Sobs: Best Player Quote

Thanks Sean from TNIAAM for handing the SOBs off to me to give out the award for Best Player Quote.

For a player quote to stick out in the minds of bloggers for a whole season, he had to have said something profound and meaningful.

The quote had to be in a critical moment in the season and represented something greater.

There was a general theme among a lot of the Syracuse Bloggers on this one. A few bloggers nominated quotes about Donte' Greene's draft status.

Nick Loucks chose a quote from Donte' after the UMass game,

"I just didn’t want to lose the game. I can’t even remember what was going through my head, really."

The Three Idiots on Sports went with Paul Harris after Kyle McAlarney tore SU a new one,

"He had a huge game. His game was so good, it was like we didn't even know the scouting report. He just hit everything.''

The runaway winner for this category however, is something Paul Harris said.

Matt Glaude from Hoya Suxa,

"Paul Harris talking about mentally checking out of the Villanova debacle: "Jonny kept telling me, come on when are you going to be ready to play? I don't know. It is what it is." Nice.

Brian Harrison from Orange:44,

"I shot a three and coach yelled at me. It kind of threw me off and I didn't play after that." – Paul Harris after the Villanova regular season loss. Oh Paul, you actually admitted to dogging it during a game. While I gave him points for honesty, it was something that would not please any fan of the team. He more than made up for it the rest of the season, but when you are a sophomore you are not supposed to act like that anymore."

Josh from Cuse Country,

"I didn't even really try to go get rebounds." Paul had a number of 'brutally honest' postgame quotes this year, I respect him for that.

Sean from TNIAAM,

"[Paull Harris's quote is] not a "favorite" per se but it was Paul Harris stripped bare. And from that game on he rebuilt himself, on and off the court."

So this year's award for Best Player Quote goes to Paul Harris for admitting he quit after the Villanova game.




Back to Troy Nunes for the Final Award at 7PM.

SOBs: Most Disappointing Player

Thanks Cuse Country for handing off the SOBs to me. If you missed it they gave out the award for Worst Moment during the Syracuse basketball season.

If you do not know what the SOBs are check out TNIAAM.

I'm giving out the award for Most Disappointing Player of the 2007-2008 Syracuse basketball season.

Dictionary.com defines disappointing as "failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations." So what member of the Syracuse basketball team was the most disappointing?

Three players stood out the most among the Syracuse Bloggers: Josh Wright, Donte' Greene, and Scoop Jardine, but only one would be the most disappointing.

I'm going to do this Time Warner commercial style:

"Now Chose What's the Most Disappointing"

Before I reveal who was the most disappointing, here's what Orange Bloggers had to say:

Matt Glaude from Hoya Suxa says,

"Josh Wright. Say hello to Dayshawn Wright and James Theus for me."

A.E.M from The Orange Squeeze doesn't disagree,

"My most disappointing player has to be Josh Wright. Had he stuck it out and finished his education (which is most important) and played he could have been part of the team and probably helped them enough to get to the NCAA's."

Josh from 'Cuse Country wrote a book for this response so here's the cliff notes version,

"if you add in the rest of his [Josh Wright] career, this could become kind of a Lifetime Achievement in Disappointment award."

I wasn't on the same page with them,

"Donte' Greene. I was under the impression that he was going to come in and score a lot down low and be a great rebounder who could shoot the three if he had too. Turns out he was the complete opposite."

Nick from Nick's 2 Cents knows where I'm coming from,

"Donte' Greene - Hard to bag on the team's top scorer, but I've seen better shot selection in 6th-grade All-Star games."

Sean from TNIAAM agrees on Donte',

"Last year I tagged Paul Harris here, not because I was severely disappointed with him but just because he didn't live up to the hype that proceeded him. Same went for Donte Greene this year. Clearly Mr. Greene thinks he's good enough for the NBA but the jury's still out for most Syracuse fans. Greene has great moments, but he also had some pretty bad ones as well. We'll miss his abilities and potential but we won't miss his shot selection."

Our last nominee goes to Scoop Jardine.

Three Idiots on Sports went with Scoop,

"Getting suspended when the team was already short handed, not smart. Hopefully it's a learning a experience."

Brian Harrison from Orange:44 agrees,

"After a nice start being added into the lineup when Devendorf went down he was playing very well. Then he laid a goose egg at the Georgetown game in DC. Immediately upon his return to CNY he was suspended for the SUpercard incident."

So with all that said....

If you chose Donte' Greene you know what Disappointing is!

Congrats Donte' Greene- You are the most disappointing member of the 2007-2008 Syracuse Orange Basketball Team. We enjoy the memories you gave us and a lot of SU fans want you back for 2008-2009 for you to redeem yourself. Either way Good Luck next year!

Here is your SOB Trophy:

Former Winners: 2007 Josh Wright.

Orange:44 will have Best Video at 4 PM.

The SOBs Are Back!!!!!

No, no, the SOBs aren't something derogatory, but the Syracuse Orange Blogger Awards!!!

This is my first year participating in the awards.

To get a full feel of what the SOBs are check out last year's awards at Troy Nunes.

For the full schedule of when the awards will be handed out check out Troy Nunes again.

I'll be awarding the Most Disappointing Player Award tomorrow at 3 PM.

At 6 PM on Friday I'll present the Favorite Player Quote Award.