Marvin Clark Interview

[quote="Section9" post=293884][quote="mjmaherjr" post=293807]Marvin is our MSG Section 114 favorite rooting player of the year[/quote]

Does he like lobster rolls, IPAs and pisco sours, because that would elevate him to a whole 'nother level.;)[/quote] That would almost make him superhero like
 
[quote="Mike Zaun" post=293877]Clark really is a great leader, nice interview. It was a bit alarming to hear him say that Mullin doesn't have a "system". Think of the best programs/coaches...they usually have one. You can win playing freestyle, but your talent better be able to overwhelm the opponent. I dream about being top 25, tourney bound this year tearing through the Big East, but I just feel like the program is running on 2 cylinders in a 4 cylinder engine. I will root like hell for this team and for Mullin to break through and get an extension, but if things take a bad turn I don't want to hear "oh, well he was without Tariq and also he was left with nothing 3 years ago". If it's a bad season (missing the tourney) and there are no major injuries to key players especially if MH is cleared, you have to admit it's 100% on the staff. Give me that at least.[/quote]

Wow, breaking new ground with that post,
Socrates..
 
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[quote="Paul Massell" post=293873][quote="Chicago Days" post=293869]
Great post Paul; good insight Richard.
I think Mullin’s ‘style’ is to play 4-5 small(er) quick/athletic guys with shooting skills and ‘let’em’ go, wreaking havoc on both ends of the court.
This will be the first year, he’s got the talent and the ‘horses’ to have a good chance to consistently win with that ‘style’.
This year will reveal much about Mullin’s ‘style’ and how good a coach he is.[/quote]

I remember watching Fran's team run an offense and they looked robotic like CYO kids trying to implement what the coach diagrammed. Then Jarvis's teams running that weave to nowhere. They only time the offense ever looked good from either of these teams was with simple stuff or when Barkley was running stuff he'd done with his friends for years before he ever put on a St. John's uni. I'd like to see some more kickouts and weak side opportunities as well as someone who can catch the ball in the middle but I've seen glimpses of the offense looking a lot more effective than it ever did under previous coaches. Defense not so much but crying for a system is basically irrelevant. JTIII was a great coach at teaching a system at G'town. Didn't work out too well for him. The whole "positionless basketball" is where kids heads are at. That is why all these 7 footers are practicing their 3 pt shooting and trying to beat defenders off the dribble from the top of the key.[/quote]

I think Mully's style fits in with how kids like to play to 'show' their 'game'. This roster looks ideal for his 'style'. It's a bit light on interior heft--but that's not his 'style'. (Off topic a touch, but I flinch sometimes, thinking how Chris would use Kofi and wonder if Kofi and/or his handlers share that skepticism?!?)
Re defense, I also hope guys like Heron, Figgy, G WIlliams, along with a revived Ponds, and Simon, inject some tough D into our game.
We shall see.
 
The double standards on this forum based not on the content but on who posts what is glaring. When others repeat similar or the same points, I am somehow able to continue on without calling them out and inviting others to join in. Can we please stick to SJ hoops and not talk about whose posts are 100% original and whose posts (god forbid, the worst thing on earth) may feature similar points in between?
 
Mike Zaun wrote: The double standards on this forum based not on the content but on who posts what is glaring. When others repeat similar or the same points, I am somehow able to continue on without calling them out and inviting others to join in. Can we please stick to SJ hoops and not talk about whose posts are 100% original and whose posts (god forbid, the worst thing on earth) may feature similar points in between?

Mike, I think what some of us find challenging about your posts is not so much the content, but the tone. Every one is a variation of "I'm really rooting for Mullin to succeed but he is so obviously incompetent and full of himself that can't possibly happen, so let's fire him." It would be like me telling my son " I really want you to get into the best college, but I don't believe you are capable of doing that". Just not a helpful way to look at life or any specific situation.
 
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[quote="NCJohnnie" post=293905]Mike Zaun wrote: The double standards on this forum based not on the content but on who posts what is glaring. When others repeat similar or the same points, I am somehow able to continue on without calling them out and inviting others to join in. Can we please stick to SJ hoops and not talk about whose posts are 100% original and whose posts (god forbid, the worst thing on earth) may feature similar points in between?

Mike, I think what some of us find challenging about your posts is not so much the content, but the tone. Every one is a variation of "I'm really rooting for Mullin to succeed but he is so obviously incompetent and full of himself that can't possibly happen, so let's fire him." It would be like me telling my son " I really want you to get into the best college, but I don't believe you are capable of doing that". Just not a helpful way to look at life or any specific situation.[/quote]

It's like having an identical twin brother that says the same things as you in front of your mother, except you're the only one who gets reprimanded constantly. Then when you complain that it's not fair, you're blamed for being sensitive and going off-topic. Then you are blamed for trying to get the last word in. Literally a no-win situation.
 
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Clark is emerging as one of my all-time favorite Johnnies.

Kid has a mature, inspiring attitude.
 
Agree with Paul 100% about this being Don Nelson basketball. Nelson did have a clue about who he wanted on his teams, which is why he dumped joe barry Carroll and sleepy floyd, and ushered in the freelancing run tmc era, which included the sideshow of Manute shooting 3's.

Chicago days is right - I believe recruits prefer to play in this style of play and it may attract more kids here than to a regimented do as I say offense.

It is,though, idiotic to think that there is no offensive strategy. Just watch chris and gsj screaming instructions from the sidelines when we are on offense , and you will see there is a schema.

One thing is clear from these mullin teams is the staff demands everyone busts it on defense, and that part has been fun to watch. No one is exempt from their ire of not playing hard, and they do take Ponds to task for being lazy at times, all to his benefit. Unlike most of us, they know the difference between ponds at this best, and ponds just filling a stat sheet. During the 11 game streak, ponds was not at his best

Ponds playing within himself is a key to the season, and not trying to play himself into the 1st round. He does the former and he could be a first round pick. The latter, maybe not.

To keep this post on track, clark is so damned likeable and easy to root for. Mike Zaun, not so much. Just kidding mike.
 
[quote="rawdognyc" post=293901][quote="Mike Zaun" post=293877]Clark really is a great leader, nice interview. It was a bit alarming to hear him say that Mullin doesn't have a "system". Think of the best programs/coaches...they usually have one. You can win playing freestyle, but your talent better be able to overwhelm the opponent. I dream about being top 25, tourney bound this year tearing through the Big East, but I just feel like the program is running on 2 cylinders in a 4 cylinder engine. I will root like hell for this team and for Mullin to break through and get an extension, but if things take a bad turn I don't want to hear "oh, well he was without Tariq and also he was left with nothing 3 years ago". If it's a bad season (missing the tourney) and there are no major injuries to key players especially if MH is cleared, you have to admit it's 100% on the staff. Give me that at least.[/quote]

Wow, breaking new ground with that post, Socrates..[/quote]

In the future please refrain from employing sarcasm, as it impairs my enjoyment of this forum. TIA.
 
[quote="Mike Zaun" post=293906]It's like having an identical twin brother that says the same things as you in front of your mother, except you're the only one who gets reprimanded constantly.[/quote]

It's actually nothing like that. What it's like is having a twin brother who says the same boring inane thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and when you beg him to stop because he keeps repeating the same boring nonsense he tells you there's nothing wrong with his behavior, that he's just being persecuted for how he behaved in the past but having reflected on his past behavior he's realized that his past behavior was inappropriate so he's resolved to make himself a better person and he thinks he's really grown as a person which is why his present behavior is completely appropriate and then you run away and join the circus because being sodomized by strong men and carnival barkers is less unpleasant than listening to one more minute of his imbecilic twaddle.
 
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But to be clear I really really really really like Mike Zaun and want him to succeed here but I'm really concerned that he is stubborn, won't listen to anyone, and won't hire the help he needs to be successful. No one wants him to succeed more than me, but if he doesn't do well this season, he should be dumped and deservedly so.

Did I say no one wants him to [strike]be[/strike] do well more than me.
 
[quote="JohnnyFan" post=293907]Clark is emerging as one of my all-time favorite Johnnies.

Kid has a mature, inspiring attitude.[/quote]


So true. A guy that the younger players can emulate. It seems that we have the right type of leadership in the locker room going into this season. Something that is often overlooked in a sport that is dominated by player rankings and stats.
 
[quote="Beast of the East" post=293917]But to be clear I really really really really like Mike Zaun and want him to succeed here but I'm really concerned that he is stubborn, won't listen to anyone, and won't hire the help he needs to be successful. No one wants him to succeed more than me, but if he doesn't do well this season, he should be dumped and deservedly so.

Did I say no one wants him to [strike]be[/strike] do well more than me.[/quote]

Like many fans here MZ may be a bit pugnacious but I have no doubt he is a fan and supporter of the program. People like Marco Baldi and a couple of others I have my doubts.
 
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