It was never out of the question that Jim Boeheim could quietly disappear into the night at the end of his coaching career. He was always a no-nonsense guy who never seemed to care much about the extravagance sometimes thrown his way.
Even so, yesterday’s abrupt announcement that Adrian Autry would be taking over as head coach of the Syracuse Orange was a shock to me. You’d think that even with recent struggles and bickering, the coach that resided over four decades of dominance wouldn’t get such a cold shoulder on the way out.