LJ in Transfer Portal?

Dave is a complete hack. He used to have some good info back when his boyfriend Ratt A was there, but since the Anderson hire he's making up lies about CMA, and has been completely biased.

When SJU signed Julian Champagnie he laughed at the signing and said he was more of a player Fordham should be recruiting who would be way over his head in the Big East. After Champagnie clearly proved otherwise I called him out on it and he completely walked back his comments, although he still wasn't "sold."

JJ is a cesspool. Glad I'm over here now.
 
[quote="MJDinkins" post=388462]To Redmen4life and AlexSTJ.... Legendary, historical, great.... Semantics. I don't use the word "great" lightly, and Figueroa isn't a great player. Sorry.

Those "legendary" and "historical" players were great players. Simple. Figueroa is a good player. There's nothing wrong with that. Not everyone can be "great."[/quote]

Bingo. To take it one step further...

Batman = Great
Robin = Good.

One can function at the highest level without the other. One can't.
 
[quote="AlexSTJ" post=388466][quote="MJDinkins" post=388462]To Redmen4life and AlexSTJ.... Legendary, historical, great.... Semantics. I don't use the word "great" lightly, and Figueroa isn't a great player. Sorry.

Those "legendary" and "historical" players were great players. Simple. Figueroa is a good player. There's nothing wrong with that. Not everyone can be "great."[/quote]

The difference between legendary and great is simply semantics?[/quote]

What terms should we use to categorize or rank our programs players?
Perhaps if we all had the same list/vocabulary to use we could put this bad, not horrible discussion behind us??
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388487][quote="SJUFAN2" post=388431][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388426][quote="SJUFAN2" post=388417][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388391]Over analyzing these decisions never looks good over a keyboard. Couldn’t there be a chance he just decided he didn’t want to be at St. John’s anymore? Yea it sucks and no one liked LJ more than me. But this is just a college kid who transferred.

When another player from another school does the same tomorrow we will all be in line to grab him up.[/quote]

That's fair, but let's also be realistic. He didn't just wake up Monday morning and decide "I don't like it here anymore." He was in the transfer portal a year ago.

He has every right to do what he's doing. He also deserves all the criticism he gets for handling this in a poor/selfish manner.

I wish him good luck wherever he ends up, but I won't quickly forgive him for how he played this.[/quote]

I just think selfish is a weird word choice coming from fans who selfishly want him at the school so we can all selfishly enjoy a good season.[/quote]

Ok, clearly he doesn't owe fans anything. But what about the staff that was holding the spot for him in the event his pro aspirations didn't pan out??
Its kinda like keeping the girl you've been dating, and know you are going to dump in two months, at arms length while you are on every dating app looking for someone to spend New Years Eve with. She's your worst case scenario for the holiday but then you find a hottie on tinder and you dump the GF the day before the big party.
Works out great for you, but not so much for her. That's what makes it selfish.

As for this fan, I would like to have him here because he's a good, not great player. But have no problems with him leaving and our moving forward without him. Just wish he'd handled it better.[/quote]

To be clear, I totally understand how this timing is bad for st. Johns. Can’t dispute that. I’m Just saying isn’t there a possibility LJ was struggling with this decision on his own? Maybe it wasn’t an easy decision for him to transfer from St. John’s? I mean, look at how its being treated now. To say it’s a selfish move for a college kid to transfer comes off a bit selfish to me. Just my opinion.[/quote]

Ok, but in order for LJ not to come across as having shafted the staff you have to believe that he woke up on memorial day and decided out of the blue that he now wanted to transfer if he didn't go pro.

If that's the case, then how do you explain the report of him taking extra courses without the staff's knowledge so he can be a grad transfer?
 
[quote="JohnnyFan" post=388493]I must say, there really is a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing to LJ having little regard for the staff. Whether he was unhappy with them or just immature, I am not sure. But, it does appear he was not being straight with them.[/quote]

Exactly. He has every right to come to the conclusion that he didn't want to play for them. They didn't recruit him, he didn't commit to them. He gave it a shot instead of going to W.Kentucky last year but it didn't work out. OK. But man up and be honest with them about it.
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388519][quote="BrooklynRed" post=388511][quote="NCJohnnie" post=388501]Amaseinyourface wrote:
NCJohnnie wrote:
Amaseinyourface wrote: LJ would have had 3 straight winning seasons at sju. Who was our last player to do that? Jesus that’s scary.

Would have been the Green, Pointer class with Lavin I think.


Yea you’re right I was thinking that sophomore year ended one game under but it was one game over .500.

Me too, I was about to respond that the last player to play on teams with winning records 3 years in a row might well have been Lavor Postell when I checked Lavin's record and saw the 17-16 in year 3.[/quote]

Throughout this discussion of "great" why has no one mentioned D'Angelo Harrison as a comparison to LJ since they played in the same decade. He was vastly superior to LJ. He even had "issues" and corrected them and came back stronger and left as one of our top all time scorers. He never dogged it and was an enthusiastic team leader. LJ was not a team leader which may have been his personality to be reticent. D'Angelo thrived in it and is still a wonderful supporter of SJU.[/quote]

I love d’Angelo Harrison. But go baxk and read this board at the end of his sophomore year and tell me what the vibe was. That was 2 years into his sju career. Same as LJ[/quote]

When Harrison finished his 2nd season here he had yet to turn 20 years old. He averaged nearly 18 ppg that season as a teenager in the toughest conference in the nation.

LJ averaged 14.5 ppg as a 22 year old with a year of JUCO ball under his belt.

Its not really a fair comparison.
 
[quote="SJUFAN2" post=388558][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388519][quote="BrooklynRed" post=388511][quote="NCJohnnie" post=388501]Amaseinyourface wrote:
NCJohnnie wrote:
Amaseinyourface wrote: LJ would have had 3 straight winning seasons at sju. Who was our last player to do that? Jesus that’s scary.

Would have been the Green, Pointer class with Lavin I think.


Yea you’re right I was thinking that sophomore year ended one game under but it was one game over .500.

Me too, I was about to respond that the last player to play on teams with winning records 3 years in a row might well have been Lavor Postell when I checked Lavin's record and saw the 17-16 in year 3.[/quote]

Throughout this discussion of "great" why has no one mentioned D'Angelo Harrison as a comparison to LJ since they played in the same decade. He was vastly superior to LJ. He even had "issues" and corrected them and came back stronger and left as one of our top all time scorers. He never dogged it and was an enthusiastic team leader. LJ was not a team leader which may have been his personality to be reticent. D'Angelo thrived in it and is still a wonderful supporter of SJU.[/quote]

I love d’Angelo Harrison. But go baxk and read this board at the end of his sophomore year and tell me what the vibe was. That was 2 years into his sju career. Same as LJ[/quote]

When Harrison finished his 2nd season here he had yet to turn 20 years old. He averaged nearly 18 ppg that season as a teenager in the toughest conference in the nation.

LJ averaged 14.5 ppg as a 22 year old with a year of JUCO ball under his belt.

Its not really a fair comparison.[/quote]

The comparison wasn’t about them as players. If you recall D’lo got suspended towards end of that year when we still had an outside chance to make a run. The majority of the board were, let’s just say, unhappy with him and did not expect him to continue at St. John’s. I never wanted to see him leave and rooted like crazy from him to come back. Thank you he did. Now look at his story.

So, if LJ one month from now decides to comes back to sju, bet everything you have he will be welcomed with open arms by this very fan base.
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388565][quote="SJUFAN2" post=388558][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388519][quote="BrooklynRed" post=388511][quote="NCJohnnie" post=388501]Amaseinyourface wrote:
NCJohnnie wrote:
Amaseinyourface wrote: LJ would have had 3 straight winning seasons at sju. Who was our last player to do that? Jesus that’s scary.

Would have been the Green, Pointer class with Lavin I think.


Yea you’re right I was thinking that sophomore year ended one game under but it was one game over .500.

Me too, I was about to respond that the last player to play on teams with winning records 3 years in a row might well have been Lavor Postell when I checked Lavin's record and saw the 17-16 in year 3.[/quote]

Throughout this discussion of "great" why has no one mentioned D'Angelo Harrison as a comparison to LJ since they played in the same decade. He was vastly superior to LJ. He even had "issues" and corrected them and came back stronger and left as one of our top all time scorers. He never dogged it and was an enthusiastic team leader. LJ was not a team leader which may have been his personality to be reticent. D'Angelo thrived in it and is still a wonderful supporter of SJU.[/quote]

I love d’Angelo Harrison. But go baxk and read this board at the end of his sophomore year and tell me what the vibe was. That was 2 years into his sju career. Same as LJ[/quote]

When Harrison finished his 2nd season here he had yet to turn 20 years old. He averaged nearly 18 ppg that season as a teenager in the toughest conference in the nation.

LJ averaged 14.5 ppg as a 22 year old with a year of JUCO ball under his belt.

Its not really a fair comparison.[/quote]

The comparison wasn’t about them as players. If you recall D’lo got suspended towards end of that year when we still had an outside chance to make a run. The majority of the board were, let’s just say, unhappy with him and did not expect him to continue at St. John’s. I never wanted to see him leave and rooted like crazy from him to come back. Thank you he did. Now look at his story.

So, if LJ one month from now decides to comes back to sju, bet everything you have he will be welcomed with open arms by this very fan base.[/quote]

OK, but still not a good comp. D'Lo was suspended. He could have left but he didn't. He worked things out like a man. Even if he'd left, based on how he handled it when it happened, he'd likely have handled his exit in a similar fashion.

LJ's handled this in pretty much the opposite fashion that D'Lo did, and with less justification. He wasn't suspended like D'Lo. In fact, he was given free reign on offense and played nearly 30min a game.

You are right though... Most fans would welcome him back if he decided in a few weeks he wanted to return. I'm not one of them. I wouldn't complain if he's on the team, but barring evidence to change my mind, I'm never looking at him the same way again. If I were the HC and he wanted to come back in a month, I'd let his teammates decide if they wanted him back.
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388565][quote="SJUFAN2" post=388558][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388519][quote="BrooklynRed" post=388511][quote="NCJohnnie" post=388501]Amaseinyourface wrote:
NCJohnnie wrote:
Amaseinyourface wrote: LJ would have had 3 straight winning seasons at sju. Who was our last player to do that? Jesus that’s scary.

Would have been the Green, Pointer class with Lavin I think.


Yea you’re right I was thinking that sophomore year ended one game under but it was one game over .500.

Me too, I was about to respond that the last player to play on teams with winning records 3 years in a row might well have been Lavor Postell when I checked Lavin's record and saw the 17-16 in year 3.[/quote]

Throughout this discussion of "great" why has no one mentioned D'Angelo Harrison as a comparison to LJ since they played in the same decade. He was vastly superior to LJ. He even had "issues" and corrected them and came back stronger and left as one of our top all time scorers. He never dogged it and was an enthusiastic team leader. LJ was not a team leader which may have been his personality to be reticent. D'Angelo thrived in it and is still a wonderful supporter of SJU.[/quote]

I love d’Angelo Harrison. But go baxk and read this board at the end of his sophomore year and tell me what the vibe was. That was 2 years into his sju career. Same as LJ[/quote]

When Harrison finished his 2nd season here he had yet to turn 20 years old. He averaged nearly 18 ppg that season as a teenager in the toughest conference in the nation.

LJ averaged 14.5 ppg as a 22 year old with a year of JUCO ball under his belt.

Its not really a fair comparison.[/quote]

The comparison wasn’t about them as players. If you recall D’lo got suspended towards end of that year when we still had an outside chance to make a run. The majority of the board were, let’s just say, unhappy with him and did not expect him to continue at St. John’s. I never wanted to see him leave and rooted like crazy from him to come back. Thank you he did. Now look at his story.

So, if LJ one month from now decides to comes back to sju, bet everything you have he will be welcomed with open arms by this very fan base.[/quote]

One of the reasons we all love DLo so much is that the kid came from a really tough background but did everything in his power to man up and improve himself. He never blamed others and instead thanked them, and still thanks Coach Lavin, for the support they gave him. We all know he was raised by his grandmother, moved around the country from one end to the other, suffered as his brother, his best friend in the world, spent ten years locked up. But yet he was still friendly to every kid and took time to talk to them, play ball with them, and made people feel special. I can tell you not every college player does that.
So he acted out his sophomore season probably because his coach, the person closest to him at that time, was sick as he was suffering through cancer. I am sure DLo suffered with him and took it out on the assistants running the team in the interim. Dlo was suspended but instead of blaming others he went to John Lucas' camp, learned to control his anger,became a much better person and begged Coach Lavin to take him back which he eventually did. We all know the rest of the story to date. So far it has had a wonderful ending.

There is zero to compare between DLo and LJ.

If LJ has a change of hear and decides to return once again and if CMA takes him back as a fan base we would welcome this good player back with open arms and bile in our throats.
 
Big difference between D'Angelo & LJ situations is D'Angelo never wanted to leave St. John's, he was suspended and reinstated. D'Angelo always loved being at St. John's even when his behavior made his being able to stay questionable. This is 2nd time LJ has entered transfer portal and it's hard to imagine him returning. I wish he'd returned but he is gone and I don't think it's a fatal blow to our 2020-21 prospects, but we'll see how that goes.
 
[quote="PharmDJohnnie11" post=388551]Dave is a complete hack. He used to have some good info back when his boyfriend Ratt A was there, but since the Anderson hire he's making up lies about CMA, and has been completely biased.

When SJU signed Julian Champagnie he laughed at the signing and said he was more of a player Fordham should be recruiting who would be way over his head in the Big East. After Champagnie clearly proved otherwise I called him out on it and he completely walked back his comments, although he still wasn't "sold."

JJ is a cesspool. Glad I'm over here now.[/quote]

Furthermore, he hated on the Anderson hire from the word go, like Goodman hated it. That being said the idea that LJ didn't like MA and didn't fit into the system does make sense with how poorly he played.
 
[quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388571][quote="PharmDJohnnie11" post=388551]Dave is a complete hack. He used to have some good info back when his boyfriend Ratt A was there, but since the Anderson hire he's making up lies about CMA, and has been completely biased.

When SJU signed Julian Champagnie he laughed at the signing and said he was more of a player Fordham should be recruiting who would be way over his head in the Big East. After Champagnie clearly proved otherwise I called him out on it and he completely walked back his comments, although he still wasn't "sold."

JJ is a cesspool. Glad I'm over here now.[/quote]

Furthermore, he hated on the Anderson hire from the word go, like Goodman hated it. That being said the idea that LJ didn't like MA and didn't fit into the system does make sense with how poorly he played.[/quote]

How poorly he played? He was without a doubt the best player on a team that most would say had a successful season.
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388572][quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388571][quote="PharmDJohnnie11" post=388551]Dave is a complete hack. He used to have some good info back when his boyfriend Ratt A was there, but since the Anderson hire he's making up lies about CMA, and has been completely biased.

When SJU signed Julian Champagnie he laughed at the signing and said he was more of a player Fordham should be recruiting who would be way over his head in the Big East. After Champagnie clearly proved otherwise I called him out on it and he completely walked back his comments, although he still wasn't "sold."

JJ is a cesspool. Glad I'm over here now.[/quote]

Furthermore, he hated on the Anderson hire from the word go, like Goodman hated it. That being said the idea that LJ didn't like MA and didn't fit into the system does make sense with how poorly he played.[/quote]

How poorly he played? He was without a doubt the best player on a team that most would say had a successful season.[/quote]

Like many here I watched every second LJ played last season, just bc his numbers "look" good doesn't mean he had a successful season. I truly think he had an incredibly underwhelming and frustrating season for what his role "was supposed to be" in this system. Again hindsight is 20/20 but I was vocal that he was the most disappointing part of the season/roster last year. A lot of his decision making on offense was infuriating, the floaters, the contested 3's etc.

Is he a talented players, yes. Would I want him on the team rather than not, absolutely. Just saying his season last year was a let down in my eyes.
 
[quote="SJUFAN2" post=388555][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388487][quote="SJUFAN2" post=388431][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388426][quote="SJUFAN2" post=388417][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388391]Over analyzing these decisions never looks good over a keyboard. Couldn’t there be a chance he just decided he didn’t want to be at St. John’s anymore? Yea it sucks and no one liked LJ more than me. But this is just a college kid who transferred.

When another player from another school does the same tomorrow we will all be in line to grab him up.[/quote]

That's fair, but let's also be realistic. He didn't just wake up Monday morning and decide "I don't like it here anymore." He was in the transfer portal a year ago.

He has every right to do what he's doing. He also deserves all the criticism he gets for handling this in a poor/selfish manner.

I wish him good luck wherever he ends up, but I won't quickly forgive him for how he played this.[/quote]

I just think selfish is a weird word choice coming from fans who selfishly want him at the school so we can all selfishly enjoy a good season.[/quote]

Ok, clearly he doesn't owe fans anything. But what about the staff that was holding the spot for him in the event his pro aspirations didn't pan out??
Its kinda like keeping the girl you've been dating, and know you are going to dump in two months, at arms length while you are on every dating app looking for someone to spend New Years Eve with. She's your worst case scenario for the holiday but then you find a hottie on tinder and you dump the GF the day before the big party.
Works out great for you, but not so much for her. That's what makes it selfish.

As for this fan, I would like to have him here because he's a good, not great player. But have no problems with him leaving and our moving forward without him. Just wish he'd handled it better.[/quote]

To be clear, I totally understand how this timing is bad for st. Johns. Can’t dispute that. I’m Just saying isn’t there a possibility LJ was struggling with this decision on his own? Maybe it wasn’t an easy decision for him to transfer from St. John’s? I mean, look at how its being treated now. To say it’s a selfish move for a college kid to transfer comes off a bit selfish to me. Just my opinion.[/quote]

Ok, but in order for LJ not to come across as having shafted the staff you have to believe that he woke up on memorial day and decided out of the blue that he now wanted to transfer if he didn't go pro.

If that's the case, then how do you explain the report of him taking extra courses without the staff's knowledge so he can be a grad transfer?[/quote]

Or, CMA knew what LJ doing the entire time and was willing to go along with it knowing that it would highly unlikely that he'd be able to grab a kid this late in the game with anywhere near LJ's talent. I could be wrong, but I have a hard time believing that LJ was taking courses on the low down, and CMA wouldn't have found out about them. In the absence of a public confirmation that LJ was returning, I don't see how CMA didn't know that he was still contemplating leaving.
 
[quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388575][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388572][quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388571][quote="PharmDJohnnie11" post=388551]Dave is a complete hack. He used to have some good info back when his boyfriend Ratt A was there, but since the Anderson hire he's making up lies about CMA, and has been completely biased.

When SJU signed Julian Champagnie he laughed at the signing and said he was more of a player Fordham should be recruiting who would be way over his head in the Big East. After Champagnie clearly proved otherwise I called him out on it and he completely walked back his comments, although he still wasn't "sold."

JJ is a cesspool. Glad I'm over here now.[/quote]

Furthermore, he hated on the Anderson hire from the word go, like Goodman hated it. That being said the idea that LJ didn't like MA and didn't fit into the system does make sense with how poorly he played.[/quote]

How poorly he played? He was without a doubt the best player on a team that most would say had a successful season.[/quote]

Like many here I watched every second LJ played last season, just bc his numbers "look" good doesn't mean he had a successful season. I truly think he had an incredibly underwhelming and frustrating season for what his role "was supposed to be" in this system. Again hindsight is 20/20 but I was vocal that he was the most disappointing part of the season/roster last year. A lot of his decision making on offense was infuriating, the floaters, the contested 3's etc.

Is he a talented players, yes. Would I want him on the team rather than not, absolutely. Just saying his season last year was a let down in my eyes.[/quote]

Not meeting your expectations does not equal playing poorly.
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388578][quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388575][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388572][quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388571][quote="PharmDJohnnie11" post=388551]Dave is a complete hack. He used to have some good info back when his boyfriend Ratt A was there, but since the Anderson hire he's making up lies about CMA, and has been completely biased.

When SJU signed Julian Champagnie he laughed at the signing and said he was more of a player Fordham should be recruiting who would be way over his head in the Big East. After Champagnie clearly proved otherwise I called him out on it and he completely walked back his comments, although he still wasn't "sold."

JJ is a cesspool. Glad I'm over here now.[/quote]

Furthermore, he hated on the Anderson hire from the word go, like Goodman hated it. That being said the idea that LJ didn't like MA and didn't fit into the system does make sense with how poorly he played.[/quote]

How poorly he played? He was without a doubt the best player on a team that most would say had a successful season.[/quote]

Like many here I watched every second LJ played last season, just bc his numbers "look" good doesn't mean he had a successful season. I truly think he had an incredibly underwhelming and frustrating season for what his role "was supposed to be" in this system. Again hindsight is 20/20 but I was vocal that he was the most disappointing part of the season/roster last year. A lot of his decision making on offense was infuriating, the floaters, the contested 3's etc.

Is he a talented players, yes. Would I want him on the team rather than not, absolutely. Just saying his season last year was a let down in my eyes.[/quote]

Not meeting your expectations does not equal playing poorly.[/quote]

A big season from our most talented offensive player was not just expectations of mine, everyone expected it.
 
[quote="Monte" post=388577][quote="SJUFAN2" post=388555]

Ok, but in order for LJ not to come across as having shafted the staff you have to believe that he woke up on memorial day and decided out of the blue that he now wanted to transfer if he didn't go pro.

If that's the case, then how do you explain the report of him taking extra courses without the staff's knowledge so he can be a grad transfer?[/quote]

Or, CMA knew what LJ doing the entire time and was willing to go along with it knowing that it would highly unlikely that he'd be able to grab a kid this late in the game with anywhere near LJ's talent. I could be wrong, but I have a hard time believing that LJ was taking courses on the low down, and CMA wouldn't have found out about them. In the absence of a public confirmation that LJ was returning, I don't see how CMA didn't know that he was still contemplating leaving.[/quote]

Under normal circumstances I might buy that argument, but kids finished up the year with online classes. Harder for anyone to know what courses they are taking and besides, if they thought he was going pro, why would they be looking into stuff like that?

Either way, even ZB says we could have had Salnave and passed on him and a few other options we could have pursued because they had "good news" from LJ's team.
https://nypost.com/2020/05/27/the-reality-of-lj-figueroas-separation-from-st-johns/
I doubt that "good news" was that he was considering transferring if he didn't go pro and was taking extra classes to make sure he qualified as a grad transfer.
 
[quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388578][quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388575][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388572][quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388571][quote="PharmDJohnnie11" post=388551]Dave is a complete hack. He used to have some good info back when his boyfriend Ratt A was there, but since the Anderson hire he's making up lies about CMA, and has been completely biased.

When SJU signed Julian Champagnie he laughed at the signing and said he was more of a player Fordham should be recruiting who would be way over his head in the Big East. After Champagnie clearly proved otherwise I called him out on it and he completely walked back his comments, although he still wasn't "sold."

JJ is a cesspool. Glad I'm over here now.[/quote]

Furthermore, he hated on the Anderson hire from the word go, like Goodman hated it. That being said the idea that LJ didn't like MA and didn't fit into the system does make sense with how poorly he played.[/quote]

How poorly he played? He was without a doubt the best player on a team that most would say had a successful season.[/quote]

Like many here I watched every second LJ played last season, just bc his numbers "look" good doesn't mean he had a successful season. I truly think he had an incredibly underwhelming and frustrating season for what his role "was supposed to be" in this system. Again hindsight is 20/20 but I was vocal that he was the most disappointing part of the season/roster last year. A lot of his decision making on offense was infuriating, the floaters, the contested 3's etc.

Is he a talented players, yes. Would I want him on the team rather than not, absolutely. Just saying his season last year was a let down in my eyes.[/quote]

Not meeting your expectations does not equal playing poorly.[/quote]

Does hoisting 30 foot contested 3's and 20 foot floaters on a nightly basis equal bad play?
 
[quote="SJUFAN2" post=388585][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388578][quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388575][quote="Amaseinyourface" post=388572][quote="P1NSTR1PEZ" post=388571][quote="PharmDJohnnie11" post=388551]Dave is a complete hack. He used to have some good info back when his boyfriend Ratt A was there, but since the Anderson hire he's making up lies about CMA, and has been completely biased.

When SJU signed Julian Champagnie he laughed at the signing and said he was more of a player Fordham should be recruiting who would be way over his head in the Big East. After Champagnie clearly proved otherwise I called him out on it and he completely walked back his comments, although he still wasn't "sold."

JJ is a cesspool. Glad I'm over here now.[/quote]

Furthermore, he hated on the Anderson hire from the word go, like Goodman hated it. That being said the idea that LJ didn't like MA and didn't fit into the system does make sense with how poorly he played.[/quote]

How poorly he played? He was without a doubt the best player on a team that most would say had a successful season.[/quote]

Like many here I watched every second LJ played last season, just bc his numbers "look" good doesn't mean he had a successful season. I truly think he had an incredibly underwhelming and frustrating season for what his role "was supposed to be" in this system. Again hindsight is 20/20 but I was vocal that he was the most disappointing part of the season/roster last year. A lot of his decision making on offense was infuriating, the floaters, the contested 3's etc.

Is he a talented players, yes. Would I want him on the team rather than not, absolutely. Just saying his season last year was a let down in my eyes.[/quote]

Not meeting your expectations does not equal playing poorly.[/quote]

Does hoisting 30 foot contested 3's and 20 foot floaters on a nightly basis equal bad play?[/quote]

I had higher expectations for him than anybody. Believe me, he didn’t play nearly as well as I hoped or what I believe he is capable of. He still was our best player most nights and overall I think he had a good season. I thought he would have a great season. He took some bad shots, he didn’t shoot it as well as the season before. He also didn’t have a pg to set him up.

Was he not our best player last year?
 
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