Coach Search Options after Autry

[Marsh01]

Surprised not to be hearing more on Hop here (at least the 3 consecutive pages i read a couple times a day). I think he's electric. We know he can coach, can recruit. He brings the passion and energy, bleeds orange. Liked by kids and adults. Hope if and when he's chosen, he gets full support.

ehhhhh...he wasnt good when he filled in for JB...had one good season at Wash...i dont care about passion and energy. Red had that as well and it got us nowhere.

 

[phil77]

Yup we all understand this except the people in charge. GMAC baby !

 

[Briancuse]

What about his time at UW makes you think he can coach? And how can he recruit in the NIL era where 90% of the game is money?

He's getting 50 mil from the nil fairy.

 

[tptcuse]

Either way I'm taking a 3 year hiatus from this program.

Nah. You’ll be back. I believe in you.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

Interesting take

 

[Orangello]

Irrespective of who the next BB HC is, I'm darm proud of you guys getting this baby to over 500 pages ! Well done.

 

[kidorange]

What about his time at UW makes you think he can coach? And how can he recruit in the NIL era where 90% of the game is money?

The part where he had more wins there than anyone since the 1950s. He recruited well for us for years. Money needs to come no matter who the coach is.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Interesting take

Cope

 

[Cusefan0307]

The part where he had more wins there than anyone since the 1950s. He recruited well for us for years. Money needs to come no matter who the coach is.

Can’t score. More ISO ball. More Zone. More hell basketball.

 

[sufan59]

Interesting take

 

[PauliePeppas]

Interesting take

That account was alllll in on Hodgson. Holy cope

 

[Nicknack]

Hodgson not coming here is public knowledge now, but Providence wasn’t mentioned. he’s most likely in active negotiations with both schools. Hodgson lost a major bargaining chip when the Cuse news dropped. It doesn’t benefit him at all to leak that. The only reason he would is because Cuse picked and told BH it wasn’t him - so he says he’s “withdrawing”.

That’s the major news here, not the insider tidbits as much. Even if Cuse was unable to meet the NIL level BH wanted… you would think he’d want our name involved to keep the pressure on USF/PC.

I think it’s pretty simple. If there’s an announcement today, it’s Hop. If there’s one in a few days, it’s most likely GMac.

I don't disagree with some of this. My only point was that there was a significant shift last night in posts after an insider speculated on something. Ballbeadle actually pointed this out last night.

This board can sometimes struggle with understanding the difference between an insider sharing info from a good source versus the insider just sharing their opinion or speculation on something. The two things are very different but sometimes are treated the same.

 

[Marsh01]

Interesting take

some of these coaches just dont pan out and maybe he will be one of them who knows. Look at Shaka Smart Everyone wanted to hire him after the success at VCU and he has been beyond mediocre ever since at every stop

 

[NKR1978]

The part where he had more wins there than anyone since the 1950s. He recruited well for us for years. Money needs to come no matter who the coach is.

This doesn't look like an improvement over our last 10 years. We actually had more NCAA wins and appearances during his tenure at UW.

2017–18	Washington	21–13	10–8	T–6th	NIT second round
2018–19	Washington	27–9	15–3	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2019–20	Washington	15–17	5–13	12th
2020–21	Washington	5–21	4–16	11th
2021–22	Washington	17–15	11–9	T–5th
2022–23	Washington	16–16	8–12	T–8th
2023–24	Washington	17–15	9–11	T–6th

 

[VikesCuse84]

At this point can we circle back to Chris Mack, is he interested at all? Other than Hop do we know anyone that actively is pursuing the job?

 

[qdawgg]

Surprised not to be hearing more on Hop here (at least the 3 consecutive pages i read a couple times a day). I think he's electric. We know he can coach, can recruit. He brings the passion and energy, bleeds orange. Liked by kids and adults. Hope if and when he's chosen, he gets full support.

I think fans are actually looking for a coach that can win games. I know that’s weird to look for in a coach but I think that’s at the forefront of what SU fans are looking for. So that’s probably why the discussion of someone who failed, isn’t on every page.

 

[Cuseregular]

Interesting take

some of us said this from the jump. No offense to the dude though

 

[Cuse4Life]

The thing that frustrates me the most is that we hire a new AD and he still goes with a freaking Cuse guy. Was hopeful he’d come in, think outside the box and get new blood but no, we get the same old . This program and athletic dept can’t get out of its own way.

 

[phil77]

Interesting take

Always the media spin and talking points sent out once we don't get our #1 option. PR 101 baby.

We really didn't want him anyway, type behavior

 

[Cuse2023]

I still think it’s going to be outside the family.

And if it does stay in the family, it will be Gmac as long as he wants it.

 

[LoveShack]

Gerry needs an offensive coordinator.

Jeff Nixon probably free all winter. Maybe he can come over.

 

[phil77]

At this point can we circle back to Chris Mack, is he interested at all? Other than Hop do we know anyone that actively is pursuing the job?

Chris Mack is actually and excellent coach.

 

[pearl31]

That account was alllll in on Hodgson. Holy cope

PIVOT GODAMMT ITS PIVOT

 

[Nicknack]

Interesting take

Yeah, I don't think most of us thought he was the perfect candidate. At least for me, it was really more about it being a sign that Syracuse was committed and serious about returning to our winning ways. If we end up landing on a coach outside the Boeheim tree, I might be just as excited provided that they're not just going with a cheaper/easier option.

 

[kingtidge]

Hodgson not coming here is public knowledge now, but Providence wasn’t mentioned. he’s most likely in active negotiations with both schools. Hodgson lost a major bargaining chip when the Cuse news dropped. It doesn’t benefit him at all to leak that. The only reason he would is because Cuse picked and told BH it wasn’t him - so he says he’s “withdrawing”.

That’s the major news here, not the insider tidbits as much. Even if Cuse was unable to meet the NIL level BH wanted… you would think he’d want our name involved to keep the pressure on USF/PC.

I think it’s pretty simple. If there’s an announcement today, it’s Hop. If there’s one in a few days, it’s most likely GMac.

That's not how a national search works.