I still wanna know where Providence is getting all these scholarships from.
They will pull a current player's ship. That's how.
I have expressed my feelings in the past about going after decommits. Jakarr is no different. Suffice it to say coaches like Boeheim and Calhoun would have written decommits off on day one.....as much as we dislike them, they get it.
I feel pretty confident Lavin will be bringing in 2 JC's with no academic issues, Winston Shephard has become priority #2 behind Obekpa and a surprise secret mystery recruit ---- just to get all the juices flowing here!
I take all the negative sky is falling fans with a grain of salt. Fans that are the enemies from within the family are the worst kind of fan. They tend to be ILL Bills, Chroniccomplainers, Upstate north of Nowhere,PhonyBaloneyMaloney and a host host of other sellouts. When the going gets tough, they are all congregate in the same bar called No Hope Saloon.
I think the worst kind of fan is an ignorant one or one, i.e., one who puts their head in the sand. I can't wait to hear you two months from now. "Trust in Lavin" Priority No. 1 is getting Joe Shmo from Po Dunk JC while priority No. 2 is getting . . ." There aren't many prime time recruits on the board. Btw -- it would not shock me if Branch left (he has not signed a LOI). We are in a world of hurt right now. Wake up and smell the coffee!
Boo,
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ~ Elbert Hubbard
Thanks for the inside info on Branch! You and Bobre need to go out and celebrate when Moe is drafted # 15 in the first round of the NBA draft. That would be a great testament to Moe's rapid, almost meteoric, rise under the tutelage of your favorite coach.
72, I know you're not familiar with boo Harvey, but how about Omar cook. He was this little pg who listened to the wrong people and left after his freshman year. I think he may have been drafted in the second round. Suffice it to say he didn't have much of an nba career. There was also a pg before cook by the name of Eric Barkley. He left after his soph year and did not have much of an nba career. I know in la la land where the program is on the upswing kids like mo harkless don't leave before theyre ready and guys like me are evil trolls who live to spread misinformation as part of a diabolical scheme to stunt the meteoric rise of the program that lavin has constructed. Indeed in fantasy land, moe has improved under the "tutelage" of lavin, notwithstanding the fact that lavin has only coached him for 4 games
Boo, if the real Boo Harvey were dead, he would be rolling in his grave after reading your comments! LOL!
I have no idea if you think all the players you referenced did the right or wrong this by declaring early. Cook for sure, Erick not, Moe should be compared to a player that played with Boo Harvey named Malik Sealy. Malik was one of the greatest players ever to wear the uniform. Both were 6'8, 200 lbs. I hope Moe looks at game film from those years and realizes he needs at least one, if not more, years to be as good.
It is also ironic you choose a name like Boo Harvey to criticize our young and short roster and moan the state of the program and the win-loss record of five freshmen, two of whom barley shave.
You see I do remember Boo fondly. A great redmen point guard who went undrafted by the NBA. I also remember him letting his team down by barley attending classes and having to be declared academically ineligible in 1988-89 when he should have led his team at the point guard dishing assists to his teammates that included Malik Sealy, Rob Werdann and Jayson Williams. We are talking about one of the most talented teams ever at St. John's but without Harvey they stumbled and bumbled to a 15-12 regular season record, lost in the first round of the BE tourney (15-13) but won the NIT.
I would have loved to hear your comments on that Boo-less team, it's losses, Boo's ineligibility, coach Looie's half-court game, etc., etc.
Boo, I forgot......more than you will ever know about our program.
72 -- I'm not going to get into a pissing contest with you about who knows more about the program. I certainly don't derive my self-worth based on that. I will point out, however, that in trying to impress me with your knowledge, you forgot the part about Harvey coming back the following year and hitting 5 buzzer beater shots with Werdann, Sealy Williams, etc. who were all a year older (unfortunately, I think Williams got hurt that year, but Singelton filled in well). All the while supporting his infant son. The NIT team that beat St. Louis in the final had three freshman starters -- they weren't going anywhere with our without Harvey. The team was far better the following two years.
Fwiw -- I have never criticized the current kids. It is you and your ilk who have criticized Stith, and Nuri. I challenge you to cite to a single post where I've criticized the kids. My only purpose in posting is too express my concern and frustration at the current state of the program.
Boo, you seem to assume too much and get down on the staff and program on a regular basis. You say crazy stuff like "72, I know you're not familiar with boo Harvey, but how about Omar cook?". LOL! You are misinformed about Branch and predict he will walk away......assuming Lavin lied to him or our losing record could be factors. Hey, there are a half dozen frustrated fans like yourself here that poop their pants after any recruit signs elsewhere or we lose a game.
You have no problem recollecting Boo Harvey yet fail to see the similar situations with some of the players that did not qualify or left the team. In 1989 your "ilk" may have blamed Looie and his staff for not staying on top of Harvey in class. You defend a sub-par Big East 13 losses with the "youth excuse" but cannot seem to grasp that no team in SJ history has been younger and thinner than the current squad.
Luckily, in 1989 one of those freshmen was the talented Jason Buchannan who had to fill in for Boo while he was "supporting his infant son".......btw, I don't think he worked a second job at the Sly Fox to meet those fatherly obligations. Nice of you to give him a pass for his senior year when that very talented freshman team, along with vets Billy Singleton and Matt Brust, could have won a few more games to make the NCAA had Boo hit the books.
By now you see why I brought up the 1989 team........four highly rated freshmen (3 of which went on to NBA careers); 3 vets in Harvey, Brust and Billy (who went on the play pro ball in Europe) and you see that things were not that great in 1989 after 7 straight NCAA appearances.
Hopefully, we win one or two more this year but we do not have a front line of Werdann (6'11), Williams (6'10), and Sealy (6'8") this year with a Jason Buchannan at the point who was a terrific scorer and a Mad
Matt Brust who played every game as it it were his last. We have two frosh that will start next year. The other positions are up for grabs. Hopefully Lav lands those missing pieces so your sky stops falling.
