As far as the next Head basketball coach

[Brooky03]

Hard not to stress out when this hire could result in a minimum of 3 more years of suffering.

Yeah, but we won’t know that when the hire is made, so no reason to worry now.

The hot new coach who’s crushing it right now might come in and perform about as well as a trash can. Past success is usually a bad predictor of future success. Sufficed to say, we’ll have no idea who is going to be good or bad the next 3 years, so have a Coke and a smile and see what happens.

 

[orange79]

Who is Lyke in this situation That answer will cause me to worry or not LOL

To some, GMac.
To some, Hodgson.
To some, Holloway.

Pick your poison.

 

[cuse62]

Our fan base is like one of the fans that was sitting behind my son and I, the first time my son went to a football game. It was the ot win against North Carolina. In the fourth quarter, before Devito came in, the guy behind us started yelling,”I’M TIRED OF SUCKING!”
We still laugh about it.

 

[WoadBlue]

End of the world stuff is ridiculous I agree.

It will simply be the end of Syracuse basketball.

Gallows humor - can't beat it

 

[AZOrange]

I tried to make the same statement a few weeks ago. Let the process work. If we don’t have the $$$ commitments we will get what we pay for.

 

[PauliePeppas]

I tried to make the same statement a few weeks ago. Let the process work. If we don’t have the $$$ commitments we will get what we pay for.

Hodgson still -20000?

 

[Orangezoo]

I tried to make the same statement a few weeks ago. Let the process work. If we don’t have the $$$ commitments we will get what we pay for.

I have to imagine the magnitude of not getting it done in the $$$ dept and thus missing on the quality level we need with this hire is not lost on anyone involved. I am sure they understand that failure and disappointment here will come with a lot of very outwardly present frustration from many in our community of alums and fans.

Thus while SU has done more than its share of poorly handling such decisions, I just can’t see them getting this wrong. Just too much at stake to do so. Not going to stop the ongoing anxiety still looming but this isn’t 5D chess here they are trying to win.

 

[qdawgg]

From what I’ve been reading there is a lot of emotional investment into Hog. It’s very uncomfortable. Thankfully the committee will stick to the facts!!!!!

Which luckily still points to Hodgson and not recreating nostalgia.

 

[qdawgg]

Unfortunately, some of the Hogs — supporters of BS Hodgson — have complained and silenced my participation in the GMAC and Coaching Search threads. Rather than talk out the coaching search using facts and logic like men, they have silenced the Hodgson opposition. Thus, my participation is limited to the use of dorky emotes. It’s not my preferred means of argumentation but I work with the tools I am afforded.

You’ve been doing that since anyone ever responded to you and you’ve never been interested in discussion. Stop with the dumb…..

 

[AZOrange]

Hodgson still -20000?

Well to be fair I think I had it -2000…

All signs point to BH and it makes the most sense. But at the end of the day it will be whatever the Lally family wants. But I’d bet BH +700 all day

 

[LAorange44]

You’ve been doing that since anyone ever responded to you and you’ve never been interested in discussion. Stop with the dumb…..

wrong wrong wrong. Let’s stick to the facts, sparky.

 

[LAorange44]

Well to be fair I think I had it -2000…

All signs point to BH and it makes the most sense. But at the end of the day it will be whatever the Lally family wants. But I’d bet BH +700 all day

Assuming what you say is true, do you see any issue with one family dictating the direction and hiring in the athletic department when a coalition of stakeholders and donors want to go in another direction?

 

[Orangezoo]

Well to be fair I think I had it -2000…

All signs point to BH and it makes the most sense. But at the end of the day it will be whatever the Lally family wants. But I’d bet BH +700 all day

Will the Lally family be willing to work with other large donors as well as the bigger voices and alums within SU and outside in general and be one of numerous vested partner in all of this or should we expect they essentially hold veto power across the board ?

Not so much talking AW here as I am Melo… but as many pro SU folks in that financial hemisphere as possible too toss AW in there as well.

 

[oldpinepoint]

Assuming what you say is true, do you see any issue with one family dictating the direction and hiring in the athletic department when a coalition of stakeholders and donors want to go in another direction?

Depends on the donors, cant say I have a lot of faith in some of the SU hoops alumni after reading their social media. lol

 

[LAorange44]

It’s not wise to hitch your wagon to the whims and desires of one donor, especially when said donor has never been a stakeholder in basketball in the past. The damage it will do to existing stakeholder relationships is incalculable especially if the big donor scales back their involvement in the future. Not smart.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Depends on the donors, cant say I have a lot of faith in some of the SU hoops alumni after reading their social media. lol

Etan wants Gmac….Real shocker there…

 

[PauliePeppas]

Well to be fair I think I had it -2000…

All signs point to BH and it makes the most sense. But at the end of the day it will be whatever the Lally family wants. But I’d bet BH +700 all day

 

[Scotch]

Assuming what you say is true, do you see any issue with one family dictating the direction and hiring in the athletic department when a coalition of stakeholders and donors want to go in another direction?

Go watch Blue Chips starring Nick Nolte and come back to me.

 

[LAorange44]

Go watch Blue Chips starring Nick Nolte and come back to me.

I like to live in reality. If you like films, go watch Wag the Dog

 

[Cusefan0307]

It’s not wise to hitch your wagon to the whims and desires of one donor, especially when said donor has never been a stakeholder in basketball in the past. The damage it will do to existing stakeholder relationships is incalculable especially if the big donor scales back their involvement in the future. Not smart.

I am sure with anyone with half a basketball brain would be more than fine with Hodgson. I mean they want to win.

 

[djorange1989]

Unfortunately, some of the Hogs — supporters of BS Hodgson — have complained and silenced my participation in the GMAC and Coaching Search threads. Rather than talk out the coaching search using facts and logic like men, they have silenced the Hodgson opposition. Thus, my participation is limited to the use of dorky emotes. It’s not my preferred means of argumentation but I work with the tools I am afforded.

I really wish one of the tools you could be afforded is some really strong drugs

 

[djorange1989]

I like to live in reality. If you like films, go watch Wag the Dog

We finally agree on something, LA!

 

[LAorange44]

I am sure with anyone with half a basketball brain would be more than fine with Hodgson. I mean they want to win.

Sir, I am talking about a bigger game being played than who the next coach is that is essential to the health and longevity of a donor-funded NIL basketball program.

 

[rrlbees]

But at the end of the day it will be whatever the Lally family wants.

if true that really blows. i don't care who they support. as i said in another thread, no big donor should have any say. not lally, not melo.

 

[AZOrange]

Assuming what you say is true, do you see any issue with one family dictating the direction and hiring in the athletic department when a coalition of stakeholders and donors want to go in another direction?

I think any single point of failure in any aspect of business is bad. But it’s hard to discern if that is what is going to happen moving forward or not. But for now, he who writes the checks makes the decisions