Fire Lavin!

Is it true that Lavin said no to N.C.State head coaching job before accepting us?
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There were rumblings with his name linked to DePaul and NC State but both were back in like 2006ish.
 
Is it true that Lavin said no to N.C.State head coaching job before accepting us?
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There were rumblings with his name linked to DePaul and NC State but both were back in like 2006ish.
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I'm pretty sure one was NC State, and I don't know about DePaul.
http://www.statefansnation.com/2006/04/espn-lavin-turns-down-nc-state/
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He was interested but no contact. And DePaul was 2010 looks like.

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/news/story?id=5051693
 
I am not ready to give up o Lavin
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I am not questioning the validity of your statement, I am just wondering why? By the way, I am not asking because I'm ready to give up. On the contrary I'm sticking with coach. I just question some of his methods.
 
The practice of Lavin's going totally overboard in describing his players abilities is finally coming back to haunt. All of the future pros and the incredible 3 point shooters on the roster talk has influenced a number of so called experts to overrate SJU and now instead of admitting their mistake they are going to bash his coaching abilities
 
The practice of Lavin's going totally overboard in describing his players abilities is finally coming back to haunt. All of the future pros and the incredible 3 point shooters on the roster talk has influenced a number of so called experts to overrate SJU and now instead of admitting their mistake they are going to bash his coaching abilities
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On MadDog radio this week, one of the announcers was speaking about coaches and press conferences, and basically said that when coaches win, nobody listens to what they say. I think he's right, we only really pay attention when a coach is losing, and then rip apart every thing he says.
 
The practice of Lavin's going totally overboard in describing his players abilities is finally coming back to haunt. All of the future pros and the incredible 3 point shooters on the roster talk has influenced a number of so called experts to overrate SJU and now instead of admitting their mistake they are going to bash his coaching abilities
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People dont think Lavin is a poor coach because of an overrating of the talent of this squad. People with an eye for basketball know a well coached team when they see it, even when it doesnt have great talent.

People know Lavin is a poor coach because they watch his teams play. Same as his UCLA days
 
I think the word talent should be banned from the site. Maybe we can get an autofilter to chance it to athleticism
 
I see alot of talk here claiming that St. Johns is a mediocre job and that should Lavin leave, we will have a difficult time finding a high quality guy. This is rubbish. At this very moment there are tons of coaches all over the country that are salivating at the thought of having the STJ job, including a few good ones in this metro area.

The only potential problem that would prevent us from landing a guy who could take the team to the tourney and stay there consistently is the stupidity of the AD, not the appeal of the job itself.
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Especially since one of the major knocks on the job was how difficult it would be recruit here, which many of us though was a bunch of BS. If Lavin did nothing else for the program he proved that kids from all over the country will come here.[/quo

We really don't have a lot of evidence in terms of recruiting. Mahoney recruited two local kids who were highly touted (Lopez and Hamilton), who turned out to be not as good as the can't miss expectations. Other than that, not so well. Fraschilla recruited well, but not for very long. Jarvis didn't recruit well, nor did Roberts. Lavin so far has done better than all of them combined. It remains to be seen whether Lavin is a phenomenal recruiter, and anything much less in that regard may find it difficult. I was just reading an article last night from Norm's era where the writer wrote about how MSG is not the attraction for kids that older fans think it may be. Honestly, it's not like fans flock to the Garden to see good college basketball. Sure fans/alumni of Syracuse, Duke, UCONN, ND, Nova, etc. will come to see their teams, but other than that, fans of college basketball stay home to watch games on 50" HD TVs. I think if I was a recruit, I'd be more impressed with the Cameron, Carrier Dome, Rupp crowd than I would for 14,000 subdued fans for St. John's Nova, or whatever horrible numbers we turn out for SJU Creighton.
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FF was just as good a recruiter as Lavin and a much better coach. He would have had a nice run here if he wasn't such a dope. Jarivs was an OK recruiter. Mahoney rode LC's coatails for a while before the wheels fell off. But he did bring in some decent talent in addition to the Felipe and Z. He also got Ty Grant and Postell. With the exception of Norn, every other coach we've had here has recruited well enough to win.
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me too. i was a big fan of the hire but now he must go at the end of the season. hooper has a role to play but not in the ot!! it should have been jordan! hooper is not even a good free throw shooter.
 
Time for him to man up stop the bullshit coaches talk and admit this team stinks and he is lost. Even coach k stood up the other day and shouldered the blame for their struggles.
 
I still can't figure out if he allows these kids to play ball this way, or if he's lost all control over them.
 
Time for him to man up stop the bullshit coaches talk and admit this team stinks and he is lost. Even coach k stood up the other day and shouldered the blame for their struggles.
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Can't wait to see his after game quotes
 
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