Rocky Long

[djorange1989]

Cue chaos!!

after Buddy Boeheim graduates next year, Dino takes over the basketball program, Rocky takes over football, and JB becomes Rocky's defensive coordinator. it is SO going to happen

 

[Reyes39]

That article also referenced a salary of 1.2 mil for SU. Seems kind of specific.

As for the "Coach in Waiting" maybe Long is also a basketball coach?

While he has absolutely no college basketball experience, if he was allowed to run his 3-3-5 defense I'd send Jimmy packing. Maybe with the 6 extra bodies we could actually rebound.

 

[TexanMark]

There are a couple of guys who I went to high school with who have a lacrosse school (camp, business, something, I'm not sure) in Kennesaw, GA north of Atlanta. One played for SU. That's probably about an hour or so south of Chattanooga.

Atlanta is nice to visit but traffic is OTT Bad. Only way I would live there is if my work was no more than 2-3 miles away from my house.

 

[djorange1989]

While he has absolutely no college basketball experience, if he was allowed to run his 3-3-5 defense I'd send Jimmy packing. Maybe with the 6 extra bodies we could actually rebound.

if JB had 11 bodies to put out on the floor, he would still play just 5 of them, all for 40 minutes each

ok, back to Rocky!

 

[TexanMark]

after Buddy Boeheim graduates next year, Dino takes over the basketball program, Rocky takes over football, and JB becomes Rocky's defensive coordinator. it is SO going to happen

You forgot Macky will be the new Lacrosse coach and Greg Paulus will be our Football and Basketball Recruiting Coordinator.

 

[reedny]

Step 1, check.

Step 2, open check book (wide).

 

[djorange1989]

You forgot Macky will be the new Lacrosse coach and Greg Paulus will be out Football and Basketball Recruiting Coordinator.

sorry, thanks for filling those in, Mark

 

[Trueblue25]

after Buddy Boeheim graduates next year, Dino takes over the basketball program, Rocky takes over football, and JB becomes Rocky's defensive coordinator. it is SO going to happen

Oh the 2-3 zone with 6’10 180 lb slovakian DT’s in the trenches.

 

[CuseLegacy]

This makes perfect sense with Dino going to Baylor

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Atlanta is nice to visit but traffic is OTT Bad. Only way I would live there is if my work was no more than 2-3 miles away from my house.

Yeah, been there, done that. My commute from Cobb County to Dekalb County wasn't much fun. Then again, when I lived in LA, my commute from Glendale to Arcadia was no bed of roses either. That's why I moved to NJ where traffic is never an issue.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

If Long is out there, there may be a bidding war I’m not sure we’re going to win, unless we’ve already locked him up.

Hey lets stay on thread topic. Texan Mark's favorties cities and 401k Planning!

 

[phil77]

Yeah, this doesn’t look like it’s trending our way. He’s leaving, but not to Syracuse.

Really does anything trend our way?

 

[Whitey23]

Hoke was a 4-3 guy at previous stops. He will likely free up Long's guys to go elsewhere.

 

[Rocco]

If true, why would SDSU brass try to force a HC's hand in changing staff members? The guy was successful... oh and by the way, he's a friggin' football expert, not you!

Cannot stand when the higher ups are the experts, even though they know diddly dack about the intricacies of the game.

 

[orangepassion]

Hoke was a 4-3 guy at previous stops. He will likely free up Long's guys to go elsewhere.

Maybe the guy got it confused and Zach Arnett would be the DC in waiting.

 

[SU68]

Of course. We're Syracuse, nothing ever good happens for us.

Strange, I often see this on the Rutgers and Boneyard boards.

 

[orangeinohio]

There's some chatter on Twitter that he's retiring, but the way it's worded - 'retiring as SDSU football coach' - it sounds like they are trying to say 'resigning'.

 

[Whitey23]

First time I've seen retiring instead of resigning or stepping down. Might be poor phrasing by the AP.

 

[SU68]

That article also referenced a salary of 1.2 mil for SU. Seems kind of specific.

As for the "Coach in Waiting" maybe Long is also a basketball coach?

Who knew that SU could offer the coordinators over a million dollars?

 

[dasher]

after Buddy Boeheim graduates next year, Dino takes over the basketball program, Rocky takes over football, and JB becomes Rocky's defensive coordinator. it is SO going to happen

That is so ridiculous. NO way Buddy graduates next year

 

[Orangello]

First time I've seen retiring instead of resigning or stepping down. Might be poor phrasing by the AP.

He's a state employee. He retires and keeps his pension and associated benefits. Likely fully vested.

 

[upperdeck]

strange to think he would be travelling around to talk to other coaches about stuff and planning on resigning in the same week when he could do all that after stepping down easier.

 

[PhatOrange]

could be contractual language where he has to resign so as to aviod buyouts or whatever else there is to avoid. dont' know just sayin

 

[PhatOrange]

He's a state employee. He retires and keeps his pension and associated benefits. Likely fully vested.

good point

 

[CuseLegacy]

The Coaches Convention is this weekend in Nashville. Maybe he can go and check out the area for retirement.