Coach by Day...Superhero by Night?

According to a firsthand witness Jessica Banks from Wellesley, MA; at approximately 8:30 PM ET on Sunday July 12th, at the restaurant Sonsie in Boston, MA, an aggravated 'homeless' looking male began shouting into the restaurant's open terrace dining area for a brief time before losing his match and being shooed away by what appeared to be a restaurant manager.

The focus of this article however focuses on a particular customer very close in proximity to the event; Head Coach for the Syracuse University Orange Men's Basketball Team, Jim Boeheim. According to Banks, Coach Boeheim was accompanied by three others in a Rolls Royce wielding a large diamond wrist watch and a flat ring sporting another diamond with the number "3" on it upon entry to the terrace dining section of the restaurant.

At an identified time into the dinner, the 'homeless' male began his shouting match into the restaurant. The male continued yelling, "Are you threatening me?! Are you threatening me?!" in a very ungrammatical, irate fashion. Other customers sat quietly and "awkwardly" as the male allegedly, according to Banks, seemed to be directing his rant at someone specific.

Being in such close proximity to the aggressive male, Boeheim then turned slightly toward Banks and a friend who where sitting at the neighboring table. In between Boeheim's knees was a "huge" black pistol with what appeared to be light, laser or site on top. "It looked like it weighed 5 lbs," said Banks. Boeheim kept the gun low, out of sight and "about to cock it".

Upon the male retreating to his shopping cart by the curb and walking away, the restaurant manager went straight to Boeheim's table, apologized, and made him aware that someone is patrolling the surrounding sidewalks. Boeheim tucked his concealed weapon back into his "bermuda shorts".

Possibly in humor or potentially serious, Boeheim turned to the other male at his table and said, "I was about to put two in him..." The male responds, "...yeah thats cool just don't shoot me."

A potentially hazardous situation for a Hall of Fame coach. Jim Boeheim has been coaching the Syracuse Orange for 33 seasons including 25 NCAA appearances, winning seven Big East Regular Season Championships, five Big East Tournament Championships, and three trips the National Championship Game with one victory in 2003. Boeheim also ranks third all-time in career wins with a 799-288 wins to loss ratio (.735) and served as an Assistant Coach for the 2008 United States Men's National Basketball Team in the Summer Olympics that won gold.

Jim Boeheim is by no doubt one of the best basketball coaches of all-time. We as fans can only be thankful that he did not have to use necessary force. It is clear that there have been more than a few gun related incidents involving sports figures and although Boeheim used correct judgment, refrained and appeared to only use it in self-defense, the 'what-if' always remains. Strictly as a precedent, we can refer to one of the most notable mistakes that has occurred in the past year, Plaxico Burress, and from there make opinions of our own.

-Scott Beer
DuelingCouches.com

Source: Jessica Banks & unnamed 2nd witness

(DuelingCouches.com is guaranteeing to be the only known source and the first to publish this story. All credits must be published and sourced appropriately.)

*Below is a photo taken by Jessica Banks via camera phone before the incident:

Jim Boeheim: Whiny Bitch

One of the gayest "Coach Attacking Media" outbursts you'll ever see. Boeheim comes off as nothing but a little bitch. He swears, which is against the rules in a good coaching tirade. And the swearing seems forced, don't you think? And attacking the student newspaper, Jimmy? Come on, grow a pair and attack someone who doesn't subsist on Ramen noodles, Keystone Light, and Family Guy DVDs.

"The most bullshit thing I've seen in 30 years."

Wow, Jimmy, you must have an awesome life if the most bullshit thing you've seen in three decades is some college newspaper calling a player "overrated." I gues things like Vietnam, Watergate, Iran Contra, the Darfur genocide, Katrina, and the collapse of syracuse football pale in comparison to your star player getting called out for being an overrated toolbox. Good perspective there, Jimmy.

And McNamara was overrated!!! Especially in upstate NY!

You can be overrated and still be good. Derek Jeter, for instance, is a great player; but he's overrated. All the word "overrated" means is that he's not as great as people think he is, not that he isn't good at all.

BUY A FUCKING DICTIONARY!

-The Commodore

Jim Boeheim: Shut Up!

Jim Boeheim's Syracuse Orange(men) were once again left out of the NCAA Tournament. My friends in Central New York have argued that they were "snubbed" but it's difficult to make that case. Once again, the Orange will set NIT attendance records because there's nothing else to do in Syracuse.

Boeheim is one of many coaches, fans, and analysts who think that the NCAA Tournament should be expanded. Are you fucking kidding me?

See, Boeheim knows that simply being Syracuse and being in the Big East isn't enough anymore. At large bids are going to more and more mid-major conferences. As mid-majors grow in power, luring recruits to upstate New York has become more and more difficult for Boeheim. Simply getting into the tournament is a huge attracting factor for recruiting, one which Boeheim has lacked for two years now.

So instead of working harder, coaching better, and driving his players further; Jim just wants the tournament field expanded. But he forgets that it's the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT. The tourney determines the best team in the country, and 65 teams already have a shot at being that team. Do 128 teams deserve such a shot? NO!!!!!!!!!!

I hate teams whining and bitching about being snubbed. Virginia Tech was this year's biggest complainer. "We won 9 ACC games, blah, blah, blah." Next year, try winning 10 or 11 ACC games, and maybe beat a good team just once. Could you imagine the 8-8 Philadelphia Eagles complaining about not getting into the NFL playoffs, then campaigning for more teams to get in?

No matter how big the field is, there's always going to be "snubbed" teams. That's because it's difficult to determine the difference between 65th and 66th best. 65th gets you in, 66th leaves you out. So even if you think you're the 65th best team, sorry, but you didn't do enough to prove that you deserve a shot at the national title. Shut the fuck up, win the NIT, and get on with your fucking lives.



You can't spell suck without S-U.


-The Commodore