Inside Syracuse’s rough off-season: How portal misses and a lack of NIL money led to a lost year

[kingtidge]

I’ve posted this before. Tom Jurich had the stones to fire Louisville legend Denny Crum back in 2001. He said it was incredibly difficult and he angered a lot of boosters and Crum allies but had to be done. Crum was only 65 and had one two national titles (to JB’s one). But Crum had fallen farther and had a number of losing seasons, whereas JB had been to two recent Final Fours in 2013 and 2016. Jurich also had Pitino waiting in the wings, which no doubt softened the blow. Still, it might behoove Wildhack to pull the plug now and take your lumps. You gotta have the courage to make the tough calls.

ESPN.com - ncb - Jurich seeking Crum's retirement

Ex-Louisville AD Tom Jurich says ending Denny Crum’s tenure was his hardest moment

Former Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said that forcing Denny Crum into retirement was the right decision, but the hardest one he made.

www.courier-journal.com

It's ben reported here by ITKs that it's not Wildhack's decision to make (i.e. Chancelellor/BOT).

 

[Scooch]

I’ve posted this before. Tom Jurich had the stones to fire Louisville legend Denny Crum back in 2001. He said it was incredibly difficult and he angered a lot of boosters and Crum allies but had to be done. Crum was only 65 and had one two national titles (to JB’s one). But Crum had fallen farther and had a number of losing seasons, whereas JB had been to two recent Final Fours in 2013 and 2016. Jurich also had Pitino waiting in the wings, which no doubt softened the blow. Still, it might behoove Wildhack to pull the plug now and take your lumps. You gotta have the courage to make the tough calls.

ESPN.com - ncb - Jurich seeking Crum's retirement

Ex-Louisville AD Tom Jurich says ending Denny Crum’s tenure was his hardest moment

Former Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said that forcing Denny Crum into retirement was the right decision, but the hardest one he made.

www.courier-journal.com

The JB situation was weirder than just about any other circumstance of a long-time coach nearing the end of his tenure because we had the complication of a 75 year old coaching his son(s).

Honestly, I'm not upset that Autry's going to get a third season. The past year has been so badly bungled on-and-off the court that there's copious rationale to let him go now.

But I also understand that SU wants to give him one last chance with a much more robust infrastructure in place around (understanding several of those deficiencies are of Red's own making).

We'll know how this all goes soon enough. It's just one season, and SU seems willing to accept the short term hit to revenue.