What I'm hearing

[GoCuse14]

That cuts to the heart of it, given all the comments about his plan and his assistant choices. Why indeed?

Maybe read the post just above yours

 

[Alsacs]

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Survey from Pac-12 media.
Washington is a top half Pac-12 job.

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[cliftonparksufan]

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Duck Fuke!!!

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

You think hiring Hopkins would deflate the fan base? Honest question

I think it would be the opposite. Most fans don't follow this stuff like those of us on here. He's a familiar and well liked guy.

 

[Scotch]

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Louisville over NC is madness.

 

[Bayside44]

Fair enough. If Hop is the choice it won’t by the worst hire. I am just being constructively concerned.

If I remember correctly the job was so Mike’s that Coach K sent him a bottle of champagne to congratulate him.

 

[PoppyHart]

4 college basketball coaches make 5 million a year.
K, Calipari, Self and Beard.
Jay Wright make just under 5 million.
You just love not doing any research.
Good job good effort buddy.

Bruce Pearl is making bank now.

 

[PoppyHart]

It shouldn't!!

There will be people that are pissed but come on those will be fans much like those that post "Mark Few, Jay Wright, Rick Pitino, Billy Donovan, Brad Stevens" should be the coaches that Syracuse should reach out to whenever JAB leaves his post.

Hop is a top recruiter nationally. People reference how Washington performed with Stewart and the gang. They had no point guard after Quade became ineligible. Everyone here should have a decent idea how a college basketball team looks/performs without a point guard!!!!!

From what I gathered here Hop was the one that was trying to get the SU staff to move on from QG and then gets let down royally by him out at UW. Talk about irony...

Who was their PG to start that season? Didn’t Green sit out the 1st half of the year as a transfer?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

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6 ACC programs have a better facility than the Melo center?

 

[Dcuse]

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FACILITIES... 7 ?????

 

[Dinkyspond]

RE: Hop I'm don't think he could get us back to 2009-2014 level, but I think him + good assistant coach could get us to between that level and what we've been from 2015-2022. That would be totally fine with me

Not for me. Sick and tired of being a bubble team or less. Selection Sunday shouldn't be a rosary bead, white knuckler day. Selection Sunday should be about what seed are we getting and where are we going.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

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I was told by many posters in another thread that BC was not a bottom feeder, and was relevant in the college basketball landscape……….

 

[orange79]

6 ACC programs have a better facility than the Melo center?

They accidentally built a great one at Clemson. Loose change from Dabo's pockets.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I absolutely understand the concerns of many here, and I wish Hop was available while he was having amazing success at U-Dub, but this is me if he's hired:

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Unimpressed?

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Alsacs, you are my favorite poster. Truth. You keep it lively around here.
I just find myself beginning to call out some of the bullsh!t that I see. And not just from you.
Does not mean I am always right, either.

You're, on occasion, pragmatic. This is not one of those times or topics.
You, too, make some of your posts personal. Likely as much as anyone here or at least close to it.

My Coach FLJ analogy EXCLUSIVELY spoke to Jake's question as it whether a Hopkins hire would be deflating.

She was here 5-6 years. It is a very popular hire.
A Hopkins hire -- 25+ years in the making -- would go so far beyond, yet you said it would deflate, as that is part of your narrative.

For the better part of 15 years, Mike was one of the 3-4 most recognizable people living in the city of Syracuse. And his personality fit the part. He knows just about everyone. Syracuse is not NYC or DC or LA. People in CNY remember their own. They appreciate loyalty, talent and dedication.

Hopkins' return as HC to replace JAB would be the story of the year in Syracuse/CNY. Cannot wait.

My Dawn Staley line was a dig at your Mark Few take. #NotPragmatic

HCFLJ is Syracuse born and raised. Greatest player in school history. Coming home to the only place she has wanted to be. There is a difference.
If we are in house, I'm good with Mike. Otherwise, let's go outside. Either way, LGO.

 

[Toga]

I agree. And, considering the fact that the next coach will probably fail, I would like to throw my hat in the ring. I am figuring it would take 3 years to successfully expunge the "guy following the guy" bad mojo. I would take a 4 year deal...you know so as to not hurt recruiting...at a bargain rate of $2.5 million. I, like JB, would give the home town discount. I am not from Syracuse, but the Utica area is close enough. I would have an AWESOME radio show. I would give great interviews. I would play both man and zone defense. I only have one son, and he is like 5'10" so obviously, I would only let him play 25-30 minutes per game. If someone could pass this along to JW, I would appreciate it.

Can you be surly in pressers?

 

[Toga]

I mean…what?

He interrupted his honeymoon to recruit for us. Hey, bet you haven't heard that story.

 

[kcsu]

Hop could change the narrative if he bounces back next year with a twenty win season.

Hop is perfect for SU. I find it so interesting that so many dont understand that the school, the region, the area, culture matter. There are only a handful of coaches that can be consistently successful regardless of school or location.
Saben, .Self are two examples.
There are dozens of coaches that dont do well outside of their zone.
Joe Moorhead, Tom C , are a couple of examples.
Hop is another.
Hop will kill it at SU. I hope SU throws the kitchen sink at him. Id take him over Oats, and everybody else including Few. Jay is the only guy outside our program id take over Hop

 

[kcsu]

Someone looking at SU from the outside looks at Syracuse as nothing more than a middle of the pack ACC program. This is with a Hall of Fame coach. There’s not a lot of pressure. Being average has been ok since moving to the ACC. So many schools in the east have passed us by since leaving the Big East. You can easily say Villanova, Providence, Seton Hall, UCONN, Iona, and even Colgate has moved passed us. That’s not much pressure to uphold.

BS

 

[Toga]

Coach Floor Burn

 

[UpstateSM]

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Dook being 13 for admissions requirements is hilarious. Kids that play basketball at fake high schools reclass into there a month before classes start.

Also 7 seems about right for our facilities. The Melo is great but I don’t think it’s anything special in today’s college basketball.

 

[syrBossHogg]

Not for me. Sick and tired of being a bubble team or less. Selection Sunday shouldn't be a rosary bead, white knuckler day. Selection Sunday should be about what seed are we getting and where are we going.

I don't think you read my post. I said I wouldn't expect us to be a yearly top 3 seed under Hop but I think he can do better than a yearly bubble team. I'd expect 5-8 seed under Hop, like UConn is now except we wouldn't lose in the 1st round.

 

[syrBossHogg]

Dook being 13 for admissions requirements is hilarious. Kids that play basketball at fake high schools reclass into there a month before classes start.

Also 7 seems about right for our facilities. The Melo is great but I don’t think it’s anything special in today’s college basketball.

Yup it's nice but not state of the art anymore

 

[Toga]

I don't think you read my post. I said I wouldn't expect us to be a yearly top 3 seed under Hop but I think he can do better than a yearly bubble team. I'd expect 5-8 seed under Hop, like UConn is now except we wouldn't lose in the 1st round.

Or have an A-hole as a coach.

 

[dasher]

BS

Yeah, after all, Providence has 1 trip to the second weekend in the last 10 years, so of course they have passed us. I didn't bother to look up the Hall.