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Message: [QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 5725659, member: 225"] And so the new chapter is upon us. I leaned towards Schertz but was otherwise somewhat agnostic about the other candidates. And by that, I mean I didn't overwhelmingly favor one over the other really. The gap was not really wide between them. All had their strengths. All had their risks. All of them. SU basketball has become like SU football in a way. You get a Dino Babers who had a good 2 years at a low level then 2 good years in the MAC. Or a Fran Brown (whose story is still being written) who had never even been a coordinator, much less a head coach. That was what our hoops candidate pool boiled down to. Not bad, mind you, but nobody proven at this level. It is with great hope that Gmac changes that going forward. I’m taken back to Winter of 2003. The Orange travelled to Michigan State and no tickets were to be had. I reached out to Jim Boeheim and he sat my family behind the family of a freshman guard from Scranton. Kiyan’s Dad was great and we pulled out a win. Gerry didn’t do much that day, but not long afterwards, he had a shooting spree for the ages as SU beat Kansas for the National Championship. He followed that up with a career that ranks him, to this day, 4th in career scoring, 3rd in assists, and second in steals. He had a long tenure as an assistant, and his jersey hangs in the Dome. He turned around Siena and his Iron Five…guys who would have been escorted off the Duke campus by armed guards had they tried to get a scholarship…gave Duke all they could handle. They played with confidence, effort, and yes, toughness that has not been seen at SU in a number of years. And now it has come full circle. I hope that fans will rally behind him, although I know some will be on his @$$ from Day 1. So, welcome home Coach McNamara. The decision has been made. This SU alum is behind you 100% and I wish you great success. For all of our sakes. [/QUOTE]

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