Coach Search Options after Autry

[TommyA13]

I think I'd put Hodgson over Skinn right now; just feels like he'd generate an instant talent infusion.

He’s way above Skinn right now imo

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I've said all along that Cuse needs to hire an experienced winning coach that can hit the ground running. Then I see the great job that Jai Lucas is doing at Miami and know he was never a head coach before this year. But, I think that's an anomaly. Unless it's Murray from UConn. Could he do the same?

 

[im4cuse]

Miami model: hire energetic coach who’s learned from top coaches. Ace recruiter. Burn it down with new roster. Go from 3-17 to challenging Duke in year one. Oh yes lots of $$$. He has a 5star coming next year too. Hodgson is close to this except with actual winning as a HC.

 

[Fat tire 13]

That’s my only knock against Skinn - I would prefer offense minded vs defensive minded coach

We’ve all grown accustomed to the “rolling the ball out there” offensive that running actual plays will blow everyone’s mind. All else being equal, give me a team that’s fun to watch

 

[SimonSays]

This zone sucks we ran this in hs and ditched it after 4 games

They have been top 25 every year with him i believe and top 5 last year maybe ?

 

[Sherman20]

They have been top 25 every year with him i believe and top 5 last year maybe ?

What? Can you clarify this? Top 25 in all of D1? In what categories?

 

[Cusefan0307]

South Florida won again tonight. They are now in sole possession of first place in the American.

 

[Cuse1055]

South Florida won again tonight. They are now in sole possession of first place in the American.

Please make the move for Hodgson whoever will be in charge.

 

[TommyA13]

Red is lucky that the “Fire Autry” thread is locked!!

 

[elimunelson]

Please make the move for Hodgson whoever will be in charge.

We sure he won’t have better options w jobs opening up soon? I say it tongue in cheek but if we have existential issues as a school why would Hodgson jump to Syracuse if an SEC school opens same time.

i still think Gmac is getting this gig especially if they somehow make the tourney.

 

[Sdot]

We sure he won’t have better options w jobs opening up soon? I say it tongue in cheek but if we have existential issues as a school why would Hodgson jump to Syracuse if an SEC school opens same time.

i still think Gmac is getting this gig especially if they somehow make the tourney.

 

[Orangezoo]

Hodgsons USF team won again in a rock fight at Wichita State. He has that team picking up steam down the stretch after feeling his way through things early on.

 

[RF2044]

$9M on NIL.

Interesting, given discussions about this topic last week.

 

[cusefan88]

Haynie not being Chancellor would run contrary to some hints here. We'll see.

 

[Sdot]

Only thing about Hodgson that worries me is, yes they are 1st in the American but, they have let up the most point in there conference. They've also scored the most so there is that.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Only thing about Hodgson that worries me is, yes they are 1st in the American but, they have let up the most point in there conference. They've also scored the most so there is that.

More to do with pace than anything. They rank 15th in possessions per game.

 

[Fly Rodder]

More to do with pace than anything. They rank 15th in possessions per game.

By Evan Miya, they're 14th. So, ranked consistently in pace. They're also 4th in their conference in defense and No. 1 in offense as well as best overall. He's done a great job with a non-basketball school. By BBall Ref's simple rating system, this is USF's best season ever. He's not going to match the most wins ever, but he's having a great first season.

I don't know who the next coach will be or if they will return the program to its previous heights, but Hodgson seems like a great candidate to try.

 

[Cusefan69]

Haynie not being Chancellor would run contrary to some hints here. We'll see.

Agreed. People have also established the guy from West Point as our AD who has ties to Haynie I believe was said. No way is an AD selected without blessing from the new Chancellor and no way Hogson is the guy (some saying)without our prospective AD giving a thumbs up.

 

[Sherman20]

Getting rid of Red won’t take much. He had a 5 year contract and was only making like $1.5 million per year. Come on. I doubt they even have to pay $3 million.

 

[Sherman20]

Some background on Luke Murray for those interested. He’d be the only assistant coach we should consider, imo. He has a great offensive mind and schemes, is known as a great recruiter, and has been an assistant at not just one but several successful programs (UConn, Xavier, Louisville). Meaning, he knows what it takes to win and has been part of different staffs that have proven it. He was the guy who got Hurley to finally adopt a modern offense using analytics, lots of sets and motion, and to teach it all differently. They identified high IQ players, too. It can’t hurt that he has a famous father who’s a beloved actor. I first read the article below when it was as published, and it made me realize that Murray could be the guy. I still want Schertz, btw. But Murray could be our Tommy Lloyd.

How UConn built the ‘most complex’ — and efficient —offense in college basketball

Dan Hurley and assistant coach Luke Murray devised an offense heavy on off-ball screening and cuts, and it may lead to back-to-back titles.

www.nytimes.com

Some choice quotes:
“It’s like learning a language,” Hurley says.

The new offense, heavy on off-ball screening and movement, won the Huskies a national title in 2023. Then last summer, Hurley essentially ripped up the UConn dictionary and came up with a new glossary of terms.

“We do that because of paranoia,” says assistant coach Luke Murray, who acts as the program’s offensive coordinator.

It’s probably not necessary, because UConn’s choreographed sets leave opponents’ heads spinning already. Defending UConn is like trying to multitask inside a classroom full of screaming children.
…
It takes three or four viewings to figure out exactly what’s happening. Now imagine trying to defend all of that in real-time.

“I’ve been studying the top offenses in the country in-depth for the past five years, and UConn’s combination of off-ball screening and ball movement within their sets and the number of sets that they run makes it the most complex offense that I’ve seen in that time,” says Jordan Sperber, a former video coordinator at New Mexico State who has become the X’s-and-O’s czar of college basketball, documenting it all in his weekly Hoops Vision newsletter. Sperber made a UConn offense video last month titled “Why This Offense is Basketball Poetry.”

“Their halfcourt offense is picturesque,” Xavier coach Sean Miller says.
…
At Rhode Island, Hurley had played a lot of four-and-around-one with a heavy dose of ball-screen offense. He carried the ball-screen concepts over to UConn, but now he had two posts on the floor. Spacing was a problem. Hurley wanted to go to a more modern approach with four perimeter players, and he brought on Murray to help him with the offense. Murray had been with Hurley in his first season as a college head coach at Wagner in 2010-11.

…Murray rejoined Hurley in April 2021, but they couldn’t institute the plan right away because Hurley felt loyalty to senior forward Isaiah Whaley. Also, point guard RJ Cole was best operating out of ball screens, so UConn played a traditional two-big lineup and leaned on the pick-and-roll.

But in the summer of 2022, the plan was put in place. The Huskies had an elite shooter in Jordan Hawkins, who was perfect as a marksman they could run off screens and use his gravity to open others. Then they also had the ideal stretch four in Karaban, a freshman who graduated early and showed up at semester break during the 2021-22 season.

“It was really clear that we were going to move to a much more of an off-ball screening identity,” Murray says.

Hurley and Murray studied European teams, stealing different concepts and packages that they could use.

“It’s not like a replica necessarily,” Murray says. “It’s just piecing together what makes the most sense for the group that we have.”

Murray says that the Huskies take a lot of pride in their defense, which ranks fourth nationally, but he estimates practices are a 65-35 split between offense and defense.

“You can have the greatest concepts in the world, but guys have to be able to execute them with intelligence, and with a knack for timing and spacing and really having a great understanding of how they’re being defended,” Murray says. “That’s one of the things that we try to emphasize a lot in game prep. Most scouting is based on what the other team is running. For us, we talk a lot about the way that the other team is guarding us.”

 

[Cusefan0307]

Haynie not being Chancellor would run contrary to some hints here. We'll see.

I think the guy knows basketball, but he also said we had a president. Don't think he's in the know at all in regards to the executive side.

 

[TampaLaker]

It can’t hurt that he has a famous father who’s a beloved actor.

And said father is supposedly familiar with central NY as he was rumored to be seen in Skaneateles back in his SNL days when I was in HS.

 

[sufan59]

I think the guy knows basketball, but he also said we had a president. Don't think he's in the know at all in regards to the executive side.

I listened to his podcast, agreed with the most part on his reads and takes on Syracuse that is based on "sources". He brought on a recent Syracuse grad as a "guest" that suggested that if Wildhack is making the next hire they should slap the "interim" tag on Engelstad for next season and allow the next AD to make the hire. That would be crazy. We should move our games to the Melo Center and save money on the operating costs of the dome if that's the case. I think Wildhack interview on Orange Nation yesterday provided tea leaves. Granted this may seem like I'm making H0T Takes. I think it's very possible that Wildhack was able to go above the Chancellor to the Board of Trustees to get himself an extra year to take power away from the Chancellor from making the next AD hire. Isn't it interesting that around July of last year Heather Lyke comes in after being the AD at Pitt, reporting to not only the AD, but the Chancellor. I think Kent Syverud wanted Lyke in charge, but the main thing that could confirm that is her following Kent to Michigan in whatever capacity to prove that she was likely a Syverud hire. I think Wildhack announcement yesterday was very calculated on timing and I think they are much further along in having ducks in a row on all three major positions including Chancellor, AD, and the next Men's Basketball Coach than what is publicly out there currently. It's honestly funny because before the Fran Brown hire, I didn't trust Wildhack, but I actually do now and I think him staying the extra year was something he did for the best interest of Syracuse athletics which many here believe that successful Syracuse athletics and championship level Syracuse athletics is in the best interest of Syracuse University. I think we're headed to Haynie as Chancellor, Theodorakis as AD, and Hodgson as the next Men's Basketball coach.

 

[Jake]

I listened to his podcast, agreed with the most part on his reads and takes on Syracuse that is based on "sources". He brought on a recent Syracuse grad as a "guest" that suggested that if Wildhack is making the next hire they should slap the "interim" tag on Engelstad for next season and allow the next AD to make the hire. That would be crazy. We should move our games to the Melo Center and save money on the operating costs of the dome if that's the case. I think Wildhack interview on Orange Nation yesterday provided tea leaves. Granted this may seem like I'm making H0T Takes. I think it's very possible that Wildhack was able to go above the Chancellor to the Board of Trustees to get himself an extra year to take power away from the Chancellor from making the next AD hire. Isn't it interesting that around July of last year Heather Lyke comes in after being the AD at Pitt, reporting to not only the AD, but the Chancellor. I think Kent Syverud wanted Lyke in charge, but the main thing that could confirm that is her following Kent to Michigan in whatever capacity to prove that she was likely a Syverud hire. I think Wildhack announcement yesterday was very calculated on timing and I think they are much further along in having ducks in a row on all three major positions including Chancellor, AD, and the next Men's Basketball Coach than what is publicly out there currently. It's honestly funny because before the Fran Brown hire, I didn't trust Wildhack, but I actually do now and I think him staying the extra year was something he did for the best interest of Syracuse athletics which many here believe that successful Syracuse athletics and championship level Syracuse athletics is in the best interest of Syracuse University. I think we're headed to Haynie as Chancellor, Theodorakis as AD, and Hodgson as the next Men's Basketball coach.

Very interesting take.

 

[phil77]

I think we're headed to Haynie as Chancellor, Theodorakis as AD, and Hodgson as the next Men's Basketball coach.

I can see all this happening.