Johnny Hammersticks

Agreed. Hop put in his time and was screwed over, IMO. He was rumored to be the favorite for the USC job a couple years before he left for UW, and turned that down even though he is from Laguna Hills. He was told he was the heir apparent at SU, and had that stripped away. No way he comes back, IMO.

Amen to that!

Hameir Wright is a great example of a JB recruiting flub. What are you talking about? Boeheim went after Wright hard, and probably had him locked up, until he started to pursue Jordan Tucker and nearly cut off all contact with Wright. Boeheim was criticized for snubbing Wright (some say Red Autry was particarly opposed) even before Tucker ditched Syracuse for Duke. JB made a late, desperate push for Wright, but Hameir chose Hop and UW who had stuck with him the whole time. Of course I don’t think they should offer EVERY player from Upstate when they’re sophomores. That is ridiculous. If you follow Syracuse recruiting closely, however, you would know that Girard is player that should have been offered before Washington and especially Michigan got involved. Boeheim Needs to do better at locking up the best recruits in his own backyard.

I don’t think that’s the case at all. By all accounts, he is a great kid with outstanding character. Tremendous teammate. I kinda get his frustration, and I know that Boeheim had been widely criticized within the past couple years for underrecruiting local players. He has lost out on a few good upstate NY recruits over the past few seasons. Mike Hopkins had reaped the benefits of this out at UW with Hameir Wright, as one example.

He has offers from BC and Michigan. His Father coached with Michigan HC, John Beilein, back in the early 90’s at LeMoyne. Michigan is the presumed favorite, and there are many that know the situation that are saying that Joe and his “camp” are kinda miffed that this offer didn’t come sooner. Joe plays on Buddy Boeheim’s AAU team. Yeah, I read that. Good for him.

I betcha he’ll commit in the spring. He’s not going to pick up offers like Duke/Kansas/Kentucky. He’s too short.

Boeheim finally offers Joe Girard III https://www.google.com/amp/s/articles.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2018/02/syracuse_offers_scholarship_to_joseph_girard_iii_new_yorks_all-time_leading_scor.amp I think they waited way too long on this kid. Incredible shooter in the mold of GMac. Glens Falls, NY kid.

Are you Ko Simpson??

He’s been nothing but a class act since he’s been with Buffalo. Far from a scrub.

Easy peasy! Good post.

What’s up with Russia??

You’re either being difficult, or you have no idea what you’re talking about. Peterman stared down Thompson the whole time, and then threw the ball exactly to the apex of his route. As soon as Thompson turned the ball was there and so was Ramsey. Come back to what? Take the hand-off? smh

Why wood you think he wood not know O talent? Doomed!!!

Oh.

You mean manatee?

Come back? The ball was thrown to the exact spot that Thompson broke his route. It was a bad throw.

How are all these raccoons getting their hands on opioids, anyway?!

If you win, whatever you purchase with your winnings will kill you. Only after your grandmother deep mouth kisses you for 20 minutes.

Fair point. Then it’s a definite nay. She looks like a pear with ears.

Funny timing of this thread. My son just turned 8 on 12/28. Up until about 2 weeks ago, I always gave him a hug and a little peck on the lips before he left for school. Thought nothing of it, really. I love the kid with all my heart, and it didn’t seem to bother him. Well, about 2 weeks ago I was tucking him into bed and went to give him a kiss and he kinda turned away. I chuckled and said “what’s wrong, do you feel weird having your dad kiss you on the lips now that you’re older?” His response was “I don’t know...should I?” I gave him a kiss on the forehead and haven’t given him a kiss on the lips since.

Is this a yay or nay type thread?

I read that Curaçao was colonized by the Germans in 1659.

I’m afraid of flying spiders

Geez...how sad Reminds me of one of my father’s hunting buddies from way back in the day. We used to go deer hunting down in Wellsville, NY for a long weekend every year, and would go to the bar before dinner. I would play pool/video games and drink Pepsi, and the guys would drink a few beers. One of the guys would crack his first beer in the morning and keep drinking all day. Pure alcoholic. He was the nicest guy though. Always had everyone laughing, and was always slipping me handfuls of quarters at the bar. He won a couple million in the lottery, but died only a few months after winning. Not sure what happened to his winnings because he had no wife or children that I knew of. I’m guessing a lot of that money went directly to Mr. Jim Beam