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Message: [QUOTE="Irishsecra1, post: 5701550, member: 8453"] Honestly, if you are strictly looking at Metrics, then you are right, Gerry should not even be considered. And if he was Joe Blow at Siena, we probably wouldn't consider him or even talk about him on this board. But he is not Joe Blow, he is Gerry McNamara. Won our only national championship with an epic 3 point barrage as a freshman. Willed his 9 seed team to a historic Big East Championship when literally all hope was lost to get to the NCAAT. Flat out won as a player, even when he had to carry SU on his back. Grad manager for 2 years, Assistant coach for 13 years at SU. In those years, SU went to 9 NCAAT and one NIT. Made 2 final fours, 1 elite eight, 3 sweet sixteens. Last trip was 20-21 and a sweet sixteen. So, though the team definitely went down the last 3 years, he was not an assistant at a bottom tier losing program. So, you could say, for the most part, his teams won when he was an assistant until JBs coaching issues dragged them down. Then becomes head coach at Siena. Frankly no one thought he would do much there, at least initially. Team was 4-28 the year he showed up. He built the team from scratch - everything had to be redone. Promised at his introductory news conference that he was there to win. That all he had done his whole life was geared toward winning, every day in the gym he was focused on what could he do to win. That is what he said. 2 years later his team is 23-11 and won their tournament and a ticket to the NCAAT for the first time in 16 years. He promised he would win and he kept that promise. So, you can say that he flat out won as a head coach. Bottom line is he has been a winner his whole life. He has never shirked from a challenge, has never failed to achieve what he set out to do. That is why so many, including myself, are advocating for GMAC. I dont blame him for Jims slide in the later years. Seriously, what was he supposed to do to fix it. He wasnt in control of the program. He could help as best he could but he could not fix what ailed us. All I know is that once he was in control he brought Siena back from the scrap heap. Brought in players, set up a winning culture and a defensive identity as a bunch of scrappers who wont leave you alone. They will be dancing next week, we are still waiting and waiting. [/QUOTE]

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