I don’t know I am split on that decision, but let’s not pretend Hart isn’t a risk as well. If he doesn’t get the job it also doesn’t mean he wasn’t offered.
Who isn’t saying this?
Difficult to get a lot of kids to head West. Hop got few, but it’s hard to remain consistent with that trend. Most kids want to play closer to home. Hop is clearly the best recruiter of our in house candidates. And the only way we’re turning this around is to upgrade recruiting in a serious way. This current class is fine but we need to do a lot better.
I don't know about "fine". I think this type of class is ok if it is bookended by much stronger classes. Not going to make any noise in the ACC if this class is the norm going forward.
I would go Hop over Hart based on the idea that Hop has proven to recruit the North East well and Jason Hart has never been out here as a coach and is a California guy. Even if J Hart took the job which I think is very unlikely I actually think he is more risky.
I’d think Gmac is behind Autry as well, but JB seemingly is positioning this another way. Like someone else mentioned, Hop can and has proven to recruit in this area while Hart hasn’t.
Assuming they both interview well and are both willing to take the job, I would go for Hart personally. Keeps it in the family while being separated enough to bring something new here tactically. And I think you could pair him with East coast guys to spread our recruiting map out a bit.
Interesting numbers. I don't want to look at the actual numbers, I am lazy in that way. But, we should probably throw out his best year as well, just to be fair. But, anyway, consider that his mean record 20-13. One could say that he would recruit better at Syracuse than he has at Washington, considering his east coast connections and the perceived (at least by me) advantages of recruiting to Syracuse (Dome, ACC...). With better players, maybe that means 1 or 2 more wins per year, so average year of 22-11? I guess it could be argued that the conference is better and that may offset the better recruiting. Ok, so taking in all of that, if you have made it this far, you will probably realize that I am just throwing a bunch of meaningless crap against the wall and I've wasted nearly a minute of your precious time. Any more than a minute, and you need to learn to read faster. So, anything over a minute is on you, not me.
You have to hugely discount the covid year too.
Ok, you’ve used hugely and bigley in the same day. Congratulations on your hole in one.
I’m game, on what?
What about it Ed Cooley? He’s a guy who could really take the next step at a place like Syracuse. I think Willard could work, too, but I don’t think it’s realistic as there’s probably too much bad blood there with JB over Taurean, Kadary and other issues.
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.
I don't get what people see in Willard. His teams can't score and he keeps losing in the tournament early. We are trying to get away from mediocrity. His record screams it. I think Maryland fans will be sick of him after a year.
Sorry, one quibble: Pitino is not a member of the SU family.
Well, I get your point but he sorta is. First JB ass't. For those of us old guys and girls, who were around then, we look at him as a Syracuse guy. He loved his time at Syracuse. I do know that.
I mean…what?
