Granted I haven't paid attention too much lately but did we hire Dick Harter or Rick Carslisle on the bench ?
Hey MJ,
Rather than merely repeating your observations regarding where Mullin may sit, how he dresses, and who speaks during timeouts, please provide some substantive comment regarding how your observations hurt the performance of last years team. Thanks.
There is nothing substantive in all the staff criticism other than an "expansion" team roster thrown together at the very last moment with no off-season practice didn't play cohesively, especially on the defensive end. Never mind the lack of on the ball quickness, lack of interior bulk and strength, and that these players had never played together one minute previously; obviously 90% of the board could have coached rings around this amateur staff. I mean, how could Mullin not have conjured up memories of Auerbach and Wooden with the talent he had to work with and the time he had to work with them? Not to mention that Rohressen should have recruited a Kentucky like roster already, the man is just stealing money!! Disgraceful,,,
At the risk of just being arrogant, again, REALLY?? This staff doesn't even get a YEAR to prove themselves, ONE off-season to upgrade the roster, work with a the players and mold a team?? For all the HOF arm chair coaches out there look up how long it took K and Jay Wright, two pretty good coaches, to turn around programs in infinetly better shape when they took over than SJU was. Not to mention that, oh, maybe Mullin, for all his BB credentials, realistically, has a learning curve to get comfortable doing something he has NEVER done before. I have NO IDEA if this staff will be successful but I do know the turning over of the talent on the roster is almost unprecedented at this level and that is where it all starts. And I am sure as hell willing to give Chris Mullin the same amount of time I gave Norm Roberts and Steve Lavin to see if he and co. can turn this around before I start criticizing.