Keeping Up With Old Friends Thread

[MJDinkins]

Shelton had a very good freshman year. That summer, Shelton was sent on the NIT ALL Star trip to Europe. While there, he got poked in his right eye and didn’t play much. Upon returning he was taken the next day to the SJU retinal specialist by the team trainer. Jones was diagnosed with a badly torn and detached retina. Surgery was performed and Shelton was able to resume his career wearing protective goggles which he continued to wear in the NBA. See the pix of Jones above and you can still see a difference in his right eye vs left.

I thought he started wearing the goggles prior to his senior season. I can vividly recall it. There are also games on the internet to prove it.

 

[Alumni Hall]

I thought he started wearing the goggles prior to his senior season. I can vividly recall it. There are also games on the internet to prove it.

You are correct, it was summer of his Junior year Usually Carnesecca only sent his younger players on Big East and NIT trips to get more experience.

 

[SJU85]

You may have a point about Jones may not have been used correctly. Even as a youngster, I recall there were times you could see loads of potential oozing and then you get those "so so" results.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching Shelton Jones during his four years at St. John's.

“ and they LOST to Niagara

Shel still not over it ”

Neither am I!!!

 

[SLYFOXX1968]

I didn’t know where this post belongs but , maybe right here . Under Old Friends .

Is it just me but , in all the hoopla around Coach Pitino , Fr Shanley , NIL and the Portal plus departing players , etc , not 1 Word about or from Mike Cragg ?

I’m not talking about inside info or anything that would be privileged info but , where was Mike when all the stuff surrounding the Team was occurring ?

CMA was here 4 years , quite enough to see he wasn’t cutting it as Coach . And , it just didn’t happen this year . There was the mass exodus of the Mullin kids plus Figgy . Why ? Did Cragg ever think that may have been a Red Flag ?

Also too, as DeMelo indicated after being fired by CMA that a Mutiny of players had occurred in that year . Where was Cragg ?

Not content to do nothing , Cragg then decides to offer CMA a unbelievable Contract Extension with no real results on the Court .

My opinion is that Cragg is and should be himself on shaky ground . He has a hand in all of this , excluding the hiring of Rick Pitino . I think that was pretty much a Fr Shanley deal . Thankfully !

 

[bamafan]

Our past AD hires have been as bad as our coaching hires

 

[Knight]

I didn’t know where this post belongs but , maybe right here . Under Old Friends .

Is it just me but , in all the hoopla around Coach Pitino , Fr Shanley , NIL and the Portal plus departing players , etc , not 1 Word about or from Mike Cragg ?

I’m not talking about inside info or anything that would be privileged info but , where was Mike when all the stuff surrounding the Team was occurring ?

CMA was here 4 years , quite enough to see he wasn’t cutting it as Coach . And , it just didn’t happen this year . There was the mass exodus of the Mullin kids plus Figgy . Why ? Did Cragg ever think that may have been a Red Flag ?

Also too, as DeMelo indicated after being fired by CMA that a Mutiny of players had occurred in that year . Where was Cragg ?

Not content to do nothing , Cragg then decides to offer CMA a unbelievable Contract Extension with no real results on the Court .

My opinion is that Cragg is and should be himself on shaky ground . He has a hand in all of this , excluding the hiring of Rick Pitino . I think that was pretty much a Fr Shanley deal . Thankfully !

If Cragg had knowledge of what was going on, he should not have brought it out publicly.

 

[paultzman]

 

[monte]

I didn’t know where this post belongs but , maybe right here . Under Old Friends .

Is it just me but , in all the hoopla around Coach Pitino , Fr Shanley , NIL and the Portal plus departing players , etc , not 1 Word about or from Mike Cragg ?

I’m not talking about inside info or anything that would be privileged info but , where was Mike when all the stuff surrounding the Team was occurring ?

CMA was here 4 years , quite enough to see he wasn’t cutting it as Coach . And , it just didn’t happen this year . There was the mass exodus of the Mullin kids plus Figgy . Why ? Did Cragg ever think that may have been a Red Flag ?

Also too, as DeMelo indicated after being fired by CMA that a Mutiny of players had occurred in that year . Where was Cragg ?

Not content to do nothing , Cragg then decides to offer CMA a unbelievable Contract Extension with no real results on the Court .

My opinion is that Cragg is and should be himself on shaky ground . He has a hand in all of this , excluding the hiring of Rick Pitino . I think that was pretty much a Fr Shanley deal . Thankfully !

I have asked this same question over and over on this board, and have yet to get even a semblance of an answer; can someone name me something/anything positive thing Mike Cragg has done in his time here? I'm not saying that he hasn't done anything positive, I'm just not plugged in to the school athletics the way some of you guys are. Oh and "he's a nice guy" is not an answer.

 

[Knight]

I have asked this same question over and over on this board, and have yet to get even a semblance of an answer; can someone name me something/anything positive thing Mike Cragg has done in his time here? I'm not saying that he hasn't done anything positive, I'm just not plugged in to the school athletics the way some of you guys are. Oh and "he's a nice guy" is not an answer.

He got Rick Pitino to St. John’s.

 

[monte]

He got Rick Pitino to St. John’s.

But did he? Because I thought he didn't have anything to do with it. Thought it was all Fr. Shanley

 

[paultzman]

But did he? Because I thought he didn't have anything to do with it. Thought it was all Fr. Shanley

It was Shanley

 

[IDRAFT]

I have asked this same question over and over on this board, and have yet to get even a semblance of an answer; can someone name me something/anything positive thing Mike Cragg has done in his time here? I'm not saying that he hasn't done anything positive, I'm just not plugged in to the school athletics the way some of you guys are. Oh and "he's a nice guy" is not an answer.

He answered a few peoples e-mails?

He isn’t stingy with the schools money?

 

[bamafan]

He got Rick Pitino to St. John’s.

I think the posters on this board had more to do with getting RP than Cragg did. Maybe he dialed the phone for Fr. Shanley.

 

[monte]

It was Shanley

Maybe when Knight said that he got Rick to St. john's, maybe he meant he gave Rick directions to the school

 

[paultzman]

Maybe when Knight said that he got Rick to St. john's, maybe he meant he gave Rick directions to the school

Uber

 

[SJU14]

I have asked this same question over and over on this board, and have yet to get even a semblance of an answer; can someone name me something/anything positive thing Mike Cragg has done in his time here? I'm not saying that he hasn't done anything positive, I'm just not plugged in to the school athletics the way some of you guys are. Oh and "he's a nice guy" is not an answer.

Not saying much but he’s much better than the last few we’ve had

 

[L J S A]

I have asked this same question over and over on this board, and have yet to get even a semblance of an answer; can someone name me something/anything positive thing Mike Cragg has done in his time here? I'm not saying that he hasn't done anything positive, I'm just not plugged in to the school athletics the way some of you guys are. Oh and "he's a nice guy" is not an answer.

He's not a drunk and he didn't hook up with a student. I'll let you sort out who is who.

 

[19854ever]

Regarding AD’s I created a seperate thread ranking them

 

[stjohnnie75]

 

[stjohnnie75]