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Hans Sprungfeld said:
I would prefer this to Boeheim traveling west on I-90 to coach at D-3 University of Rochester, where his daughter Jamie played, even though some might think it's a good fit.

Consider:

Rochester remains a member of the Association of American Universities, from which Syracuse resigned in 2011, in advance of its being voted out.

Rochester was where Jay Wright began his coaching career, a little more than a year after graduating Bucknell, where he played on the basketball team. If only by coincidence, Wright was hired shortly after Dennis O'Brien became Rochester's 8th president, after previously serving Bucknell in similar capacity.

Rochester competes pretty well in the University Athletic Association, where this year it joins conference mates NYU, Case Western, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, and Washington (StL) in ranking in the top 7 within its own Region, and parity prevents any team from a Top 20 ranking, although the 8-team conference has only 15 total OOC losses.

What is the point of this meandering post?

First of all, it's a break from the angst-ridden, pessimistic, hyper critical ("No, we're just being honest") posting that displays an agitated mental state and emotional maturity profile that mirrors, matches, inspires, and/or is inspired by many of the same things that these posts and posters dislike when they recognize them in the words & actions of the head coach and some of the players.

It's like pre-school or daycare with the kids passing the germs around and taking them home to infect the rest of their family, and anyone who notices & questions this unhealthy pattern is labeled as a buzz kill trying to disrupt the pig pile of hijacked amygdalae in full flowering, all for the chance to put forth the most eloquent or hardest hitting take on, "We suck, and here's why I'm right."

More to the point of my first paragraph, I've always liked the Wes Bialosouknia nickname "The Poughkeepsie Popper." As a Rochester alum, I would be embarrassed if my alma mater's basketball coach got tagged with "The Palestra Picker."
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UAA is really quality basketball. I watched some games this past weekend and enjoyed more than I do many D1 games. NYU has a heck of a player in Harvard transfer Spencer Freedman.

I remember a road trip from Binghamton to Rochester in college and I recall riding dining hall trays down a snowy steep hill on campus… but I don’t remember if I almost killed myself on that frozen slope at Rochester or RIT. That weekend was a blur.
 
August_West said:
You ever get a garbage plate at Nick Tahou's?
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It was fully available to me half a century ago, and somehow I declined, preferring to assault my innards with late night runs to Smitty's Birdland for half of an uncut fried chicken, drenched in a sweet/hot BBQ sauce pretty well approximated by Sal's (or somewhat hackable working from Jamaican Choice Yellow Hot Pepper Sauce and adding maple syrup for sweetness w/similar viscosity if you're not regional), atop two slices of white bread that got saturated in the sauce and went down with a burn. The very bland, green pepper & carrot-flecked mac salad that filled out the plate was similarly awakened by the sauce. The fry was so complete that one measurement of enjoyment was how many of the bones could be crunched through as part of the meal.

For comfort, gross volume and/or odd hours, there was also Campi's meatball subs, Jay's Diner's pinkish bisque-like clam chowder, Abbott's frozen custard at the city's Lake Ontario beach in Charlotte, Don & Bob ("Where quality predominates") custard in Brighton, and a Bay & Goodman pizza in Irondequoit where House of Guitars held sway.

I was iffy about mixing together different foods and condiments and such until after college, so Tahou's stands as a missed opportunity. You been?
How 'bout HoG?
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
It was fully available to me half a century ago, and somehow I declined, preferring to assault my innards with late night runs to Smitty's Birdland for half of an uncut fried chicken, drenched in a sweet/hot BBQ sauce pretty well approximated by Sal's (or somewhat hackable working from Jamaican Choice Yellow Hot Pepper Sauce and adding maple syrup for sweetness w/similar viscosity if you're not regional), atop two slices of white bread that got saturated in the sauce and went down with a burn. The very bland, green pepper & carrot-flecked mac salad that filled out the plate was similarly awakened by the sauce. The fry was so complete that one measurement of enjoyment was how many of the bones could be crunched through as part of the meal.

For comfort, gross volume and/or odd hours, there was also Campi's meatball subs, Jay's Diner's pinkish bisque-like clam chowder, Abbott's frozen custard at the city's Lake Ontario beach in Charlotte, Don & Bob ("Where quality predominates") custard in Brighton, and a Bay & Goodman pizza in Irondequoit where House of Guitars held sway.

I was iffy about mixing together different foods and condiments and such until after college, so Tahou's stands as a missed opportunity. You been?
How 'bout HoG?
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Of course Ive been to HoG a bunch of times. Bought an axe there in 90's. One of my favorite places in the country.

Yeah, I went to Nicks and experienced the garbage plate at about 3:30 AM after a gig. Dude was flipping stuff on the flat top with a snow shovel. And the Clientele were, um, interesting. And we were a little psychedelicized. Never forget it. That actually might've been the same trip I made that purchase at HoG now that I think of it.
 
karstenkibbe said:
UAA is really quality basketball. I watched some games this past weekend and enjoyed more than I do many D1 games. NYU has a heck of a player in Harvard transfer Spencer Freedman.

I remember a road trip from Binghamton to Rochester in college and I recall riding dining hall trays down a snowy steep hill on campus… but I don’t remember if I almost killed myself on that frozen slope at Rochester or RIT. That weekend was a blur.
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100% traying behind The Hill, an X-shaped dorm since renamed to honor Susan B. Anthony, for whom one of the 4 wings was originally named.

I recall RIT's campus as flat, windswept, and all the same red brick w/no warmth or personality. But I did see a double bill of Loudon Wainwright III and a young Tom Waits (if there ever was such a thing). And just off the isolated Henrietta campus, there was Red Creek, which regularly hosted Rhode Island-based Roomful of Blues that then featured guitarist Duke Robillard as its frontman.

One of the joys of a western NY college education was road-tripping to visit high school friends (or friends' friends); or go to concerts at Syracuse (Manley Field House), Buffalo (War Memorial Stadium), Cornell (Barton Hall); or check out Finger Lakes/regional hometowns of classmates.
 
August_West said:
Of course Ive been to HoG a bunch of times. Bought an axe there in 90's. One of my favorite places in the country.

Yeah, I went to Nicks and experienced the garbage plate at about 3:30 AM after a gig. Dude was flipping stuff on the flat top with a snow shovel. And the Clientele were, um, interesting. And we were a little psychedelicized. Never forget it. That actually might've been the same trip I made that purchase at HoG now that I think of it.
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No surprises here.
And for reference...
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August_West said:
You ever get a garbage plate at Nick Tahou's?
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
It was fully available to me half a century ago, and somehow I declined, preferring to assault my innards with late night runs to Smitty's Birdland for half of an uncut fried chicken, drenched in a sweet/hot BBQ sauce pretty well approximated by Sal's (or somewhat hackable working from Jamaican Choice Yellow Hot Pepper Sauce and adding maple syrup for sweetness w/similar viscosity if you're not regional), atop two slices of white bread that got saturated in the sauce and went down with a burn. The very bland, green pepper & carrot-flecked mac salad that filled out the plate was similarly awakened by the sauce. The fry was so complete that one measurement of enjoyment was how many of the bones could be crunched through as part of the meal.

For comfort, gross volume and/or odd hours, there was also Campi's meatball subs, Jay's Diner's pinkish bisque-like clam chowder, Abbott's frozen custard at the city's Lake Ontario beach in Charlotte, Don & Bob ("Where quality predominates") custard in Brighton, and a Bay & Goodman pizza in Irondequoit where House of Guitars held sway.

I was iffy about mixing together different foods and condiments and such until after college, so Tahou's stands as a missed opportunity. You been?
How 'bout HoG?
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August_West said:
Of course Ive been to HoG a bunch of times. Bought an axe there in 90's. One of my favorite places in the country.

Yeah, I went to Nicks and experienced the garbage plate at about 3:30 AM after a gig. Dude was flipping stuff on the flat top with a snow shovel. And the Clientele were, um, interesting. And we were a little psychedelicized. Never forget it. That actually might've been the same trip I made that purchase at HoG now that I think of it.
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The garbage plate just wrecks you gut. Combo a night of drinking Genny Cream Ale with a late night (okay, early morning) run to Nick's for a garbage plate and it created a distinct smell in the residence hall bathrooms. I had a roommate who went there semi-regularly, let's say about once a month. The next morning you could smell him from 15' away in the apartment.

Truly a unique part of the local culture. It really doesn't even look edible.
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Chin Diesel said:
The garbage plate just wrecks you gut. Combo a night of drinking Genny Cream Ale with a late night (okay, early morning) run to Nick's for a garbage plate and it created a distinct smell in the residence hall bathrooms. I had a roommate who went there semi-regularly, let's say about once a month. The next morning you could smell him from 15' away in the apartment.

Truly a unique part of the local culture. It really doesn't even look edible.
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Is that one serving or two different variants of the garbage plate? (impressive either way)
 
mussels said:
Is that one serving or two different variants of the garbage plate? (impressive either way)
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That's two separate plates. One on the left has the macaroni salad with the minced meat and onions over some hash browns. The stale bread completes the meal. I'm not sure about the one on the right. Memory of trips there is often vague and isn't something you want to cling to as you age.
 
I thought I'd offer a KenPom update on the top conferences especially after:
  • Clemson crushed "the other" Orange, 91-73,
  • UNC had to scramble to beat an awful Notre Dame team, 63-59, and
  • #6 Virginia, the ACC's current AP poll standard bearer, was demolished by (wait for it) BCU, 63-48.
A few weeks ago, I joked that the ACC might sink down to the American's level, but alas, we will run out of season before the ACC runs out of steam.

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Weitsman is no dummy. He likely came to the realization that his seven-figure NIL commitment to Univ of Southern Canada would be a total waste… money better spent down I-81 in the America East at the “public Ivy”.

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Tyler2Rings said:
Congrats to senior walkon Aiden Fisch for scoring the final 2 points in Pitt's 99-82 victory over Cuse today.
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Capel put him on full scholly this year. Don't know his major, but wouldn't be surprised if he chooses to coach.

Pitt will be ranked this week.
 
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Husky25 said:
As I said above, For guys like Boeheim, retirement = death. While I recognize that he is probably hurting the Syracuse program, I personally have a hard time encouraging anyone in that direction. Did anyone fault Calhoun for returning to coaching after he retired from UConn? Bill Belichick said he didn't want to coach football into his 70s like Marv Levy, but here we are. BB will be 71 in April.

It's a two way street and selfishly, Boeheim should coach for as long as Syracuse will have him.
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Most of "Syracuse" is done with him

Maybe the administration is holding on. Maybe after this season, someone will have a let's get real talk with him. One more year, TOPS

PS: and I really don't care. :), just putting myself in their shoes
 
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