Tell Jim Boeheim The New Syracuse Uniform Is Gray At Your Own Peril
by Sean Keeley on Jan 26, 2012 5:57 PM EST
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PrintI think we've officially covered most of the bases for the new Nike Hyper Elite Platinum uniform. We hate it! We love it! We're only wearing it once! I can't believe we're even wearing it once! Hey look, all fixed!
But what do the players think? As expected, they love the crap out of them.
"They’re hot. I like ‘em. It’s different. I like the "Cuse" and I like the big "S" in the back. It’s just kind of hot, the orange and the gray." - Dion Waiters
"It’s a nice uniform. Something I can put in my collection when I leave here. I’m a senior, so everything I’ve ever worn at Syracuse, I keep." - Scoop
"I like the whole idea of the gray uniforms. I always wanted to wear an alternate jersey. I always wanted to wear the blue jerseys, but I heard Coach doesn’t want to wear ‘em." - C.J. Fair
"It’s nice to play in gray and all. It looks nice. It’s different. But we’ll see." - James Southerland
But what does Jim Boeheim, High Overlord of the Orange Nation, think? As you also expected, he can't run away from them fast enough.
"This is going to be a one-game thing," Jim Boeheim vowed. "That’s all. A one-game thing. We’re going to wear them once, and that’s it. And they’re platinum. They’re not gray. They’re platinum. This isn’t Georgetown."
"It’s not a Georgetown uniform," Boeheim insisted again. "When you look at it, even though there’s a lot of gray, the orange -- our school color -- stands out. Nike asked if we’d wear the uniforms for one game. So I looked at them . . . and I thought they were sharp.
"We’ve got enough problems, don’t we?" Boeheim asked. "People worrying about this would be like Congress worrying about a million-dollar tax cut when we owe $15-trillion. We’re not changing the uniforms. It’s a one-game thing. That’s all it is. All right?"
Jim Boeheim is a bit like Grandpa Simpson. He's the kind of grumpy old man who wants a basketball uniform he can set his watch to. None of this Joe Namath crap.
Doc Gross said previously that it was Boeheim's call if and when SU wore the uniform and the fact that we're wearing them during our only remaining game that isn't nationally-televised tells you everything you need to know.
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Would've been happy
With just that line. Maybe could’ve thrown in one “f@#king” just for good measure. Haha
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by JohnCassillo on Jan 26, 2012 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
Good to See Boeheim
Still has the passion to Coach, and more importantly, to hate Georgetown.
We can't bust heads like we used to
but we have our ways. One trick is to tell ‘em stories that don’t go anywhere – like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you’d say
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
by PoetryInMoten on Jan 26, 2012 6:55 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
See how smart our players are?
Publicly busting on the Nike colossus (and future endorsee) would not be too bright, would it? I don’t think we’ll ever hear their true feelings. Meanwhile, we can thank the good Lord this is a one-game deal. And Georgetown still sucks.
You guys hear about G'town?
I read that they were gray, and now SU is wearing gray! Everyone’s up in arms! What a travesty!
/Seriously though, I voted to burn the jerseys in the poll.
What's the big deal?
I’ve been reading this blog for a while and this is my first comment. but I had to chime in on this.
I don’t understand what the big deal is with the new uni’s. Nike sponsors a lot of team, including us. They chose only their “elite” teams to wear their new platinum line for one game and we were there, along side storied programs like UK, UConn, UNC, and Duke, with stars on our back, giving us good exposure. You know who wasn’t there? Georgetown. You know why? Because its 9:41 pm and they still suck.
Way to pick your spots.
You’re off to a good start.
Sadly,
the stinking puddle of D.C. backwash is right.
Born in '87, Orange fan since '86
I guess I made a twitter, follow @StealthTurkey
by StealthTurkey on Jan 27, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
You're still the one, StealthTurkey
Guess we’ll be gearing up again in a week-ish?
Why so Syracuse?
by HoyaJoker07 on Jan 27, 2012 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
If I'm the one, then you'll be Agent Smith.
With that established, you can crawl back under your mom’s escrow account, like a good little sentient virus.
Born in '87, Orange fan since '86
I guess I made a twitter, follow @StealthTurkey
by StealthTurkey on Jan 27, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
eh
yeah, Arizona has sucked recently, but is still a historic program. and yes this is about money. which is good. if elite = marketable then its good for SU. Don’t think that recruits don’t notice. Meanwhile, georgetown can’t keep SU fans out of its stadium, let alone sell jerseys.
Look, I’m not a fan of wearing gray, even for one game. But I’m glad SU was chosen for this marketing stunt. It’s good for our brand, for recruiting, etc. If it helps those areas, I can live with the gray for one game.
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