Siena recruiting/Mid-major recruiting

[superjohn]

Gerry McNamara is putting together a great class at Siena. Ryan Moesch and Parrish Edmond are not at all your typical MAAC level freshmen recruits. I expect both of them to show out there and get a serious bag at a high major in the future. I expect more kids to do this now with the way things are currently set up.

The way things are set up it hurts mid-majors in retaining players but they're also getting kids they never would've gotten with the way things used to be.

 

[Inyatkin]

Very interesting, no doubt, but the fact that he chose Siena over Providence gives it that extra comedic edge

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Over/under of Gerry Mac taking over Syracuse has got to be 1.5 years at most.

 

[alexd]

I guess Siena had as good a chance as anybody, ehh??? 😉

 

[pj]

Gerry Mac has to prove he can develop these guys and get them portal and NIL offers. It's a good strategy for him, and for the players, if he can.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Gerry Mac has to prove he can develop these guys and get them portal and NIL offers. It's a good strategy for him, and for the players, if he can.

He's already starting to prove that. Overall, the team last year had just 6.2% roster continuity. Siena had four 10+ ppg scorers last season which included one freshman, two non-D1 transfers and a guy who jumped from 3 ppg the previous year to 13 ppg his first year w/ Gerry Mac.

 

[Chin Diesel]

This is the true farm system.

It doesn't make sense for high major D1 teams to pay money for 3 or 4 star recruits to sit on the bench for two years.

Spend money on proven commodities (transfers) and high demand instant impact recruits.

Mid-majors and low majors (Like Siena or Suracuse) are a perfect landing spot to develop college freshmen and showcase them before they move on to a higher caliber ball.

 

[Matrim55]

Gerry Mac has to prove he can develop these guys and get them portal and NIL offers. It's a good strategy for him, and for the players, if he can.

God, this guy's gonna end up back at 'Cuse, isn't he? That'd do a lot to rekindle my hatred.

 

[alexd]

God, this guy's gonna end up back at 'Cuse, isn't he? That'd do a lot to rekindle my hatred.

It could be worse. It could be Devendorf.

 

[AllHusky]

God, this guy's gonna end up back at 'Cuse, isn't he? That'd do a lot to rekindle my hatred.

That fire went out??

 

[Chin Diesel]

It could be worse. It could be Devendorf.

McNamara has a possibility of competence running a program. I'd have no such expectations for Devendorf.

 

[gsmooth]

Gerry Mac has to prove he can develop these guys and get them portal and NIL offers. It's a good strategy for him, and for the players, if he can.

This is the recruiting strategy more or less that Jim Mora is doing for UConn Football.