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[QUOTE="Irishsecra1, post: 5689371, member: 8453"]
Gerry is not an option - partly due to Gerry making it known he has no interest in this job for various reasons, partly because TPTB cant really take him now when they barely considered him 3 years ago.
Makes them look really stupid for picking Red in the first place.
Sometimes seniority and optics should not trump who would actually do the best job.
JB wanted Gerry, maybe they should have listened to him if they were hell bent on an internal hire.

But in no way, shape or form should he be automatically discounted because he is part of the SU family.
He has done one hell of a job at Siena - and if he should get them to the NCAAT, it would be their first trip to the big dance since 2010.  He got them to their first 20 win season in six years, 20 wins after only winning 4 games two years ago.

I personally find it offensive that he is being grouped with the bad coaching of Red, Hop and Hart.
He is not them and should be judged on what he has accomplished, not on being an SU alum.

I completely understand if many feel he doesn't have enough head coaching experience to succeed at the pressure cooker that will be SU basketball next year.  This is a make it or break it year.
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