how many years do we have to pretend

[jdubs30]

If we're being completely honest, JB should've taken a page from the book of his buddy Jim Calhoun and known when to step aside voluntarily. He should've wanted to watch his kids play from the stands instead of the sideline.

Calhoun left UConn in September essentially forcing them to hire Ollie. He strong armed them too

 

[Sherman20]

I would love Shaka Smart

He’s from Wisconsin and has Marquette rolling. I don’t see him coming here. But maybe he’ll want to be in a P4 conference.

 

[Sherman20]

Is he the one who said Carlos’s advanced metrics were great? Then hard pass. I just lived through the Chaim Bloom era as a Sox fan, I don’t need a repeat of that with SU hoops.

No. Kline wasn’t on staff yet.

 

[Sherman20]

FYI in regards to Marquette -

To wit, Marquette is the only power conference program that has not brought in a Division I transfer in any of the past three seasons. In 2024, Marquette was one of two power conference programs not to accept a transfer. (Purdue was the other.)

Shaka is a fantastic coach

Tyler Kolek, their star PG from the past two years, was a transfer from George Mason.

 

[Oakland]

He’s from Wisconsin and has Marquette rolling. I don’t see him coming here. But maybe he’ll want to be in a P4 conference.

Smart was the guy that I wanted but JB needed to quit 1-2 years earlier for the timing to be right.

 

[phil77]

He’s from Wisconsin and has Marquette rolling. I don’t see him coming here. But maybe he’ll want to be in a P4 conference.

Would probably have to overpay to get him to come.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Who is a realistic option to follow the current staff?

I say we hire Upstate.

He had posted awhile ago that he wants to get into coaching. $15 an hour with no buyout.

He also owns his own bus. Solves the air travel problem.

We kill two birds with one stone with his hire.

Get a new coach AND save money.

 

[Blanko97]

I say we hire Upstate.

He had posted awhile ago that he wants to get into coaching. $15 an hour with no buyout.

He also owns his own bus. Solves the air travel problem.

We kill two birds with one stone with his hire.

Get a new coach AND save money.

Big fan of the bus owner strat

 

[kcsu]

First, your point needs to be clarified that it’s not how it works *at Syracuse*, in your opinion, unless you’re ascribing that same point to every program, which you wouldn’t be able to know.

Second, the evidence so far is showing that Red taking over has not stopped our downward spiral. So whatever his role as a coach was during our downturn with JB isn’t changing the program’s trajectory after his ascension to HC.

Wrong. The foundation of any program is recruiting and Red has made incredible progress since taking over