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Everyone, it's okay, we're going to be fine. Syracuse will be playing basketball next season, trust me.
Obviously we had big expectations for this team next season. We were returning everyone except for Kristof Ongenaet(who will surely be missed), everyone thought we were a Top-5 Preseason team, a chorus of angels began singing whenever Jonny Flynn walked into a room, it was great.
However, all things must pass, and we have to live with it.
Jonny Flynn gave us two great years. With him at the helm, we won twenty games after losing half of our team to injuries last season. This year, we made it through what probably was the best conference of all time, through a six overtime donnybrook (excuse me, my Poliquin was showing a bit there), all the way to the Big East championship, and then to the Sweet Sixteen.
We had some good times, it was fun. However, we are all well aware that great basketball players rarely stick around. For every 2006-07 Florida, there is 2007-08 Kansas.
Now do I think Jonny's choice is the correct one? Not really, no. I think he could definitely improve his draft stock with another year of college—his jumper leaves something to be desired, and I'd love to see his decision making on the court gain some consistency—but I understand.
The economy is rough. Rumbles of a future NBA lockout float around. The risk that time presents may outweigh the rewards of a few possible extra million. There is no guarantee that his stock would rise as much as we think. There is no guarantee that we would make that Final Four run that the basketball pundits had us salivating over, we just knew that the chance was out there.
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