If I were Autry

[Newhouser]

Seriously, GMAC (whom I love as a Syracuse legend so no hate here) was so sought after, that he went to a program that won 4 games last year

And we all know there were other factors involved in the Red choice that made Gmac a non-starter. Wildhack, who I rarely defend, had no choice once internal was the path chosen.

 

[Dcuse]

Seriously, GMAC (whom I love as a Syracuse legend so no hate here) was so sought after, that he went to a program that won 4 games last year

Doesn’t exactly sound like love to me.

 

[djcon57]

Doesn’t exactly sound like love to me.

loving something doesn’t mean lying about it like people like you think.

I love Syracuse basketball. I don’t have to pretend it’s in great shape.

love GMac, but he got hired by Siena, not some big name school. Just accepting reality

 

[Cheriehoop]

Seriously, GMAC (whom I love as a Syracuse legend so no hate here) was so sought after, that he went to a program that won 4 games last year

Perfect match. A program that was good, has fallen on hard times looking for a savior. They were in the NCAA’s in 2008,2009,2010. They have had a number of head coaches hired for P5 programs after achieving success at Siena. Mike Deane, Paul Hewitt, Louie Orr, Fran McCaffrey etc had all started their D1 careers as head coaches at Siena. Rob Lanier went to SMU and Rice. If GMac has success there, he will be a hot name and get a P5 program to lead. They have a 14,500 seat arena and are looking to be relevant again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena_Saints_men's_basketball

 

[Dcuse]

loving something doesn’t mean lying about it like people like you think.

I love Syracuse basketball. I don’t have to pretend it’s in great shape.

love GMac, but he got hired by Siena, not some big name school. Just accepting reality

So he’s not a good coach then….right?

 

[djcon57]

Perfect match. A program that was good, has fallen on hard times looking for a savior. They were in the NCAA’s in 2008,2009,2010. They have had a number of head coaches hired for P5 programs after achieving success at Siena. Mike Deane, Paul Hewitt, Louie Orr, Fran McCaffrey etc had all started their D1 careers as head coaches at Siena. Rob Lanier went to SMU and Rice. If GMac has success there, he will be a hot name and get a P5 program to lead. They have a 14,500 seat arena and are looking to be relevant again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena_Saints_men's_basketball

All of this is fantastic. I hope he kills it and have been rooting him on. And I hope he’s ready for a big job in 5 years or whatever.

But can we all agree the Siena job isnt a big time job? Or do we have to pretend

 

[djcon57]

So he’s not a good coach then….right?

Nope. He’s just not ready to be a head coach at the level of the Syracuse job.

 

[Dcuse]

Nope. He’s just not ready to be a head coach at the level of the Syracuse job.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up for me. Sounds like you have a keen athletic director type eye for these things.

 

[Cheriehoop]

All of this is fantastic. I hope he kills it and have been rooting him on. And I hope he’s ready for a big job in 5 years or whatever.

But can we all agree the Siena job isnt a big time job? Or do we have to pretend

How many young assistants not even associate head coaches, get big time jobs for their first coaching jobs unless it’s at the place they are already an associate head coach or an assistant? Why so negative? What job did you expect him to land to impress you?

 

[djcon57]

How many young assistants not even associate head coaches, get big time jobs for their first coaching jobs unless it’s at the place they are already an associate head coach or an assistant? Why so negative? What job did you expect him to land to impress you?

its negative to suggest GMac isn’t ready for a job the level of Syracuse? Bizarre.

Hop went to WASHINGTON.

im not the one suggesting we made a mistake not hiring GMac. Take it up with them.

i think Siena is the perfect place for him right now

 

[Cuseball]

its negative to suggest GMac isn’t ready for a job the level of Syracuse? Bizarre.

Hop went to WASHINGTON.

im not the one suggesting we made a mistake not hiring GMac. Take it up with them

I agree with Djcon (and we haven’t always seen eye to eye on everything). I love GMAC and he is one of my all time favorite Cuse players. I think gmac will develop into a very good coach. I do think he would have been a better choice than Autry but feel that neither he nor Autry should have been handed the keys to the Cuse. We were once a big time program. We want to get there again and I would have preferred a national search and finding either a proven coach or a national known recruiting dynamo. We needed to start fresh

 

[kcsu]

Why not Bernie.

 

[Cheriehoop]

its negative to suggest GMac isn’t ready for a job the level of Syracuse? Bizarre.

Hop went to WASHINGTON.

im not the one suggesting we made a mistake not hiring GMac. Take it up with them.

i think Siena is the perfect place for him right now

Huh? Who said he was? Not me - I never said anything about it. You just seemed to take offense and make assumptions because I said something positive in saying ihe was a perfect match first and how many coaches went to major D1 schools through Siena. it’s a good spot to have success and be rewarded for it. Hop was the associate head coach here before heading to Washington, GMac wasn’t.

 

[djcon57]

Huh? Who said he was? Not me - I never said anything about it. You just seemed to take offense and make assumptions because I said something positive in saying ihe was a perfect match first and how many coaches went to major D1 schools through Siena. it’s a good spot to have success and be rewarded for it. Hop was the associate head coach here before heading to Washington, GMac wasn’t.

Did you read the thread before responding to my post?

The comment was “If I were Autry Id call GMAC and tell him they picked the wrong guy”

My response was the idea that neither were the “right guy” and the fact that GMac went to Siena was a suggestion that he might not be ready for this level of job.

You then responded with a wiki link to Siena basketball.

I don’t take “offense” but I did question your post because you responded to my post. Usually if once quotes a post, the response is to something said in the post.

Nothing I said in any post was negative. However there are posts in the thread calling the current coach and his staff a “clown show”. Guess that’s positive?

 

[BillSU]

Coach them.

You can coach but you can't put the ball in the basket for them. It's all on them.