Fire Autry

[EnviroSciGuy]

I trust the opinions of former players and coaches over any of the rest of us. They know more and have better access to the facts than we do.

Personal relationships tend to cloud one's judgment, especially when they are truly good people that mean well like Red.

 

[capeorange]

He's too short...

 

[Scooch]

A Facebook memory popped up just now… 14 years ago today I took my then-4 year old son to MSG to watch us beat the snot out of St. John’s. The Garden was at least 75% SU fans. Fab Melo threw down a thunderous dunk in the second half and the place exploded.

Man, I really miss that. It’s been ages since there was that kind of excitement surrounding the program.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

How easy to say now. This board itself was very supportive of the Autry hire. Congrats on you 20/20 hindsight.

Many in this board raised concerns about hiring Red (or GMac) as JB’s replacement. Concerns that have ultimately become a reality.

After Red was announced as the hire, most on the board gave him support. He was the HC, didn’t make sense fighting it. He started off well with some good roster moves (landing JJ, retaining Judah), which garnered additional support.

However, the luster wore off after his first season. Many in this board started to realize Red wasn’t the guy by the first month of his second season. He should have been fired last year (there was clear pressure to do so) but they decided to give him another year. NIL was raised and a roster with talent was put together, clearly an upgrade from last season.

However, the results have been horrible. The common denominator is Red as a HC. We can only deduce he doesn’t have the skill to succeed as a HC at this level. He was given EVERY opportunity to succeed and failed. I don’t feel bad he’s going to get fired. He’s not bigger than the program.

 

[phsyra]

Anyone with a brain knew Red was the worst coach ever after the Lemoyne game last year. Hard to understand leadership's blindness to the obvious. Lots of enablers involved in this program. It's yucky, they need outside help.

 

[BomberOrange]

I honestly think it would have been bad pub if they had hired anybody but Autry. I really think Wildhack's hands were tied.

So instead of a few weeks of bad publicity we got screwed with three awful years. Hope the powers that be are happy with their decision.