GMAC / Blackwell / AO to Siena

[Irishsecra1]

Definitely their worst game of the season.
Hopefully this will be a teaching moment for Gerry.
I dont think I have ever seen so many consecutive turnovers in the first half.
So often teams come out from a blow out win and play sloppy and lackadasical.
That was the case here.
And that technical in the second half when the freshman lost his composure and shoved a Canisius player.
The camera showed Gerry screaming at him in the huddle. I don't think I ever have seen him so upset.
They lost 6 points on that possession.

Still with 4 minutes to go they were down 16 and ended up only losing by 5.
So, the fight was there.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Fulton’s Gavin Doty and his sensational rookie season at Siena: ‘What he does is not normal’​

Big article on Syracuse.com this morning on Siena's Gavin Doty. As has been said in this thread Gerry had his eye on him for awhile. Interesting that Syracuse.com would have basketball reporter Donna Ditota write another long piece on the Siena basketball program. This is an excellent article for anyone who has access to it. It ends with this paragraph:

“He’s going to have opportunities, but he knows he has a great opportunity here with people who love him,” McNamara said. “He’s obviously going to have a lot of people who are going to try to get to him and he’s going to have decisions to make. Those are decisions, when the time comes, we’ll sit down and talk about. But I know he’s happy here and we love having him here.”

Fulton’s Gavin Doty and his sensational rookie season at Siena: ‘What he does is not normal’

Gavin Doty, an 18-year-old freshman wing, is making waves in the MAAC this season.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Irishsecra1]

Hard to believe with the crap team SU has that we didn't even give this kid a sniff.
Will probably win MAAC rookie of the year - leads the league with 4 MAAC rookie of the week awards.
It isn't like SU was unaware of him - GMAC had been tracking him for years.
And I believe we had an extra scholarship available.

One more reason why I have no faith in Red.
Guy cant coach and guy cant evaluate talent.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Hard to believe with the crap team SU has that we didn't even give this kid a sniff.
Will probably win MAAC rookie of the year - leads the league with 4 MAAC rookie of the week awards.
It isn't like SU was unaware of him - GMAC had been tracking him for years.
And I believe we had an extra scholarship available.

One more reason why I have no faith in Red.
Guy cant coach and guy cant evaluate talent.

At this point you're making up reasons to disparage Red. It's weird.

 

[MSOrange]

Hard to believe with the crap team SU has that we didn't even give this kid a sniff.
Will probably win MAAC rookie of the year - leads the league with 4 MAAC rookie of the week awards.
It isn't like SU was unaware of him - GMAC had been tracking him for years.
And I believe we had an extra scholarship available.

One more reason why I have no faith in Red.
Guy cant coach and guy cant evaluate talent.

I defer to you as I haven't watched as much Siena as you have. Is he really a Power 4 level player or are we looking at someone like Jyare or Carlos when they move up to this level?

 

[FloridaCuse]

Fulton’s Gavin Doty and his sensational rookie season at Siena: ‘What he does is not normal’​

Big article on Syracuse.com this morning on Siena's Gavin Doty. As has been said in this thread Gerry had his eye on him for awhile. Interesting that Syracuse.com would have basketball reporter Donna Ditota write another long piece on the Siena basketball program. This is an excellent article for anyone who has access to it. It ends with this paragraph:

“He’s going to have opportunities, but he knows he has a great opportunity here with people who love him,” McNamara said. “He’s obviously going to have a lot of people who are going to try to get to him and he’s going to have decisions to make. Those are decisions, when the time comes, we’ll sit down and talk about. But I know he’s happy here and we love having him here.”

Fulton’s Gavin Doty and his sensational rookie season at Siena: ‘What he does is not normal’

Gavin Doty, an 18-year-old freshman wing, is making waves in the MAAC this season.

www.syracuse.com

BTW, Syr MLAX fans: the article says he plays every possession to win that possession. And he played lacrosse in high school. We could use some of that determination on our MLAX team.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I defer to you as I haven't watched as much Siena as you have. Is he really a Power 4 level player or are we looking at someone like Jyare or Carlos when they move up to this level?

it's to be determined. Anyone who tells you that he would be as impacful as he has been, is blowing smoke. Just look at the schools that offered him. He was on nobody's radar. But he's worked hard and now is a much better player.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

it's to be determined. Anyone who tells you that he would be as impactful as he has been, is blowing smoke. Just look at the schools that offered him. He was on nobody's radar. But he's worked hard and now is a much better player.

If he develops into a P4/P5 player, he'll get looks.

 

[djcon57]

I defer to you as I haven't watched as much Siena as you have. Is he really a Power 4 level player or are we looking at someone like Jyare or Carlos when they move up to this level?

The standard has been MAAC level guys need to be like POY level players. Not to say he can’t get there but the MAAC rookie of the week ain’t it

 

[MSOrange]

The standard has been MAAC level guys need to be like POY level players. Not to say he can’t get there but the MAAC rookie of the week ain’t it

I agree with that thinking and that's where my question was kind of leading towards

 

[Irishsecra1]

At this point you're making up reasons to disparage Red. It's weird.

What am I making up?
GMAC was tracking him for years per his interviews.
Doty has won 4 MAAC rookie of the week awards and will probably win MAAC rookie of the year, at least per the media.
And I believe there was an extra scholarship available last year that went unused - unless it went to a walk on?

I am not a fan of Red as a coach, loved him as a player. I didn't think he had the chops to take over the head coaching role. He has shown nothing to prove that I was wrong.

I would have preferred GMAC over him. His results at Siena show initially that I may have been right that he was better prepared than Red to step us to being a head coach. If nothing else, he has introduced a culture that the SU team sorely lacks.

I would have preferred an experienced head coach over Red and GMAC who could hit the ground running

 

[Irishsecra1]

I defer to you as I haven't watched as much Siena as you have. Is he really a Power 4 level player or are we looking at someone like Jyare or Carlos when they move up to this level?

I would place him above Jyare and Carlos.
Is he right now a Power 4 starter? No.
He would be playing significant minutes. Would at the very least be our sixth man.
But that is more an indictment of how badly our kids play.
He is a better defender than anyone on our team and I dare say a better rebounder than any of our guards.

I know the fear is a Power 4 school is going to poach him unless Siena can come up with NIL.

 

[Doc5120]

I would place him above Jyare and Carlos.
Is he right now a Power 4 starter? No.
He would be playing significant minutes. Would at the very least be our sixth man.
But that is more an indictment of how badly our kids play.
He is a better defender than anyone on our team and I dare say a better rebounder than any of our guards.

I know the fear is a Power 4 school is going to poach him unless Siena can come up with NIL.

He's played more defense in 1 game than we have all season. I'd take him for that alone.