Kudos to the Coaching Staff

[Knight]

With the commitments of Ponds and Bashir and the job the staff has done recruiting thus far, we can all be very hopeful and excited for the program's future. We have seen more action since Mullin's arrival than the entire time of Lavin's tenure.

Freudenburg next, then a big I hope.

Go Johnnies!

 

[bobo]

Adam Zagoria‏@AdamZagoria St. John's has 5 scholarships to work with for 2016. Ponds and Ahmed take 2 of them, and Freudenberg would take a 3rd.

 

[Andrew]

I only count 4 Scholarships

Returning 9

Amar
CJ
Owens
Sima
Yawke
Fred
Williams
Ellison
Lovett

New 4
Ponds
Ahmed
Freudenberg
Alkins

 

[4redmen4]

The staff knows someone is not retuning

 

[SJU61982]

The staff knows someone is not retuning

Jones can transfer after this year without having to sit. Not saying he is going to do that, but that is the most logical spot to look for a transfer.

 

[gman]

The staff knows someone is not retuning

Jones can transfer after this year without having to sit. Not saying he is going to do that, but that is the most logical spot to look for a transfer.

The staff is under no obligation to invite Jones back after he graduates.

 

[GardenCity62]

No one can deny the tremendous job the current staff is accomplishing but it will always bother me that for the first time in its basketball history the administration opened its wallet to support the program.
It has always felt SJU could compete with the Cadillacs of college basketball on a Chevy budget. From Looie to Lavin all the coaches would have been more successful with the backing of someone like the current president.

 

[otis]

No one can deny the tremendous job the current staff is accomplishing but it will always bother me that for the first time in its basketball history the administration opened its wallet to support the program. It has always felt SJU could compete with the Cadillacs of college basketball on a Chevy budget. From Looie to Lavin all the coaches would have been more successful with the backing of someone like the current president.

The spin that the failures by Tan TV announcer were a result of lack of funding is incorrect.

 

[redken]

No one can deny the tremendous job the current staff is accomplishing but it will always bother me that for the first time in its basketball history the administration opened its wallet to support the program. It has always felt SJU could compete with the Cadillacs of college basketball on a Chevy budget. From Looie to Lavin all the coaches would have been more successful with the backing of someone like the current president.

The spin that the failures by Tan TV announcer were a result of lack of funding is incorrect.

Whatever his shortcomings, the fact remains that Steve Lavin (however derisively described) resuscitated a moribund program. Let's give him due credit and move on.

 

[bamafan]

No one can deny the tremendous job the current staff is accomplishing but it will always bother me that for the first time in its basketball history the administration opened its wallet to support the program. It has always felt SJU could compete with the Cadillacs of college basketball on a Chevy budget. From Looie to Lavin all the coaches would have been more successful with the backing of someone like the current president.

The spin that the failures by Tan TV announcer were a result of lack of funding is incorrect.

The post said from Looie to Lavin so don't make it about one person.

 

[redmannorth]

No one can deny the tremendous job the current staff is accomplishing but it will always bother me that for the first time in its basketball history the administration opened its wallet to support the program.
It has always felt SJU could compete with the Cadillacs of college basketball on a Chevy budget. From Looie to Lavin all the coaches would have been more successful with the backing of someone like the current president.

Please show me one quote where the administration said we could compete with the Cadillacs of college bball on a Chevy budget. You will never find it because it doesn't exist. That is your assumption. Maybe the admin was happy with the results we obtained and didn't feel the need to invest more? Maybe the coaches never asked for more and truth be told the only coach who ever complained about money was the fat, bald, lazy , lying pig who threw Alex Evans under a bus and ruined his promising career. No other coach ever complained about a lack of resources to my knowledge.
After Louie Brian's recruiting was great. Felipe, Zendon, Tarik T, Roshown, Lavor , James Scott, Rowan B, Charles M, I can go on but $$ was not a problem. Fran F continued the great recruiting, Artest, Barkley, James Felton, Reggie Jessie, etc. The fat, lazy , bald pig started out great and was a good recruiter , not great , until he got too big for his britches and fought publicly with Father Harrington and stopped recruiting high school players, fought with recruits , parents of recruits , etc. Norm should never have been hired. Lovely man, did his best , never would have got us to where we need to be but once again money was not an object. Lavin's successes and failures have been regurgitated a thousand times on this board and I will not raise them again out of respect to the members of this site but money had nothing to do with his failure at SJU.
Lastly how do you know the admin opened their wallet ?
You don't unless you have access to the school's finances.
Perhaps a certain wealthy alumnus is footing the bill or a portion of it. Is that possible ?

 

[paultzman]

On a nice day for the program in a crappy year, there still has to be moaning about the past. Move on & hopefully this regime gets the job done. If not, we have adequate experience coping with loss & disappointment.

 

[mjmaherjr]

On a nice day for the program in a crappy year, there still has to be moaning about the past. Move on & hopefully this regime gets the job done. If not, we have adequate experience coping with loss & disappointment.

sju fans make great grief counselors

 

[paultzman]

On a nice day for the program in a crappy year, there still has to be moaning about the past. Move on & hopefully this regime gets the job done. If not, we have adequate experience coping with loss & disappointment.

sju fans make great grief counselors

More like victims of abuse always waiting for other shoe to drop.

 

[mjmaherjr]

On a nice day for the program in a crappy year, there still has to be moaning about the past. Move on & hopefully this regime gets the job done. If not, we have adequate experience coping with loss & disappointment.

sju fans make great grief counselors

More like victims of abuse always waiting for other shoe to drop.

for good reason

 

[monte]

No one can deny the tremendous job the current staff is accomplishing but it will always bother me that for the first time in its basketball history the administration opened its wallet to support the program. It has always felt SJU could compete with the Cadillacs of college basketball on a Chevy budget. From Looie to Lavin all the coaches would have been more successful with the backing of someone like the current president.

The spin that the failures by Tan TV announcer were a result of lack of funding is incorrect.

Whatever his shortcomings, the fact remains that Steve Lavin (however derisively described) resuscitated a moribund program. Let's give him due credit and move on.

Resuscitating a moribund program was likely the bare minimum that was expected of him when he was hired. So I guess we can give him credit for achieving the bare minimum that was expected of him.

 

[redken]

No one can deny the tremendous job the current staff is accomplishing but it will always bother me that for the first time in its basketball history the administration opened its wallet to support the program. It has always felt SJU could compete with the Cadillacs of college basketball on a Chevy budget. From Looie to Lavin all the coaches would have been more successful with the backing of someone like the current president.

The spin that the failures by Tan TV announcer were a result of lack of funding is incorrect.

Whatever his shortcomings, the fact remains that Steve Lavin (however derisively described) resuscitated a moribund program. Let's give him due credit and move on.

Resuscitating a moribund program was likely the bare minimum that was expected of him when he was hired. So I guess we can give him credit for achieving the bare minimum that was expected of him.

Monte, considering the shape our program was in when Lavin came aboard (you remember then, yes?), I don't think you can dismiss what he achieved as "the bare minimum." Regardless of how Lavin's tenure ended, those words describe his two predecessors more than they do him.

 

[Mean Gene]

Great get with Ahmed!! Imagine a starting five of :
Lovett
Alkins
Ahmed
Sima
Yakwe

With a bench of:
Mussini
Ponds
Ellison
Williams
Owens
Freudenberg
Alibegovic

Wow!! That's a deep talented team! All we need to do is get Lovett some playing time this year to get some experience so he can hit next season running and lock up Alkins and Freudenberg, Not impossible, in fact very good chance. Kudos to Coach Mullin and staff!

 

[mjmaherjr]

As bad as this year will be at least I have hope. Toward the end of Norm I literally had no hope for the program. Say what you want about Lavin but he restored hope immediately and even at the end a lot of people still had hope.

On to better things. Next season can't come soon enough. Time to land King Joffrey

 

[redken]

As bad as this year will be at least I have hope. Toward the end of Norm I literally had no hope for the program. Say what you want about Lavin but he restored hope immediately and even at the end a lot of people still had hope.

On to better things. Next season can't come soon enough. Time to land King Joffrey

Not getting the King Joffrey reference, but yes to everything else.

To reiterate the title of this thread, kudos to the coaching staff!