Hubert Davis Seat is Less Hot Than Autry on 2/12/2025

[sufan59]

College basketball hot seat becomes a bigger talking point as March nears

Adrian Autry of Syracuse simply can't be losing to Miami if he wants his job to be safe and secure. Other coaches are also on the hot seat.

collegesportswire.usatoday.com

Atleast according to College Sports Wire USA Today.

 

[phil77]

"Coaching jobs at high-powered basketball schools are not training programs or internships. You either develop players and win or you don't."

 

[hoopsupstate]

Wow! Pretty damming remarks. Can’t say I can argue with anything they said. I feel bad for Red because he cares and is a good guy, but it’s a results driven sport. I have to say I’d be shocked if SU fired him, but they have to be very uneasy at the moment.

 

[hoopsupstate]

It’s time someone asks JW about the current state of the program. He did with Dino. There are so many jobs open this year that it’s going to be a chase for the best coaches. With BC and NC in trouble, there could be five or more coaching jobs open in the ACC. I do think there’s a certain highly regarded coach who’s just waiting for the SU job to open.

 

[jdubs30]

It’s time someone asks JW about the current state of the program. He did with Dino. There are so many jobs open this year that it’s going to be a chase for the best coaches. With BC and NC in trouble, there could be five or more coaching jobs open in the ACC. I do think there’s a certain highly regarded coach who’s just waiting for the SU job to open.

Please tell me it’s Hodgson

 

[SwagSocks]

Please tell me it’s Hodgson

I still don't understand the Hodgson love affair. I am not saying he is a bad coach but any stretch, but what exactly has he done to make him a sure fire P4 coach? Win 20 games last year?

I get Ark St is 9-3 in conference and in first place, but there are FIVE teams at 8-4 right on their heels. This Ark St team could easily finish middle of the conference. This is who you want to throw all your resources at?

Look at Pat Kelsey's and Nate Oats' resumes compared to Hodgson before they made the jump.

Kelsey at Winthrop and Charleston won their conference regular season multiple times, and brought both schools to the NCAA tournament twice.

Oates made 3 NCAA tournaments with Buffalo, and won a game in the tournament twice.

I need to see way more before crowning Hodgson the savior of Syracuse basketball.

 

[hoopsupstate]

With all the coaching changeover going on in the ACC, hiring the correct guy could instantly get you near the top in the conference.

 

[phil77]

I still don't understand the Hodgson love affair. I am not saying he is a bad coach but any stretch, but what exactly has he done to make him a sure fire P4 coach? Win 20 games last year?

I get Ark St is 9-3 in conference and in first place, but there are FIVE teams at 8-4 right on their heels. This Ark St team could easily finish middle of the conference. This is who you want to throw all your resources at?

Look at Pat Kelsey's and Nate Oats' resumes compared to Hodgson before they made the jump.

Kelsey at Winthrop and Charleston won their conference regular season multiple times, and brought both schools to the NCAA tournament twice.

Oates made 3 NCAA tournaments with Buffalo, and won a game in the tournament twice.

I need to see way more before crowning Hodgson the savior of Syracuse basketball.

I think Hodgson reminds everyone of Fran....

-Great Recruiter (Oats #1 recruiter)
-Learned under Oats for years
-Runs a modern offense
-He is intense on the sidelines
-He is from the northeast so has ties to the area
-He also recruited Freeman and White to Bama (good chance to keep them)
-He wouldn't cost a lot

On the surface, he checks a ton of boxes

 

[hoopsupstate]

I think Hodgson reminds everyone of Fran...

-Great Recruiter (Oats #1 recruiter)
-Learned under Oats for years
-Runs a modern offense
-He is intense on the sidelines
-He is from the northeast so has ties to the area
-He also recruited Freeman and White to Bama
-He wouldn't cost a lot

On the surface, he checks a ton of boxes

He grew up in Western, NY. He has ties to the area.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I still don't understand the Hodgson love affair. I am not saying he is a bad coach but any stretch, but what exactly has he done to make him a sure fire P4 coach? Win 20 games last year?

I get Ark St is 9-3 in conference and in first place, but there are FIVE teams at 8-4 right on their heels. This Ark St team could easily finish middle of the conference. This is who you want to throw all your resources at?

Look at Pat Kelsey's and Nate Oats' resumes compared to Hodgson before they made the jump.

Kelsey at Winthrop and Charleston won their conference regular season multiple times, and brought both schools to the NCAA tournament twice.

Oates made 3 NCAA tournaments with Buffalo, and won a game in the tournament twice.

I need to see way more before crowning Hodgson the savior of Syracuse basketball.

Got to fall in love with somebody.

 

[SwagSocks]

I think Hodgson reminds everyone of Fran...

-Great Recruiter (Oats #1 recruiter)
-Learned under Oats for years
-Runs a modern offense
-He is intense on the sidelines
-He is from the northeast so has ties to the area
-He also recruited Freeman and White to Bama
-He wouldn't cost a lot

On the surface, he checks a ton of boxes

I get all that. But on the surface wasn’t Autry a lot of these things? I am a results person, not a surface person

 

[phil77]

I get all that. But on the surface wasn’t Autry a lot of these things? I am a results person, not a surface person

Outside of recruiting Autry is none of those things.

 

[sufan59]

I still don't understand the Hodgson love affair. I am not saying he is a bad coach but any stretch, but what exactly has he done to make him a sure fire P4 coach? Win 20 games last year?

I get Ark St is 9-3 in conference and in first place, but there are FIVE teams at 8-4 right on their heels. This Ark St team could easily finish middle of the conference. This is who you want to throw all your resources at?

Look at Pat Kelsey's and Nate Oats' resumes compared to Hodgson before they made the jump.

Kelsey at Winthrop and Charleston won their conference regular season multiple times, and brought both schools to the NCAA tournament twice.

Oates made 3 NCAA tournaments with Buffalo, and won a game in the tournament twice.

I need to see way more before crowning Hodgson the savior of Syracuse basketball.

I wouldn’t crown Hodgson the savior, a step in a different and right direction. I think we will play harder all the time, I think we can afford him right now, I think he can recruit, he grew up a Syracuse fan that is an outsider, and he’s young.

 

[kingtidge]

College basketball hot seat becomes a bigger talking point as March nears

Adrian Autry of Syracuse simply can't be losing to Miami if he wants his job to be safe and secure. Other coaches are also on the hot seat.

collegesportswire.usatoday.com

Atleast according to College Sports Wire USA Today.

Once the national media hot seat coverage starts and ramps up, there is no hiding for JW and the school.

The articles yield talking points and those talking points will start working into the national gameday coverage when we're losing, etc.

We have the first salvo and I am sure it will not go unnoticed.

And to be fair, given where we are at, you don't get comfortably beaten by Miami without at least a first salvo at this point.

I know the school sent JAB out last week to try and get out in front of this sort of talk, but these things percolate organically based on results, as they should. There's only so much a little spin can help...

 

[Jack_Ball]

"Coaching jobs at high-powered basketball schools are not training programs or internships. You either develop players and win or you don't."

Someone send that to Athletic department cuz the board has been saying that for a while now

 

[ClamOtto]

I wouldn’t crown Hodgson the savior, a step in a different and right direction. I think we will play harder all the time, I think we can afford him right now, I think he can recruit, he grew up a Syracuse fan that is an outsider, and he’s young.

I agree. He's got potential and it could be a home run, but it's far from a sure thing that he'd dominate the ACC when his teams haven't dominated the Sun Belt. If Arkansas State loses in the conference tournament I wouldn't be surprised to see him stay to try to get his value up.

 

[kingtidge]

I agree. He's got potential and it could be a home run, but it's far from a sure thing that he'd dominate the ACC when his teams haven't dominated the Sun Belt. If Arkansas State loses in the conference tournament I wouldn't be surprised to see him stay to try to get his value up.

A P4 program will hire Hodgson this offseason... He's on a lot of "potentials" lists.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Last night sucked and all that but Miami did look way better than 1-11.

 

[Fly Rodder]

I think Hodgson reminds everyone of Fran...

-Great Recruiter (Oats #1 recruiter)
-Learned under Oats for years
-Runs a modern offense
-He is intense on the sidelines
-He is from the northeast so has ties to the area
-He also recruited Freeman and White to Bama (good chance to keep them)
-He wouldn't cost a lot

On the surface, he checks a ton of boxes

Leveled up on his wife game too. He always be closing.

 

[AcAndAc]

Last night sucked and all that but Miami did look way better than 1-11.

I am sure playing against 5 of us would make Miami look better also. Upsets happen. The issue is when it is not even clear that a 1-11 team beating you is actually an upset anymore. If Duke lost to Miami = upset. We were not even favored.

I make this comparison too often... but this is GERG all over again. The year we upset Louisville, we then lost to some MAC team (Miami, I think) the next week.

Syracuse fans are negative, but we are always also trying to be positive. Give us anything. A win over BC and we are talking about what would happen if we win out. And then we cannot even beat the worst team left on the schedule. AND make them look good in the process.

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

Last night sucked and all that but Miami did look way better than 1-11.

Yeah, because of their opponent.