GMAC / Blackwell / AO to Siena

[Todd23]

This ESPN.com AP article about McNamara's hiring has had Lawrence Moten's name spelled incorrectly since it was posted in the 11 a.m. hour: Syracuse mainstay McNamara to coach at Siena

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[br801]

Congrats Coach McNamara! This is probably very wishful thinking and way too good to be true, but at the power program level, you are going to need to be a high end 4 or 5 star player to even get a roster spot as a freshmen moving forward. I think it would be very cool moving forward if Siena-Syracuse basically becomes a partnership. Gerry gets the type of Syracuse players that would be 4 year guys, develops them for 2-3 years, feeds them into the big stage at Syracuse. Vice versa, Syracuse feeds Siena players that need to move down a level. I think the next step for coaches at the power conference level is to really formally create alliances with mid to low major schools to navigate the transfer portal and NIL world. This probably crosses NCAA tampering lines, but I think it can be beneficial for both programs to basically be partners like an NBA team to a g league team.

Come on, now.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[GoSU96]

If he can take Buffalo to Sweet 16, Buffalo is likely to get B1G invite as NY flagship. That would be a bad thing for Syracuse.

Huh?

 

[dasher]

Huh?

Clear as day

 

[FloridaCuse]

GMac makes "Pardon The Interruption" on ESPN2 Friday as part of The Big Finish:

Question: "Gerry McNamara is the new head coach at Siena. Does that make sense?"

Michael Wilbon: "Sure. He's been the Associate Head Coach but he's Syracuse. He is Syracuse basketball almost as much as like Jim Boeheim is Syracuse basketball. Congratulations!"

 

[rocklloyd]

When’s the presser? I’ll need tissues.

For tears?

 

[orangenauburn]

For tears?

For Fears?

 

[721Comstock]

For Fears?

Everybody wants to rule the world be a HC.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

official bio.

Gerry McNamara - Men's Basketball Coach - Siena College Athletics

Gerry McNamara was named the 19th head coach in Siena College Men's Basketball history on March 29, 2024. The Syracuse University legend and 2003 National Champion

sienasaints.com

 

[Dcuse]

For tears?

For sure.

 

[crv1728]

Man, reading his bio, watching that Barstool video, remind me of just how great a player he was for SU. As a Siena alum, I am ecstatic! I will definitely be at some games next season.
Gerry has a ton of work ahead of him. He is inheriting a poor roster. I wish him the best.

 

[Dick_in_MI]

Man, reading his bio, watching that Barstool video, remind me of just how great a player he was for SU.

National Champion, legendary shooter, 4th All-time Scorer at SU, 3rd All-time in assists at SU, 2nd All-time in steals at SU, longtime assistant coach at SU, jersey hung in the Dome.

Doesn't get much more iconic than that.

 

[kingtidge]

For Fears?

Everybody wants to rule the MAAC..

GMAAC.

 

[kingtidge]

"Anybody that's not happy for him (McNamara) isn't a Syracuse fan - that's all."

Who's not happy for Gmac??

 

[CuseFaninVT]

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

I’m familiar. Grew up 12 minutes from there and dated a girl from there right after high school.

 

[Sherman20]

Gerry McNamara at 40: Syracuse basketball icon built a life here. What would lead him to leave?

McNamara has been on the SU staff for 15 years. He's beloved by former players, who cite his dogged determination to make them better.

www.syracuse.com

This is a great article that Donna wrote about GMac last fall, with a bunch of interesting nuggets including:

1.) Player development, Gbinije example:
McNamara, said Hopkins, possesses an “Ironman” player-development superpower. He can raise a player’s level of play by channeling his own competitive drive.

“When Coach Boeheim challenges you – you gotta make this guy better or this guy’s not getting better – you sit back in that room and you develop a plan,” Hopkins said. “Then it’s like, we’re gonna meet in the gym at 6 in the morning. There’s a competitive fire and a connection you need to help somebody get better and Gerry had that.”

Autry saw it, too. He called McNamara’s ability to transform Michael Gbinije from a small forward with limited dribbling and shooting skills into an All-ACC point guard one of the great coaching jobs in his tenure with the program.

Gbinije said before he got to Syracuse, he avoided 3-point shots in favor of his preferred midrange game. McNamara helped develop his jump shot and stoked his confidence to shoot it. His senior year at SU, Gbinije shot 39% from 3.

The two spent countless hours on ball-handling drills. McNamara counseled him on pick-and-roll reads, on the complexities of the point guard position. And he did it, Gbinije said, with a dash of humor.

“He connects with players and gets them to work out at a high level. I think that’s always the secret,” Autry said. “It’s also his consistency. He’s gonna be there every day. And if you have a bad day or a down day, he’s going to be there to pick you up and say, ‘Let’s move on to the next day.’ "

2.) Recruiting authenticity:
Larry Kostelac’s Trinity High School teams played against McNamara and Bishop Hannan in the early 2000s. Kostelac said McNamara’s smart, engaging personality on the recruiting trail looks exactly like the smart, engaging personality he had as a high school star. Success never changed him, Kostelac said. Even now, when Kostelac texts McNamara a photo of an impressive fish he’s caught, McNamara “hits me back right away.” His authenticity made it easy for Kostelac to trust that McNamara is the right coach to work with new SU guard Chance Westry, who played for Kostelac at Trinity.

“He’s respected,” Hart said. “I have never heard anybody say anything negative about him in all my years, and trust me, I hear things, like, ‘Oh, he’s phony, he big-timed me, he’ll only talk if he wants one of my players.’ And you hear that about almost everybody. I have not heard any of those things about Gerry.”

 

[OHIORANGES]

I’m familiar. Grew up 12 minutes from there and dated a girl from there right after high school.

Is she hot?

 

[CousCuse]

He could schedule Lemoyne. Colgate and Cornell as well.

 

[albanycuse]

What’s his salary?

 

[kingtidge]

What’s his salary?

It's guaranteed money that they pay him per year split up into weekly or bi-weekly payments.

 

[JustPherU]

It's guaranteed money that they pay him per year split up into weekly or bi-weekly payments.

Think it’s a cut from his previous job?

 

[albanycuse]

I wonder if he has direct deposit.