I don't agree regarding McDaniels. I think Hop has a really good chance and I don't see him as the type of kid that buys into the Paypal thing. He announced his top 5 with little fan fare and doesn't seem like a look at me kid. I think he is the type of kid that would want to stay close to home. I'm hoping Stewart picks Cuse and McDaniels picks Washington. Then everyone is happy and no one goes to UK or Puke.
It would sting more if Hop steals him because he was the future of the program.
I would prefer to not play against him. Also the more success Hop has the better it is for Syracuse. Nationally he is still linked to us and is introduced as UW head coach and long time Syracuse assistant. Even if you don’t want to root for him which in itself is strange to me you should root for him for our brand
Yes. There is nothing wrong with being naive and a dreamer. Keep being you, HuskyHooper! If Stewart doesn't come to Syracuse, where he would win a NC and enjoy quality chicken riggies, the incredible life of an SU hoops superstar, and a run to a NC, I hope he goes to UW.
I agree. UW is probably the team that I root for when I'm not rooting for SU. Not just because of Hop, but because his success looks good on Boeheim and SU in general. If Capel kills it at Pitt, it makes Coach K look good.
It does impact our brand. He talks about what he is doing as Syracuse West. That is how he pitches it to recruits and what he says. When he does interviews he talks about wanting to bring UW to being an elite program and uses Syracuse as the example. I would agree with you if he had been an assistant for like 6 years or something but the fact he was here for so long and now is having success makes it look like we know what we are doing. If UW makes the tournament this year the people on ESPN will say, "two years after leaving Syracuse as the head coach in waiting Mike Hopkins has moved UW from a 9 win team to a tournament team was named Pac 12 coach of the year last year. That will be in the intro.
I said 20 pages ago that our only shot would be is if he announced his decision in Rochester. I guess upstate NY and his friends and family is not important in his decision. So be it but at least we can move to plan B and it's still January.
I do want Hop to succeed, but not when it comes at our expense! We need a guy like Stewart to restore excitement in this program. The win at duke may put us on the right side of the bubble (for now), but I want to be genuinely excited about this program and not hoping we can squeeze into the dance every year.
Isn't it a prerequisite here to be hostile to all Husky fans?
