Siena Basketball: GMAC / Blackwell / AO

[donniesyracuse]

 

[texascpa]

GMac and Siena now have a larger lead on Duke than Syracuse did in their game.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Siena by 6 at the 2nd break

 

[cuseinseattle]

It was nothing against Siena. They are playing well. I am saying Dukes in trouble against anyone without those 2 guys.

Totally agree. Thry are in a tough region too

 

[Ozone!]

Sienna 43 -Duke 32 at the half!

 

[atlanticuse]

when does Syracuse play?



… November

 

[cuseinseattle]

Gerry showing boeheim what a short bench really is

 

[atlanticuse]

Gerry showing boeheim what a short bench really is

No hockey shifts?

 

[FloridaCuse]

 

[FloridaCuse]

 

[FloridaCuse]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[FloridaCuse]

 

[chadvader]

The more i think about it the more I realize that Gerry has to be the guy.

You need a coach who is a killer. Red was not that. But you saw Gerry do that for 4 years as a player and now at Siena he did it too. Gavin Doty isnt the most gifted player on the court but nobody outworks him. That is the intangible that Gerry brings.

Let him get some better players who fit his mentality and the program will be back.

You were all jackin off over Hodgson and yet he just got waxed by Louisville while Siena gave Duke a battle with 5 guys.

A young Pitino.

 

[chadvader]

The more i think about it the more I realize that Gerry has to be the guy.

You need a coach who is a killer. Red was not that. But you saw Gerry do that for 4 years as a player and now at Siena he did it too. Gavin Doty isnt the most gifted player on the court but nobody outworks him. That is the intangible that Gerry brings.

Let him get some better players who fit his mentality and the program will be back.

You were all jackin off over Hodgson and yet he just got waxed by Louisville while Siena gave Duke a battle with 5 guys.

A young Pitino.

And no this isnt from a half. I went to Siena. I missed probably 3 halves all season. You see it every game.

 

[orangeinohio]

Whether it happens this year or next, Gerry seems ready to move to a bigger stage.

I thought there was no chance that one winning season in the MAAC was enough to warrant consideration for SUHC but what do I know?

 

[chadvader]

Whether it happens this year or next, Gerry seems ready to move to a bigger stage.

I thought there was no chance that one winning season in the MAAC was enough to warrant consideration for SUHC but what do I know?

My question is what is he going to learn in a year at the A-10 or American that he doesn’t already know from playing days, and days being an assistant at Syracuse?

 

[rhcuse]

He is building something really special at Siena. I’d like to see him stay there for 2-3 more years and make a Sweet 16.

Keep the staff, maybe add an offensive asst., keep the roster together (bags will be coming for Doty and Folefac), get Coyle a grad year if he wants it, fold in the ‘26 class, get guys back from injury, and add 1 or 2 from the portal.

That whole experience will only make Gmac better able to replicate it at SU in a few years. And it gives Blair time to bulldoze the staus quo and pave a runway for modern change that would better allow Gerry to thrive in 2028 or 29.

Downfall is it means renting a coach for 2 years of bottom dwelling and building a nil campaign on hope. And hope is not a strategy.

 

[chadvader]

He is building something really special at Siena. I’d like to see him stay there for 2-3 more years and make a Sweet 16.

Keep the staff, maybe add an offensive asst., keep the roster together (bags will be coming for Doty and Folefac), get Coyle a grad year if he wants it, fold in the ‘26 class, get guys back from injury, and add 1 or 2 from the portal.

That whole experience will only make Gmac better able to replicate it at SU in a few years. And it gives Blair time to bulldoze the staus quo and pave a runway for modern change that would better allow Gerry to thrive in 2028 or 29.

Downfall is it means renting a coach for 2 years of bottom dwelling and building a nil campaign on hope. And hope is not a strategy.

Siena doesn’t have the money for that.

 

[orangeinohio]

My question is what is he going to learn in a year at the A-10 or American that he doesn’t already know from playing days, and days being an assistant at Syracuse?

It would be building a body of experience as a head coach.

The biggest question mark with Gerry is will he be a good head coach on a big stage?
His experience is two seasons in the MAAC and only one of them was a winning season.
He has been the head coach for one tournament game.
There is a very obvious risk that hiring him now will not end well.

Thankfully, it’s not my job to assess the level of risk.

 

[chadvader]

It would be building a body of experience as a head coach.

The biggest question mark with Gerry is will he be a good head coach on a big stage?
His experience is two seasons in the MAAC and only one of them was a winning season.
He has been the head coach for one tournament game.
There is a very obvious risk that hiring him now will not end well.

Thankfully, it’s not my job to assess the level of risk.

I get that. But every coaching hire would have risk.

 

[orangeinohio]

I get that. But every coaching hire would have risk.

That doesn’t address my point.
He has little HC experience yet many people are assuming that he is going to be the next great coach at SU. There is very little actual logic to make that jump.
I’m all for enthusiasm with SU fans but reality has the bigger say in this.

 

[chadvader]

That doesn’t address my point.
He has little HC experience yet many people are assuming that he is going to be the next great coach at SU. There is very little actual logic to make that jump.
I’m all for enthusiasm with SU fans but reality has the bigger say in this.

Do you not value his experience as an assistant at the program. To me that helps bridge the gap.

 

[orangeinohio]

Do you not value his experience as an assistant at the program. To me that helps bridge the gap.

There’s kind of a big difference between being an assistant and running the show.

I’m good if he gets the job.
I don’t think that it’s a slam dunk.
We’re talking many millions of dollars.
Post game tweets shouldn’t be in the equation.

 

[chadvader]

There’s kind of a big difference between being an assistant and running the show.

I’m good if he gets the job.
I don’t think that it’s a slam dunk.
We’re talking many millions of dollars.
Post game tweets shouldn’t be in the equation.

There are no slam dunks though.