Coach Search Options after Autry

[orangepassion]

Schertz has a camp?

Is it a day camp or sleepover?

 

[Sherman20]

FWIW Trilly Donovan has alluded to Schertz's camp not being interested in SU. He's not wrong on these things. I want Schertz, but don't get your hopes up.

Don’t believe everything Trilly says. His info isn’t as good as it was a couple years ago, and he gets played at times by ADs, agents, donors, spin doctors with their own agendas. If you look at the portal last season, he would constantly be updating his speculations as situations unfolded and shifted. Same with the coaching carousel.

 

[nyucuse]

Don’t believe everything Trilly says. His info isn’t as good as it was a couple years ago, and he gets played at times by ADs, agents, donors, spin doctors with their own agendas. If you look at the portal last season, he would constantly be updating his speculations as situations unfolded and shifted. Same with the coaching carousel.

And who knows, I fully expect JW to have been putting out feelers already. Maybe there are discussions being had. Schertz certainly would not want that leaked while his team is rolling the way it is. Deflection and diversion...

 

[Cuse1055]

USF with a nice comeback from down 15 early to up 7. We’ll see if they can hold (or even extend) a lead….

 

[sufan59]

There’s rumors by schertz camp that he would choose the cincy job over cuse.

That could be true. I want to put it out there on why this could be such a home run as a culture fit at Syracuse. Born in Brooklyn, NY with deep ties to South Florida. Worked his way up through division two to where he is now. I know this shouldn’t be a main decider on the qualification for the job, but this to me is a huge plus on why Schertz. He has a Jewish background and is proud of it and is known to engage the St Louis Jewish community and university. It’s something that I think would work at Syracuse with a nearly 20% Jewish student population. I would imagine a meaningful portion of the target wealthy donor base Syracuse needs is Jewish and he may be able to connect with that base on a more personal level than other coaches could. This shouldn’t be the main deciding factor, it’s just another reason why this could be a home run hire.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

That could be true. I want to put it out there on why this could be such a home run as a culture fit at Syracuse. Born in Brooklyn, NY with deep ties to South Florida. Worked his way up through division two to where he is now. I know this shouldn’t be a main decider on the qualification for the job, but this to me is a huge plus on why Schertz. He has a Jewish background and is proud of it and is known to engage the St Louis Jewish community and university. It’s something that I think would work at Syracuse with a nearly 20% Jewish student population. I would imagine a big portion of the target wealthy donor base Syracuse needs is Jewish and he may be able to connect with that base on a more personal level than more coaches could. This shouldn’t be the main deciding factor, it’s just another reason why this could be a home run hire.

Race, religion or any characteristics other than experience and their ability to do the job should not be brought into the equation.

 

[Briancuse]

Anyone else desperate enough to hire Bruce pearl?

 

[sufan59]

Race, religion or any characteristics other than experience and their ability to do the job should not be brought into the equation.

From a hiring perspective, absolutely not. I’m not firing or hiring anyone. Whoever is the head coach regardless of race, religion, or other characteristics, I want to win. I still want Autry to turn this around with a huge winning streak down the stretch of the season. As a fan, I’m just pointing out a plus about Schertz. His qualifications and ability to the job will speak for itself.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Anyone else desperate enough to hire Bruce pearl?

People don’t understand what retired means. That goes for Jay Wright as well.

 

[sufan59]

From a hiring perspective, absolutely not. I’m not firing or hiring anyone. Whoever is the head coach regardless of race, religion, or other characteristics, I want to win. I still want Autry to turn this around with a huge winning streak down the stretch of the season. As a fan, I’m just pointing out a plus about Schertz. His qualifications and ability to the job will speak for itself.

Also pretty sure it would be illegal if that explicitly is something that is the factor of giving him the job over someone else with the exact same qualifications. I just hope if they are hiring they are thinking bigger picture. I think they are based on the Fran Brown hire of his ability to level up the brand for Syracuse football recruiting.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

That could be true. I want to put it out there on why this could be such a home run as a culture fit at Syracuse. Born in Brooklyn, NY with deep ties to South Florida. Worked his way up through division two to where he is now. I know this shouldn’t be a main decider on the qualification for the job, but this to me is a huge plus on why Schertz. He has a Jewish background and is proud of it and is known to engage the St Louis Jewish community and university. It’s something that I think would work at Syracuse with a nearly 20% Jewish student population. I would imagine a meaningful portion of the target wealthy donor base Syracuse needs is Jewish and he may be able to connect with that base on a more personal level than other coaches could. This shouldn’t be the main deciding factor, it’s just another reason why this could be a home run hire.

Wouldn’t a White guy be more of a logical ‘culture fit’ then? 52% is more than 20%.

 

[Cuse1055]

Well Hodgson and USF did not look as great losing a game oddly similar to our loss yesterday.

 

[qdawgg]

Another selling point is…… we won’t fire you when you suck. You can suck for a few years at least before you get an ultimatum.

This is tongue in cheek but also accurate. If you want to go somewhere and be given time to build a program without getting canned in year 2. This is the place to get hired.

 

[cusefan88]

And who knows, I fully expect JW to have been putting out feelers already. Maybe there are discussions being had. Schertz certainly would not want that leaked while his team is rolling the way it is. Deflection and diversion...

If there's mutual interest it will be denied I'm sure. Hope Schertz is a candidate and he's interested.

 

[Cuse1055]

Another name: Travis Steele. Former head coach at Xavier and current head coach at Miami (Ohio). He won 25 games there last year and currently has them ranked and undefeated.

 

[Sbucketball]

I know someone here knows some coaches we're targeting. Let's hear it!

 

[nocohalo]

Whoever it is, there cannot be any sort of relation to anything in the realm of Syracuse. If a coaching candidate was determined to have had a distant relative that ate at Kahunaville in the mall in the 90s, they are disqualified from further consideration.

 

[CuseBlood44]

That could be true. I want to put it out there on why this could be such a home run as a culture fit at Syracuse. Born in Brooklyn, NY with deep ties to South Florida. Worked his way up through division two to where he is now. I know this shouldn’t be a main decider on the qualification for the job, but this to me is a huge plus on why Schertz. He has a Jewish background and is proud of it and is known to engage the St Louis Jewish community and university. It’s something that I think would work at Syracuse with a nearly 20% Jewish student population. I would imagine a meaningful portion of the target wealthy donor base Syracuse needs is Jewish and he may be able to connect with that base on a more personal level than other coaches could. This shouldn’t be the main deciding factor, it’s just another reason why this could be a home run hire.

Yep. St. Louis is a big Jewish population as is Syracuse as is NYC

 

[ROCcuse]

Another selling point is…… we won’t fire you when you suck. You can suck for a few years at least before you get an ultimatum.

This is tongue in cheek but also accurate. If you want to go somewhere and be given time to build a program without getting canned in year 2. This is the place to get hired.

As Boeheim said in a recent interview, it takes 5 years to build a program

 

[miamicuse]

when is the earliest JW can start dialing for replacement candidates?

and a related question, when you interview a candidate, officially or unofficially, or just feeling things out, if the other side comes back and ask "what is your NIL budget for MBB?" what would be the answer if there is an answer?

 

[Cheriehoop]

People are talking about Schertz, maybe why not look at Tony Skinn of George Mason. He has ties to the DMV area. Was an asst’t at Ohio St, Seton Hall, Maryland before George Mason. Younger than Schertz - whether that’s considered good or bad.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

People are talking about Schertz, maybe why not look at Tony Skinn of George Mason. He has ties to the DMV area. Was an asst’t at Ohio St, Seton Hall, Maryland before George Mason. Younger than Schertz - whether that’s considered good or bad.

There’s been plenty of talk about Skinn throughout this thread. Consensus is he’s the 2nd best option behind Schertz. Honestly, I think he ends up as our next HC for a variety of factors.

 

[Bill Orange]

As Boeheim said in a recent interview, it takes 5 years to build a program

He also said in that interview that we’ll need 10M in NIL money in addition to whatever portion of the 20.5M SU doles out.

 

[CuseBlood44]

Jerrod Calhoun Utah State another hot coaching name.

Schools I expect to be hiring:

BC
Pitt
providence
Georgetown
cincy
ND
Wake forest
Penn state
Memphis
Arizona state

Potential:
K state, Kentucky, Michigan st, Oregon, UCLA, South Carolina, LSU, Oklahoma

 

[CuseBlood44]

Gotta keep in mind SEC/Big 10 has more NIL than us in 2026 and big east jobs are more valuable due to no football competing with the 20mil revenue sharing.

Unfortunately the landscape has changed and I’m not sure how much of a better job SU is than a lot of that list.