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Mike Hopkins, Syracuse, new head hoops coach

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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    RaceBannon said:

    KrishVashon is a LIFE LONG SYRACUSE ORANGE FAN?

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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    dnc said:

    Gladstone said:

    HC Mike Hopkins (former Syracuse assistant)
    Assistants Jason Hart (USC) Tim Otoole (Cal) Will Conroy (on staff)

    Is this confirmed?

    If so I like that he got three west coast guys on his staff. This should help with the "he's not one of us" pushback. If he brought in a bunch of east coast assistants this could be tough. Conroy obviously makes total sense, and Hart is a brilliant choice, west coast kid who went to Syracuse. I don't know much about Otoole but Monty is brilliant. Good stuff.
    confirmed now
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Shenexon said:


    Gladstone said:

    dnc said:

    Gladstone said:

    HC Mike Hopkins (former Syracuse assistant)
    Assistants Jason Hart (USC) Tim Otoole (Cal) Will Conroy (on staff)

    Is this confirmed?

    If so I like that he got three west coast guys on his staff. This should help with the "he's not one of us" pushback. If he brought in a bunch of east coast assistants this could be tough. Conroy obviously makes total sense, and Hart is a brilliant choice, west coast kid who went to Syracuse. I don't know much about Otoole but Monty is brilliant. Good stuff.
    confirmed now
    I wanted to mention as well that Hopkins dad is a UW alum. Makes no real difference but does provide a little perspective on a connection that Hopkins feels with the university and community.
    That doesn't make him any better or worse of a coach, but it's pretty cool. May make it more likely he stays if he's successful.
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  • pat_hm
    pat_hm Member Posts: 941
    NeGgaPlEaSe said:

    Nice Dawgman style late to the game thread
    What a horrible hire. How is he different that Conroy or B Roy? I love paying assistants to fucking learn on the job, as if we didn't learn once. He's a failure, UW hoops resets on 5 years, 5 more years of futility, he's a succes... he bolts for greener pastures (Hi Sark)

    How is he different than Conroy or Broy? You can't be that fucking stupid or can you? You would rather have a former player, who could barely make it into UW, who has coached ONE FUCKIN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL over the head coach in waiting of a legit college basketball power, that has won a natty, who has been to the final four two of the last four years, coached USA basketball with Coach K and was a highly successful recruiter in the most competitive basketball recruiting area in the country? What are you 16 years old? Jesus.
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  • pat_hm
    pat_hm Member Posts: 941
    Further, if you were in the camp that "we need hire someone with Romar ties so we can recruit Seattle" you're a moron and should go back to dawgman. We needed a completely fresh start and Hopkins is a great fit. He will recruit Seattle just fine. Go look at where Hakim Warrick, McNamara, Jonny Flynn, Scoop Jardine, Dion Waiters, Michael Carter-Williams and Rakeem Christmas are from. Some pretty rough areas on the east coast with MUCH more recruiting competition from legit programs. All Romar would have to beat out is Zona and UCLA and the players were his and he still FAILED.

    This is a home run hire and the skeptics will soon realize we got a legit head coach who will take us back to the top of the Pac12. With that said we're a football school so I don't really care all that much but it's nice to actually have a competent HC leading the other revenue sport. Go dawgs.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    edited March 2017
    pat_hm said:

    Further, if you were in the camp that "we need hire someone with Romar ties so we can recruit Seattle" you're a moron and should go back to dawgman. We needed a completely fresh start and Hopkins is a great fit. He will recruit Seattle just fine. Go look at where Hakim Warrick, McNamara, Jonny Flynn, Scoop Jardine, Dion Waiters, Michael Carter-Williams and Rakeem Christmas are from. Some pretty rough areas on the east coast with MUCH more recruiting competition from legit programs. All Romar would have to beat out is Zona and UCLA and the players were his and he still FAILED.

    This is a home run hire and the skeptics will soon realize we got a legit head coach who will take us back to the top of the Pac12.     With that said we're a football school so I don't really care all that much but it's nice to actually have a competent HC leading the other revenue sport. Go dawgs.

    Chinned for the first paragraph. The bolded line is doog city.

    Both you and Nega need to LIFPO.
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  • rodmansrage
    rodmansrage Member Posts: 6,376
    nsiap:




    also, im going to lipo until hopkins nearly kills players during an offseason workout, alienates the local media, or has a handful of coaches get DUIs.
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  • FremontTroll
    FremontTroll Member Posts: 4,744
    rodmansrage said:

    nsiap:




    also, im going to lipo until hopkins nearly kills players during an offseason workout, alienates the local media, or has a handful of coaches get DUIs.
    Or? Short leash.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,029
    FremontTroll said:

    rodmansrage said:

    nsiap:




    also, im going to lipo until hopkins nearly kills players during an offseason workout, alienates the local media, or has a handful of coaches get DUIs.
    Or? Short leash.
    You gots to have some bathroom sex with Joey's waitresses or it's not worth the risk.
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  • kansacuse
    kansacuse Member Posts: 5
    He's a class act and knows the hardwood inside and out. Get ready for a little zone, but he learned from the best zone guy in the country. I would be surprised if he's 100% zone like Boeheim. He will do you right Huskies. I will root for you because of him, sorry he didn't take over at Cuse. Every player loves him and the big names out of SU for the past 15 years are because of him. He is a recruiting dynamo!
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