Jim Boeheim's Passive Approach is the Wrong One

Jim Boeheim is never wrong. Just ask him. He’ll tell you the same thing. That’s what I dislike most about the legendary coach: His smug and elitist attitude.  Called out on a radio show earlier this week where a caller questioned his famous “take the foot off the gas and nurse the lead home” strategy—he did what he usually does when he gets a tough question. He sniped back with a curt, dismissive answer in his famously condescending way.  Fittingly, today’s season-crushing meltdown to Pittsburgh—by the way I wonder how many remotes were smashed by Orange fans today, reinforces that his strategy is a dumb one.  Yes, from the cold and calculated perspective, it makes sense to milk the clock and limit possessions coming down the stretch of a basketball game.  But what about the emotional element of the game?  For the life of me, I’ve never understood why you would go away from how you had built ... [link]