I wasn’t saying Hopkins would have been a great coach. Worst case scenario is that we’d have moved on from the SU guy years ago and hopefully we’d be on a better path now. No guarantees of course.
The last final four changed everything. Had he won the championship Im sure he would’ve retired but he wanted that second one. The successful run bought him so much good will because I think we all thought he had turned it around
Most realistic on that list is Anthony Grant.
I think Thad Matta and McDermott would both leave, both have said in different ways how NIl is a problem. I could certainly be wrong but we need a proven winner, Hoiberg probably a long shot, still wouldn’t hurt to try.
ok. And say what? This feels like the selection show where we have to sit through 6 rounds of commercials forJeremy to spill the good stuff.
At this point I'm left wondering how much alcohol you've had today.
Does he provide coaching and a coherent offense, too? If so sign me up.
Right? Of all the people to make fun of Syracuse it’s a guy that was absolutely horrific in every respect and another guy that could’ve/should've been great but didn’t play at all for mysterious reasons that no one but uber insiders know and when asked we’re told that it’s not our business but he had stuff going on? From the outside looking in, Syracuse went out of its way to protect Westry.
Do you really care if those two are taking shots? That said definitely getting time to look for a new coach. Can't lose to Hofstra year 3 at home.
It’s awful, but in a way I do think no matter what Autry fate will be, I think we all know where it’s probably headed unfortunately. I do think overall even if he doesn’t deliver the wins, the work outside of that to modernize the program (not the on court product offensively) puts the program in a better position for the next regime to build on than when Autry started with the program.
You are so spot on. 99% of the blame for what’s happened to this program, long before Red got hired, is on JB. What’s really said is seeing less than 10,000 people in the building. We may never know how many the Dome holds for basketball after the seating update. I sit in section 123 in the bleachers and it’s only about half full. I hope Coach Red can turn it around, but if he can’t, JW has to hire someone who is going to excite the fan base. The next hire has to be name recognizable with a proven track record of success. We may never get the fan base back to the Dome. It’s easier and cheaper to just stay home and watch on tv. We need a go to player. We don’t have anyone who a just go and get a bucket. We saw one tonight, but he played for the other team.
I'll be looking at the losses as good things. Its a necessary evil to facilitate the change that is needed. Ill always root for the team to win, but in the games they lose I will be as happy with the result as I can be.
Tbh I’m torn on this. I don’t doubt that a lot of this is true and agree to an extent and think JB def nailed it in towards the end, however I lean towards that red is now going on year 3 to turn this around and hasn’t. In the NIL era that should be enough. We have no semblance of an offense out there and look clueless, however he has cleaned up the defensive end and the players clearly love playing for him as well as an improved level of talent. But you just can’t ignore the results and the fact that we struggle to score as well as improving players.
