TJ Cleveland's Role at SJU

[Alex9045]

In all seriousness, what did he do in his time here except being related to CMA? I remember him being touted as a hot, young coaching prospect. Baffles me that he and Van shared the same title of associate head coach.

 

[njfan]

it looked like he ran the final huddle of andersons career at SJU as anderson looked on.... but besides that nothing

 

[Shannon]

it looked like he ran the final huddle of andersons career at SJU as anderson looked on.... but besides that nothing

How do you know that to be true, outside of the final huddle situation?

 

[RedStormNC]

Likely coordinated practices and watched film

 

[RedmanMike]

Unless you go to practices regularly, it's hard to know what most assistants do most of the time. Whatever the many shortcomings were for the Mike Anderson regime, I actually think his staff overall was pretty good. I'm not going to second-guess the assistants.

 

[otis]

In all seriousness, what did he do in his time here except being related to CMA? .

Why does it matter?

It is time to move forward.

 

[sjc88]

It is not uncommon for Coaches to bring their “guys” when taking a job. I don’t really know if that’s true here but… At this point who cares. CMA is the former Coach with his “former” staff.

Hopefully, the “new“ Coach and staff are not far away. We know who that is.

 

[Alex9045]

Why does it matter?

It is time to move forward.

You can move forward and reflect on the past. Nepotism can fly when the results are there. Mitch Richmond and TJ Cleveland? Not so sure they flew.

 

[Alumni Hall]

And Paul Pressey too. But I do hope they retain DOBO Chris Huey…nice guy and excellent at his admin position.

 

[SJU14]

And Paul Pressey too. But I do hope they retain DOBO Chris Huey…nice guy and excellent at his admin position.

Agree with Huey. Great asset to the program and has a good relationship with the players.

 

[redmen4life]

There was a lot of chatter on Arkansas boards that he didn’t bring any value. So take that fwiw….

That being said he has a young family. I don’t know what guaranteed money he has but i hope SJU did right thing by all the coaches and gave them some sort of severance.

 

[Section9]

Deuce II, does that make him double Deuce?

 

[L J S A]

Did Cleveland get let go yesterday, or is he still here until Pitino names his staff?

 

[paultzman]

Did Cleveland get let go yesterday, or is he still here until Pitino names his staff?
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Let’s not sweat the small shit

 

[njfan]

How do you know that to be true, outside of the final huddle situation?

Did you see the finale huddle on camera with Anderson just standing here and him in the middle ... that's how I know lol

 

[SLYFOXX1968]

With a $ 10 million dollar buy out for CMA , no one should worry about any of his staff .

 

[Shannon]

Unless you go to practices regularly, it's hard to know what most assistants do most of the time. Whatever the many shortcomings were for the Mike Anderson regime, I actually think his staff overall was pretty good. I'm not going to second-guess the assistants.

Did you see the finale huddle on camera with Anderson just standing here and him in the middle ... that's how I know lol

Understood that part. How do you know he didn’t do anything? Big assumption on your part.

 

[JohnnyFan]

I think the TJ criticism is a little overdone. He's another class guy and last game was not the only time he ran the huddle. He's another class act. A young dedicated guy with two young boys. I wish him the best.

 

[NCJohnnie]

I think the TJ criticism is a little overdone. He's another class guy and last game was not the only time he ran the huddle. He's another class act. A young dedicated guy with two young boys. I wish him the best.

100%, let's just move on. Negativity sucks.

 

[SJUDave]

I think the TJ criticism is a little overdone. He's another class guy and last game was not the only time he ran the huddle. He's another class act. A young dedicated guy with two young boys. I wish him the best.

Not sure why it became a joke to trash on TJ. I get people were pissed off and unhappy and it was a byproduct of being related to the HC but it was all based on childish nonsense.

He was the main person who helped work with Joel Soriano take the leap he did this year.