Coach Search Options after Autry

[MikeSU02]

Nicely stated.

The best way to avoid being held back by the limitations of a head coach is not to throw money at the problem, but rather to have a coach who doesn't have said limitations.

Hire the best coat we can,, period. Don't try to run back the same failed experiment we just endured, only with a different person, with the same likely result, because neither of them can coach their way out of a paper bag.

We need someone that can coach. We need someone that wasn’t on JB’s bench.

I’d love to know what team we’re beating out for Hop’s services as HC if he doesn’t get the SU job. I’ll hang up and wait.

 

[richmondcuse03]

i believe that's with the revenue share. might be what you meant though.

Correct. Total spend which is the only thing you can look at now compared to other “budgets.” UConn spends most of its via revenue sharing since they dedicate little to football.

 

[richmondcuse03]

BC btw has literally zero NIL. It’s revenue sharing and between their major sports, they don’t spend the 20.

 

[Sdot]

If Autry can get us close to $9m and hasn’t produced a tournament team your telling me a guy like Hodgson can’t get us to let’s say $10-11m mark his first year?

 

[Consigliere]

Can we not equate NIL in the future with this year. The players were there this season. Not the reason we stunk.

And this is why I prefer a tactician over a fundraiser who has poor basketball acumen. We are never outraising Duke, UNC, or Louisville. However we can get good players and have better coaching.

Players were there this year to be a bottom of the bracket tournament team. Agreed. But I think most aspire to more than that.

 

[Jake]

BC btw has literally zero NIL. It’s revenue sharing and between their major sports, they don’t spend the 20.

If GMAC goes to BC….NIL here wasn’t the issue.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

If you know, is there a reduction in the buyout by waiting until the end of the season to fire him?

Money should not be the issue. The brand is hemmoraging value every day this goes on.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Players were there this year to be a bottom of the bracket tournament team. Agreed. But I think most aspire to more than that.

If everyone played to potential and were not injured we had the guys to be a 4-7 seed. Backcourt has been the main problem. Bottom line is we aren’t tough enough and don’t play hard.

 

[Brian Orange]

More I think about the more Hodgson checks the most boxes. I would prefer to see a little more coaching success over a few more years but there is going to be projection with any of the candidates. I tend to lean to someone who can flat out coach as opposed to recruiting. Autry was a very good recruiter and look where that got us.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Cooney is the only su player to play in two final fours, and at times was treated like a piranha. Let that sink in.

I just can’t let this sink in. Not sure how that works.

 

[Bayside44]

We need someone that can coach. We need someone that wasn’t on JB’s bench.

I’d love to know what team we’re beating out for Hop’s services as HC if he doesn’t get the SU job. I’ll hang up and wait.

The only way he would throw his hat over his bald head in the ring is that he would have a bag, you know that. Hodgson looks like he can bring a bag too. Still need the horses.

 

[MikeSU02]

If everyone played to potential and were not injured we had the guys to be a 4-7 seed. Backcourt has been the main problem. Bottom line is we aren’t tough enough and don’t play hard.

Without question. Also, a better coach gets more from our back court, too.

There are a handful of elite teams. The rest are pretty level give or take. We could have been in that next group.

Heck, we were favored against a banged up UNC.

 

[2B20Again]

If GMAC goes to BC….NIL here wasn’t the issue.

Do any of us have any idea of who is being targeted? I know I don’t. Does anyone think the BOT cares what fans think or say on message boards? Good conversation but little else.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I'd prefer we not hire anyone that requires every sentence about them to start "He's a great guy, but...".

It's been a long 3 years of that.

Tell me about your new coach. Well, he’s got a great personality…

 

[RF2044]

Tell me about your new coach. Well, he’s got a great personality…

"He bleeds orange..."

 

[MikeSU02]

The only way he would throw his hat over his bald head in the ring is that he would have a bag, you know that. Hodgson looks like he can bring a bag too. Still need the horses.

You didn’t answer my question.

And we all know the answer.

He has done nothing to warrant being our HC. Big deal if he can get one year of money. And the money would fall off bc people don’t continuously invest in losing.

It’s like giving someone a Ferrari that can’t get it out of park into first gear.

 

[orangepassion]

If Hopkins gets this job it’s the definition of insanity. Another great guy who is not a head coach. There’s a reason he’s an assistant coach in a the NBA and never got another head coaching job in college. Only SU would think he’s head coaching material. I can’t believe this administration is so out of touch.

I’m not concerned. There’s no way they’re hiring Hop as HC. There’s no way they could sell it to the fan base after the way it ended at Washington. There’s a better chance they hire Jay Wright. Part of me subconsciously feels that these rumors are being leaked to make us feel better when we hire someone else-I.e we didn’t get fill-in-the-blank, but at least it wasn’t Hop. If you’re going to go cheaper, go after Luke Murray.

 

[sweetpea]

Fran was a sub coordinator essentially at Georgia. I’d take whatever Mike learned over what we saw in Fran as a tactician.

How about Luke Murray hc and Hopkins as the asst? If the school has money why wouldn’t they bring Hopkins back where his wife is from?

Feel like from the tea leaves is that he wants to be back

I'm on board as long as it isn't head coach.

 

[Bayside44]

You didn’t answer my question.

And we all know the answer.

He has done nothing to warrant being our HC. Big deal if he can get one year of money. And the money would fall off bc people don’t continuously invest in losing.

It’s like giving someone a Ferrari that can’t get it out of park into first gear.

Oh no - I don't want him here. He's the Al Golden of hoops. His trick in 2017 would've been elite recruiting, better assistants, and maybe he wins enough with that to keep it going. That's long gone.

We beat out no team. There's no line outside Hubert Davis's door either, for example.

Don't see him reaching critical mass and Hodgson seems to have money lined up.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Fran was a sub coordinator essentially at Georgia. I’d take whatever Mike learned over what we saw in Fran as a tactician.

How about Luke Murray hc and Hopkins as the asst? If the school has money why wouldn’t they bring Hopkins back where his wife is from?

Feel like from the tea leaves is that he wants to be back

Who would leave the NBA to be an assistant? A loser, that’s who

 

[LAorange44]

I disagree. The majority of Syracuse fans aren’t on the boards. Hodgson is pretty inside baseball at this point. How many casuals know who coaches USF or Alabama State or whatever directional school he is from. School probably thinks Hop will ignite local ticket buyers with name recognition and nostalgia in addition to traditional donors. Fran, with all his success in year one, still had problems selling tickets.

 

[Millhouse]

I’ve learned today that a program that has a fan base that just produced the highest attended game this year in college basketball despite a bad team is garnering little interest from sought after coaches. I really find this hard to believe.

i agree. successful coaches with big egos look at syracuse play and think the problem is autry

 

[richmondcuse03]

i agree. successful coaches with big egos look at syracuse play and think the problem is autry

Opposing coaches knew he was a problem in year one and were glad we kept him for three.

 

[RF2044]

i agree. successful coaches with big egos look at syracuse play and think the problem is autry

That's why I don't think resources are the impediment some are making it out to be. I think head coaches who know their worth and are confident they can do the job look at the empty dome, look at the tradition, and think I can turn that around quickly -- and then the money will flow.

 

[Consigliere]

If everyone played to potential and were not injured we had the guys to be a 4-7 seed. Backcourt has been the main problem. Bottom line is we aren’t tough enough and don’t play hard.

Respectfully disagree. Not a single player on this team that is projected to be an NBA player or will get all-Conference recognition. And the only portal addition we had serious P4/5 competition for is George.
You can lay that on coaching not developing the players to their full potential, but at best this roster had Top 40 talent and preseason projections mirrored that.