Thamel: It’s GMac

[sufan59]

I know some wanted an outside candidate but I’m really happy right now and maybe AW will come back to who knows

I want it to be November already lol. Let's get to the games already. Going to be a long summer with portal activity sprinkled in. I just hope they made a positive program changing decision by going in the family anyway, but with the guy I think everyone with a brain knows is the best possible person to turn it around internally if that person even exists. We're about to find out.

 

[AngryOtto]

Here’s my thing: REGARDLESS of who anyone wanted, Gerry deserves to be supported by us. Dude is a Syracuse legend, one of our own and had no part in our issues the last two years.

No argument from me to the should have gone outside the family people, but if he is the guy, the fanbase needs to collectively get behind him until there’s a reason not to.

I agree we will support the team but he will not have any adjustment period with a lot of the fan base because he was a legacy hire. Whether it’s fair or not it just not being better than Red. He has to take us to the tournament next year or the boo birds will be extremely loud and hostile. People will fill it was a mistake and if it happens JB will blame the university and everyone else.

 

[Briancuse]

Honestly, I wouldn’t want Hodgson after he chose to go to Providence. Providence is a nice school but it does not compare to Syracuse University.

He went to Providence because boeheim said no.

 

[cuseguy]

Gerry may not have the flashy resume like some other coaches, but he has something that a lot of coaches lack: passion and heart.

A team generally plays like its coach, as I’m sure Siena did and Syracuse will under his guidance.

That means something. It’s an intangible you can’t teach. It’s instilled.

Gerry is a winner. Everywhere he’s been. High school. Syracuse. Siena.

Give him your support.

Go Orange!!

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Gerry may not have the flashy resume like some other coaches, but he has something that a lot of coaches lack: passion and heart.

A team generally plays like its coach, as I’m sure Siena did and Syracuse will under his guidance.

That means something. It’s an intangible you can’t teach. It’s instilled.

Gerry is a winner. Everywhere he’s been. High school. Syracuse. Siena.

Give him your support.

Go Orange!!

Posts like this are what makes it hard to take the pro Gerry fans seriously. Really? No one else has passion or heart? That’s just ridiculous.

 

[jsarney33!!]

I believe Gmac is a great hire.! If Cuse can be in the top 1/3 in the ACC for NIL there's no reason why we can't pack that Dome with 30,000 fans again.!! Weaponize that DOME as a great home field advantage like it used to be.!

 

[bpo57]

I don’t know that he was my choice, but over the past two years he has shown two things:

1. A clear upward trajectory. His career has momentum and if we miss him this cycle there’s a pretty decent chance we’d lose him forever and his success elsewhere would seed envy.
2. An ability to scheme defense. People are quick to dismiss the Duke game, but the way he mixed double teams with zone was expert and tactical and left even the Boozer twins looking lost at times. For a long team people wanted Boeheim to ditch zone thinking it was out of date. Gerry and half a dozen other teams this year have shown that zone is alive, it just needed an evolution that is arriving.

His offense is, at best, a B-. The asst coach hire will be critical, but I suspect the relatively lower salary he is getting will give us our absolute choice there.

An initial report on compensation stated $14 mil/5 years. IF that # is correct then that kinda dough goes a long way in Central NY. Boeheim may have a new neighbor.

 

[albanycuse]

Gerry may not have the flashy resume like some other coaches, but he has something that a lot of coaches lack: passion and heart.

A team generally plays like its coach, as I’m sure Siena did and Syracuse will under his guidance.

That means something. It’s an intangible you can’t teach. It’s instilled.

Gerry is a winner. Everywhere he’s been. High school. Syracuse. Siena.

Give him your support.

Go Orange!!

Yup and listen to some of his post game interviews. He understands what needs to be done and his players respect him. Nothing like what mess we just experienced. He gets his players to buy into his vision and what he expects out of them.

 

[crv1728]

6 three pointers in the NC game

And I always thought it could have been more if he didn’t crash into the scorer’s table and bruise his ribs. Anyone know the rest of that story?

 

[Toga]

 

[Scooch]

And I always thought it could have been more if he didn’t crash into the scorer’s table and bruise his ribs. Anyone know the rest of that story?

Years and years ago I sat next to a former Villanova assistant coach at the Big East tourney. We got to chatting. He knew Gerry from his high school days in Scranton.

The story was that when SU got into the locker room at halftime of the title game, up 18, the enormity of the moment hit Gerry. He kinda freaked out, got super tight, and struggled in the second half. I mean, he was 18 and in the national title game. So I totally get it.

 

[zjscuse]

It’s a big gamble but if he succeeds it’ll be one of the greatest stories in sports and we will have our coach for atleast the next 30 years. I’m all for throwing all the chips into the center of the table. If this works the dome will be absolutely rocking again.

 

[AngryOtto]

I know some wanted an outside candidate but I’m really happy right now and maybe AW will come back to who knows

From everything previously said he did not really donate that much money. In his post did not say he will donate real money.

 

[Wrinkle]

I think the problem a lot of people are having is that we didn't see Gerry as our 2nd or 3rd choice -- we saw him as like our 20th

 

[Orangefan1]

From everything previously said he did not really donate that much money. In his post did not say he will donate real money.

He has no reason not to it’s a new chancellor new AD and a coach he loves he has no excuses anymore

 

[Symphony Steve]

I hopedhopedhoped that we would cut the umbilical cord from Boeheim.

I felt that we absolutely needed that clean break.

Of course I'll root for GMac. But, gotta admit, I'm sorta half in and half out.

 

[Consigliere]

Just curious. For those on the “must be outside the “family”” brigade, since the Siena - Duke game was likely the first time you watched one of GMac’s teams play, what specifically would have made you feel the coach was just another Boeheim clone? And before you say playing his starters too much consider 2 key reserves were out with injuries, a third was limited and a starter was declared ineligible prior to the start of the postseason. Siena had 9 players average 10+ mpg.

 

[Blanko97]

Gerry may not have the flashy resume like some other coaches, but he has something that a lot of coaches lack: passion and heart.

A team generally plays like its coach, as I’m sure Siena did and Syracuse will under his guidance.

That means something. It’s an intangible you can’t teach. It’s instilled.

Gerry is a winner. Everywhere he’s been. High school. Syracuse. Siena.

Give him your support.

Go Orange!!

Plenty of coaches have passion and heart, you see it every single game in the tournament. We were the odd one these last few years, not the norm

 

[kirbivore]

I want to schedule Providence to crush Hodgson. Bounty payment for someone to tumble "accidentially" into the Friars bench and bloody his nose.

 

[Teddy19]

I hopedhopedhoped that we would cut the umbilical cord from Boeheim.

I felt that we absolutely needed that clean break.

Of course I'll root for GMac. But, gotta admit, I'm sorta half in and half out.

I get it, but I feel like we're getting Gerry in spite of the connection to Boeheim, rather than because of it. I'm more excited about getting the fiery competitor he was as a player, which he would have been with or without JB.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Just curious. For those on the “must be outside the “family”” brigade, since the Siena - Duke game was likely the first time you watched one of GMac’s teams play, what specifically would have made you feel the coach was just another Boeheim clone? And before you say playing his starters too much consider 2 key reserves were out with injuries, a third was limited and a starter was declared ineligible prior to the start of the postseason. Siena had 9 players average 10+ mpg.

He hasn’t beaten a serious team. Ever. He put a good game plan together for the duke game, but does ANYONE here believe duke wouldn’t mop the floor with Siena if they played again? It would have been nice to see him win a game he was expected to lose.

 

[swish7]

Welcome home GMac.

 

[jr4750]

He hasn’t beaten a serious team. Ever. He put a good game plan together for the duke game, but does ANYONE here believe duke wouldn’t mop the floor with Siena if they played again? It would have been nice to see him win a game he was expected to lose.

I’m with you. His team played well in the first half and ultimately lost. Sure he was out talented, but his coaching did not overcome that. So what are we buying here.

 

[SuFTW]

Years and years ago I sat next to a former Villanova assistant coach at the Big East tourney. We got to chatting. He knew Gerry from his high school days in Scranton.

The story was that when SU got into the locker room at halftime of the title game, up 18, the enormity of the moment hit Gerry. He kinda freaked out, got super tight, and struggled in the second half. I mean, he was 18 and in the national title game. So I totally get it.

How would a Villanova coach know that? I don’t think Gerry would be telling that story.

 

[twinight]

I’m with you. His team played well in the first half and ultimately lost. Sure he was out talented, but his coaching did not overcome that. So what are we buying here.

lol "Why didn't he simply COACH the five players he had to beat the top team in the tournament?"