Goodbye and Thank you 🙏

[sju79#]

I wanted to say good bye and thank you to an amazing community of great fans but even better people.
My time working with and helping young men over 32 years has been incredibly rewarding and i've loved sharing my insight to such passion and loyal fans like are on this board.
However as the landscape has changed and it's become a business so do my responsibility to the kids and the families I represent. From just advising and coaching kids to now helping them secure situations that can help them in unimaginable ways have been incredible, now unfortunately the information I share may both violate legal and more import to me loyal obligations.
As you watch Vice and see things please remember we are dealing with young people.
I have enjoyed interacting with all of you and been in awe at the sense of community and caring for each other not during the good times but in the hard one. When people get sick or need help, physically or mentally you all step to the front of the line, pls don't ever change.
I'm not egotistical enough to think i'll be missed or that this won't fall on deaf ears I just wanted to thank you all. As my close friend the late Malik Sealy used to say to me "basketball has given me everything, none more valuable then friendships."
Thank you all for your lasting and invaluable friendships

 

[paultzman]

I wanted to say good bye and thank you to an amazing community of great fans but even better people.
My time working with and helping young men over 32 years has been incredibly rewarding and i've loved sharing my insight to such passion and loyal fans like are on this board.
However as the landscape has changed and it's become a business so do my responsibility to the kids and the families I represent. From just advising and coaching kids to now helping them secure situations that can help them in unimaginable ways have been incredible, now unfortunately the information I share may both violate legal and more import to me loyal obligations.
As you watch Vice and see things please remember we are dealing with young people.
I have enjoyed interacting with all of you and been in awe at the sense of community and caring for each other not during the good times but in the hard one. When people get sick or need help, physically or mentally you all step to the front of the line, pls don't ever change.
I'm not egotistical enough to think i'll be missed or that this won't fall on deaf ears I just wanted to thank you all. As my close friend the late Malik Sealy used to say to me "basketball has given me everything, none more valuable then friendships."
Thank you all for your lasting and invaluable friendships

I wish you well my friend, will miss your posts and insight tremendously.

 

[dk423]

A true must read on the board. Will be missed, and appreciate all the contributions over the years

 

[Section9]

You're the best, period.

 

[BrookJersey Redmen]

Thanks for the post and great posts over the years. Why exactly is the reason for leaving.

 

[RedStormNC]

Sorry to see you go sju79. Thank you.

Understand you can't post about specific kids/school engagements but hope would be you can consider continuing to share general perspective when if opportunities allow without feeling conflict.

 

[DanFF6]

Thank you SJU79! Of all the great posters I have had the pleasure to read over the years, I looked forward to your posts the most. Wishing you all the luck and success for your current and future endeavors! I don’t know why you are leaving the SJU community, but you referenced how your responsibilities to the kids and families you represent have changed as the landscape of college sports has become more of a business. The article below seems to punctuate that point. Coach Pitino going from the living room to the negotiation table to sign new talent says it all, in my opinion. Thanks again for your insights and input! You will be sorely missed!

Big East Notebook: Pitino shuts down high school recruiting | Seton Hall hoping for burst | Sorber injury update

Big East Notebook: Pitino shuts down high school recruiting | Seton Hall hoping for burst | Sorber sustains injury

www.nj.com

 

[bucketshardy]

 

[redmannorth]

Thank you very much for your contributions sju79, rest assured you will be missed.
Best of luck in all of your future endeavours.

 

[NCJohnnie]

Thanks so much for all your thoughtful posts over the year SJU79. Not only were they full of insightful info but more importantly always well meant with respect to the players. You’ll be missed big time.

 

[SJU85]

Thank you for your valuable input over the years and wish you well.

You will be missed.

 

[SJUNC]

Your insight will be missed. Thought maybe it was going beyond a paywall !

 

[bucketshardy]

After further consideration… I do not accept your resignation

 

[Knight]

Thanks for all your contributions. I hope you will keep an eye on our site and contribute some thoughts that won’t violate your situation.

 

[Anthony Mattia]

I wanted to say good bye and thank you to an amazing community of great fans but even better people.
My time working with and helping young men over 32 years has been incredibly rewarding and i've loved sharing my insight to such passion and loyal fans like are on this board.
However as the landscape has changed and it's become a business so do my responsibility to the kids and the families I represent. From just advising and coaching kids to now helping them secure situations that can help them in unimaginable ways have been incredible, now unfortunately the information I share may both violate legal and more import to me loyal obligations.
As you watch Vice and see things please remember we are dealing with young people.
I have enjoyed interacting with all of you and been in awe at the sense of community and caring for each other not during the good times but in the hard one. When people get sick or need help, physically or mentally you all step to the front of the line, pls don't ever change.
I'm not egotistical enough to think i'll be missed or that this won't fall on deaf ears I just wanted to thank you all. As my close friend the late Malik Sealy used to say to me "basketball has given me everything, none more valuable then friendships."
Thank you all for your lasting and invaluable friendships

Don't leave....I don't care if you don't share inside information. You have, and share, a great weath of basketball knowledge and I personally look forward to your post game thoughts more than the peek behind the curtain you have supplied.

I understand if you feel you can't stay, but I am someone that has zero inside knowledge, knows no players and still posts my thoughts on games, correctly or not.

I hope you will revise your stance to post like the rest of us and know we will all respect you not sharing information on the players.

If not, please know you have my respect and you will be missed here.

 

[Howie71]

Farewell and THANK YOU to the 'EF Hutton" of this board! You will be missed.

 

[CBA69]

I wanted to say good bye and thank you to an amazing community of great fans but even better people.
My time working with and helping young men over 32 years has been incredibly rewarding and i've loved sharing my insight to such passion and loyal fans like are on this board.
However as the landscape has changed and it's become a business so do my responsibility to the kids and the families I represent. From just advising and coaching kids to now helping them secure situations that can help them in unimaginable ways have been incredible, now unfortunately the information I share may both violate legal and more import to me loyal obligations.
As you watch Vice and see things please remember we are dealing with young people.
I have enjoyed interacting with all of you and been in awe at the sense of community and caring for each other not during the good times but in the hard one. When people get sick or need help, physically or mentally you all step to the front of the line, pls don't ever change.
I'm not egotistical enough to think i'll be missed or that this won't fall on deaf ears I just wanted to thank you all. As my close friend the late Malik Sealy used to say to me "basketball has given me everything, none more valuable then friendships."
Thank you all for your lasting and invaluable friendships

Your posts will be missed.

 

[stjohnnie75]

Just change your handle and come back with less info to share

 

[Beasts of the East]

This is such a classy post from a guy who in his time here elevated this board.

I can see why he is leaving. We dish a lot of stuff here sometimes with little or no knowledge of fact. We sometimes take opinions, form them into faulty facts, then heap judgment on top of that.

Someone in the know reads it and wants to set the record straight. Players, their families, and friends read this stuff that csn be downright hurtful and a guy like sju79 wants to protect his guys. Sometimes the truth dissipates the fiction but at the expense of disclosing info that belongs within the circle, not outside.

Clearly SJU79 felt uncomfortable in this role and we all understand. Sometimes I hear stuff I wish i didn't know because the urge to.repeat is sometimes too great

 

[RipDumaine 132]

Thank you for everything you have contributed to our community. Your exit exemplifies that the kids will forever come 1st over anything else. Good luck in your continuance of mentoring and being a role model for not only the kids but for us as well...most of us are older and enjoying a kids game...but sometimes we need to be reminded they are still kids...I'm not the same person I was 18-24 years old. For the better....again good luck and Go Johnnies!