Clean House

[HoustonCuse]

I’ve always advocated for coaches. It’s an impossible job and fluke events of chance can have outsized effect on your results a lot of the time. This, though, it’s an emergency level of utter incompetence. Its urgent to fire the entire staff as soon as can be practically done. Maybe that’s the end of the season at this point. The idea that firing Red will cost them the great recruiting class stinks but honestly what is he going to do with a great recruiting class? Lose by 12 instead of 25? It’s wasted on this staff regardless of how good a class it is. I feel bad for Kiyan wasting his college experience on this dumpster fire of a staff.

 

[dan7800]

Is there evidence that the recruits wouldn’t be happy if another coach came in? Maybe they came in spite of red?

 

[Sherman20]

Fire him before the acc tournament. We will not have syracuse basketball if we wait

This is hyperbole. Iowa State was like 2-18 in the Big 12 the last year under Steve Prohm and Otzelberger turned them around in 1 year and had them in the tourney.

 

[Fly Rodder]

This is hyperbole. Iowa State was like 2-18 in the Big 12 the last year under Steve Prohm and Otzelberger turned them around in 1 year and had them in the tourney.

Would TJ take the job?

…sigh.

 

[grepal]

We won't be at the ACC tournament

We will be fortunate to win 10 games even if JJ comes back. Never, in my worse nightmares did I believe we would be this terrible. I expected a drop-off after JAB was gone but this is much worse than I thought it would be. Only hope we have is that the ACC is historically weak.

 

[Sherman20]

Would TJ take the job?

…sigh.

We have to find our own Otzelberger. A guy who coached at a mid major (South Dakota state) and then moved to a G5 school (UNLV) before landing at Iowa State, where he was previously a longtime assistant. Hodgson’s resume is a bit light comparatively, but I feel like he could be the next Nate Oats, especially since he was an assistant coach under Oats for years and his teams have an offensive identity. There are other mid major guys out there like McCollum who could have big upside.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Is there evidence that the recruits wouldn’t be happy if another coach came in? Maybe they came in spite of red?

I agree. It's not like they're playing hard for him - or for themselves.

 

[M2MPrinciples]

Quadir and the McNeese Cowboys are undefeated in conference play, 61st in KenPom (we're 117th) and 65th in Torvik (we're 71st).

He started the season on the bench, but won the starting PG spot and is now 4th in the league in assists with 85 (behind two guys with 86). Still turns the ball over more than you'd like and can't shoot threes, but he doesn't shoot them anymore and he's still getting to the line and pitching in on the defensive glass.

 

[cardiac]

Quadir and the McNeese Cowboys are undefeated in conference play, 61st in KenPom (we're 117th) and 65th in Torvik (we're 71st).

He started the season on the bench, but won the starting PG spot and is now 4th in the league in assists with 85 (behind two guys with 86). Still turns the ball over more than you'd like and can't shoot threes, but he doesn't shoot them anymore and he's still getting to the line and pitching in on the defensive glass.

check again were definitely not 71st in torvik haha

 

[M2MPrinciples]

check again were definitely not 71st in torvik haha

You're right, I was looking at projections. We're a gentleman's 143rd. McNeese is 41st, one spot ahead of UNC and seven behind UConn.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

check again were definitely not 71st in torvik haha

Torvik sounds like a Klingon name from the Next generation .

 

[jncuse]

You're right, I was looking at projections. We're a gentleman's 143rd. McNeese is 41st, one spot ahead of UNC and seven behind UConn.

And many here were pissed about these models when we were placed #70 to start the year.

 

[Sherman20]

Quadir and the McNeese Cowboys are undefeated in conference play, 61st in KenPom (we're 117th) and 65th in Torvik (we're 71st).

He started the season on the bench, but won the starting PG spot and is now 4th in the league in assists with 85 (behind two guys with 86). Still turns the ball over more than you'd like and can't shoot threes, but he doesn't shoot them anymore and he's still getting to the line and pitching in on the defensive glass.

I loved Q and wished we had retained him. I know everyone said he was a problem and sowed dissension but I also heard he had stopped going to class or had academic issues, so he might not have been eligible to come back. Not sure what’s true.

 

[kcsu]

I loved Q and wished we had retained him. I know everyone said he was a problem and sowed dissension but I also heard he had stopped going to class or had academic issues, so he might not have been eligible to come back. Not sure what’s true.

Lets just say that Q wasn't a great scholar