Expectations in Year 1

[richard levy]

NBA expansion bid

 

[Cusefan95]

Nobody nationally was paying a lot of attention to Syracuse football in Fran Brown’s first year. However - guys like Josh Pate were calling Syracuse a dark horse with a lot of potential upside. I don’t really care if Syracuse is preseason top 25 - but if we’re not hearing from reasonable insiders in the sport that Syracuse basketball could be surprisingly good - I’ll be concerned going into the season. What’s happened over the last few years is a total lack of respect from insiders while the optimists here were convinced we were a tourney team…hopefully we are not starting next season the same way.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

What? How?
A “great” coach with a crap roster is not going to have “great” results. He will make the team some order of magnitude better than “crap,” but a coach can’t overcome or control everything. John Wooden with a roster of ten of Me isn’t going to get results you’d associate with John Wooden.

The roster is a reflection of Gerry's acumen.

 

[benjams77]

My expectation first and foremost is a team that plays with high competitive energy always and improves thru year .. I except Gerry to win all the games he supposed to .. So this years schedule we beat Hofstra, BC, VaTech and Pitt .. That makes us 19-13 and doesn’t doesn’t get rolled by 20+ .. if we can win a couple 50/50 games we’ll be right there over 20 games wins
To me it will be very apparent if he’s better and we are better team

 

[orange79]

I except Gerry to win all the games he supposed to ..

This will not happen. It never does. W T Fudge losses happen at every school.

Last season, Siena lost to St. Bonaventure in Olean (ok - tossup) and at home to Sacred Heart (brutal).

 

[orangefog]

This will not happen. It never does. W T Fudge losses happen at every school.

Last season, Siena lost to St. Bonaventure in Olean (ok - tossup) and at home to Sacred Heart (brutal).

We lost to Rutgers our championship year!!!

 

[orange79]

We lost to Rutgers our championship year!!!

Herve Lamizana

 

[orangefog]

Herve Lamizana

 

[Geode]

Show us there's an actual program direction, a style, discipline, and a team that doesn't quit on itself.
A tourney bid would be nice, but not necessary.

Stopping the program embarrassment is a good start.

 

[Eric15]

Syracuse has to make the NCAA tournament, and not the play in game.
That is the bare minimum expectation EVERY year, and now especially true with new coach GMAC.

I would sign up for the play-in game in a second. That represents a major step forward.

 

[HyattsCuse]

Show us there's an actual program direction, a style, discipline, and a team that doesn't quit on itself.
A tourney bid would be nice, but not necessary.

Stopping the program embarrassment is a good start.

No tourney bid = continued program embarrassment IMO (barring some crazy bad luck like a bunch of injuries).