[quote="JackofVirginia" post=336446][quote="SJUFAN2" post=336438][quote="Chris7" post=336430]
Was going off of your number of posts, apparently a rookie mistake, my apologies. [/quote]
No worries.
[quote="Chris7" post=336430] As for the sources. I believe it was LJSA or Fordham who said "The funny thing is -- and I know you know this -- that there are posters here who do have connections inside the halls at St. John's. They can't say much because they risk outing their mole" this is true. But it works both ways. Just because these guys hold back info, doesn't mean they can't be quick so squash nonsense.[/quote]
Yes, I know. I was pointing out that you were complaining about people not revealing sources when you weren't revealing sources.
[quote="Chris7" post=336430] Yet his reign still is supreme. Why is that? It's because he has the backing of some of the most prominent alumni.[/quote]
His reign "is supreme" as you put it because Chris Mullin IS St John's basketball. Powerful people support him because of what he did on the court here as a player. This program would be aspiring to be DePaul if Mullin had picked Duke over St John's. That's why he gets away with not being very good at running a college basketball program.
I seriously doubt there is anyone in the St John's community over the age of 40 who has the balls to fire Mullin, and THAT is the problem.
Our only saving grace in this current debacle is that Cragg isn't one of the guys who grew up worshiping the ground Chris walks on so at some point he will realize he either attaches his AD star to the Mullin wagon, or he fires him and hires the coach he is willing to risk his career on.
Now if we can just find a way to make the $$ work out, then maybe we can move on from this disaster sooner rather than later.[/quote]
I seriously believe Cragg has the balls to at least put pressure on Mullin to resign. Making him replace his buddy Richmond is one way, plus I'm sure they have already had a sit down regarding this past season. We all want results and why not? After all a $2,000,000 salary should warrant more of an effort on Mullins part.[/quote]
I agree Jack. Cragg might be the best hire St John's ever made if he has the guts to be his own man. I hear he does so I have some optimism on that front.
I just don't understand Mullin. I don't understand how he isn't the hardest working head coach in the Big East. Afterall, it's his legacy that will be damaged when this falls apart. How does a guy who worked so hard as a player to be great, fail to do so as a newly branded HC?? Hubris?
If he wants to be a CEO head coach then he needs to hire 3 excellent recruiters and have a bench coach who is the defacto day-to-day head coach. He may have tried to do that up front, but once slice left this became a dysfunctional staff the way it was assembled. What's he done to fix it? Nothing.
If money is the issue, he should be out beating up donors/alum for the cash he needs to buyout his mistakes on the staff. If its not the problem then WTF is he doing?
