Gerry Staff Predictions…

[MGraves5]

The most important head coaching skill is ability to judge talent. No one was better than JB. Accusations of not playing hard are pure nonsense. Every player wants to win and wants to play at the next level. Our problems were not lack of effort. We largely had a cast of over rated players and we gave too many minutes to shooting guards who could not shoot. Coaching experience is less important than ability to judge talent. We are in a difficult recruiting position for a multitude of reasons. Obviously, G-Mac is a good judge of talent. I do not expect miracles, but I am happy with G-Mac.

Didn't he say his last recruiting class, the one with Chris Bell, could be his best ever?

 

[Brooky03]

If Doty is a starter for SU next year, we will have the same record we had this year.

Depends if he’s a starter and a top 3 option or more of an upperclassman Andy Rautins type. I know he’s been mostly an inside-the-arc player, but his 3pt shot has improved to this point. 34% could be in the cards, which would make him a pretty well-balanced scorer with good size.

He held his own against Duke, just had to chuck some prayers near the end of the game when he was close to dead. Of course, he could continue to be a close to 30% 3pt shooter and struggle to get 2pt looks against consistent ACC competition. Hard to know that now, though, obvs.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

It will be all SU guys with maybe one impure bloodline

 

[AlaskaSU]

Didn't he say his last recruiting class, the one with Chris Bell, could be his best ever?

He was just talking up his players. JB is no fool. Why do you think Coach K picked him for the Olympics? He knows that Bell was not Melo.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Judging talent determines both who is recruited and distribution of minutes. Our distribution of minutes was disastrous.