DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on May 22, 2013 14:14:17 GMT -5
I think Mr. Magoo is looking forward to coaching against Louisville, Duke and NC..... If and when he retire the Shaka Smart and Brad Stevens of the world will come running. Why, exactly? Did the world come running when Jim Calhoun left? Or Gary Williams? Or John Thompson? The challenge Syracuse faces post-Boeheim is whether the sucesses were a reflection of the coach or the program at large. Different scenarios are in the mix. 1. The "There's Nothing There Anymore" Argument: A program built on a coach will be good only as long as that coach or his progeny is there. Is Syracuse basketball simply Boeheim's creation? Yes, there was a Syracuse tradition with Roy Danforth and coaches before him, but does it morph into LSU post Dale Brown, or Arkansas after Nolan Richardson, where the successor cannot match the star power under any circumstances? 2. The "Too Much Power" Argument: A program built on a coach exercising decades of control is, by nature, curtailed in his successor. Kevin Ollie does not get the slack that Jim Calhoun got at UConn, and the next coach at Duke might not get the blank check Mike Krzyzewski earned. Does Syracuse want to reign in the program with a change? 3. The "Set A New Example" Argument: Syracuse has been whistling past the graveyard of NCAA enformcent for years. If the sins of the past catch up with this program, how much rebuilding will be forced upon it? That Bill O'Brien has been able to keep Penn State football from turning into a I-AA program is nothing short of remarkable, but football has more of a built-in program longevity. 4. The "Perpetual Success" Argument: It could be argued by some that Syracuse is at a level with UNC, Duke, Louisville, etc.: success is expected to such a degree so that any drop-off would be brief and no stone will be left unturned to get it back. But can Syracuse be perpetually good when there are three other ACC schools with larger budgets ahead of them similarly committed to this? 5. The "Who Drives The Bus" Argument: Until 1980, Syracuse was a football school. If Syracuse puts its eggs into the ACC football basket, does it relegate basketball to second chair, as Georgia Tech and BC have done? The job is for Mike Hopkins. After that, who knows.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on May 22, 2013 15:00:54 GMT -5
I think Mr. Magoo is looking forward to coaching against Louisville, Duke and NC..... If and when he retire the Shaka Smart and Brad Stevens of the world will come running. There is exactly 0% chance that Brad Stevens or Shaka would leave to go to Syracuse. Boeheim is the program up here, and when he leaves there will be a significant drop-off, particularly now that they are in the ACC and have to travel hundreds of miles for virtually every away game. The fans know it is coming, and are desperate for another title before Boeheim retires. And yes, probably one more year, absolutely no more than two.
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skyhoya
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Post by skyhoya on May 22, 2013 15:12:04 GMT -5
sorry I brought up Mr. Magoo, can we get back on track with Brandon transferring to K State?
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Post by FrazierFanatic on May 22, 2013 15:23:27 GMT -5
sorry I brought up Mr. Magoo, can we get back on track with Brandon transferring to K State? Not much more to be said - and a good Magoo/Slime Nation discussion always livens up the off-season.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on May 24, 2013 19:31:53 GMT -5
Not at all certain if Alford is as good or better than other options, but through all of the second-guessing that I have heard here in SoCal about the Alford hire, I have not really heard many people suggesting that the school should have kept Howland. His success notwithstanding, it was time for him to go. His style was certainly not conducive to the job he took and the high visibility that goes along with coaching at UCLA. Most importantly, despite all of his success on the court, the interest in the program was continuously down and it was rare to see sell-outs at a school that used to take these for granted. I'll echo this. I was not enthralled with Alford's selection at the time, and nothing has happened in the last few weeks to change my mind. Agree, though, that Howland's time was up. The local high school coaches had had it with him, and the fans had cooled to him, despite the fact that he let this year's team play. I give Alford three years, and he'll be out the door. Hope he proves me wrong.
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