Syracuse head coach Fran Brown has something to say to opposing coaches who try to poach his players.
“I don’t even care, bruh,” Brown said this week when asked about other teams tampering with his players on the “I AM ATHLETE” podcast with Darien Rencher. “Dude’s be trying to push up on my wife. She’s bad. It’s just the game, right, it’s what they do. I don’t care, but don’t let me find out, and then I’ll see you. Cause I ain’t no bitch.”
Brown — who made headlines for making his team run sprints after a win over UConn this season — added that coaches should expect to hear from him if they try to steal his players.
“”If they came and they did it illegally and I find out, I’m not gonna go tell on you,” Brown said. “Like I’m gonna come at you like ‘what’s up?’ I’m gonna see you. There’s a couple of dudes I called and they tried to say ‘lose my line,’ Like man, shut up.”
Brown, who lost 24 players to the transfer portal last season, which was his first as the Orange head coach, is willing to use the portal. But talking to players outside of it, he said, is a step too far.
“You in the portal, then I’m gonna talk to you,” he said. “You’re not in the portal? I ain’t doing that.”
Syracuse added 16 players through the portal this season.
Brown’s philosophy is working out for him so far at Syracuse.
Last season, Brown led the Orange to its first double-digit win season since 2018, going 10-3.
Syracuse is 2-1 heading into their matchup against Clemson on Saturday, with their only loss coming against the No. 15-ranked Tennessee Volunteers.
