Gerry Staff Predictions…

[hoopsupstate]

I hope our new GM has connections oversees. A lot of talent over there.

 

[nyucuse]

He was Wes Johnson before Wes Johnson.

He seems to be making a mark as a coach. Successful at Liverpool leading to a NYS championship as head coach.

I’m very intrigued about AO. I love seeing a big man coach big men, and former forwards coaching forwards.

Having guards coach and develop big men hasn’t worked for the past decade.

Ah no... Wes was a freak athlete. Ryan was a lumbering 3 man. Solid player. More Todd Burgan. No Wes at all.

 

[BomberOrange]

He was Wes Johnson before Wes Johnson.

He seems to be making a mark as a coach. Successful at Liverpool leading to a NYS championship as head coach.

I’m very intrigued about AO. I love seeing a big man coach big men, and former forwards coaching forwards.

Having guards coach and develop big men hasn’t worked for the past decade.

He was not Wes Johnson. Wes had game.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Ah no... Wes was a freak athlete. Ryan was a lumbering 3 man. Solid player. More Todd Burgan. No Wes at all.

More along the lines of a 6-7 forward that transferred to SU from a midwestern P5 school. Wes was clearly better, but Blackwell had a good career at SU.

 

[Ozzie0075]

Ben Lee and AO are the only 2 that I want off the Siena staff. The big concern is the GM. I am not sure what connections Gerry has for that role.

 

[Ghost]

Trevor Cooney!

 

[crv1728]

BTW,,,how about bringing the Fulton guy too

I think that’s a given. Look at what Doty has said about playing his entire career for GMac.

 

[Newhouser]

He was Wes Johnson before Wes Johnson.

He seems to be making a mark as a coach. Successful at Liverpool leading to a NYS championship as head coach.

I’m very intrigued about AO. I love seeing a big man coach big men, and former forwards coaching forwards.

Having guards coach and develop big men hasn’t worked for the past decade.

Blackwell? Wes Johnson?...huh? He was okay and close to good. Wes -;who I thought was a little overrated - was multiple layers better than Blackwell.

 

[cuseincincy]

He was awful as a player. Lazy

Really not true about Blackwell. He was a big body finesse player and some people couldn't understand that..

 

[BludOrange]

I think that’s a given. Look at what Doty has said about playing his entire career for GMac.

Doty was out of Sienna one way or another after this season. Somebody would have offered him a bag he could not resist.

 

[BomberOrange]

Really not true about Blackwell. He was a big body finesse player and some people couldn't understand that.

He was a smooth big bodied finesse player. He wasn't lazy, just played under control.

He was so frustrating to watch. Not physical, lazy.

 

[crv1728]

Doty was out of Sienna one way or another after this season. Somebody would have offered him a bag he could not resist.

Yeah, he’s definitely earned his payday.

 

[SUFan44]

He was so frustrating to watch. Not physical, lazy.

Not physical doesn't mean lazy. You are conflating the two.

Burgan was lazy. John Wallace was actually very lazy prior to his senior year (and even defensively he was very lazy his senior year).

Just because Blackwell didn't go after rebounds all the time doesn't mean he's lazy.

 

[JOC44]

BTW,,,how about bringing the Fulton guy too

I’m on board.

 

[rrlbees]

You need someone for your bigs who has played as a forward and center and defended at both positions. Someone who can teach how to play at the high post. Bring DC in as a special assistant he taught AO, and Rick Jackson at the Big East tournament how to seal their defender, and get the entry pass.
He knows how to play the game, and when healthy was as good as anyone in the NBA.
And I'm sure even after all these years he hasn't mellowed to the point where if you don't give 100% effort he wouldn't get angry.
That would be Gerry 's bad cop.

dc also taught todd bergan during the final 4. told him in the hotel pregame that "if you play soft, I'm gonna kick your ass".

 

[baggerbob]

dc also taught todd bergan during the final 4. told him in the hotel pregame that "if you play soft, I'm gonna kick your ass".

I don't think DC needs to be one of the regular assistants, just a special person to have around for practices and maybe halftime adjustments for the bigs. He knows how the bigs should react in situations both offensively, and defensively. He lived it, his entire life. Gerry needs all hands on deck, he can't afford to fail.
So give him all the help he can get, DC like Gerry hates to lose.

 

[Jasoncuse]

I hope he does more than bring the Siena staff over. While Blackwell and AO could be successful as first time college coaches at that level, we need some more seasoned coaches, especially with some recruiting chops and connections.

An offensive coordinator should be considered a must add.

Ben Lee would be a great add but I want better than AO/RB with him as the only other options. I also hope Gmac adds more than the minimum amount of AC’s. Red was too stubborn or inept to build a bigger staff, hope this doesn’t continue. Having the 3 from Siena is ok if there’s more than just them hired.

 

[orangepassion]

I know his letter was cringy, but I'd take Kline as GM over Hop or Warrick. He is well respected for his scouting

 

[tptcuse]

I don't think DC needs to be one of the regular assistants, just a special person to have around for practices and maybe halftime adjustments for the bigs. He knows how the bigs should react in situations both offensively, and defensively. He lived it, his entire life. Gerry needs all hands on deck, he can't afford to fail.
So give him all the help he can get, DC like Gerry hates to lose.

DC, the same guy who has trashed our players online?

 

[Jasoncuse]

I don't think DC needs to be one of the regular assistants, just a special person to have around for practices and maybe halftime adjustments for the bigs. He knows how the bigs should react in situations both offensively, and defensively. He lived it, his entire life. Gerry needs all hands on deck, he can't afford to fail.
So give him all the help he can get, DC like Gerry hates to lose.

How about we just get proven coaches? Enough with the former SU players that played the position as potential first time assistants.

This program needs to stop being so inbred

 

[Jake]

I know his letter was cringy, but I'd take Kline as GM over Hop or Warrick

That ship has sailed.

 

[llandz]

Was not impressed with him in TBT but otherwise know nothing about him. Was before my earliest memories as a cuse fan

TBT is a strange thing to coach. A bunch of random players playing together for a few games. Not easy to plan any strategy around that scenario.

 

[baggerbob]

DC, the same guy who has trashed our players online?

Because he hates watching his school lose because they aren't playing the way they should. And most of the players the last 3 years deserved the criticism for not playing well. That's a big part of the reason Red got let go.

 

[phreddie]

Ah no... Wes was a freak athlete. Ryan was a lumbering 3 man. Solid player. More Todd Burgan. No Wes at all.

I always thought of him as a poor man's Billy Owens. Could a little bit of everything, but -unlike Billy- nothing exceptional.

 

[Cusesky8214]

Doty was out of Sienna one way or another after this season. Somebody would have offered him a bag he could not resist.

Doty was going wherever Gmac was. If he stayed at Siena he probably would've stayed but definitely would've been hard considering the offers that would be coming his way. I know for a fact he loves Gmac and his dream scenario just happened. The family has to be pretty excited right now.