Yep he is clearly talented and yeah Red and staff sucked but he has missed a ton of games. If he is a top 15 portal guy, based on various rankings, that is with the asterisk that he can stay on the court
Boeheim blamed the players, not the coaches.
He had the numbers behind him for the players who improved over time and knowing how to use them vs those few who sadly flamed out. He also gave the players the credit not the coaches when they excelled.
William Kyle - Red gave him the chance to play and he had his best rebounding, blocks and steal #’s for his career.
if this kid needs another man (coach) to beg him to play hard and doesn't have the testicle fortitude to work hard naturally...then he can pack rocks. He sucks. I saw it in person.
The simple truth is he doesn't want to be here and nothing else really matters in relation to that fact. Also all fans have pretty much lost their minds.
Syracuse had its chance with Donnie. First, I think he wants a change of scenery and was at Syracuse for Autry. Dude should’ve been in the NBA now if things went to plan. GMAC has his own plan. So what if he brought Donnie back? What about Sadiq White? It makes no sense from a roster construction standpoint to have both. Donnie probably has a slightly higher ceiling overall, but Sadiq White is clearly the better fit for GMAC and what needed to happen happened. Good luck to Donnie and the next coach in getting Donnie to really break out beyond delivering a nice individual stat sheet. Seems like a good person, so genuinely rooting for it to happen. But I or no one should lose a second of sleep because you should’ve accepted the day Autry was out that he would be gone.
It’s all in whatever stats you want to cherry pick. He has been injured for significant time both years and has never beaten a Q1 team. Hes def not physical and not a leader.
They obviously think with more talent around him he will be maximized. He unequivocally cannot carry a team At least he did not ours. We massively regressed defensively when he came back, No? I also think he is a tremendously good kid who tried in a very hard situation. Think if we had a lead dog who would bark at him and tell him where to go It would have been much better. He would have been a very good second or third option if we had that. if he plays the way he did last year, however is on a very good team he will be no more than that. I wish him well you could tell he honestly cared.
I don’t know about Autry, but I’m sure via Luke Murray that Hurley has been hitting up Brendan Straughn to get the run down on Donnie. Hurley even with 2 national championships and a 3rd championship game appearance has never had a player with the ceiling that Donnie has (he’s not even close to reaching it) and he has had some amazing players that him and his staff has developed. Stephon Castle was a top 10 guy, but Donnie was an unfinished Power Forward in the top 10. Like if they get him to breakout, he looks like a genius. If not, he better have backup plans to mitigate the damage (I’m sure he is thinking of those with every other move he is planning). Also just interesting timing for Hurley, he doesn’t just lose Luke Murray, but Alex Karban which has been the glue guy of the resurgence for UConn. He already has a great legacy, but I think he knows the next 4 years are even more important, even if he doesn’t replicate the same level of success, but a few final fours or big east championships, will go along way with how people will revere him in history and these last 4 years weren’t just a lightning in a bottle time with an all time assistant coach and players.
I would disagree about Donnie having a higher ceiling than any of Hurleys guys. Castle, Klingan, Reed, off the top of my head. Probably Mullens, and I would take Karaban over Donnie 10 times out of 10.
Good grief
Yeah, I don't know what everyone's getting so worked up over, we're all still going to die some day.
