Coach Search Options after Autry

[OrangeXtreme]

Question for those who have been in the room with Gerry. Does he have the gravitas to walk into a house and carry the day with a kid and his family?

After the 2006 BET, I hear his gravitas were pretty swollen.

 

[Widget24]

 

[pokercuse08]

Could say the same about Schertz and Avila…

Schertz has 18 years of head coaching experience. Three D2 final fours, turned Indiana State around, and now Saint Louis. That's the whole point.

 

[Irishsecra1]

Duke is down two starters...If Duke and Michigan played tomorrow, Duke would get run off the floor too.

Yet Siena started that game a 28 point underdog.
And nobody, including myself, thought they had any real chance.

 

[2B20Again]

I’ve said he’s done a good job at Siena. I question whether he’s shown enough to make me comfortable with him at SU. Everyone seems to be saying the Duke game proves he is. I don’t believe one game proves anything, unless it’s the national championship game. Even then I’m not sure.

Like Dasher said stop be littering him because you feel the Duke game was a tipping point. It wasn’t just reinforcement that he gets the most from his player. Not much more a coach can do!! Also dresses the part, and is well spoken. All not important attributes. I guess?

 

[powdersmack]

25 years. Beyond of 25 years I think it’s Pearl, clearly #1. I think Moten, Sherm, Gerry and Melo are the next group, in some order.

The answer is always Pearl. He sat next to us several times in the 124/125 area, this was towards the end of his life, and was the most patient, kind person ever. Poor guy would try to get a bite to eat at halftime and have a steady line of people coming up to him asking for pics, and he'd just smile, shake their hands, and do it. (We never even thought to impose on him like that and now regret it) Funny thing would be he'd be with John Wallace most of the time, and no one seemed to have a clue as to who he was. We'd tease John about it and he'd laugh.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Could be a real fun day tomorrow

 

[Cusester]

He's a doooch... parrots talking points and seems to rarely have much that is well thought out. Not saying that just because of our experience the past couple weeks...

It’s not his fault. He didn’t know.

 

[Dcuse]

Could be a real fun day tomorrow

Do tell.

 

[BEGood]

Could be a real fun day tomorrow

Huh?

 

[pokercuse08]

stop be littering him because you feel the Duke game was a tipping point.

Is it belittling Gerry McNamara to say he's a good coach who's not yet proven that he's ready for what we hope is one of the top 25 jobs in the sport?

The logic is, "Nobody should be considered based off that resume, they need more experience." It's not, "Gerry isn't good."

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Do tell.

They will probably announce the new coach while Jeremy and I are at the LAX game.

We'll miss all the fun.

 

[Irishsecra1]

The answer is always Pearl. He sat next to us several times in the 124/125 area, this was towards the end of his life, and was the most patient, kind person ever. Poor guy would try to get a bite to eat at halftime and have a steady line of people coming up to him asking for pics, and he'd just smile, shake their hands, and do it. (We never even thought to impose on him like that and now regret it) Funny thing would be he'd be with John Wallace most of the time, and no one seemed to have a clue as to who he was. We'd tease John about it and he'd laugh.

I had the honor of meeting Pearl myself, though the first time I didn’t recognize him.
He was selling tshirts to fans in the waiting area before a flight to the Orange bowl game.
So down to earth, humble, really really sweet.
He invited my best friend and I to a party he was throwing, I wish I had gone!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[LpoolNative]

Could be a real fun day tomorrow

 

[Briancuse]

They will probably announce the new coach while Jeremy and I are at the LAX game.

We'll miss all the fun.

Gtown still sucks.

 

[pokercuse08]

Could be a real fun day tomorrow

OK how do you want to do this?

We make lists and you say yes and no and narrow it down?

A series of hints, starting confusing and eventually making it clear?

One if it's Schertz, if it's Gerry?

Or, my favorite, you go tell an employee at an Enterprise Rent-a-Car in either Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, or St. Louis and we send a poster there to find out?

 

[granthath9]

Could be a real fun day tomorrow

Are we on #PlaneWatch ?

 

[Orangezoo]

 

[dasher]

So then losing by double digits at home to Quinnipiac means?

Good grief This is exactly what I am talking about. How did they do in all of those games before they got Gerry as a coach?

 

[phil77]

Could be a real fun day tomorrow

Hmmmmmmm

 

[dasher]

Not really. There are a lot of young recency biased fans go for the hot name (not that name) is not great but they are headline readers and don’t read the entire article. Shertz is gray and a great get, but Gmac is young thought and is showing signs of being very, very good. I’m a Gmac guy would be happy with Shertz but happier with Gmac. Same with best thing since sliced bread has one more year as HC than Gmac not a hundred. Sift through get the right guy. But he who hesitated is lost.

I think we will have a coach pretty soon.

 

[llandz]

Do tell.

I think that he means the Orange smoke will start coming out of the dome, or at least the leaks will be coming out.

 

[Cusester]

Whats your poison?

Im low stock but still have angels envy and michters

Austin Still.

 

[Franz69]

Could be a real fun day tomorrow

In the immortal words of Rony Seikaly, "You fu**ing guy".