Gerry

[Cuse44]

WOW! If fans can’t see why he’s a candidate to be HC and why kids he recruits (win or lose) love him you didn’t see what I just saw.

Dude just bleeds orange and has IT. Always has.

 

[FreakTalksAboutSU]

WOW! If fans can’t see why he’s a candidate to be HC and why kids he recruits (win or lose) love him you didn’t see what I just saw.

Dude just bleeds orange and has IT. Always has.

That's great.
I like him.
Alot.
Now...
What does his defense look like?
Seriously. His schemes need to be dramatically different than what we see now. If its more of what we have, he can be the best guy ever. Not a fit.

 

[Jake]

That sounded like a HC….or someone pitching to be one

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

I need to hear more about his SIL Megan lol

 

[Tango32]

Love Gerry, but chill it was a speech. A good one for sure, but just a speech. Literally says nothing about the intricacies of being a head coach

 

[Cuse'91]

Love Gerry, but chill it was a speech. A good one for sure, but just a speech. Literally says nothing about the intricacies of being a head coach

I mean, if it's good enough to be the football head coach, why not for basketball? I'm in - Let's roll with GMAC.

 

[Cuse44]

Not a time or place to debate HC but Gerry has scouted the opposing teams D for close to 400 games - he probably has Bennetts D and Pitinos D etched in his brain - I have zero doubt he would succeed AND win over this town - how many top recruits mentioned him and were sad to disappoint him - that’s on JB not him.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Love Gerry, but chill it was a speech. A good one for sure, but just a speech. Literally says nothing about the intricacies of being a head coach

I think he will do very well if he drops down a level and becomes a HC somewhere else. Billy Donovan never coached the Friars got his start at Marshall before going to Florida. Replacing JBs replacement and not JB might work out far better. The next coach isn't going to hold the job for 50 years and Gerry is still young.

 

[DoctorBombay]

I think he will do very well if he drops down a level and becomes a HC somewhere else. Billy Donovan never coached the Friars got his start at Marshall before going to Florida. Replacing JBs replacement and not JB might work out far better. The next coach isn't going to hold the job for 50 years and Gerry is still young.

This.
We literally have no idea what a GMac team looks like, but I have no doubt he'll be a good HC someday.
But let's have him do a stint somewhere else first. The stakes are too high to give the reigns over to a newbie, whether GMac, Red, or Griff. We need a change, and that doesn't mean things will shift immediately or that we'll stop being SU. Quite the contrary

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Honestly, after awhile I was hoping the music would kick in and they’d play him off like an award show.

 

[MadNY3]

WOW! If fans can’t see why he’s a candidate to be HC and why kids he recruits (win or lose) love him you didn’t see what I just saw.

Dude just bleeds orange and has IT. Always has.

It felt a little bit like a goodbye speech too. I hope he lands an HC gig somewhere outside Syracuse University.

 

[Tango32]

I think he will do very well if he drops down a level and becomes a HC somewhere else. Billy Donovan never coached the Friars got his start at Marshall before going to Florida. Replacing JBs replacement and not JB might work out far better. The next coach isn't going to hold the job for 50 years and Gerry is still young.

If I was given the puppet strings to it all that's exactly what I'd make happen. We hire a proven outsider as JBs replacement. Gerry ties his carpet together at the end of a stick, slings it over his shoulder and starts walking down the railroad tracks towards the setting sun to strike out on his own with a struggling mid major. He finds success and gets them on a run of conference titles and NCAAT bids. Our outsider eventually annouces his retirement at the last home game of the season. As everyone stands and applaudes, "I'm coming home" begins to play over the sound system, the lights dim, an orange light shines on the tunnel and out walks Gerry to take charge of the big Orange ship. All is well in Orange nation

 

[SUFaninNJ]

It felt a little bit like a goodbye speech too. I hope he lands an HC gig somewhere outside Syracuse University.

I’m glad that his kids are Red Rams. There’s been too much Spartan talk around here lately for me.

 

[Stevenson]

WOW! If fans can’t see why he’s a candidate to be HC and why kids he recruits (win or lose) love him you didn’t see what I just saw.

Dude just bleeds orange and has IT. Always has.

He’s on the staff now. How is recruiting going?

 

[Orangefizz]

It felt a little bit like a goodbye speech too. I hope he lands an HC gig somewhere outside Syracuse University.

GMac to Bucknell or Lafayette. He’s a legend in central PA. Let Symir, JG3 and Jon Bol go with him to help him get off to a great start as a HC

 

[MadNY3]

I mean, if it's good enough to be the football head coach, why not for basketball? I'm in - Let's roll with GMAC.

I’m in for handing the keys to Autry, see what he does, and if things don’t work out, you have GMac and a couple other alums in HC roles to monitor.

 

[SUOrangeSU]

He’s on the staff now. How is recruiting going?

You know he’s always at a recruiting disadvantage, right??

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Love GMac and Red but anyone with a brain knows the program needs a fresh start. Loyalty can be blind and we’ve got plenty of loyal fans with clouded vision.

 

[DoctorBombay]

If I was given the puppet strings to it all that's exactly what I'd make happen. We hire a proven outsider as JBs replacement. Gerry ties his carpet together at the end of a stick, slings it over his shoulder and starts walking down the railroad tracks towards the setting sun to strike out on his own with a struggling mid major. He finds success and gets them on a run of conference titles and NCAAT bids. Our outsider eventually annouces his retirement at the last home game of the season. As everyone stands and applaudes, "I'm coming home" begins to play over the sound system, the lights dim, an orange light shines on the tunnel and out walks Gerry to take charge of the big Orange ship. All is well in Orange nation

"Wait...what's that? Where's that music coming from? By Gawd, is that GMac..is that Gerry McNamara? Here comes GMac from the tunnel"!

 

[upperdeck]

If you go to Autry unless Gerry goes and coaches he never becomes the coach..

 

[Grbac]

Where can one watch this Gerry speech?

 

[Frozen]

I’d rather start fresh than go with a current assistant. But if we go with a current assistant: Red before Gerry.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I think Gerry can be a good HC somewhere, but he’s going to have a hard time getting it over Red here.

 

[Stevenson]

You know he’s always at a recruiting disadvantage, right??

I do. He’s proven he can’t get over it.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

FWIW, it’s completely reasonable that a new (outside) head coach keeps GMac on staff for continuity