Coach Search Options after Autry

[Wrinkle]

As a season ticket holder for Siena, I've watched every home game up close. Gerry has definitely evolved, but if he doesn't hire an offensive savant, lord help us all.

With proper NIL, he will get the players, but he needs to hire the right coaches for creativity. The Duke game was great, but Siena had some games that the team really struggled.

He ran a lot of ISO and needs to blow up his playbook and start from scratch. Hopefully he does that. The MAAC is not P4.

Interesting, so he can't actually coach then

 

[BEGood]

What a broken athletic department. Feel bad for Blair, hopefully he gets the chance to make the next hire

Not Brocken just have to follow the nil money

 

[pearl31]

Unfortunate she married you in the first place. The online act is unbearable—and you’re nowhere near as clever as you think you are. If this is your personality here, I can only imagine how exhausting you are in real life. Do everyone a favor: clean up the living room, pack your bags, and move along. I doubt she’s the only one relieved to see you go.

uh yikes

 

[KellySyracuse]

someone smarter than me help me understand how having players on a MAAC team make SU better? I'm not against Gerry at all, the logic of getting players from Siena isn't computing for me

 

[Boozercrook]

Love Autry as player and person, but he never seemed in control. Not of a press conference, game management, time outs, player substitution, player effort, sets, etc.

GMAC took a job at a place thought to recruit at and lifted it up in very short time. He managed the team and the roster and had his players playing hard for him.

At this point he has shown a lot more than Autry ever showed. I don’t know that he will succeed but no one knows who would or could. He has a chance, will apparently have the $$$ and we’ll see.

Meanwhile, I always had a bit of concern about BH after that story about his run in with Autry’s son. And he didn’t cover himself in glory with the recent leaking either. He may prove to be a great coach, but there are some red flags to me.

Lastly, while I grew up in CNY, I’m not blind to the fact that it is t everyone’s top destination. I was always worried about what would happen post-JB. But JB loved it at SU and seemingly never seriously came close to leaving. I would really not have loved someone coming to SU and using it as a stepping stone to get to SEC or somewhere else. I doubt we have to worry about that with GMAC.

All the best to him. I hope he pulls it off. Will be scary, but will be exciting to see what happens.

 

[qdawgg]

Exactly! I've met Red a few times. GREAT guy, but nothing ever screamed HC to me. IMO, he lacks the innate intensity and fire that most head coaches use as fuel. Red seems to be more of a beta personality, great for asst. coaches, but the great head coaches are demonstrably alpha personalities. I actually see those traits in GMac...hopefully, he can parlay them into a 5 seed next year.

Autry is a classic assistant and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Not everyone is suited to be the guy in charge. Some people have it, some don't. Thinking Autry was HC material in the first place made no sense. Gmac definitely has that personality but a lot of guys do and not everyone is successful. We'll see if the positives he did at Siena outweigh some of the warning signs.

 

[Blanko97]

Can confirm Doty, Folefac, and Moesch will follow.

Oh Christ

 

[kcsu]

If it means the most nil money then bring it on.

It means more money than any other candidate by a long shot. It means a fresh start with old money. It means unification between many factions. Gmac is the right choice given the very complex dynamics surrounding SU basketball. Personally i feel very strongly that unless there is an absolute 100 percent that one coach is significantly better than the other that talent trumps everything. JB was a great coach for many reasons but if you listen to him he will tell you that it was and almost always is about talent. In the old world you had to be a great recruiter and have a bag. Jim had a bag and in Hop and before him Rick guys that could really recruit. Once Rick left Gmac couldnt match is recruiting ability. That coupled with a couple of infractions and our talent dropped off the map. The end of Jims run was a nightmare as we all know but that is over. JB still and always will control a large portion of the donor base. They like and respect him. That doesnt ever change as long as they are all alive. Everyone including JW knew that Red was a stretch but it was impossible to go out of house with Jim leaving and it was impossible to hire anyone on staff other than Red. Simply put there wasnt any other choice. This time was different. New Ad new opportunity. Gmac having a great season which he had in spite of injuries and of course the duke game made it very hard to argue against him. Coupled with the support he has for NIL put him over the top.
He loves SU loves the area and will get the kids to play extremely hard. Gmac puts the work in and i think he understands talent, roster building, and most importantly has the IT factor which is great feel for the flow of a game. I think he gets us to the dance within two years and when that happens and the fans come back watch out. I'm all in supporting him.

 

[Cuse4Life]

There are a lot of wacky statements being made in this thread.

Terrible take. Cuse4Life my a$$

Naw I’ll stand by my take. People out here saying Gmac has balls and that’s why he’s going to be successful was the reason I made that comment.

 

[Biaxtar]

The thing to feel good about is that Gerry will allegedly have a lot of Nil to work with. Money BH wouldn't have had.

I really hope that is true. I will save more of my bad takes until after the portal and when I see the full coaching staff.

 

[orange7]

You guys will see. Gmac will get this done! We won’t regret this!

 

[pearl31]

someone smarter than me help me understand how having players on a MAAC team make SU better? I'm not against Gerry at all, the logic of getting players from Siena isn't computing for me

Agree with this. Should be Doty and thats it

 

[Brooky03]

someone smarter than me help me understand how having players on a MAAC team make SU better? I'm not against Gerry at all, the logic of getting players from Siena isn't computing for me

Bench depth is usually a good thing; especially cheap bench depth.

 

[jr4750]

If Gerry struggled more against Duke this likely doesn’t happen. He just doubled his salary and then some because of a close loss. Ugh.

 

[pearl31]

Bench depth is usually a good thing; especially cheap bench depth.

eh not with who's already available here and the nil we'll have

 

[qdawgg]

someone smarter than me help me understand how having players on a MAAC team make SU better? I'm not against Gerry at all, the logic of getting players from Siena isn't computing for me

Because they played a good half against Duke.....

 

[RF2044]

How good is this Moesch kid?

Good but small

 

[LpoolNative]

Mosech can play.

 

[pearl31]

cope cope cope gonna snark my way to copevile

 

[Brooky03]

eh not with who's already available here and the nil we'll have

We’re certain a bunch of our guys are coming back? Either way, Gerry isn’t going to play ‘favorites’ and start less talented guys over more talented guys.

 

[LpoolNative]

The thing to feel good about is that Gerry will allegedly have a lot of Nil to work with. Money BH wouldn't have had.

Yea being in the top 3rd of the ACC in NIL per thamel is no joke.

 

[35kcuse]

13 roster spots, 3 will be Doty, Moesch, Folefac. 10 other spots to fill… who they are will dictate if this is going to work or not.

 

[tptcuse]

The thing to feel good about is that Gerry will allegedly have a lot of Nil to work with. Money BH wouldn't have had.

That's the thing many of us were wondering about. Hope it goes that way.

 

[MGP]

Congrats, Gerry!

 

[orange7]

You guys are nuts. Gerry is the easy answer! The NIL support, the fans, the community…the guy is a winner!

We won’t regret this. Easy. decision.