Hop brought back for next year at UW….

[Jake]

Unless something changes drastically.

49 points tonight at home vs UCLA. That’s two bad losses in a row at home.

His teams consistently struggle to score.

I don’t see how they bring him back next year.

 

[kcsu]

Unless something changes drastically.

49 points tonight at home vs UCLA. That’s two bad losses in a row at home.

His teams consistently struggle to score.

I don’t see how they bring him back next year.

Agreed. He has really struggled.

 

[Cuse1055]

Be interesting to see where he lands next year.

 

[SUMJF]

If guys like Archie Miller and Tom Crean can get second jobs after failures at Indiana then a guy like Mike Hopkins should be able to get an A-10 type of job after leaving Washington.

 

[CardiacCuse]

If guys like Archie Miller and Tom Crean can get second jobs after failures at Indiana then a guy like Mike Hopkins should be able to get an A-10 type of job after leaving Washington.

he could be a good assistant coach for the Cuse, imo

 

[Sherman20]

Unless something changes drastically.

49 points tonight at home vs UCLA. That’s two bad losses in a row at home.

His teams consistently struggle to score.

I don’t see how they bring him back next year.

Yikes. They had a nice win against a good St Mary’s team in November. But then they lost center Frank Kepnang, who was turning into a defensive force, to a season ending injury in early December. And I think Wash State transfer Noah Williams is also still out due to injury.

 

[two3zone]

Yikes. They had a nice win against a good St Mary’s team in November. But then they lost center Frank Kepnang, who was turning into a defensive force, to a season ending injury in early December. And I think Wash State transfer Noah Williams is also still out due to injury.

He’s had so many bad breaks through the past few years after such a great start. Every year something really bad happens with his players whether it’s injury, grades, character issues.

 

[CuseTG2003]

Hart and Hop would kill it at Cuse

 

[Dcuse]

he could be a good assistant coach for the Cuse, imo

What makes you think that?

 

[RF2044]

We dodged a bullet.

Hop inherited a quality squad from his predecessor, who was a solid recruiter / subpar game coach, and he's struggled ever since once his own players were on the roster.

 

[Cuse181]

We dodged a bullet.

Hop inherited a quality squad from his predecessor, who was a solid recruiter / subpar game coach, and he's struggled ever since once his own players were on the roster.

Maybe he’d be better at a mid major

 

[AZOrange]

He’s had so many bad breaks through the past few years after such a great start. Every year something really bad happens with his players whether it’s injury, grades, character issues.

Yep

 

[Orangezoo]

Hop unfortunately has been worse than Romar who was about as good as they have ever had albeit "good" being relative. Hop might still get over. 500 this year but doesn't change much

 

[Cuse_NYC]

I take Hop back here as HC in a heartbeat… bring in some good assts. Maybe a Tim Welsh type? Unless we really do a national search, which with our luck, won’t happen, we’ll have much better players with him at the helm. Freshman recruits and transfers.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

We dodged a bullet.

Hop inherited a quality squad from his predecessor, who was a solid recruiter / subpar game coach, and he's struggled ever since once his own players were on the roster.

He brought in Stewart and Mcdaniels. We can’t near that quality of recruit.

 

[Orangefan1]

Unless something changes drastically.

49 points tonight at home vs UCLA. That’s two bad losses in a row at home.

His teams consistently struggle to score.

I don’t see how they bring him back next year.

That’s sad

 

[cliftonparksufan]

We dodged a bullet.

Hop inherited a quality squad from his predecessor, who was a solid recruiter / subpar game coach, and he's struggled ever since once his own players were on the roster.

I wonder what his career would be like if his first coaching job would have been on the East Coast. Could he have replicated the trajectory of someone like Kevin Willard with jobs and future promotions at the MAAC/Big East/Big Ten levels.

 

[RF2044]

He brought in Stewart and Mcdaniels. We can’t near that quality of recruit.

And had a losing record en route to a LAST PLACE Pac-12 finish that year. BFD.

 

[Niastri]

he could be a good assistant coach for the Cuse, imo

Associate head coach, Lead Recruiter or some such... We'd have to do three things to get him to agree:

1) Hire a head coach who is unquestionably not his peer or less in experience. Hiring away another power conference head coach with a history of success. He's not going to be assistant to Autry or McNamara.

2) Pay him like a mid major head coach.

3) Publicly state that he's our next head coach if the current guy moves on.

I think it's extremely improbable, but money talks and we have underpaid our coaching staff for generations, so maybe this is the time to really pull the trigger on some coaching offers people can't refuse.

 

[atlanticuse]

We dodged a bullet.

Yeah look at how dominating the Syracuse program - including the Boeheim duo (trio?) has been since Hop joined UW.

 

[atlanticuse]

Now look at the prior six years, with Hop as AC,

 

[OrangeDW]

Yeah look at how dominating the Syracuse program - including the Boeheim duo (trio?) has been since Hop joined UW.

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104-74 vs. 94-81.

Syracuse has been better.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Around and around we go!

 

[RF2044]

Yeah look at how dominating the Syracuse program - including the Boeheim duo (trio?) has been since Hop joined UW.

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You're right -- we've sucked too. In no small part due to the talent pool slipping at Syracuse post-Hop.

But when Hop had two NBA starters on his team during the season referenced above, he came in last place.

No thanks.

 

[atlanticuse]

104-74 vs. 94-81.

Syracuse has been better.

Not directly comparing record v record better.
But we WERE better with him on the bench - and recruiting trail - and practice.