Hindsight is 20/20

[OLV72]

As a steppingstone ?

 

[Knight]

Pitino the better choice for St. John's, with the state of the program.

 

[Show me the NIL]

Hindsight is indeed 20/20. And in hindsight it can’t be denied that the decision to pass on Danny Hurley to hire Chris Mullin was one of the worst decisions in the history of college sports. One that we’re paying for and will continue to pay for, many years to come

All true, however, when Mullin was hired I like many others were happy to bring back an SJU legend even though he had no coaching experience. Who would have thought that one of the hardest working basketball players would end up being such a lazy coach! Nobody could have predicted that when they made the decision to bring him in, and it just proves that there is no science to making coaching hires.

 

[austour]

All true, however, when Mullin was hired I like many others were happy to bring back an SJU legend even though he had no coaching experience. Who would have thought that one of the hardest working basketball players would end up being such a lazy coach! Nobody could have predicted that when they made the decision to bring him in, and it just proves that there is no science to making coaching hires.

I predicted it the first week. I think there were others. One of the dumbest college coaching hires in the last fifty years.

 

[Silly Donovan]

It's happening now and respectfully saying this some are just hopping on the bandwagon. Let's be fair now and I'm not talking about the play currently. The current play is total fair game as a team and been crap but Let's talk recruiting specifically. To be even more specific let's not talk about when Rick first got hired and I'm saying this as one of the several who were insanely pissed off in the beginning. My anger went up till the day of the Novita party. We got Slaz that day and I was beyond pessimistic I just didn't post my opinion a lot but people who know me here know. But that's not the point I'm definitely not claiming I was right I'm saying I was wrong from the point we got Glenn Taylor starting that day I can readily admit I changed and got happy quick. Dingle Brady Wilcher Luis etc it was like Marillac after 10 beers then going to the San Genarro festival and eating his weight in meatball hero's. And let's throw in Joel. #1 what posters here didn't want Soriano back ? Again show me your posts. And let's start from the point Taylor signed because like I said again several of us were pissed. My point being from the Taylor point we all were happy.

And I'm not knocking the kids in hindsight I would have done the same exact thing and I want the ones that can come back to come back and wish our others well after this year


If those that were unhappy with Sori coming back or any player signed from the point we got Taylor I'd love to see the posts

State your name and your post before the season started proving this

The point of this isn't actually to show anyone up. What I'm saying is I was happy with every single recruit from Taylor on and I readily admit it. But stop piling on the kids like they shouldn't have been recruited when most likely you loved their signings

Exactly Mike….. Alll this nonsense about mid major players, this guy of that guy not good enough is absurd. Let’s look at who Rick brought in and who stayed….

Allyne …… Major contributor on Natl. Champ team

Jenkins….great player who scored 15 on UConn in Dance

Ledlum…. Tough gritty rebounder who had some great games against D1competition

Dingle…..2nd leading scorer in country with games of 25 points or more against Nova and others

Taylor…. Averaged 12 ppg for Oregon State and was on a list of 25 small forwards to follow early on.

Luis …. First team all league as a frosh

Wilcher…. Former prized recruit of the Tarheels with stellar HS career and ranked in top 30 nationally

Dunlap….. led his team to California State Championship and was highly recruited by the likes of Nova and ND

Ejifor….. 4/5 star recruit out of HS

Soriano…. A double double machine prior to this year.

And posters really believe we would have done better retaining the kids who left? The problem here is that instead of working with his players talents/strengths and limitations, Pitino tried to fit them into his game plan and it didn’t work. He has lost 80% of his last 10 games trying to do so and now is blaming his players limitations??? Come on now, it doesn’t take a hoops genius to see what’s happening here. A different approach by Pitino would have certainly yielded much better results.

If as he has mentioned, a problem with this team is quickness and lateral movement, why not implant a more deliberate offense, more screens for shooters like Dunlap and less full court pressure which allowed the team to get beat down court time and time again by opposing teams for easy lay ups? Of course there are many other things that could have been done differently.

 

[SJU61982]

Isn't it common, public knowledge that Dan Hurley wanted the St. John's job?

There's a belief that he would have taken it, but Masiello was the next choice after Mullin, anyway (he was a hotter commodity back then).

Maybe Hurley would have viewed us as a steppingstone to something bigger, but if that were the case, then you know he would have worked his butt off here for 5 years (or however long) to make sure he had success, and got that better job.

 

[dk423]

Was he really? Wasn't it the year prior that it came out he never graduated from Kentucky? I definitely don't think he was seen as a hotter commodity than Hurley.