Alex Klein

[jncuse]

I'd say in college basketball, the Head Coach still has a lot of "GM responsibilities" and final say, in terms of the players that are signed on and brought in.

In pro-sports, that is generally not a head coach responsibility... he is not drafting players, signing players, trading players. That is the GM.

 

[atlanticuse]

The whole GM thing is getting weird - who reports to whom, what they can do, what they’re blamed for…

President… President of football/basketball ops… GM… HC+GM… HC…

And each of these folks make millions a year.

 

[DoctahLexus]

The whole GM thing is getting weird - who reports to whom, what they can do, what they’re blamed for…

President… President of football/basketball ops… GM… HC+GM… HC…

And each of these folks make millions a year.

What inspired the profile picture change?

 

[atlanticuse]

What inspired the profile picture change?

The Syracuse.com article - love it.
Passion, grit, success on the court.
And defending fellow Alumni Adrian Autry from the vitriol of the internet trolls.
Not sure what that or this has to do with Alex Klein.

 

[CU44SE]

Name the last time Syracuse executed in crunch time after a timeout. Or even a simple inbounds play?

That tells you everything you need to know about the level of coaching we have.

And you know the worst part. Red actually turned down adding another assistant coach to his staff. Like he and his staff had all the answers.

Meanwhile, any staff in any sport is working to add more and more analyst positions. Yet, here is our coach saying nooo. We don’t need more resources or coaches. Why would I want that!!! No competent coach in America would turn down extra resources and coaches.

 

[capeorange]

Name the last time Syracuse executed in crunch time after a timeout. Or even a simple inbounds play?

That tells you everything you need to know about the level of coaching we have.

And you know the worst part. Red actually turned down adding another assistant coach to his staff. Like he and his staff had all the answers.

Meanwhile, any staff in any sport is working to add more and more analyst positions. Yet, here is our coach saying nooo. We don’t need more resources or coaches. Why would I want that!!! No competent coach in America would turn down extra resources and coaches.

Exactly.
Your last sentence nailed it.

 

[MamesJungro]

Seemed to do a good job this year. They might not be all superstars, but there aren't many glaring holes, at least offensively, and it least the team seems intentionally built rather than just a grab bag of availible players

I hope he stays (unless the new person has their version of a Klein that they are bringing)

 

[littlereg]

Kline had nothing to do with last years roster, put an ncaa tournament team together this year. Not his fault he inherited the worst coach in.college bball.

We gathered talent, but The team isn’t constructed at all. I’m just not convinced as others are that any average coach has this team at a tournament level when there’s absolutely nothing to show such. Multiple of our players are so fundamental and IQ lacking and that doesn’t just magically happen after Red became their coach. Red sucks, but maybe there’s multuple reasons our players havent won a damn thing at the college level here or elsewhere.

 

[SUFan44]

We gathered talent, but The team isn’t constructed at all. I’m just not convinced as others are that any average coach has this team at a tournament level when there’s absolutely nothing to show such. Multiple of our players are so fundamental and IQ lacking and that doesn’t just magically happen after Red became their coach. Red sucks, but maybe there’s multuple reasons our players havent won a damn thing at the college level here or elsewhere.

Why do you say this?

Nate Kingz was a part of a 20-win season at Oregon State. His team at Oregon State beat nationally-ranked Gonzaga in a game that he had 20 points and was super efficient. And overall his numbers were much better.

William Kyle played in 32 games last year for a UCLA team that won 23 games. He only played 10 minutes a game, but he was a member of that team and was a bit contributor to a team that went to the NCAA Tournament.

Nait George, I don't disagree - he played on a .500 team in the ACC and was a starter, but never won at a high level. However, his stats are overall better at GT than they are this season.

Those are the three main portal additions. They had varying levels of success at their prior institutions but the issue is Freeman, Starling & the others are SU products and haven't done anything to produce team wins.

I don't know that I agree with the 'haven't won a damn thing' argument.

 

[SUFan44]

I'd say in college basketball, the Head Coach still has a lot of "GM responsibilities" and final say, in terms of the players that are signed on and brought in.

In pro-sports, that is generally not a head coach responsibility... he is not drafting players, signing players, trading players. That is the GM.

GM in college basketball is totally different than GM of NBA teams. The pay structure is about the head coach, and they are ultimately the decision makers in college basketball.