GMAC / Blackwell / AO to Siena

[IthacaBarrel]

Mrs. Hopkins, probably.

Mrs. Hopkins is from Liverpool

 

[Col. Bleep]

Congrats...an appropriate tribute from - of all places - Barstool

Siena Has Hired Syracuse Legend Gerry McNamara As Their Next Head Coach, Paving The Way For Him To Become The King Of (Central) New York

RELEASE THE DUCKS AND PLAY THAT BEAUTIFUL SONG!!!!!!HOLY , IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I know that the coach hirings in the MAAC don't usually move the needle much these days unless Tricky Rick Pit...

www.barstoolsports.com

 

[MSOrange]

We need one here like Louis Orr and Rob Murphy did.

They had farewell press conferences? Here you go. GMac said what he needed to here.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

No tweet from JB yet? Interesting…..

 

[kcsu]

blackberry issue

 

[CousCuse]

Siena to the Big East is imminent!

 

[Bill Orange]

No tweet from JB yet? Interesting…..

Probably busy with Melo at the Skan Ellus re-opening.

 

[Jock58]

Giant bridge and highway separating the two though.

Loudonville is in a better area than Syracuse campus is. Very safe area

 

[Jock58]

Without GMAC, Siena doesn't win 5 games last year. Not 5!

Please explain? Your post is confusing. Or did you mean next year without GMAC they would not win 5.

 

[Cusefan95]

No tweet from JB yet? Interesting…..

Probably trying to figure out a way to congratulate Gerry in a way that won’t lead to more speculation he really wanted Gerry to replace him.

Doesn’t matter though - lots of people will still think that regardless.

 

[hoopsupstate]

No tweet from JB yet? Interesting…..

He was quoted in an Albany paper as Gerry being the most ready assistant he’s ever had to become a head coach. Interesting take?

 

[FloridaCuse]

No tweet from JB yet? Interesting…..

Maybe busy negotiating his contract to be Gerry's grey hair asst coach.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Nice retrospective on the overrated controversy.

10 ****ing years later: my role in Syracuse basketball’s most ‘overrated’ scandal

Ten years later, some Syracuse fans are still hopping mad that anyone could think basketball star Gerry McNamara was overrated. Writer Rob Anthes reflects on the role he played in

www.communitynews.org

This is a GREAT article. I really enjoyed it. I encourage everyone to read it. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Cusefan95]

He was quoted in an Albany paper as Gerry being the most ready assistant he’s ever had to become a head coach. Interesting take?

Considering this is from a guy who every year seemed to have his “best recruiting class ever”, I think we can safely say JB tailors his comments to the moment with little regard for their factual content. Not an interesting take, just a typical hyperbolic one from JB.

 

[FloridaCuse]

He was quoted in an Albany paper as Gerry being the most ready assistant he’s ever had to become a head coach. Interesting take?

Consistent with what he said to Michael Kay on his CenterStage show on the YES Network about 10 or 11 years ago: If he could only have one person in a foxhole with him he'd want it to be Gerry McNamara because he's the "toughest guy I ever had". Anyone interested may be able to find the video of this part of the hour long interview on YouTube.

 

[JustPherU]

No tweet from JB yet? Interesting…..

Finalizing his deal to be Gerry’s bench coach

 

[SuFTW]

Probably busy with Melo at the Skan Ellus re-opening.

True story.

Melo to make a stop at opening of renovated CNY ice cream and food drive-in

Jim Boeheim is also scheduled to join Anthony at noon Friday at the renovated Skan Ellus Drive In.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Frozen]

He was quoted in an Albany paper as Gerry being the most ready assistant he’s ever had to become a head coach. Interesting take?

JB always overhyped everything. The greatest recruiting class ever, etc. There’s no way Gmac is more ready than Hop was. No offense to Gmac.

 

[ar inj]

Congratulations HCGMac. So many amazing and wonderful SU hoops memories. Thank you for everyone of them, go make some more for you and others to enjoy!

 

[MSOrange]

Considering this is from a guy who every year seemed to have his “best recruiting class ever”, I think we can safely say JB tailors his comments to the moment with little regard for their factual content. Not an interesting take, just a typical hyperbolic one from JB.

Exactly. It's been a half century. Don't people know JB yet?

 

[ar inj]

Mrs. Hopkins is from Liverpool

But Mrs. Hopkins was one of the biggest proponents for getting out of Dodge.

 

[Marroniac]

Mrs. Hopkins is from Liverpool

Me too and I’m not going back!

 

[721Comstock]

blackberry issue

Cricket wireless wonky today.

 

[TampaLaker]

Probably busy with Melo at the Skan Ellus re-opening.

It must be close to summer if Skan-Ellus is opening. Loved to go there as a teenager and when home from college... and, if you happened to get a saltshaker full of salt poured on your fries in the late 70's-early 80's, sorry...

 

[FloridaCuse]

Consistent with what he said to Michael Kay on his CenterStage show on the YES Network about 10 or 11 years ago: If he could only have one person in a foxhole with him he'd want it to be Gerry McNamara because he's the "toughest guy I ever had". Anyone interested may be able to find the video of this part of the hour long interview on YouTube.

Here's the video of JB on Michael Kay's CenterStage on YES from 2013 when he talks about GMac. It's 2:23 long. It's the last question.