Comments on: Jim Boeheim: Great coach, but at what cost?

By: metroplexfrog

metroplexfrog — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:17:04 +0000

Just coach basketball and forget about guns, ok.

By: bw1980

bw1980 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:13:02 +0000

This is one the more moronic comments I’ve seen posted but it’s not a surprise as everybody who is not a Notre Dame fan needs to find a way to bring them down to the level of some other schools. Clearly you have no idea what happened: nobody made the kid do anything, Brian Kelly didn’t even notice him up there, probably never noticed him anytime, ever. The kid was fearful to get on the lift, tweeted about it but strangely never said anything to any of the coaches. He was a young man in his twenties who was smart enough to qualify for Notre Dame–he needs to be accountable. Declan could’ve approached the coaches and told them he wasn’t getting up in that tower come hell or high water: It’s not as if he was on scholarship as a cameraman.

Say anything you want as long as you have facts to back it up but know that when you don’t, you come across as an idiot (which you are, most likely).

By: florida727

florida727 — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:29:50 +0000

There are always going to be two sides to every coin, and for every one person that loves Boeheim, there will certainly be one that hates him.

You have to give him credit for his longevity. In an era where colleges change coaches every “x” number of years because their teams fail to meet someone’s “expectations”, he’s lasted. I’m not a Syracuse fan, so I don’t follow their program all that closely. If I was to level criticism, it would only be that he’s only won one national championship, and with the talent he’s had, to me that seems “odd”. Couple that with the fact that the only one he did win was due in large part to a freshman (Carmelo) and I think it legitimately raises questions about his ability to coach at that elite level. 34 out of 36 20-win seasons is impressive. 29 NCAA tournament appearances is too. But only 3 Final Fours? Only 1 title? Just like his supporters, his critics have plenty of material to work with.

By: MyTeamsAllStink

MyTeamsAllStink — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:57:35 +0000

Has Bernie Fine called to congratulate him yet?

By: rdssc

rdssc — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:41:08 +0000

Let’s just hope we see an equal amount of Notre Dame/Brian Kelly articles covering the dead video guy that he made get up on the tower, and rape charges/suicide brushed under the rug by campus police.
This is college sports the dirtiest business in the US. Nobody runs a clean program, Nobody.

By: woodstakes

woodstakes — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:26:05 +0000

*weak

By: woodstakes

woodstakes — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:25:35 +0000

Find me a top 10 big time program that has a consistently strong OOC schedule. They all play in Big time conferences, who are they suppose to play. I see big time programs playing week OOC schedules all the time. Once in awhile you see a Duke vs Kentucky or Kansas vs NC but more often than not its a big time school vs some mid major. All big time programs pile up wins pre-conference play. Its no different than what happens in football.

By: mrlaloosh

mrlaloosh — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:36:40 +0000

He’s paid to win games. Period.

By: drewvt6

drewvt6 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:54:15 +0000

THE reason you are seeing all the deification articles today is because media has ridden Boeheim for all his quirks and issues and lack of titles all these years and it’s as if this 900 wins has crept up on people. Suddenly this number is validating. It’s showing, hey maybe even if you’re not the fastest, shiniest, brightest new model, maybe if you just plug away day after day, year after year you can still be considered among the best.

By: jlinatl

jlinatl — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:35:52 +0000

Thanks for a better balanced article than most. I’ve never liked him because of the player issues, the perennial soft OOC schedule and my perception that he is whiny. I do think that OOC schedule should be mentioned as part of any article about his win total.

That being said, I think he is a great basketball coach, has had some tremendously fun teams to watch, and certainly has had the most watchable zone defense in college basketball.

I know I wear rose colored glasses but I think that a college coach should take some ownership of shaping a kid.

By: LPad

LPad — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:37:14 +0000

Didn’t the current Heisman trophy winner get arrested and not suspended? So let’s not act like Boeheim is running a program full of criminals.