Boeheim coaching tonight

[Russ Wood]

Theraputic for whom? Boeheim?

Nobody need give a shit about Boeheim’s grief right now. And Boeheim should literally be the least concerned about that of anyone. His thoughts should be 100% with the Jiminez family.

There’s a dead person here and a family that has been suddenly, tragically, and violently torn apart. He should give them a minute before they have to watch him on national TV moving on with his life like nothing has even happened.

Personally, if I were Boeheim I would have waited until the Jiminez family had a chance to bury the victim before I returned the coaching sideline. But I think even sitting out last nights big game would have been a smart and fitting gesture.

You can be certain that Boeheim’s appearance on the sideline last night moved several members of the Jiminez family from denial to anger in the stages of grief. That’s how human beings are. And the Jiminez family is moving through those stages on a wild roller coaster.

Yes, therapeutic for Boeheim. Wait, I acknowledge that the primary focus should be on the Jimenez family, but Mr. Empathy doesn't have any empathy for what Boeheim is going through?

That's rich.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if someone is driving a car and accidentally hits someone, causing that person's death, it is going to be pretty devastating to that driver. They may need therapy to find a way to cope with what happened. They may not initially realize that and instead believe that maintaining a normal routine will help them cope.

In this case, Boeheim is entrenched in the Syracuse community. He is 74 years old, and with the exception of a couple of years when he played professionally in some minor professional league, he has lived in Syracuse since he was a freshman in 1963. He isn't suddenly going to pack up and move somewhere else for a fresh start and keep coaching.

You may not realize this but the members of the Jimenez family did not have to watch the Syracuse vs. Duke basketball game. If they chose not to then they wouldn't have seen Boeheim at the game. The Jimenez family is, however, just as likely to see Boeheim in the grocery store or on a TV commercial promoting some bank, Carrier air conditioners or a credit union that runs throughout the year. So they could boycott watching Syracuse games and still see him on TV.

Why would I be certain that the Jimenez family was moved from denial to anger because Boeheim coached that game? Did Boeheim willfully kill Mr. Jimenez with premeditation with malice aforethought? Was Boeheim part of a conspiracy to kill Mr. Jimenez? If so I really missed that part of the news coverage. Please provide a link to that information.

It was a terrible accident. I was told that police did a field sobriety test on Boeheim and he was sober. They can check his phone records to see if he was texting and driving. At this point, however, it appears to be a tragic accident.

Btw, Boeheim said that he has reached out to the Jimenez family and will continue to do so in the future.

 

[Doteman]

This was a no-brainer to sit this one out as a show of respect to the Jimenez family.