Coach Lav's contract
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The "same cast of characters" are not going to be in charge of the coaching search.
Rest assured that President Gempesaw is not Harrington. Gempesaw is engaged and actually cares about the program succeeding. I am told that Mr. Monarch will likely not be employed by StJohn's.
I really don't know enough about Gempeshaw to have an opinion. That said, with so many components involved in running an entire university, I would imagine he will limit his involvement to deciding who is going to lead the search. My dream is that he cleans house in the athletic department. It is warranted, but would entail a second search (for a new AD). I am not sure he would want to take that on.
beast of the east
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No surprises from our faithful. The talk was precisely the same when Obekpa was defecting. Let this Jordan saga play out, but in the meantime get the frustration out of your system. Predictably it only took two losses and one quitter to reverse the positive mojo around here. If we go 6-12 in the BE, the next chapter will be predictable enough. If Jordan comes back and plays like a first team BE team player, you'll be calling Lavin a genius. I'm not big into predictions, but if I were, the first 12 game results would have surprised me. Advice - it's not all that important in my life, even if this is the sports team I am most passionate about. Don't sell these kids short. If they had our attitude, they'd cash their chips and bail on the season, but they won't and we shouldn't
I agree 100%. I will support the players this year, but there needs to be a change unless they miraculously have a run in the tournament and sign a slew of kids in the spring (which i highly doubt if an extension is not in place). We will know by the end of the Big East regular season which way this ship is sailing.
IMO Lavin made 3 off the court decisions that were popular with the fan base but have helped send him back to ESPN.
1 In Feb of 2013 he should have told D'Angelo his conduct was apprehensible and warranted a season ending suspension but for the sake of the team ( and Lavin's benefit) he was limiting it to one game
2 On the day prior to last year's Vill game he should have called Orlando, congratulated him on the birth of his child and told him that since mother and baby were doing fine a car would pick Orlando at the hospital Sat 9am drive to Philly for the game and have him back at the hospital by 7pm where he could spend the next 3 days with family
3 This past Apr he should have told Tiny that one of his ass't. was leaving , the job was his and the letter of intent was waiting for Whitehead's signature.
1 In Feb of 2013 he should have told D'Angelo his conduct was apprehensible and warranted a season ending suspension but for the sake of the team ( and Lavin's benefit) he was limiting it to one game
2 On the day prior to last year's Vill game he should have called Orlando, congratulated him on the birth of his child and told him that since mother and baby were doing fine a car would pick Orlando at the hospital Sat 9am drive to Philly for the game and have him back at the hospital by 7pm where he could spend the next 3 days with family
3 This past Apr he should have told Tiny that one of his ass't. was leaving , the job was his and the letter of intent was waiting for Whitehead's signature.
beast of the east
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Of the three, I really thought Sanchez, since the kid was born already, could have decided to play at Nova in Philly in a HUGE game for us. We could have had him on a plane from Philly to Boston in no time flat, and a car service from Boston to Providence in no time. I have a strong feeling that with Sanchez that he was going to see his kid no matter what Lavin told him. Too bad - it essentially cost us a shot at a win that could have guaranteed an at large bid, effectively flushing the season. I said it at the time, but the majority of posters disagreed.
Go and look at what he's accomplished at Army in the few years that he's been there. You might look and say, so what, but when you compare it to what every other coach has done there, there are only two Army coaches who compare to him and that's Knight and Kryzszewski.
These fanboards can be absolutely insane when it comes to coaching contracts etc
I remember in Norm's 1st year maybe we were 10 games into the schedule when we beat NC State and there were a ton of posters wanting to give Norm and extension right then.
So that's all we need to know about how crazy us as fans can be
That being said it's amazing how happy I was a week ago ( just over the current season not the recruiting ) and in 1 week how I have gone from surprising ecstatic to f'ing pissed.
I feel bad for our current seniors. They deserve better than this
Hopefully Jordan wakes up and straightens himself out and the team can make something of this season. Jordan should have a picture of DLO in his wallet and on his wall and look at what hard work and overcoming adversity can do to a player and a person
redfan259999888
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Yep, I was real happy also. I was thinking maybe another surprising season like LKavin first year. It's like someone playing a bad joke on us every yeary. I don't think we're meant to be happy about our team.
If they're out of ncaa talk and he wants to come back, I guess I'd take him back only because if they win the B.E. tourny and get in that way.
Only reason that I'd let him come back? Is for the seniors, they to go out with a bang.
One cancer has to ruin it for the rest. A damn shame
He worked under Gregg Marshall , John Beilen and Steve Donaghue, what a great pedigree and learned from some of the very best who were successful under difficult conditions.
He would be my number one candidate.
He would be my number one candidate.
