Jim Boeheim isn't fiery in the Bob Knight sense but he is fiery in the old school tough love sense. He's the kind of coach you'd assume most players end up hating for the rest of their life if you didn't know for a fact that so many of them actually love him. Either you like the tough love and it motivates you or you hate the tough love and it turns you away.
We'll find out a lot about Syracuse Orange forward Tyler Roberson in the coming weeks because right now he's the recipient of some extremely tough love.