Coach Search Options after Autry

[Melancer46]

Yay... we brought him in for NIL reasons right? That is about as uninspiring as imaginable... he needs to bring in BIG outside talent to lead the roster, in addition to these space fillers, or this hire is a bust out of the gate.

If Doty and a Siena freshman are our best players next year, then yeah, agreed that we're in trouble. I don't have any reason to believe that will be the state of our roster though.

 

[721Comstock]

TBF, the article said "I'm told Syracuse is hopeful it can raise more than $9 million total in NIL budgeting for the 2026-27 season..."

That's not the same thing as we have $9M.

I hope we get that, but it doesn't seem as if we do now.

I’m hopeful I can date Ana de Armas.

Book it!!
Sharpie!!

 

[kingtidge]

One of our board insiders made a comment awhile back that Red did not even use all the NIL available to him for last year’s roster (common theme of not using all available resources along with not adding to the staff)

Did that get put an account somewhere for this year?

Heather Lyke's paycheck?

 

[Irishsecra1]

Based on these statements, I find it hard to believe you are a Syracuse fan. It seems to me you are a GMac fan. Otherwise, you wouldn't have said, "I refuse to renew my season tickets until I find out who is coming."

You wanted GMac. And that's fine. But be honest about it. If it wasn't GMac, your post implies you weren't going to renew.

Nothing could be further from the truth.
If they hired Joe Blow, I would have waited till the last day to renew.
I have had football seasons since 1996, basketball seasons since the reseating when I got some great seats in the upper section, 3 rows up behind our bench.
I work late in winter/spring so getting to games is difficult so I was going to wait but couldn’t pass on the location. And except for one game this year, either myself or a friend sat in those seats. So I am a real diehard.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Doty is still a sophomore. His overall game and shooting will continue to get better. Gerry said they’ve been working on his shooting mechanics.

 

[Blanko97]

Are you a scout. You saw how many games. His skill set grew exponentially since his freshman year. Hi 3pt will get better.

If he moves somewhere and does great I’ll eat crow, but I’m hearing we have 13M+ in NIL and I want proven P5 talent. We need to make this team great immediately, no time for former player allegiances

 

[Blanko97]

Doty and Folefac both had good games against Duke. More than anyone on our current roster can say. Both are solid role guys even in the ACC. To say anything otherwise is just projecting anger at the hire.

Was he the guy that missed like 4 layups in the championship game?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Doty is still a sophomore. His overall game and shooting will continue to get better. Gerry said they’ve been working on his shooting mechanics.

Hey, sports fans, if we're counting on Doty to make the jump to major ACC player, it will be one incredible story if he does, but we're not playing the odds.

 

[Trueblue25]

Also

Sign me up for the player who immediately dropped a “fluck Duke” the moment a mic was near his face post game.

Weaponize cuse basketball!!

 

[orange79]

Nothing could be further from the truth.
If they hired Joe Blow, I would have waited till the last day to renew.

Trying to understand. Do you think that would have punished the AD for not choosing GMac?

Seems as if that would punish you, being that you might lose your current seats.

 

[RedtheGOB]

TBF, the article said "I'm told Syracuse is hopeful it can raise more than $9 million total in NIL budgeting for the 2026-27 season..."

That's not the same thing as we have $9M.

I hope we get that, but it doesn't seem as if we do now.

I’ll get crushed for this here but I think the 9 mil+ is what Schertz was told and then his camp relayed that #to norlander in the last day or two.

If he asked for a # maybe that’s all we could commit in the now for him.

And if 3 mil more in nil was pledged if and only if for gmac well now that makes more sense. Since that may have been from the Cuse side of the house it was more of a range.

 

[tptcuse]

If Doty and a Siena freshman are our best players next year, then yeah, agreed that we're in trouble. I don't have any reason to believe that will be the state of our roster though.

There is no world where having three former Siena players on a Syracuse basketball roster would seem okay. And I truly do understand why it might happen. But I hope that if it does happen, people here will refrain from calling people haters and pretending it is normal.

 

[bnoro]

Im not saying I want him playing huge minutes or even starting for that matter...idk what the roster will look like but we can use more kids like Gavin Doty on our team. We've lacked kids with his heart and determination for many years now. Sign me up for whatever minutes he gives us!

Heart and determination are so much more important than being able to shoot and play ACC level defense

 

[Irishsecra1]

Also

Sign me up for the player who immediately dropped a “fluck Duke” the moment a mic was near his face post game.

Weaponize cuse basketball!!

That was Doty!

 

[bnoro]

qdawgg bnoro not tryna be a dbag it’s just a stressful time. Lot of uncertainty with basically everything and everyone.

I don't even know what's going on here?

I mean this in the nicest way possible: It's a message board, I really don't care, do whatever you want.

 

[MSOrange]

There is no world where having three former Siena players on a Syracuse basketball roster would seem okay. And I truly do understand why it might happen. But I hope that if it does happen, people here will refrain from calling people haters and pretending it is normal.

Agree. Bennett Stirtz can make the jump from NW Missouri State to Drake to Iowa but he's a future first round pick. It's a tough climb from Siena to Syracuse.

 

[Irishsecra1]

Trying to understand. Do you think that would have punished the AD for not choosing GMac?

Seems as if that would punish you, being that you might lose your current seats.

No, I would feel better holding on to my money until the last day.

I am sure the AD cares less when I renew, as long as I renew.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Agree. Bennett Stirtz can make the jump from NW Missouri State to Drake to Iowa but he's a future first round pick. It's a tough climb from Siena to Syracuse.

This is Siena's revenge from Beat Siena week.

 

[OCESIP]

With GMac who gets what minutes will all be determined by performance on the court (both practice and game time). If you don't execute and give the effort you're not going to see much time. His teams seem pretty cohesive and work well as group. He'll get more out the group than the sum of the individual parts would warrant.

Any carry over from this years team will have to buy into a new mentality. It'll be interesting to see who fits and who doesn't.

 

[JeffCuse]

With GMac who gets what minutes will all be determined by performance on the court (both practice and game time). If you don't execute and give the effort you're not going to see much time. His teams seem pretty cohesive and work well as group. He'll get more out the group than the sum of the individual parts would warrant.

Any carry over from this years team will have to buy into a new mentality. It'll be interesting to see who fits and who doesn't.

Or will Melo threaten to withhold NIL if Mac doesnt play who he wants?

 

[phil77]

With GMac who gets what minutes will all be determined by performance on the court (both practice and game time). If you don't execute and give the effort you're not going to see much time. His teams seem pretty cohesive and work well as group. He'll get more out the group than the sum of the individual parts would warrant.

Any carry over from this years team will have to buy into a new mentality. It'll be interesting to see who fits and who doesn't.

That is good in theory we will see how that works when you are paying kids multiple millions of dollars. Easy to get the lower level kids to do that.

 

[RedtheGOB]

I have confirmed with my mother that she is super excited about the new coach. I suggest you all do the same.

She may not know all of hoops but she watch’s every game.

 

[Cappy3]

did someone say load up?

Guys are talking 3, maybe 4. Considering a 12 man roster, I’d say 25or 33 % is loading up. But then, remember how good Carlos was.

 

[dasher]

Or will Melo threaten to withhold NIL if Mac doesnt play who he wants?

what would happen no matter who the coach was if our donors did that? At this point, while he hasn't done one thing as a coach, people are looking to nit pick and fault with everything they can think of. Does anyone here really believe that Gerry is going to flood his starting and playing time with Siena players. Hold your hand up right now if that is what you think he is going to do so we can hold that to you later on? Personally, I don't care who sits at the end of our bench. Gerry wants to win. He knows better than anyone here what it takes to win at this level. He played at it. He isn't going to be playing a bunch of Siena guys. No offense to them. This is exhausting. I'm waiting for the post that declares it's time to end the Gerry experiment. It just didn't work out.

 

[rrlbees]

Guys are talking 3, maybe 4. Considering a 12 man roster, I’d say 25or 33 % is loading up. But then, remember how good Carlos was.

who are the 4?