Head Men's Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Quotes
His thoughts about Jake Crouthamel:
“Jake has run this program for 26 years as well as any athletic director has run any athletic department in the country. He has conducted himself in the absolute highest amount of integrity, character and morale that you could ever find. They will not find anyone who can do any better than what has been done by Jake Crouthamel. I think people vastly under-rate what he has done here with a limited amount of resources.”
“What he has accomplished here is tremendous. He is laying the groundwork for anyone to come in and be able to take this program to another level.”
“There are people out there who would want this job and I think that there will be good candidates available for us. I am confident that we will get someone on board who will be good.”
On what he will remember about Jake:
“He is there for you, and he is going to try to help you any way he can. He doesn’t give you a yes for everything you ask for and that is what good administrators do. They try to get you what you need but don’t give you everything you want. It’s a tribute to Jake. We have had battles and disagreements over the years but he has always done what he thought was best for the University. He has been as loyal to Syracuse University as anyone has in the last 27 years and to me that counts for a lot. When there are problems, you don’t want anyone but Jake Crouthamel to be at your back.”
