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[QUOTE="Irishsecra1, post: 5701260, member: 8453"]
All he can be judged on at SU, good and bad, are the players he recruited and the players he specifically coached.
But even then, a head coach can change how he wants to use the players and a lot of your hard work goes out the door.

In his last year, my 2 favorite players were initially recruited to the school by Gerry and I dont feel Red used them correctly which led to both of them leaving for different reasons.  He recruited Maliq - the heart and soul of that first Red team.  He left after Gerry did - read his interviews - Gerry and Judah leaving were the main reasons he left.  Red did not prioritize keeping him. And he just won defensive player of the year and 6th man of the year for Duke.

He also recruited Qadir Copeland.  Gerry said he had what it took to be the next Michael Carter Williams.
Red disagreed and thought he had no future as a point guard. Qadir had emotional issues - god knows how much of that was knowing that Red had no faith in him, and he was just a young kid.
Now he is with a head coach who believes in him, is tough with him and he is playing lights out.

Even Chris Bell, one of the most maddening players of the last 10 years, credited his best shooting year with SU to Gerry. If you remember, he was in a godawful slump at the beginning of the year. He said that Gerry took it upon himself to work with him after practice for weeks (understand Bell was a forward, not a guard - so not Gerrys responsibility technically)

That is what was happening his last year with the program - our last winning season.
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