[quote="Class of 72" post=279570][quote="SLYFOXX1968" post=279550]Attention Naysayers. I looked up Lavin’s Coaching Record at St John’s again . While I did not think Lavin should be retained as Coach , he did about as well as his skills allowed. You all forget the criticism of his In Game Bench Coaching and lack of adjustments to opponents change of Defenses , etc . And , for those among you who think Lavin worked hard and Mullin doesn’t , you have forgotten all the posts in 2014-15 lamenting the fact that he had little in new talent coming in after the DLO, Greene, Pointer team graduated . And , for those who never mention it , recall too, those Players as Freshman went 13-19 and 17-16 as Sophomores . Not terribly better than Mullin’s second and third seasons of 14-19 in 2016-17 and 16-17 in 2017-18 season . And , the only Lavin team to win a BE Tournament Game was the Burrell , Hardy , Evans team of Seniors in 2010-11. Most , except those of the Anti Mullin crowd , give Chris a pass for his 1st season here and the record compiled due to the Cupboard bare roster left by Steve . So , don’t include that Record if you want a fair analysis of Mullin’s tenure here . Also too, the DLO , Pointer, Greene Team never won a BE Tournament game . Rutgers was the BE Tournament Win in 2011 with Hardy , Brownlee, etc . And , that team never won a NCAA first round game . Losing to San Diego and Dwayne Polee , who was recruited over by Lavin and transferred after his first season at St John’s . And , in the Lavin era , there were No Wins over a Number 1 or Number 4 Team as Mullin’s team did this year in February . Pitt was a big Win but, that was the Hardy team . And , in Lavin’s first couple of years , the BE included Rutgers , UCF , a 4-14 Providence team and losing records for SH , DePaul,. Simply , the League had a lot of soft touches in the bottom of a 16 team league , much more than exist in today’s BE . Lavin’s teams benefitted from that softness .Mullin’s team won a BE Tournament game against Gtown last year and again this Year . So , Chris ‘s Team is 2-2 in BE Tourney Play . Lavin , 1-4 and none for the Premier crop of DLO, Pointer , Greene, etc . As for Player comparisons , I think Ponds is a better Player than DLO . Simon Better than Pointer and Clarke better than Greene . Sampson only played 2 Years and it wasn’t record breaking by any stretch . For those who object to their favorites being outclassed by Mullin recruits , tough . Comparisons between players is what it is all about at this level . Sure , the DLO team had a fairly good Junior and Senior year , with 1 NCAA appearance in 4 Years. Let’s see if Mullin’s 4 th year Team can get to the NCAA next year . Wait and see , before you run your collective negative mouths .[/quote]
We all did a lot of drinking at the Sly Fox back in the day but you take the keg!
Your memory is seriously impaired.[/quote]
He's just full of 'ish.