Allen Griffin to stay on staff

[rrlbees]

Griffin Stays On As Men's Basketball Assistant - Syracuse University Athletics

Four-year letterwinner and long-time assistant coach Allen Griffin '01 will continue his duties on the staff of new head coach Adrian Autry '94, acco...

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[sutomcat]

Griffin Stays On As Men's Basketball Assistant - Syracuse University Athletics

Four-year letterwinner and long-time assistant coach Allen Griffin '01 will continue his duties on the staff of new head coach Adrian Autry '94, acco...

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Congrats to Allen.

Wondering if we will see more focus on NYC recruits with new people making the final decision on who we offer?

Though the last 2 HS recruits we have verbals from are from NYC...

 

[SUOrangeSU]

Get that NYC pipeline groofin my dude! Appreciate ya

 

[kingtidge]

Noice!

Now we need one apex-predator recruiter that can hit the trail and kill for his food and bring the bacon home.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[RF2044]

Huh -- didn't realize that he was considering not returning.

 

[Orangezoo]

Huh -- didn't realize that he was considering not returning.

Felt like this was more to get an announcement out there to go with the promotion of Gerry. A nice tip of the cap to AG from the new HC.

 

[JrodCuse]

Honest question….should we be excited he’s back beyond the sake of consistency? Is he a solid recruiter / has he done a good job coaching up his positional players?

 

[rrlbees]

Huh -- didn't realize that he was considering not returning.

He and Gmac both got new contracts.

 

[All4SU]

Love it. Glad AG is staying. But shave the chin fuzz. I’m just sayin’…

 

[Cusefan69]

I wonder if Griff thought he had a path to AHC? If he did, I am glad he still decided to stay and did not take it personally. If Red knew he was going to be coach, I would think he already had a short list of who he would be asking to fill that final slot. Hopefully it's new blood from outside the Syracuse tree. Get some fresh eyes and perspectives.

 

[MG44]

Honest question….should we be excited he’s back beyond the sake of consistency? Is he a solid recruiter / has he done a good job coaching up his positional players?

I'd say Jesse is leaps and bounds ahead of where he was when he got here. I do not know how much of that is because of Jesse's natural ability and hard work, and how much is due to Griffins coaching, but I'm hoping a lot of it is griffins coaching

 

[Scooch]

Once again I'll say that if Red wants Griffin on his staff, then it's good that SU made it happen.

The best thing SU can do is provide Autry every resource he desires. Then its up to him to make it work.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I like the continuity for this reason. Red already has to worry about bringing in one coach to his new culture. Two new guys could create problems.

 

[br801]

I'd say Jesse is leaps and bounds ahead of where he was when he got here. I do not know how much of that is because of Jesse's natural ability and hard work, and how much is due to Griffins coaching, but I'm hoping a lot of it is griffins coaching

I think it would be highly unlikely that AG didn't play a significant role in Jesse's development.

 

[OrangePA]

Great!

 

[OrangePA]

Griffin Stays On As Men's Basketball Assistant - Syracuse University Athletics

Four-year letterwinner and long-time assistant coach Allen Griffin '01 will continue his duties on the staff of new head coach Adrian Autry '94, acco...

admin.cuse.com

His work with Jesse Edwards has been outstanding.

 

[Orangezoo]

His work with Jesse Edwards has been outstanding.

His reputation for the work he did at Dayton was strong too.

You have Autry with experience at VT and Griff at Dayton alongside Gerry and asst to be named later. That's a nice balance.

 

[Oakland]

Once again I'll say that if Red wants Griffin on his staff, then it's good that SU made it happen.

The best thing SU can do is provide Autry every resource he desires. Then its up to him to make it work.

I don't disagree with what you stated, but the lurking question is: did Red keep him on because he is good, of did he not want to deal with the issues of getting rid of his long time fellow coach. Same could be said of GMac. To be clear, I'm just raising the issue not making a judgement.

 

[SmilinBob]

I don't disagree with what you stated, but the lurking question is: did Red keep him on because he is good, of did he not want to deal with the issues of getting rid of his long time fellow coach. Same could be said of GMac. To be clear, I'm just raising the issue not making a judgement.

It's a good question. My feeling is they get along and have a pretty good synergy while being good coaches as well.

 

[richmondcuse03]

Autry loves Griff. Quite frankly a lot of people love Griff. He’s a good coach. Shares a lot in common with Red.

 

[Sherman20]

Honest question….should we be excited he’s back beyond the sake of consistency? Is he a solid recruiter / has he done a good job coaching up his positional players?

He’s a very good recruiter and a very good coach. Do you see how Jesse has developed over 4 years?

 

[Cusefan0307]

I don't disagree with what you stated, but the lurking question is: did Red keep him on because he is good, of did he not want to deal with the issues of getting rid of his long time fellow coach. Same could be said of GMac. To be clear, I'm just raising the issue not making a judgement.

Our coaches have better reputations in basketball circles then they do on this board or within this fan base.

 

[Sherman20]

I don't disagree with what you stated, but the lurking question is: did Red keep him on because he is good, of did he not want to deal with the issues of getting rid of his long time fellow coach. Same could be said of GMac. To be clear, I'm just raising the issue not making a judgement.

Red and Griff are tied at the hip. They’ve both said that they’re each other closest friends in coaching. Griff ain’t going anywhere.

 

[Scooch]

I don't disagree with what you stated, but the lurking question is: did Red keep him on because he is good, of did he not want to deal with the issues of getting rid of his long time fellow coach. Same could be said of GMac. To be clear, I'm just raising the issue not making a judgement.

Fair but I have to imagine that Autry understands the gravity of his hiring.

My hunch is that he genuinely believes in his assistants. Plus, he has an open spot to get someone who complements them.

I can't see him keeping Griff around just to be nice.