.... don't be shocked if we are on the bubble when the season ends.
I 'll be shocked.
I have a friend who was a career HS basketball coach. He loved to say, "The real teaching happens in the gym." Teaching basketball to athletic guys could run and shoot, but didn't know the game. Teaching life skills to kids, many of whom were raised in broken or single family homes. A decade ago, Jarvis was excoriated for declaring he was a teacher in the midst of losing his job. There's a reality to it, though.
If Lavin gives up on these kids, the way most of our fans seem to have, he deserves to be shown the door (which won't happen), or fall on his sword and resign (not beyond the realm of possibility). Just a few days ago, we were glorifying the new and improved Harrison, drooling over Jordan's glimpses of brilliance, declaring Obekpa can't miss NBAer, on and on. You're never as bad as the way you look at your worse (basketball or otherwise - would you want to be judged on your worst moments? I wouldn't) And you definitely aren't as good as your best moments (basketball or otherwise).
I hope you are shocked if we get that far. I'll buy you a beer if we make it. One thing I'd guarantee though- there will be some moments this season that will make us scratch our heads and wonder how they could have looked as bad as yesterday. It could come as early as next Saturday, I don't know. But it will come.
Yep there could be that moment. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut
St. Johns vs. Syracuse
02/10/13 at Syracuse * TV Syracuse, N.Y. (Carrier Dome) L, 77-58
02/04/12 vs. Syracuse * TV New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) L, 95-70
01/12/11 vs. Syracuse * TV New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) L 76-59
03/10/11 vs. Syracuse (BIG EAST Quarterfinals) TV New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) L, 79-73* DJ was injured. we were never in this game.
02/24/09 vs. Syracuse * TV New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) L, 87-58
12/15/13 vs. Syracuse TV New York, N.Y. (Madison Square Garden) L, 68-63
On December 15th this year we went up against Syracuse, and it was no fluke. We played them toe to toe, and then had a few bad possessions and lost. If they can play like this against BE competition, they will beat Nova, and they will be hard to beat by anyone. You want to think they suck - be my guest. But after 5 previous seasons of getting trounced by Syracuse (annually our toughest opponent), there is reason for hope, and it isn't misplaced.
