Coach Search Options after Autry

[atlanticuse]

Btw the Curry Hicks Sage poster does research and gets inside knowledge of how this process works. He talks about the importance of donor backing, not necessarily specific to Syracuse, but in general to the process when it comes to who has the advantage in getting the job. Seeming pretty consistent to what insiders are suggesting is happening here, it seems to be quite normal pretty much most places. Regarding Bruce Pearl with the way he left Auburn, he’s not coming back to coach anywhere. Spending retirement doing media engagements and spending time with family I would guess.

100% agree.
The pimple faced asshat at Locked On Syracuse should stop what he's doing right now.
He's an influencer and not a very good one.
Wow he's been covering Syracuse since 2020!!!
I have bread older than that.

 

[AZOrange]

Maybe you consider Luke Murray. Maybe. That’s it. If this is true, it’s pretty obvious to me that these are not serious people on the Hill. I’m worried that Syracuse has one of the worst group of BOTs in the country. They’ve overseen the destruction of the basketball program on JB’s watch as he held on far far past his prime, and now they just seem to be flailing around with no direction. There are fantastic proven mid major head coaches that they could consider, and I don’t even see any of their names mentioned here. It’s all Hop, GMac, Syracuse alums, P4 assistant coaches and other awful ideas that shouldn’t even be on the table. And then people suggesting that we’ll just wait for an unknown Fran Brown type to drop out of a tree. We are fools if that’s their plan. Focus on Josh Schertz or Hodgson or other top mid major guy and stop pussyfooting around.

I don’t know why you’re internet yelling at me.

 

[Scooch]

I'm sure there are worse options than Jason Hart, but I can't think of many. Good gravy, what an awful list beyond Hodgson we must have.

 

[ssbriefcase]

I'm sure there are worse options than Jason Hart, but I can't think of many. Good gravy, what an awful list beyond Hodgson we must have.

We were warned

 

[Scooch]

Ok so no program can resurrect itself under your stance. Everything is static. Got
It.

Bc hoops = SU football has been Irrelevant nationally since bill Clinton. One off seasons notwithstanding

In fairness, Doug Marrone parlayed his SU HC gig into an NFL head job in 2012. That's wayyy better than any BC hoops coach has done since the 80s.

 

[Scooch]

Every SU coaching search is the same... fans and "media" lock on to folks who they're familiar with, be that former assistants, alums, locals, or "big names".

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

 

[MikeSU02]

Got my coffee and am ready for us to knock out another 40 pages or so today of net new message board content.

Here is my updated take:

Hop as a candidate is still an embarrassment.

If it's truly Hop and Hodgson outpacing any other orbiting candidate, it has to be Hodgson.

If people cared that much about Hop, they should have cared when JB got his second probation.

But we've let the program slide for over a decade and it's time to move on.

In other news, today is national Tortilla Chip Day, so enjoy your chips and salsa and/or queso and/or whatever you like with them.

 

[Scooch]

To play devils advocate I’d like to hear Hopkins vision for the program and what he’s learned from Washington

He was the main lieutenant when the salad days were here in Syracuse. I don’t think he’s the rube you guys make him out to be.

Hodgson may be the man but he hasn’t been under the blinking red eye of Syracuse basketball.

Just saying Hopkins knows the market and must have some insight when we were winning 28 games a year . JAB was late 60s in these early 2010s seasons. Hopkins must have been a key part of it all.

I would be very bullish in him if he’s looking to create a bench of tacticians

It's fine to give him a hearing. SU did him wrong years ago, so that courtesy seems reasonable.

The idea of bench "tacticians" doesn't interest me in the least, though. Basketball isn't football. A hoops coach needs to be THE tactician. A CEO approach simply doesn't work because you need the head man to make quick and successful adjustments in game. All the great coaches have that skill and dragged their teams to wins with their acumen.

If Hop's skill is securing money then let him join the Athletic Department as head fundraiser. We need a great coach.

 

[Scooch]

If people cared that much about Hop, they should have cared when JB got his second probation.

A-freaking-men. The moment was after the 2016 Final Four. Announce JB was stepping aside either then or after a goodbye tour in 2017.

 

[Scooch]

We were warned

I didn't realize SU has no interest in paying what it takes to attract great candidates.

I should have known we'd be pennywise and pound foolish. My bad.

 

[orange79]

I think there are ways to make that decision, and still make the donor know that they are the most important person to the university, and to find other ways to make it up to them. But I see this point also. There are risks in anything they decide. They need to weigh the risks. I would think before a final decision is made that a conversation would be had to see if it would cut ties. I also think that if someone is so "small minded" to let it affect their overall love to the university it begs to question how strong that devotion is. No one donor should have total control over decisions.

One of the most important points made in this entire thread.

 

[Bulldog04]

I didn't realize SU has no interest in paying what it takes to attract great candidates.

I should have known we'd be pennywise and pound foolish. My bad.

This was my fear all along. Especially when you do “cuse math”. They have to pay AA buyout (let’s just call it a few mil) then in order to be 40th highest paying job you have to pay $3.5m a year and give a 5 year contract. So we’re already at $19.5m not counting assistants or other resource needs. So all in you’re looking close to $25-$30m commitment to be top 40 in pay. Which is not even that great. I don’t see SU ever doing that, hence the candidate list …

 

[Cusefan0307]

I didn't realize SU has no interest in paying what it takes to attract great candidates.

I should have known we'd be pennywise and pound foolish. My bad.

Ehhh do we know this or is there a small faction of alums out there doing their best to fight to keep it for one of their guys one last time?

Everything seems to be trending Hodgson's direction...

It sounds like we also are doing DD on Murray and other assistants from top programs.

Granted Hart and Hopkins are awful candidates.

 

[Cusefan0307]

This was my fear all along. Especially when you do “cuse math”. They have to pay AA buyout (let’s just call it a few mil) then in order to be 40th highest paying job you have to pay $3.5m a year and give a 5 year contract. So we’re already at $19.5m not counting assistants or other resource needs. So all in you’re looking close to $25-$30m commitment to be top 40 in pay. Which is not even that great. I don’t see SU ever doing that, hence the candidate list …

It's not out of line for a starting salary for a first year HC. That would be over a million more than what Louisville paid Kelsey.

 

[sufan59]

A-freaking-men. The moment was after the 2016 Final Four. Announce JB was stepping aside either then or after a goodbye tour in 2017.

Also, I was under the impression for years that Hopkins left and left for good. Washington didn't workout and now all of a sudden he wants back in? Immediately after what I would assume is his mentee failed from his days as an AHC. Like when he was fired from Washington did he even try to get back on Autry's staff? Would Duke hire Jeff Capel if Scheyer had a similar tenure to Red? Ironically when Hopkins left the Northeast it coincided with the rise of Nate Oats and his team including Bryan Hodgson. Just a funny side story in all of this. That 2018-2019 season on paper was fine, but there was also two key losses on that schedule. One was to Buffalo and Nate Oats (Bryan Hodgson on staff) and the other was to UConn and Dan Hurley. The best answer may not be the right answer, but there is a clear best answer for Syracuse right now and that is the shark.

 

[phil77]

Ehhh do we know this or is there a small faction of alums out there doing their best to fight to keep it for one of their guys one last time?

Everything seems to be trending Hodgson's direction...

It sounds like we also are doing DD on Murray and other assistants from top programs.

Granted Hart and Hopkins are awful candidates.

The biggest issue we are at now with other candidates is that they will come in and say

"Where are we at with NIL and how much do you have," etc...

Whereas Hopkins is coming in and not asking that question, he is telling them he can get X
Same with Hodgson, he is coming in through Lally and saying he can get X

So it becomes a numbers game and other candidates will fall off because they are asking for our NIL while those two are producing numbers. So it will be very hard for a candidate other than Hodgson or Hopkins at this point IMO (right or wrong)

 

[RF2044]

I'm sure there are worse options than Jason Hart, but I can't think of many. Good gravy, what an awful list beyond Hodgson we must have.

That's what happens when you artificially constrain the candidate pool.

The branches of the Boeheim coaching tree aren't very impressive.

 

[sufan59]

This can’t even be close to true lol. More like high end of tier 2. What gets alloted in rev share alone gets Syracuse close to out of Tier 3.

 

[kingtidge]

It’s like these people have no perspective or awareness at all about optics. You cannot entertain either one of these candidates. Maybe you have a conversation with Hop out of personal respect. That’s it. The fact that insiders are mentioning these two as realistic options means that they’re either being given bad info or the university leadership is truly a mess. Hiring either Hop or Lyke would get us mocked across the college athletics world. Wildhack needs to level with some of these people about barking up stupid trees.

Lyke was hired by the Athletics Dept and not by his choice (if rthe rumors are true)...

And, if true, I am not surprised he's decided it's time time for exit stage left.

So I'm not really sure he's driving the boat here... more like being asked to set the table.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

We’re not handing the new coach a $20+ million blank check tomorrow.

He’s only getting $3.5 mil a year.

If we can’t afford $3.5 mil plus Red’s buyout, we should become a teachers college.

 

[kingtidge]

To play devils advocate I’d like to hear Hopkins vision for the program and what he’s learned from Washington

He was the main lieutenant when the salad days were here in Syracuse. I don’t think he’s the rube you guys make him out to be.

Hodgson may be the man but he hasn’t been under the blinking red eye of Syracuse basketball.

Just saying Hopkins knows the market and must have some insight when we were winning 28 games a year . JAB was late 60s in these early 2010s seasons. Hopkins must have been a key part of it all.

I would be very bullish in him if he’s looking to create a bench of tacticians

Maybe when Hop gets the gig, he can keep Englested to teach defense.

 

[orange79]

The branches of the Boeheim coaching tree aren't very impressive.

To be fair, Ryan Blackwell won a TBT championship for Boeheim's Army.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

To be fair, Ryan Blackwell won a TBT championship for Boeheim's Army.

I wish we had some of those players back.

 

[sufan59]

To be fair, Ryan Blackwell won a TBT championship for Boeheim's Army.

And Allen Griffin led the most expensive TBT roster in a loss against a squad made up of former D3 players.

 

[phil77]

This can’t even be close to true lol. More like high end of tier 2. What gets alloted in rev share alone gets Syracuse close to out of Tier 3.

This is not correct, we have multiple players in the 1.5-2 million dollar range