Dude is the dictionary definition of a stiff.Very true on McLeod. On a 3 attempt today, I literally watched him rotate downcourt, run behind his man, i.e . further away from the ball, and behind the basket. The ball bounced to where he should have been had he just tracked the ball and crashed the rim.
Not gonna stress this one too much. This was a circle in pen loss when the schedule was released.
Incorrect. He will be judged on how the team with his own recruits does.JJ Starling is Louis McCrosky but worse on the defensive end.
Benny doesn’t belong on the court.
Copeland would be excellent playing at the Rucker but not in organized basketball.
McLeod is the same guy who barely played for a 9 win team last year.
If the players are going to be blamed for not executing Red’s plan then Red needs to sit them immediately, if these guys are executing his plan then he needs to change things up immediately. He needs to realize that his job is going to ultimately depend on this group of sophomores, after last season and through this one thus far I wouldn’t bet on them.
Total substitute teacher vibe with the hoops team.There is a SERIOUS culture problem around the Syracuse basketball program. I thought getting a new coach would help but it has possibly become worse in the short term because Red doesn’t have the same clout with the players as JB did. Any team we play with a tough, cohesive mentality that plays together and with a purpose is going to pound what we’ve seen on the floor the last 10 years basically every time. We aren’t disciplined, we don’t play tough, we don’t play together, we seem like we lack a plan and a purpose on both ends of the floor, we don’t make plays down the stretch of close games, etc etc etc. Those things I mentioned are a sign of a positive culture around a program and we don’t have it in football or basketball and haven’t for a long time. I know it’s Red’s first year and we need to give him time, but the problem is JB held on for too long. Another crappy season or two where we can’t win a quad one game or make the big dance and this program is headed to complete irrelevance just like the football program.
At least he left Manley Fieldhouse for Fran Brown?Question is has Wildhack actually conducted any real coaching search other than women’s bball?
I don’t think there’s a single poster who wasn’t happy with the Girard for Starling swap. If anyone questioned it please bump those posts and get your accolades.JG3 went .500 the last two years as “the guy” (which he wasn’t). Some of you have really short memories
Other than that Mrs LincolnExactly. We have two top 45 recruits in the back court. Look, right now, there is nothing we do well that is good. We don't shoot well. We don't handle the ball well. We don't rebound well. We have played 3 good team and been trucked by all three. We aren't well coached either. Red is trying to find his way. And his style may indeed work. But not with this team. He seems to sub to sub. No real reason to it. This is going to be a long fruitless season. I'm not even sure we are going to get better as the season goes on. We should. But we will see.
huh? I don’t get your point at all. im questioning the people RIGHT NOW. “Knock jg3 all you want but for the most part he accepted the pressure of being the guy.” was what the short memories was about.I don’t think there’s a single poster who wasn’t happy with the Girard for Starling swap. If anyone questioned it please bump those posts and get your accolades.
Rest of the schedule isn’t too scary we’ll see I think we scrape out a .500 ACC record. I don’t see us portaling a brand new team.
i think we were somewhat "stuck" in that you don't purge a player without knowing you can improve upon that roster spot. It's not unreasonable to have thought that some of these players were going to make natural progressions. Also, the notion of the 'Syracuse family' makes it not so much of a cutthroat situation. When Pitino moved into StJ, he was a foreign entity without relationships to the incumbents.At what point do we start to hold the staff accountable? they’re not even competitive. I don’t know why the boosters were so convinced that they had the best man for this job.
Let’s remember- Red wasn’t completely stuck with these players. He re-recruited them hoping they’d stay.
That's not exactly true. At least, the part about the sub 100 ranked players isn't. UVa has talent. FWIW, using the RSCI tables, Beekman was ranked #57, McKneely was #66, Leon Bond III was #78, Elijah Gertrude was #55, and Buchanan was #75. Also, recruiting rankings have to be taken with a grain of salt. Ryan Dunn was ranked #112 and ESPN has projected that he will be the #18 pick in next spring's NBA draft. (Of course, by sub 100, I presume that you mean players ranked outside the Top 100.) That said, Virginia may have returned less experience this year than did Syracuse. Between graduation and expired eligibility, UVa only returned four scholarship players, and Beekman was the lone starter. Furthermore, Beekman and Taine Murray are the only two players with more than one year, if that, of playing experience in Coach Bennett's schemes. Aside from the transfers, Jacob Groves (Oklahoma) and Jordan Minor (Merrimack), everyone else on the team is either a 1st or 2nd yearman (frosh or sophomores to you). UVa has talent, but is very young, and is going to be inconsistent this year. Syracuse was unfortunate to catch them when everything was clicking. The Wisconsin game saw a different Virginia team.Yet UVA continues to get sub 100 ranked players and completely owns us. At some point the talent argument becomes an excuse for the garbage system we throw out there.
I wish it was that case but if we’re bad bad for two years it could be bad news for him.Incorrect. He will be judged on how the team with his own recruits does.
Just curious... What's supposed to happen if he "turns" over the roster?Hopefully Red can turnover the roster come year end. Way to many non P5 players on this team right now. Freeman and choppa will help but they are young and there will be a learning curve. Really hope we didn't swing and miss on Westry, need him to be decent
Just curious... What's supposed to happen if he "turns" over the roster?
Baby steps.At least JJ made a few shots. His form still stinks though.
Kid was better than him and he turtled up (notice no chirping today). Rest of team was impacted by that IMHO as nobody fought in the second half.One of my main takeaways was Judah not matching iron with iron. As soon as he knew he had a great defender on him, he deferred, seemed uninterested in pulling out everything he's got. You know FIRE. He's seemed to have that in the past but I don't know...
I don't know why McCloud is playing ...there is a reason he didn't play at Florida State...play the other two centers ...at leaset we get some athleticism ...and next year go to the portal and get a 3 point shooter from a lower level school!!!PleaseBaby steps.