Adrian Autry to Take Helm of Men's Basketball as Jim Boeheim's Storied Career Comes to End

[HakAttack]

Thank god. Time to move on. Now my boycott of Cuse hoops is over. Autry is a great choice.

 

[pearl31]

In any case, and if nothing else, it will be such a breath of fresh air to have a coach the players love, who doesn't sh__ on players publicly, and who is (seemingly?) willing to play m2m defense.

(from someone who has long been labeled a blind JB apologist)

 

[CuseFaninVT]

When’s Reds press conference so we can find out what his staff looks like?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Fly Rodder]

JB's press conference comments were very strange.

His comments have been strange all season. The guy is almost 78.

 

[obliterata]

I wish Coach Boeheim the best, I think he'd be great as a college basketball commentator.

Coach Autry was not one of my choices as new head coach but I do think he could be successful, time will tell.

 

[rocklloyd]

Does Adam like red?

 

[JustPherU]

There’s a reason he’s there

Gotta start somewhere.
Geeez!

 

[Orangezoo]

Look. Be snarky all you want. We did not hire a search firm, but John has actively been planning for this for at least the last two years. I can guarantee you there were external clients considered and back channel communication explored. This was not a lazy, path of least resistance decision. Did we get to the point that we brought multiple candidates in for repetitive rounds of interviews? No. But there were many sources on input that went into this decision and Ted was far from the only candidate.

Does Red know about Ted though?

Jokes aside.. appreciate you sharing this

 

[Brian Orange]

So Jake was right, well done

Agree. Well done Jake (as usual).

 

[dwilmont44]

Such a long career from JB that it's all a large percentage of the fanbase has ever known including me.

 

[PauliePeppas]

REALLY curious how the staff is filled out

 

[Sbucketball]

Such a complex emotion.

 

[kcsu]

Does Adam like red?

Very much so

 

[CU44SE]

Pretty telling there are 0 quotes from Jim. Obviously this was NOT a joint decision. Syracuse bent over backwards for him and kept him longer than most would. Pretty pathetic from the coach.

 

[DoctahLexus]

If I had a choice between this, or one more year of boeheim followed by a national search, I would definitely go with what we chose.

 

[FortyFourCT]

I really hope this works out. I've never been a fan of promoting within in the world of sports (with rare exception) and I'm afraid we are going to see what a bad Syracuse team really looks like in the next few years, and these last couple of years were not it.

 

[RF2044]

Hope Red goes out and gets some guards, in the mold of Villanova / Baylor that can come in and play next year.

And I hope he convinces Jesse to stay. But if not, I hope he goes and gets a 240 pound inside guy who can score and rebound.

And I hope he ratchets up the defense, and doesn't sit back and let teams dictate tempo to us anymore.

And lastly, I hope he emphasizes rebounding more than his predecessor.

 

[All4SU]

Anyone that remembers more bad than good when considering JB’s tenure at SU is hopelessly misguided. JB is, and always will be a legend. Thank you coach!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[HakAttack]

This is a good move to Autry for a few reasons.

1.) He’ll pound the transfer portal.
2.) He’s a player’s coach and is all about building relationships with guys in the way JB wasn’t.

I like it.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[SuFTW]

Did we not do a national search?

Iron clad plan Boeheim referred to earlier in year now in effect.

 

[JRDCuse]

Here’s to you coach! Thank you for making Syracuse Basketball the institution we all love today. Though the past few years have been below our standards, most programs in the country dream of such tragic conditions. Now that it’s done, hopefully the people on this board can look back and remember the great times that vastly outnumber the bad.

 

[Irt4su]

Red is the new Orange