Seawolves Fans

I have a few expectations for this hire- I'd prefer a local guy who will want to stay here. I think Pikiell really would have stayed here forever but its hard to turn down a Big 10 offer. He loved living here and raising his family locally. Priore, for all his warts, loves being in this area. Despite cost of living and whatnot, Long Island is still IMHO a great place to be. I want a guy with a good pedigree and who can recruit well.

If it were up to me, Speedy Claxton would be my #1 target. He knows NYC and Long Island, was a 1st round NBA draft pick, and seems to be an apt recruiter. He also lives in Dix Hills so you don't have to sell him on Long Island. I'll give Hofstra credit where its due- their team has come a long way with multiple solid recruiting classes.

Jay Young should also get a look but I get the sense that ship has sailed. Again, he's a guy that knows the area and really built the solid Stony Brook defenses that we knew and loved.

I don't love these firms for coaching searches to be honest- I think a comprehensive search by the administration would be sufficient.


 

Nagle has got to get this team turned around. I don't like ultimatums but some improvement this year is critical.

It’s indisputable that Spallina needs to be replaced ASAP. The only question is whether the AD will do his job and make it happen.

I assume you mean Nagle...but yes. This is an elite lacrosse job- he's got to get this team turned around ASAP. He's been here for several years and I have yet to see him have significant success with a non- Sowell recruited team.

That Hofstra game was ugly as heck but a nice win nonetheless- if we had lost that my patience would have been even less

Ugly game to watch. The team had no flow- Vermont has much better team chemistry- they moved the ball extremely well and we were just chucking up horrible 3s for the most part. It's hard for us to win when Cornish is that bad. I hate badmouthing our players but there is a massive drop off from Cornish to McKenzie. I don't know why Ochefu isn't getting more minutes when Otchere is in foul trouble.

The biggest thing that concerns me is Olaniyi's dropoff this year. Some of it is related to Latimer taking an immediately big role but Elijah has not been as good as he was last year. Hopefully he turns it around soon. This team is super young and I knew there would be growing pains but we need to use February to round into form.

Good crowd though- still have a chance to get home court if we take care of business the rest of the way. In my opinion, finishing in the top 2 would be fine.

Tough game but Brown is not a bad team by any stretch. FT shooting was reminiscent of the past

Play that bothered me most was when we were down by 1 and McKenzie took an awful shot as he drove to the hoop.

On the plus side, Ochefu has really taken a huge leap forward this year. Lattimer is going to be all conference sooner rather than later. Jules Moor has been a pleasant surprise. We have a really bright future but this year has the potential to be a good one.

Otchere is still a bit uncontrolled defensively. Olaniyi still looks rusty though. Hopefully both get back on track.

I am really impressed with what Shawn has done with basketball and the other scholarship sports. His decision to extend Priore middle of the season was bizarre and I don't really understand it. There is so much money thrown around college football at mediocre to bad college coaches (Exhibit A: Chris Ash at Rutgers; Exhibit B: Bobby Petrino at Louisville).

There are so many talented kids on this team and I'd love to see them take the next step. Our quarterback situation is going to be really interesting- if we can get a good FBS transfer (which should not be too tough honestly), that could be huge.

I'm a sucker so I'll keep out holding hope for this team to take that next step towards greatness. I'd love for football to take charge but I don't see it barring big changes in how this program does things.

I've taken great pride in the strides taken by seniors such as Julius Wingate who I have been waiting for since his freshman year. It's also been a blast seeing Donny Liotine become a stud FCS player after being hardly looked at coming out of the Stony Brook School. Carbone has also shown he has been more than capable in many games- we have a lot of uncertainty at QB going into next year which is going to be really interesting.

I'm firmly on the Stony Brook bandwagon- I'm looking forward to this next game. Hopefully Carbone gets back on track. This is a winnable game IMHO- I do worry about our guys going all the way to Missouri as its going to be a long trip- the place is >2 hours away from St. Louis. If we win that we then have a trip to Utah in the cards!

To finish the earlier debate, being a fan of this team/players and being critical of coaching are not mutually exclusive.