Gerry McNamara needs to be the next coach

[IthacaMatt]

Being critical of our NIL does not hurt the program. Here’s why:

Players: They get the offers they get. They don’t care if Syracuse as a whole has a lot of NIL or not.

Donors: It incentivizes more of them to donate and incentivizes current donors to donate more.

Fans and media: Already knew the objective truth that Syracuse was behind in NIL. It was never a secret, so they’re unfazed - or should be - by the comment.

Were we not told by people directly involved that we had plenty of money to get the players we wanted this year, and that we were ranked around 6th in the ACC in terms of NIL money for hoops?

Where did this nonsense that we were bottom three start? With Boeheim, just now on TV.
Thanks, Jim.

 

[kingtidge]

Being critical of our NIL does not hurt the program. Here’s why:

Players: They get the offers they get. They don’t care if Syracuse as a whole has a lot of NIL or not.

Donors: It incentivizes more of them to donate and incentivizes current donors to donate more.

Fans and media: Already knew the objective truth that Syracuse was behind in NIL. It was never a secret, so they’re unfazed - or should be - by the comment.

Take 1,789 of yours that is wrong.

The former HOF coach and special advisor to the AD going on national TV and throwing the school under the bus for not having enough NIL is just bad optics however you slice it.

He implied the school is not prepared to compete at an adequate NIL level for a P4 program.

That's kinda a big tell to just toss out there on national TV.

He didn't have to say that, it certainly wasn't helpful, yet he did it anyways.

If you don't think potential coaching candidates and their agents didn't take notice of that, you are mistaken.

The only saving grace is the hope that the coaching deal for our target candidate is already done in principle and whatever support is promised is rock solid (as some here have already intimated.)

 

[Brooky03]

Take 1,789 of yours that is wrong.

The former HOF coach and special advisor to the AD going on national TV and throwing the school under the bus for not having enough NIL is just bad optics however you slice it.

He implied the school is not prepared to compete at an adequate NIL level for a P4 program. That's kinda a big tell to toss out there on national TV.

He didn't have to say that, it certainly wasn't helpful, yet he did it anyways.

If you don't think potential coaching candidates and their agents didn't take notice of that, you are mistaken.

The only saving grace is the hope that the coaching deal for our target candidate is already done in principle and whatever support is promised is rock solid (as some here have already intimated.)

It was an open secret.

Get out of here with the self-righteous “take number blah blah” crap. Doosh

 

[IthacaMatt]

Take 1,789 of yours that is wrong.

The former HOF coach and special advisor to the AD going on national TV and throwing the school under the bus for not having enough NIL is just bad optics however you slice it.

He implied the school is not prepared to compete at an adequate NIL level for a P4 program. That's kinda a big tell to toss out there on national TV.

He didn't have to say that, it certainly wasn't helpful, yet he did it anyways.

If you don't think potential coaching candidates and their agents didn't take notice of that, you are mistaken.

The only saving grace is the hope that the coaching deal for our target candidate is already done in principle and whatever support is promised is rock solid (as some here have already intimated.)

Maybe he'll "get it" this time. Great post.

 

[BomberOrange]

Lol. People here were as adamant that we should hire Frost. The hodgeson fervor is just like the Frost fervor. In a month no one will care cuz he won’t be hired. People are getting lured in by a guy named Axe.

I and others were onto BH last year when Red should’ve been fired. Axe was lured in by us.

 

[Brooky03]

If coaches and agents don’t discuss NIL during the interview process or the process to schedule an interview, you guys have excellent points.

If they discuss NIL even a little at any point in the interview process, your points are not excellent.

I’m operating under the assumption potential coaches ask about NIL.

 

[IthacaMatt]

It was an open secret.

Get out of here with the self-righteous “take number blah blah” crap. Doosh

No, it was claimed by many people on this board that our NIL coming into this season was sufficient, that our GM did a good job identifying prospects, and they recruited them together as a team, with Donnie and JJ present at many player meetings.

Bees, Jake, Dasher, Consigliere - people intimately involved in the NIL efforts this fall - told us something that Saint Boeheim just contradicted big time, to our program's detriment.

Try to get over your cult-like worship. He's been a jerk for quite a few years now, thinking only of himself.

 

[Brooky03]

No, it was claimed by many people on this board that our NIL coming into this season was sufficient, that our GM did a good job identifying prospects, and they recruited them together as a team, with Donnie and JJ present at many player meetings.

Bees, Jake, Dasher, Consigliere - people intimately involved in the NIL efforts this fall - told us something that Saint Boeheim just contradicted big time, to our program's detriment.

Try to get over your cult-like worship. He's been a jerk for quite a few years now, thinking only of himself.

I know the number that was tossed around here and don’t have a reason not to believe the posters who said it. I believe we were in the top half of the ACC in NIL. I also recall some concern that we’d have that amount year-to-year. That’s the open secret, that our donor base isn’t particularly motivated and/or the pockets aren’t that deep. That was true every year up to this year - which might’ve been anomalous given the poor ROI - and what those same people who said we were competitive in NIL this year had said in prior years.

 

[Widget24]

I bet if Hodgson is really good , he leaves in 3-4 years and Gerry would be a top candidate.

If we land Hodgson and he crushes it here, is there much of a chance that we get him for longer than that? Genuinely curious given the reports of how badly he wants this job.

 

[albanycuse]

he gets it

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Those that are pro-GMac for next SU HC, please make the claim for how he’s a better candidate than Speedy Claxton at Hofstra

 

[Brooky03]

Those that are pro-GMac for next SU HC, please make the claim for how he’s a better candidate than Speedy Claxton at Hofstra

I’m not pro-anybody but he would boost season ticket sales more than Speedy. That’s all I got. Oh, and nostalgia.

 

[Cusefan69]

If coaches and agents don’t discuss NIL during the interview process or the process to schedule an interview, you guys have excellent points.

If they discuss NIL even a little at any point in the interview process, your points are not excellent.

I’m operating under the assumption potential coaches ask about NIL.

Yeah, in 2026 all coaches are asking about nil, hard stop.

 

[Brooky03]

Yeah, in 2026 all coaches are asking about nil, hard stop.

I figured

 

[RedtheGOB]

Those that are pro-GMac for next SU HC, please make the claim for how he’s a better candidate than Speedy Claxton at Hofstra

I think Gmac is great but if you do have the most NIL and best player in your conference shouldn't you win it?

The 4 win thing is cool and all but media doesn't want to report that the program didn't turn around magically just with a great coach, they went from the worst NIL to the most NIL in the conference. Funny how they always leave off that little anecdote when a team has a 20 million dollar roster playing a 5 million dollar roster at the P5 level too.

and for the record I think he'll be a great coach at Cuse some day but there are so many piles of crap the next coach has to dig us out of. And no offense to alot of the people pushing the family hires but alot of "the family" has blood on their hands and put us in this mess, not purposefully of course but they sure as hell didn't fix it.

Fran played the game perfectly to get the alums back in the mix. You get a foundation and then you bring them in to support the players. You don't have them building the foundation.

 

[Sherman20]

I bet if Hodgson is really good , he leaves in 3-4 years and Gerry would be a top candidate.

If Hodgson crushes it, where it he going to go? If we’re good again and the fanbase comes back in droves, there’s only a handful of blue bloods and other welll resourced programs that he would leave for, and most of them would probably go for even bigger fish. Honestly, if he does well here, it’s unlikely he goes anywhere else. Maybe like Ohio State if they pay him a fortune. But it would be a good problem to have because then it means we’re back.