re: Confirmed: Syracuse hiring Gerry McNamara

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That is a long time when you consider the portal.

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Well, Boeheim was not at the top of his game when he was basically forced into retirement. But you also have to consider that his teams went to the Final Four in 2013 and 2016 and the Sweet 16 in 2018 and 2021. Not exactly a long run of mediocrity. Money factors pretty heavily into the portal. Like Roy Williams, Jay Wright and Mike Krzyzewski, I don't think Jim was made for this era of college sports. Syracuse went with Red Autry over Gerry as Jim's successor and he proved to be a pretty lousy head coach. McNamara is built different, and I think he'll be fine.

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Start a list of alums that didn't work out as coach of their school. Hubert Davis, UNC Johnny Jones, LSU Tennessee women's basketball hired 2 alums after Summitt retired and both got run.

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A list of some of those who did work out:

Roy Williams, UNC
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse
Gary Williams, Maryland
Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State
Matt Painter, Purdue
Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State
Jamie Dixon, TCU
Lorenzo Romar, Washington
Ernie Kent, Oregon
Mark Gottfried, Alabama
Anthony Grant, Dayton
Speedy Claxton, Hofstra
Mick Cronin, Cincinnati
Bob Huggins, West Virginia
Gale Catlett, West Virginia
Chris Mack, Xavier