Matt A

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Hearing Will Wade has a good shot at one of these high major jobs currently open and will make it a priority to get Matt with him wherever he lands.

What's the connection between the 2 of them? Not liking all the Matt chatter. Around here where there's smoke, there's usually a raging inferno.

Not liking it either. If Matt aspires to be more than a recruiter, seems to me that he would give consideration to any assistant coaching offers that come his way.

I think he realizes his limitations & is basically a recruiter. Sounds to me, he wants a pay increase. Let his boss figure that one out & do what he thinks is right if that's the case.

Could be a sticky situation. Not saying that this is the case here, but as an employer I've been placed in a position where an employee thinks they have all the leverage. And that's never ever the case. I always have a plan B in place if negotiations don't work out. Hope Matt realizes this and expect CM has a plan B just in case.

If Mullin doesn't have succession plans, plan Bs, whatever you want to call it after what happened with Rohressen, well, maybe SJU is snake bitten and we need a witch doctor not a coach.

 

[Andrew]

Hearing Will Wade has a good shot at one of these high major jobs currently open and will make it a priority to get Matt with him wherever he lands.

What's the connection between the 2 of them? Not liking all the Matt chatter. Around here where there's smoke, there's usually a raging inferno.

Not liking it either. If Matt aspires to be more than a recruiter, seems to me that he would give consideration to any assistant coaching offers that come his way.

I think he realizes his limitations & is basically a recruiter. Sounds to me, he wants a pay increase. Let his boss figure that one out & do what he thinks is right if that's the case.

Could be a sticky situation. Not saying that this is the case here, but as an employer I've been placed in a position where an employee thinks they have all the leverage. And that's never ever the case. I always have a plan B in place if negotiations don't work out. Hope Matt realizes this and expect CM has a plan B just in case.

If Mullin doesn't have succession plans, plan Bs, whatever you want to call it after what happened with Rohressen, well, maybe SJU is snake bitten and we need a witch doctor not a coach.

The witch doctor would make for a nice story on one of these NCAA tournament telecasts. Worth a shot.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Hearing Will Wade has a good shot at one of these high major jobs currently open and will make it a priority to get Matt with him wherever he lands.

What's the connection between the 2 of them? Not liking all the Matt chatter. Around here where there's smoke, there's usually a raging inferno.

Not liking it either. If Matt aspires to be more than a recruiter, seems to me that he would give consideration to any assistant coaching offers that come his way.

I think he realizes his limitations & is basically a recruiter. Sounds to me, he wants a pay increase. Let his boss figure that one out & do what he thinks is right if that's the case.

Could be a sticky situation. Not saying that this is the case here, but as an employer I've been placed in a position where an employee thinks they have all the leverage. And that's never ever the case. I always have a plan B in place if negotiations don't work out. Hope Matt realizes this and expect CM has a plan B just in case.

If Mullin doesn't have succession plans, plan Bs, whatever you want to call it after what happened with Rohressen, well, maybe SJU is snake bitten and we need a witch doctor not a coach.

I know a good Shaman in Peru we could fly up here

 

[logen]

Hearing Will Wade has a good shot at one of these high major jobs currently open and will make it a priority to get Matt with him wherever he lands.

What's the connection between the 2 of them? Not liking all the Matt chatter. Around here where there's smoke, there's usually a raging inferno.

Not liking it either. If Matt aspires to be more than a recruiter, seems to me that he would give consideration to any assistant coaching offers that come his way.

I think he realizes his limitations & is basically a recruiter. Sounds to me, he wants a pay increase. Let his boss figure that one out & do what he thinks is right if that's the case.

Could be a sticky situation. Not saying that this is the case here, but as an employer I've been placed in a position where an employee thinks they have all the leverage. And that's never ever the case. I always have a plan B in place if negotiations don't work out. Hope Matt realizes this and expect CM has a plan B just in case.

If Mullin doesn't have succession plans, plan Bs, whatever you want to call it after what happened with Rohressen, well, maybe SJU is snake bitten and we need a witch doctor not a coach.

I know a good Shaman in Peru we could fly up here

Couldn't hurt

 

[paultzman]

Hearing Will Wade has a good shot at one of these high major jobs currently open and will make it a priority to get Matt with him wherever he lands.

What's the connection between the 2 of them? Not liking all the Matt chatter. Around here where there's smoke, there's usually a raging inferno.

Not liking it either. If Matt aspires to be more than a recruiter, seems to me that he would give consideration to any assistant coaching offers that come his way.

I think he realizes his limitations & is basically a recruiter. Sounds to me, he wants a pay increase. Let his boss figure that one out & do what he thinks is right if that's the case.

Could be a sticky situation. Not saying that this is the case here, but as an employer I've been placed in a position where an employee thinks they have all the leverage. And that's never ever the case. I always have a plan B in place if negotiations don't work out. Hope Matt realizes this and expect CM has a plan B just in case.

If Mullin doesn't have succession plans, plan Bs, whatever you want to call it after what happened with Rohressen, well, maybe SJU is snake bitten and we need a witch doctor not a coach.

I know a good Shaman in Peru we could fly up here

Can he help with defense?

 

[mjmaherjr]

Hearing Will Wade has a good shot at one of these high major jobs currently open and will make it a priority to get Matt with him wherever he lands.

What's the connection between the 2 of them? Not liking all the Matt chatter. Around here where there's smoke, there's usually a raging inferno.

Not liking it either. If Matt aspires to be more than a recruiter, seems to me that he would give consideration to any assistant coaching offers that come his way.

I think he realizes his limitations & is basically a recruiter. Sounds to me, he wants a pay increase. Let his boss figure that one out & do what he thinks is right if that's the case.

Could be a sticky situation. Not saying that this is the case here, but as an employer I've been placed in a position where an employee thinks they have all the leverage. And that's never ever the case. I always have a plan B in place if negotiations don't work out. Hope Matt realizes this and expect CM has a plan B just in case.

If Mullin doesn't have succession plans, plan Bs, whatever you want to call it after what happened with Rohressen, well, maybe SJU is snake bitten and we need a witch doctor not a coach.

I know a good Shaman in Peru we could fly up here

Couldn't hurt

I can get us a good deal on a redmen.com ayahuasca therapy. A bunch of redmen.com guys tripping on that stuff would be classic

 

[fun]

Six weeks ago a well-respected poster mused that Matt Abdelmassih - “[Matt] grew up enamored of everything related to St. John’s”; he said (in the NY Times) of his hiring that “It’s surreal, it’s amazing. Words can’t describe it … [Mullin’s] an absolute legend” - might leave to follow his messiah Will Wade to the ends of the earth and panic ensued. Six weeks later comes another well-respected poster who reports the breaking news that Matt Abdelmassih might leave to follow his messiah Will Wade to the ends of the earth. And panic once again ensues. In six weeks some other well-respected poster will report that ________ is going to __________ and panic will ensue. Because where there's smoke there's fire. Or dry ice. Or a monkey smoking a cigar. The important thing to remember is that the sky be falling, always.

You doubting that there's some trouble in paradise, or you just feeling thar our fanbase is overreacting to it?

I don't believe in paradise; the other though is a given: man is borne to trouble as the sparks fly upward. I find the constant drum beat that there's some horrible cataclysmic event just around the corner exhausting. Haven't enough actual horrible things happened to this program? Isn't sucking at basketball and being irrelevant for 30 years enough punishment? Do we have to speculate regularly about further vague phantasmagorical horrors? What's the worst thing that could happen if this second hand rumor that even I heard about six weeks ago - and I'm the least connected poster ever - came to pass? They'd hire another recruiter who's as good as Matt A and the guy they just fired who worked for Johnnie Calimari? OH MY GOD the sky is falling! Some guy heard some thing about some thing from someone and the world is ending. OHMYGOD. I think it's a sickness and that you people get off on it and I don't and it makes me tired reading about it and if it did I'd find another hobby. No doubt that my problem and as usual YMMV.

But god damn it. I collect books. If every time I bought a book it made me unhappy and I worried about whether the book I bought had mold that would ruin all my other books and that the signature on the flyleaf was faked and that my book shelves were going to cause my load bearing walls to collapse I'd find another hobby. Your (royal) hobby seems to be thinking of horrible things that might befall the sports team that you root for. I don't get it.

 

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TMML

 

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Hearing Will Wade has a good shot at one of these high major jobs currently open and will make it a priority to get Matt with him wherever he lands.

What's the connection between the 2 of them? Not liking all the Matt chatter. Around here where there's smoke, there's usually a raging inferno.

Not liking it either. If Matt aspires to be more than a recruiter, seems to me that he would give consideration to any assistant coaching offers that come his way.

I think he realizes his limitations & is basically a recruiter. Sounds to me, he wants a pay increase. Let his boss figure that one out & do what he thinks is right if that's the case.

Could be a sticky situation. Not saying that this is the case here, but as an employer I've been placed in a position where an employee thinks they have all the leverage. And that's never ever the case. I always have a plan B in place if negotiations don't work out. Hope Matt realizes this and expect CM has a plan B just in case.

If Mullin doesn't have succession plans, plan Bs, whatever you want to call it after what happened with Rohressen, well, maybe SJU is snake bitten and we need a witch doctor not a coach.

I know a good Shaman in Peru we could fly up here

Couldn't hurt

I can get us a good deal on a redmen.com ayahuasca therapy. A bunch of redmen.com guys tripping on that stuff would be classic

Too potent for me, but you can arrange for some Maui wowee or Panama red, deal me in.

 

[JohnnyFan]

Let me make a counter argument. Matt is a recently married New Yorker. He loves the Mets and, in the past week, has twice tweeted about his commitment to this turn around. Maybe this one is just smoke.

 

[redken]

Let me make a counter argument. Matt is a recently married New Yorker. He loves the Mets and, in the past week, has twice tweeted about his commitment to this turn around. Maybe this one is just smoke.

Reasonable arguments have no place on this website ... especially when they're not doom and gloom.

 

[Las Vegan]

Hearing Will Wade has a good shot at one of these high major jobs currently open and will make it a priority to get Matt with him wherever he lands.

What's the connection between the 2 of them? Not liking all the Matt chatter. Around here where there's smoke, there's usually a raging inferno.

Not liking it either. If Matt aspires to be more than a recruiter, seems to me that he would give consideration to any assistant coaching offers that come his way.

I think he realizes his limitations & is basically a recruiter. Sounds to me, he wants a pay increase. Let his boss figure that one out & do what he thinks is right if that's the case.

Could be a sticky situation. Not saying that this is the case here, but as an employer I've been placed in a position where an employee thinks they have all the leverage. And that's never ever the case. I always have a plan B in place if negotiations don't work out. Hope Matt realizes this and expect CM has a plan B just in case.

If Mullin doesn't have succession plans, plan Bs, whatever you want to call it after what happened with Rohressen, well, maybe SJU is snake bitten and we need a witch doctor not a coach.

It needs Lancaster Merrin

 

[bamafan]

Let me make a counter argument. Matt is a recently married New Yorker. He loves the Mets and, in the past week, has twice tweeted about his commitment to this turn around. Maybe this one is just smoke.

If his seats are all the way out in the center field bleachers the Mets may not be enough of a lure to keep him here.

 

[IDRAFT]

He is a hard worker and seems well connected. He also does not coach at all. If you look around you will notice that coaches now move around all the time, and assistants very much so. If Mullin can't find another guy to fly around and suck up to AAU coaches the problem would be Mullin.

I'm fine with the guy staying but he seems far from irreplaceable to me and if (because this is all hearsay) he is being a pain for the second year in a row he might not be worth the trouble. I haven't seen Iowa State fall apart.

 

[redmannorth]

He is a hard worker and seems well connected. He also does not coach at all. If you look around you will notice that coaches now move around all the time, and assistants very much so. If Mullin can't find another guy to fly around and suck up to AAU coaches the problem would be Mullin.

I'm fine with the guy staying but he seems far from irreplaceable to me and if (because this is all hearsay) he is being a pain for the second year in a row he might not be worth the trouble. I haven't seen Iowa State fall apart.

Not really sure what you are referring to but whatever it is you are completely off base. Matt is not and has never ever been a pain. He has been very good and better since he has been with us for less than 2 years. He works his ass off , all day and every day , and is always talking positive about the school. He has done nothing wrong and has done somewhat of a remarkable job recruiting the roster to date.
If you think Slice left because of Matt you have no clue as to what you are talking about.

 

[IDRAFT]

Fair enough I claimed no inside knowledge. I also said I rather he stay. But if he goes he goes.

 

[prjohnnies]

Agreed but another supposedly "connected" poster on the other site states the exact opposite re: the Slice situation. Then again, he revels in the negative stuff, only posts things negative in nature and has been one of the few to take shots at Matt.

All I've ever heard are great things. And being a NY kid who loves the school, he knows full well how folks would react if he bails now.

He is a hard worker and seems well connected. He also does not coach at all. If you look around you will notice that coaches now move around all the time, and assistants very much so. If Mullin can't find another guy to fly around and suck up to AAU coaches the problem would be Mullin.

I'm fine with the guy staying but he seems far from irreplaceable to me and if (because this is all hearsay) he is being a pain for the second year in a row he might not be worth the trouble. I haven't seen Iowa State fall apart.

Not really sure what you are referring to but whatever it is you are completely off base. Matt is not and has never ever been a pain. He has been very good and better since he has been with us for less than 2 years. He works his ass off , all day and every day , and is always talking positive about the school. He has done nothing wrong and has done somewhat of a remarkable job recruiting the roster to date.
If you think Slice left because of Matt you have no clue as to what you are talking about.

 

[SJU85]

Agreed but another supposedly "connected" poster on the other site states the exact opposite re: the Slice situation. Then again, he revels in the negative stuff, only posts things negative in nature and has been one of the few to take shots at Matt.

All I've ever heard are great things. And being a NY kid who loves the school, he knows full well how folks would react if he bails now.

He is a hard worker and seems well connected. He also does not coach at all. If you look around you will notice that coaches now move around all the time, and assistants very much so. If Mullin can't find another guy to fly around and suck up to AAU coaches the problem would be Mullin.

I'm fine with the guy staying but he seems far from irreplaceable to me and if (because this is all hearsay) he is being a pain for the second year in a row he might not be worth the trouble. I haven't seen Iowa State fall apart.

Not really sure what you are referring to but whatever it is you are completely off base. Matt is not and has never ever been a pain. He has been very good and better since he has been with us for less than 2 years. He works his ass off , all day and every day , and is always talking positive about the school. He has done nothing wrong and has done somewhat of a remarkable job recruiting the roster to date.
If you think Slice left because of Matt you have no clue as to what you are talking about.

Slice thought he was going to be Chris number one. He wasn't and didn't have the input he thought he would. That was reason number one.

 

[SJU14]

Agreed but another supposedly "connected" poster on the other site states the exact opposite re: the Slice situation. Then again, he revels in the negative stuff, only posts things negative in nature and has been one of the few to take shots at Matt.

All I've ever heard are great things. And being a NY kid who loves the school, he knows full well how folks would react if he bails

I don't really know much about the situation, but the fact that Matt is still here and Mullin's childhood friend that left Kentucky to be here is gone speaks volumes.

 

[Moose]

Agreed but another supposedly "connected" poster on the other site states the exact opposite re: the Slice situation. Then again, he revels in the negative stuff, only posts things negative in nature and has been one of the few to take shots at Matt.

All I've ever heard are great things. And being a NY kid who loves the school, he knows full well how folks would react if he bails

I don't really know much about the situation, but the fact that Matt is still here and Mullin's childhood friend that left Kentucky to be here is gone speaks volumes.

The childhood friend talk is exaggerated. Did they know each other ? Yes. Best friends uniting to bring SJU back? No.