the ACC and get bounced in first round on a buzzer beater.

 

[prankster]

Split the difference. Win the ACC and get bounced in first round on a buzzer beater.

Win the ACC, and get absolutely torched in the first round NCAA by USNDH (the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople).

 

[Chuck]

I just cannot imagine his ego letting him walk away when the program is in the state it's in and everyone is blaming him and saying he's done. Either he brings the program back to some semblance of life and walks away (feels like the least likely scenario), the Cuse AD grows a pair and shows him the door (along with whatever booster infighting that brings), or he continues to drag that program down even lower into the depths of irrelevance.

I'm personally here for it.

Unfortunately for Jim, he can't go full Pete Bell from Blue Chips and have boosters buy all his players. Because everyone can buy players now, he can't really cheat to get back on top. That being said, if he has another Laurie Fine on staff, he could bring in another championship!

 

[ElGreco]

Do whatever you want, Jim.

The audacity of his arrogance

 

[gsmooth]

Honestly we probably need to root for them to get a bit better or they are just going to force him out this year.

Good thinking. You are strategically going against the grain

 

[gsmooth]

hmmm.... is there anyone UConn can pick off? Hard to say. I think Hurley and Co. need to know who is staying and who is leaving first. But interesting to think about in any case.

 

[CL82]

Split the difference. Win the ACC and get bounced in first round on a buzzer beater.

Make it a blowout in the first round and you might just have something there

 

[CL82]

hmmm.... is there anyone UConn can pick off? Hard to say. I think Hurley and Co. need to know who is staying and who is leaving first. But interesting to think about in any case.

When a dumpster is burning that brightly, it’s probably wise or not to dive into it to see if anyone left any fries in their Arby’s bag.

 

[Husky25]

hmmm.... is there anyone UConn can pick off? Hard to say. I think Hurley and Co. need to know who is staying and who is leaving first. But interesting to think about in any case.

If memory serves, UConn needs at least two underclassman to exit the program in order to have enough scholarship room for their freshman class.

Who would you take off the 'Cuse roster, who hasn't already been indoctrinated with the a lazy, fulltime zone attitude?

Separate point, but related: I posit that moving the 3 point line and adding the semi-circle in the lane has spread the floor out and negatively affected the effectiveness of the zone...Also Steph Curry...

 

[gsmooth]

When a dumpster is burning that brightly, it’s probably wise or not to dive into it to see if anyone left any fries in their Arby’s bag.

If memory serves, UConn needs at least two underclassman to exit the program in order to have enough scholarship room for their freshman class.

Who would you take off the 'Cuse roster, who hasn't already been indoctrinated with the a lazy, fulltime zone attitude?

yeah I am not sure there is anyone. The only players I would even consider are Judah Mintz and Jesse Edwards. I am just going off the top of my head without a deep dive into that roster. But the transfer portal was loaded with players the last 2 years and I think it will be every year going forward. UConn can do better than the basketball PTSD anyone on Syracuse is going through.

And the way Boeheim coaches their zone defense, it really doesn't jive with the way Hurley coaches defense.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Id like to see them make the ACC tournament finals, and then lose on a buzzer beater, That way you get the illusion that he can still coach, without the automatic tournament bid. That should lock him in for 5 more years.

You probably don't know how right you are.

Back on Valentine's Day, love was all around, as the Orange won their 3rd straight to even out the 3-game skid that closed January. Everybody was popping chocolate-dipped mandarins into their mouths whole, as the team's record climbed to 16-10.

"#ottoascending" wasn't what fueled the joy; in fact Boeheim himself nixed those very t-shirts when he was shown the mockup.

It was Basketball Operation intern Sandy (they/them/theirs) who caught JB's ear back in the summer, so that the wise elder lobbied heavily to top out the regular season at 31 games. Sandy got no public credit, but the whispers to boosters made repeated reference to "the one who redefined Sweet 16."

At 16 wins, it didn't take a math genius to recognize that even a full collapse - with 5 consecutive losses and a first-round bounce in the ACC Tournament - could not result in the horror of back-to-back losing seasons. The perfect stop loss. Sweet 16 indeed.

Further still, if the mid-February victory over the Wolfpack was the continued unfolding of a miracle-in-the-making, 5 more regular season victories, plus 3 more wins to capture the conference tourney crown, and a six-pack for a second National Championship ("STFU, OLANDER!") would show the beauty of a 40-10 final record.

The ADub version has its own magnificence. Imagine a loss to Wake Forest, and the the comatose giant of the north awakening with a first-round squeaker and plus two upsets going into ACC Finals at 19-16, with a chance to hit 20 and go to the Big Dance. That is when Augie's fantasy becomes real.

The crushing buzzer beater ends the season on a higher note than last year, which, in case you've forgotten, played out as follows for the then 16-16 plucky, gritty, nepotistic band of brothers (and kinda more)...

 

[SoFla Steve]

Just watched Inside College Basketball on CBSSN. When they put up the GA Tech - Syr score, they said Syracuse has to make some hard decisions in the offseason. C'mon, give him at least another year!

 

[MDHuskFan]

Their recruiting board for 2023 consists of them competing for 3 star to unranked kids against schools like, San Diego, Missouri-Kansas City, Coastal Carolina, ND St & Northridge.

God I am so happy to be past those dark days now

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Quite frankly, it would be a disaster for college sports if Syracuse fires Boeheim. Or, sorry- "mutually part ways with their legend".

It won't be as fun mocking them when HC Gerry McNamara inevitably gets the keys to the program and can't recruit a body to South Canada, or revive a program with zero head coaching experience.

In all seriousness, if they don't hire someone with legitimate success as a D1 head coach, they're toast. Specifically, someone who can recruit their arse off. I can't imagine it's any fun trying to convince a top 100 northeast guy to pick Cuse right now over Nova, Providence, UConn, Rutgers, or even Shaheen at Seton Hall or St. John's if they get Pitino.

 

[alexd]

This must have looked different...

 

[prankster]

Quite frankly, it would be a disaster for college sports if Syracuse fires Boeheim. Or, sorry- "mutually part ways with their legend".

"...spend more time with his family...."

 

[WhereistheDove?]

This must have looked different... View attachment 84551

A green towel wipes away the tears just as well as an orange one.

 

[TRest]

I see the Dome mentioned on the Cuse board as a positive in recruiting/a difference maker for them over other programs. Having never been there, I assume it's more of a white elephant these days, something novel in 1980 which is is now faded and lacking in real atmosphere. You can play in an old dump and get kids because it's a great place to have a home crowd on your side and national medial moaning about how unique it is (see Cameron), but the Dome looks to me like a terrible basketball venue.

 

[August_West]

I see the Dome mentioned on the Cuse board as a positive in recruiting/a difference maker for them over other programs. Having never been there, I assume it's more of a white elephant these days, something novel in 1980 which is is now faded and lacking in real atmosphere. You can play in an old dump and get kids because it's a great place to have a home crowd on your side and national medial moaning about how unique it is (see Cameron), but the Dome looks to me like a terrible basketball venue.

It is a terrible venue, however the selling point is when Syracuse is doing well, you are playing all your home games for 30,000 plus. That is unique and I have no problem with them using that as a selling point. I love to rag on syracuse but its dishonest to say they dont have great fan support.

 

[Husky25]

I see the Dome mentioned on the Cuse board as a positive in recruiting/a difference maker for them over other programs. Having never been there, I assume it's more of a white elephant these days, something novel in 1980 which is is now faded and lacking in real atmosphere. You can play in an old dump and get kids because it's a great place to have a home crowd on your side and national medial moaning about how unique it is (see Cameron), but the Dome looks to me like a terrible basketball venue.

Just like the XL Center when it is less than 90% capacity, I'm sure the JMA Dome is cavernous and less than ideal for basketball.

The difference is 90% full at the XL Center is 14,000. The Dome's basketball capacity is at least 34,000 on its own. That's a lot of exposed metal benching, let alone what exists behind the temporary stands.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

WOW

Should’ve put them on The Ocho.

 

[The Yakk]

If memory serves, UConn needs at least two underclassman to exit the program in order to have enough scholarship room for their freshman class.

Who would you take off the 'Cuse roster, who hasn't already been indoctrinated with the a lazy, fulltime zone attitude?

Separate point, but related: I posit that moving the 3 point line and adding the semi-circle in the lane has spread the floor out and negatively affected the effectiveness of the zone...Also Steph Curry...

Syracuse's crappy recruiting is equally at fault.

If they had fewer Boeheim's on the roster--and more players like Andre Jackson--then that zone would be a hell of a lot scarier.

 

[The Yakk]

A green towel wipes away the tears just as well as an orange one.

It makes a more discrete snot locker, too.