While Boss and I disagree over exactly what the Eric Devendorf injury means to the Syracuse basketball team, the harsh reality is that life goes on. For team that lacks depth and experience, losing a junior who is your second leading scorer and has more game experience than anyone on the roster is going to make this season a difficult, uphill battle.
In this idiot's opinion, the best move would be to start Rick Jackson at the 4 and move Paul Harris to shooting guard. You'd have a huge front line of Arinze at the 5, Jackson at the 4, Greene at the 3, and a backcourt of Harris and Flynn. While Paul doesn't shoot it well, Greene and Flynn both have unlimited range, and Jackson has shown a great feel around the rim and more polish to his game than you could hope for.
This also allows them to have one guard in Jardine, and one forward, the Belgian kid, on the bench. Each guy can play a couple of positions, so Boeheim would maintain some flexibility there.
Smaller quicker teams will give that lineup fits, but if your front line is 6'9", 6'9", and 6'11" and you have a rebounding machine as a 2 guard, in theory they can beat teams to death on the glass. While neither Jackson or AO is a true shot blocker, getting shots off over that lineup would be no small task either.
Injury or foul trouble to Flynn at this point would be absolutely devastating, as he's the last scholarship point guard on the roster, and I don't know about you, but the thought of Jardine having to play extended minutes at the point in a close Big East game scares me to death. In a year or two, I can live with that, now.....eh.....
Saddle up cuse fans, what promised to be an interesting season is about to get even more unpredictable.
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