I know that we love being on Bluesky because for the most part everyone agrees with us but here's the thing: a lot of really stupid people agree with you too
18.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 32 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0@tjbasalla.bsky.social
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I know that we love being on Bluesky because for the most part everyone agrees with us but here's the thing: a lot of really stupid people agree with you too
18.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 32 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Gig ‘Em Blue I guess.
18.02.2026 04:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh yes. Oh hell yes.
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I’m all in favor of Miami running the table and losing to Akron in the title game
18.02.2026 01:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Chris Spielman of hoops.
18.02.2026 01:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I will be the only one to say this.
But it’s Bedrock Anthem.
Ohio Senate!
18.02.2026 00:58 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s borderline Ron Burgundy “I’m not even mad. That’s amazing” territory.
18.02.2026 00:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Balogun again for Monaco!
17.02.2026 20:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Go Birds
17.02.2026 19:33 — 👍 130 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 0He did what now?
17.02.2026 19:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Alright enough Syracuse Basketball negativity for one night.
17.02.2026 03:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Advertise your account with a gif
17.02.2026 03:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Lacrosse and women’s hoops it is then!
17.02.2026 02:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This is correct and also really sucks. Gerry was clearly a better pick than Red but we still don’t know how much better.
But hiring another “in program” hire isn’t going to fix this.
All this is just sad. I am not even angry anymore. I’m just apathetic. About Syracuse Basketball.
That floors me.
And to be crystal clear again, Boeheim’s failures do not excuse Red from being one of the worst major conference coaches in America and Wildhack from hiring him.
17.02.2026 02:47 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Yup. Just a weird case
17.02.2026 02:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m not saying he’s the only reason because it’s very clear Red was a terrible hire.
But Louisville never got “THAT” mediocre/bad before they completely tanked.
We were a mediocre program since the dayton loss.
Jim Boeheim is an icon, a hall of famer and the biggest reason why Syracuse Basketball became a big time program.
He’s also a major reason why Syracuse is in the mess it’s in now.
Both can be true.
That’s irrelevant if the program doesn’t crater.
17.02.2026 02:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Not telling Boeheim to buzz off after the succession plan failed is no small reason why they're here.
Combined with the aggro penalties in 2015, it absolutely wrecked the program.
I put ZERO on football on why Syracuse is bad in basketball.
Football is the reason Syracuse is in the ACC full stop no argument.
But the program started cratering in 2015. A couple of cool tourney runs papered over the fact that Boeheim lost his fastball in a lot of areas.
Let’s make one thing crystal clear because I’m starting to see a lot of terrible takes.
Leaving the Big East did not make Syracuse Basketball bad
A mix of terrible coaching, poor recruiting and abysmal talent development, combined with an inability at the admin level to change made Syracuse bad
Nailed it my friend.
17.02.2026 02:16 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE RED AND WILDHACK
YOU LOST ORANGE CHUCK
The final margin was 37 for those playing at home.
17.02.2026 01:55 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0But the Syracuse women are fun and will be dancing.
And men’s lacrosse is number one.
Not all is bad in Syracuse-land.
The good news is there’s no weeknight Syracuse game next week.
17.02.2026 01:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0