Coach Search Options after Autry

[Briancuse]

You can say that until you are blue in the face. It doesn't make it any more correct than the first time you said it. He was not brought here for Leffew.

Don't buy it for a second.

 

[phsyra]

Would bet my life on the fact that a paycheck is not Gerry’s first concern right now. At all.

And secondly, people don’t care about fancy catholic schools. They care about not moving their kids around every three years. BC is a dead man’s job everybody knows it. Can’t compete financially and no Boston sports fans give a crap about it.

Just dead wrong, like usual.

yes, gerry makes enough money, he will find the good schools for his kids wherever he goes.

 

[Cheriehoop]

BH is in year 3.

BH is just in his 1st year at USF and had 2 years at Arkansas St.so yes, 3, in total.

 

[Blanko97]

You can say that until you are blue in the face. It doesn't make it any more correct than the first time you said it. He was not brought here for Leffew.

But that’s even worse, what was he brought here for because the teams certainty didn’t get any better

 

[Cusefan0307]

But that’s even worse, what was he brought here for because the teams certainty didn’t get any better

To help Red fix the defense.

 

[Cuse1055]

Don't buy it for a second.

The money he was offered to go to Georgia he could absolutely not turn down. And he STILL almost came here because of Dan.

 

[Blanko97]

To help Red fix the defense.

Oh god

 

[JimBoston]

There are so many red wasn’t ready jokes but I won’t make them. Gerry is ready. Just like Bob Chesney was ready jumping from holy cross to Syracuse. Some guys are ready before it seems like they are ready.

Bernie fine was never ready and he sat on a bench for 5-6 US Presidents

Chesney had 14 years of head coaching experience when the Syracuse job opened up. Never understood how BC/Syracuse/UConn never grabbed him when he was available.

 

[OmahaCuse]

One of the most perplexing things to me amidst all of what happened with Red still is the hiring of Engelstad.

As a former HC going to be an AC you are immediately intrigued not to mention he had two solid portal prospects who then both went to UGA which was a massive womp womp and you immediately wonder what is the point even then.

Beyond keeping Griff who is a best friend of Red and those kind of relationships often don’t workout well this hire still bewilders me. He’s been mostly a ghost publicly in his entire tenure here beyond being in social media posts and we’ve not seen one positive contribution as a fanbase.

The hiring of Engelstad should have been done after we got his PG as a condition…..terrible judgment. Maybe it’s me but why do we have AG, a PG coaching the BIGS?

 

[richmondcuse03]

Chesney had 14 years of head coaching experience when the Syracuse job opened up. Never understood how BC/Syracuse/UConn never grabbed him when he was available.

He was a finalist for our gig the last time and was likely the second choice. Fran just wowed everyone. Going into the process, a lot of folks thought chesney was the choice. I’ll be curious to see how he does out west.

 

[elimunelson]

Chesney had 14 years of head coaching experience when the Syracuse job opened up. Never understood how BC/Syracuse/UConn never grabbed him when he was available.

My point is a hc is ready when he’s ready. No matter the level or time. Gerry got a great mentorship from boeheim too. That matters as well.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Gmac currently has Siena at their 32nd best season by BBallRef's Simple Rating System. Last season he had their 40th best season.

At Arkansas St., Hodgson had their 2nd and 14th best season. At USF he has their best and 2nd is not particularly close (Seth Greenberg).

Look, I get people like Gerry and love that he's a former Orange player and coach who has had some success, but he's not even remotely close here.

 

[Jake]

Gmac currently has Siena at their 32nd best season by BBallRef's Simple Rating System. Last season he had their 40th best season.

At Arkansas St., Hodgson had their 2nd and 14th best season. At USF he has their best and 2nd is not particularly close (Seth Greenberg).

Look, I get people like Gerry and love that he's a former Orange player and coach who has had some success, but he's not even remotely close here.

I’m not in favor of hiring GMAC over Hodgson at all, but this is some random strange out of the way metric.

Hodgson is simply achieving at a higher level than GMAC right now. It’s an easier sell to the fan base in general.

 

[sweetpea]

Fran, Louie, Paul Hewitt….it used to be a great stepping stone program until Jimmy Patsos and Carmen M ran it into the ground.

Former Oswego State coach Mike Deane was 166-77 there in the late 80's early 90's. He went from Siena to Marquette where he had some successful seasons.

 

[FrancoPizza]

He was not brought here for Leffew.

dash, if you are trying to protect red’s image you shouldn’t try to correct the false narrative in this case. The fact that there was no supposed “player deal” just makes the whole thing look more absurd.

 

[Briancuse]

The money he was offered to go to Georgia he could absolutely not turn down. And he STILL almost came here because of Dan.

I agree but he was brought here with the thinking we had a better chance of landing him. I don't think anyone in our camp thought the price tag would get as high as it did.

 

[storange]

Former Oswego State coach Mike Deane was 166-77 there in the late 80's early 90's. He went from Siena to Marquette where he had some successful seasons.

True story , I played soccer for Oswego St early 80s Mike Deane used to come out and play in our scrimmages with us. I guess to keep in shape . He wasn’t bad . Nice guy as well .

 

[35kcuse]

 

[Cuse1055]

He wants to make sure he brings as many with him here as possible.

 

[Irishsecra1]

Gmac currently has Siena at their 32nd best season by BBallRef's Simple Rating System. Last season he had their 40th best season.

At Arkansas St., Hodgson had their 2nd and 14th best season. At USF he has their best and 2nd is not particularly close (Seth Greenberg).

Look, I get people like Gerry and love that he's a former Orange player and coach who has had some success, but he's not even remotely close here.

You know, it does matter what type of situation a coach walks into.
Is the team mildly disappointing, very disappointing or a dumpster fire?
It takes an incredibly good coach to turn around a program that literally has nothing going for it and get them to the brink of their conferences championship only 2 years later.

Siena won 4 games the year before Gerry came. They were about as close to a dumpster fire as it gets.
Last place in their conference, hadn't been to a conference championship game in 9 years, hasn't been to the NCAAT in 16 years.

Got 14 wins in first year, 22 wins and still counting in second year.
That is one hell of an improvement, whether you are a fan of GMAC or not.
And he is doing it with literally 7 scholarship players for the last few weeks, 8 for a few weeks before that.

Hodgson took over 2 13 win teams, one just a year removed from a 25 win season.
You seem to have discounted SF's 25-8 season in 23-24. Why isn't that the best? BH only has 23 wins so far.
He did very well but he did not have to literally start from scratch at either place. There was something there that he could build on.

Listen I have no problem with hiring Hodgson, he has experience with taking over very disappointing teams and turning them around. I pray he can have another big turnaround season if we do indeed hire him.

I honestly think some people discount what Gerry has done because he was part of the Boeheim tree and thus must be tainted and unable to be a decent coach. God forbid we don't exorcise JB and his followers from the Dome before it is too late.

I want Gerry to stay at Siena for awhile longer to build on his legacy and resume.

 

[hoopsupstate]

A coach with a set! I like it.

 

[hoopsupstate]

His style of play is one thing, but the man can recruit. If the portal becomes a one time only transfer, recruiting is going to be essential. He’s far above anyone else we are looking at with regards to recruiting.

 

[kingtidge]

That's like Fran 2.0 for hoops!

Luv it!

 

[hoopsupstate]

You might see him flip some already committed 2026 recruits.

 

[RedtheGOB]

Acceptable use of the word Clowns. I’ll allow it.

Was he talking about Mike Hopkins maybe?