Gerry Staff Predictions…

[35kcuse]

Wonder if this dude is in Indianapolis

 

[LpoolNative]

Wonder if this dude is in Indianapolis

Anyone check flight logs?

 

[Cusefan69]

We are in very good shape with Lee

 

[sufan59]

Wonder if this dude is in Indianapolis

I’m assuming that is the case. Coaches convention.

 

[PauliePeppas]

Actually there is more to it than that.

Im listenin…

 

[bballbeadle]

I would expect that to be the case. Any administrator that has looked at the empty seats the last several years should realize the consequences of not ponying up the money.

Don’t they say you have to spend money to make money?

 

[cuseincincy]

The first thing GMac is doing that Red didn't was to fill all his Assistant coaches' slots and hire people from outside the family. Two massively important steps. All I can judge GMac on is what he has done, and so far so good.

The portal is up next, which will be just as important if not more...

Different situation. Red was stepping up into the head job with an existing staff and replaced himself with Straughn. Gerry left and he replaced him with Engelstad who many loved but then he didn't bring Laffew with him. Gerry is walking into a program that fired their head coach and all the assistants before Gerry was even hired. I wouldn't be surprised if only one coach comes from Siena as none of them have much coaching or recruiting experience at the highest level of college basketball.

Can you imagine if at Red's first presser he announced "Thanks for the job, Grif, Gerry you're out of here."

 

[SDjohn]

Have to pick a lane here. Either we had a talented roster that the GM built and would have been a tournament team with better coaching, or we had a poorly built roster that mediocre coaching couldn’t overcome.

The answer is somewhere in the middle. We had talent but not a lot of two way talent. Mostly because nobody could play D. And no just because Kyle blocked a lot of shots does not mean he was a great defender.

Red wasn’t a terrible coach, he just wasn’t very good at it. His rotations were questionable at best, he couldn’t figure out how to beat a zone D (inexplicably).

Mix those two and you see a poor shooting team, outside of Kingz once he got going. Questionable work ethic from players who often just looked lost and confused.

 

[upperdeck]

People act like coaching is a one size fit all thing. Some coaches are good at amassing talent, perhaps getting that talent to play at a pretty high level. but many are not so good at when their main plan falls apart. Some are good at coaching talent up to their ceiling. Some are good at making more out of less. Some are better at getting guys to play as a team.

Whatever your skill set is as a coach, you better be able to get the roster that does you the best.

Guys like Callapari have lived off getting the high-level talent but often lost to lesser teams, but talent gave them lots of chances to be good.

JB was kinda in the middle. He made runs with loaded teams and he made runs with decent teams and he made runs with teams that should never have gotten that far.

I think guys like Self/Izzo have done a bit of both, stacked some pretty good talent but also developed players for runs.

 

[sufandu]

He could have hired more assistants, he chose not to

Is that your opinion or do we know that? I'm not being argumentative, I'm honestly asking. If he could have and didn't, that's just plain stupid.

 

[PauliePeppas]

Is that your opinion or do we know that? I'm not being argumentative, I'm honestly asking. If he could have and didn't, that's just plain stupid.

Insiders alluded to it that he could have. Would like to hear all the details

 

[Dmcnabbrules]

Bert than what red has brought in. Kingz Kyle and Betsey were solid. So was Bryce off the bench. Wasn’t a talent problem…

I found Betsey to be a below average player. He obviously had a good shot but he needs to play ANY defense to have value. I think he was kinda wish.com Chris Bell personally. Maybe a new staff gets more out of him.

 

[LpoolNative]

I found Betsey to be a below player. He obviously had a good shot but he needs to play ANY defense to have value. I think he was kinda wish.com Chris Bell personally. Maybe a new staff gets more out of him.

Not even close to Chris bell. lol

 

[RedtheGOB]

Insiders alluded to it that he could have. Would like to hear all the details

You mean to say they eluded to the details.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Anyone check flight logs?

Enterprise rental car

 

[ezbeezy214]

Ironically enough it’s the start of getting some confidence to form. A progrum is afoot.