Fire Autry

[orangepassion]

I know it isn’t the right thing to do, but both are top 40 players in last year’s class and have great upside. It’s not like I am saying to guarantee spots for 2 guys that can’t positively impact the program. Kiyan is also legacy and will keep Melo engaged with the program and can help with recruiting from the portal. White has shown that he has even more potential than Kiyan and has a chance of being drafted into the NBA. Both haven’t been great but I wouldn’t say they are unproven.

If we moved on from Red last year when there were several big name coaches available, my view would be different. Right now I don’t see the names that can impact the program enough where top portal recruits would come running. Louisville has been a top notch program but had a bad year and quickly moved on from their problem coach. Not enough time to lose its luster and for kids to forget how good a program it is. We’ve been in the doldrums for many years and so our outlook is different.

There’s nothing wrong with telling a prospective hire that we’d like to keep 2 or 3 guys and build our roster not around them but with them.

I respectfully, but strongly disagree. No good coach wants to come in with players already having guarantees, especially for 2 guys like Kiyan and Sadiq who have potential and might eventually be very good players, but haven't shown yet they can produce consistently at a high level. As Bill Parcells would say "If they want you to cook the dinner, ...they ought to let you shop ...for the groceries,"

 

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[Fly Rodder]

Guess we know which parent complained at the media table. That said, per Evan Miya, Tyler Betsey is SU's worst defensive player (Kiyan is second worst) and it's not particularly close. By BBRef D rating, he's the 3rd worst defender ahead of JJ and Kiyan. He's been a offensive beast, but I don't know if Betsey is going to shoot 59% from 3 the rest of the way either.

 

[orange79]

What could go wrong?