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REB1094 said:
Right decision to get rid of him instead of extending the suffering

Syracuse hasn’t made the tournament since a fluke run in 2018. Since moving to the ACC, they have an equal amount of double digit finishes in conference than top 5 finishes (2 each). This is a team that is limping and not operating from a position of strength, they need to nail this hire and start a full rebuilding job

The home run hire is Schertz, but he will likely pick a bigger name program. The rest of their top options are former players Hop and GMac? Lots of uncertainty ahead!
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They made the sweet 16 in 2021.
 
superjohn said:
Jeff Borzello says the three names he's hearing are (McNamara, Schertz, Hodgson) and another name to watch is Luke Murray.
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Borzello has probably been reading those 3 names from insiders on the Cuse board for the last three months. Josh Schertz has already turned down K-State thru back channels and is looking for a much better situation than he would find at Syracuse. It’s going to be Hodgson unless someone with major muscle on the BoT forces the Hop decision.

FWIW, Wildhack is out on July 1 and his replacement hasn’t been chosen. There’s an open HR complaint filed against Heather Lyke, who is being considered for the job. Total mess. Anyone taking the HC job is rolling the dice if the open AD spot isn’t resolved prior.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
It’s obviously gonna be Hodgson, they won’t go for the Boehiem guy again, and it won’t be a first time head coach(Young/Murray). I would be beyond shocked if it’s anyone else.
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I think the only way it's not Hodgson would be if he picks elsewhere, and I don't think he's picking elsewhere.
 
Hodgson reps my tiny little undergrad and my main grad school, so I’m excited for him. But being in WNY and attending Cuse for grad school for a year, while being a UConn fan, I’m a bit torn because I like them being envious of our success. But lots of WNY people in my era grew up loving Cuse so Hodgson apparently is in that ilk.
 
Huskyforlife said:
It’s obviously gonna be Hodgson, they won’t go for the Boehiem guy again, and it won’t be a first time head coach(Young/Murray). I would be beyond shocked if it’s anyone else.
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I agree it's going to be Hodgson but I don't agree with all the Cuse people saying it needs to be him, he's a star, and he's the no brainer choice.

Guy has been a head coach for three seasons and he took over a USF program that was 16-2 in the American and who was ranked at the end of the season. They had tragedy with the passing of Abdur-Rahim but he wasn't taking over a dumpster fire. He took over a program that already was turned around by the previous coach.
 
UConnJim said:
I think Murray and Young should target a mid major school that has advantages over their conference mates so that they can develop as a head coach. I think it is a big ask to turn around Syracuse as a first time head coach which has a multitude of program issues that need to be addressed.

A school like Syracuse needs to hire a coach with a proven track record of winning like Villanova did with Willard.
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I agree and disagree. If you are Murray or Young, you probably won't do any better than Cuse. They've struggled and everything else, but that's a team that has a major history. Why go and win at a mid-major or something so that you can get a bottom-feeder job at one of the power conferences and get fired in three years? Syracuse basketball still carries some weight, and I think it would be an easier rebuild there than going to a Rutgers-type school.

That being said, if I'm 'Cuse, I'm absolutely going after someone with experience and not a first-time head coach, regardless of their Asst pedigree. Hodgson is someone I'd definitely be interested in if I were 'Cuse. He's young, he's won at both schools he's been at, has Final Four experience as an assistant with 'Bama, where he was apparently the lead recruiter, and he's pretty local to 'Cuse.
 
They need to name a new AD before they name a new coach. Rumors of Nick Carparelli taking the job. Cheshire guy. WPI guy then Syracuse grad school

Have to let the new AD make the decision.
 
Huskyforlife said:
It’s obviously gonna be Hodgson, they won’t go for the Boehiem guy again, and it won’t be a first time head coach(Young/Murray). I would be beyond shocked if it’s anyone else.
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This is correct, and the reason that I will be rooting for Siena to make a big Cinderella run (unless of course they go up against the good guys)
 
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One of the problems facing programs trying to find a coach in 2026 is that "turning around" mid-major programs isn't as impressive as it used to be. If you're in a league like the Sun Belt, AAC, or even A10, pretty much every half decent roster is going to get raided every offseason. That means all it takes for a coach to succeed is finding a program that has slightly more resources than everyone else, and boom, you're at the top of your league. But you're only at the top because somebody has to be.

That's not to say someone like Hodgson or McNamara can't coach (Hodgson having USF on the cusp of the top 50 is impressive no matter how you spin it), but it's a BIG step up from the lower levels to the major leagues now - even more than it used to be.

I know half this board is clamoring for UConn to join the Big 12, but I think this Cuse coaching search is pretty instructive of how conference can make a program more or less attractive. Cuse is a huge brand with one of the biggest fanbases in the sport, and yet its top candidates as of now are all guys with little to no head coaching experience. That's a recipe for disaster in a league where you're a second class citizen at best.
 
I would think hiring someone with no head coaching experience to replace a coach who had no head coaching experience and failed would be a risky move for Syracuse.

I'm fully aware that we will lose both Luke and Kimani at some point, but they are in interesting situations as a) they won't take a job just to say they are head coach. It will need to be where they won't be setup to fail, which eliminates about 1/3 of the power conference schools and 70% or so mid-majors. They also are compensated well enough that a number of mid-major jobs could be a step down in pay.
 
superjohn said:
I agree it's going to be Hodgson but I don't agree with all the Cuse people saying it needs to be him, he's a star, and he's the no brainer choice.

Guy has been a head coach for three seasons and he took over a USF program that was 16-2 in the American and who was ranked at the end of the season. They had tragedy with the passing of Abdur-Rahim but he wasn't taking over a dumpster fire. He took over a program that already was turned around by the previous coach.
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That’s all true. He was a star assistant at UB and Bama with Oats, then made Arkansas State good and now has continued with USF, so his track record is more sturdy and consistently upwards. Add in that he’s supposedly a Cuse fan and from up this way, and not a Boeheim disciple, it’s a home run for them as fans.
 
boog204 said:
That being said, if I'm 'Cuse, I'm absolutely going after someone with experience and not a first-time head coach, regardless of their Asst pedigree. Hodgson is someone I'd definitely be interested in if I were 'Cuse. He's young, he's won at both schools he's been at, has Final Four experience as an assistant with 'Bama, where he was apparently the lead recruiter, and he's pretty local to 'Cuse.
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Why would he need FF experience to coach at Cuse?😉
 
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Skiblets said:
They need to name a new AD before they name a new coach. Rumors of Nick Carparelli taking the job. Cheshire guy. WPI guy then Syracuse grad school

Have to let the new AD make the decision.
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Do they name the new AD before Hack retires? The best coaches will be poached by then
 
businesslawyer said:
Huh? You're not disagreeing with me. Given that Luke has never been a head coach anywhere, even a mediocre power conference program is a great first job. (And, based on the Dome and the history, while Syracuse has been mediocre you can easily argue it's an above average power conference job.) It would be a good first job for Luke precisely because they could easily get someone like James Jones. who has already won at a lower level of division 1.
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Good points. I don't think they have enough money right now to pay a big name coach AND pay top recruits in their 3 major NIL sports (Fball and M&W Bball)
But collectives seem to dissolve and form, just like that. Every new season we will see a Vandy- St johns- Nebraska pop up.
 
Id be ok with watching gmac flame out miserably coaching the fruit
 
Sources: Syracuse is targeting Toledo’s Bryan Blair as the school’s new athletic director, with a deal expected in the near future. Blair has been the AD at Toledo since 2022 and has previous stops at Washington State (Deputy AD/COO), Rice and South Carolina.

They are trying to be more like us.
 
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