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Just opened a bottle of wine, and am about to listen to Dinah Washington's "What a Difference a Day Makes." Ain't that the truth!
 
[quote="Sju grad 13" post=344492][quote="fordham96" post=344487]They do pay assistant coaches in the SEC a lot of money. Melvin Watkins is a good recruiter and was MIke's #2 guy at Missouri and Arkansas. And my guess is Mike will try to bring him to SJU.

Look at his salary. According to this 2016-17 report he was one of the 10 highest paid assistants in the country:

https://fansided.com/2017/06/29/highest-paid-college-basketball-assistant-coaches-2016-17/[/quote]

That’s way less than what we were paying Mitch Richmond and Matt.[/quote]



Richmond and Matt made less than Watkins. Have no idea where you got your information from.
 
[quote="Sju grad 13" post=344492][quote="fordham96" post=344487]They do pay assistant coaches in the SEC a lot of money. Melvin Watkins is a good recruiter and was MIke's #2 guy at Missouri and Arkansas. And my guess is Mike will try to bring him to SJU.

Look at his salary. According to this 2016-17 report he was one of the 10 highest paid assistants in the country:

https://fansided.com/2017/06/29/highest-paid-college-basketball-assistant-coaches-2016-17/[/quote]

That’s way less than what we were paying Mitch Richmond and Matt.[/quote]

No it's not.
 
Strong coach, stable resume, no scandals that I am aware of. I don't think we could do much better at this point.

Just repeating my post from this afternoon. Still not sure I will believe this until he coaches his first game but to come out of this with a solid coach from the SEC is a steal for this program.
 
[quote="MCNPA" post=344479]Apparently Andy Borman is Coach K’s nephew... was mentioned on Twitter. Either way, SJU got it right here. Get it done and get this rolling. I hope Mike Anderson is willing to go out and work to grab the talent.[/quote]

You just found that out about Borman???
 
[quote="panther2" post=344499][quote="Sju grad 13" post=344492][quote="fordham96" post=344487]They do pay assistant coaches in the SEC a lot of money. Melvin Watkins is a good recruiter and was MIke's #2 guy at Missouri and Arkansas. And my guess is Mike will try to bring him to SJU.

Look at his salary. According to this 2016-17 report he was one of the 10 highest paid assistants in the country:

https://fansided.com/2017/06/29/highest-paid-college-basketball-assistant-coaches-2016-17/[/quote]

That’s way less than what we were paying Mitch Richmond and Matt.[/quote]



Richmond and Matt made less than Watkins. Have no idea where you got your information from.[/quote]

100% said that after you panther. Not even close. SJU does not pay $400K for assistants. They may have to now.
 
[quote="redken" post=344498]Just opened a bottle of wine, and am about to listen to Dinah Washington's "What a Difference a Day Makes." Ain't that the truth![/quote]

What a day!
Now I won't need the hemlock chaser!
Lol.
 
[quote="panther2" post=344499][quote="Sju grad 13" post=344492][quote="fordham96" post=344487]They do pay assistant coaches in the SEC a lot of money. Melvin Watkins is a good recruiter and was MIke's #2 guy at Missouri and Arkansas. And my guess is Mike will try to bring him to SJU.

Look at his salary. According to this 2016-17 report he was one of the 10 highest paid assistants in the country:

https://fansided.com/2017/06/29/highest-paid-college-basketball-assistant-coaches-2016-17/[/quote]

That’s way less than what we were paying Mitch Richmond and Matt.[/quote]



Richmond and Matt made less than Watkins. Have no idea where you got your information from.[/quote]

Pretty much a wash
 
[quote="SJU2000alum15" post=344435]Yes as down as I was about the program yesterday and earlier today this is quite a big turn around a hire that I like a lot. If it goes down I will send a thank you email to Mike Cragg and keep my season tickets![/quote]
And, Heron is probably familiar with him from SEC days. Perhaps he talks LJ and Tabor off ledge
 
[quote="fordham96" post=344504][quote="panther2" post=344499][quote="Sju grad 13" post=344492][quote="fordham96" post=344487]They do pay assistant coaches in the SEC a lot of money. Melvin Watkins is a good recruiter and was MIke's #2 guy at Missouri and Arkansas. And my guess is Mike will try to bring him to SJU.

Look at his salary. According to this 2016-17 report he was one of the 10 highest paid assistants in the country:

https://fansided.com/2017/06/29/highest-paid-college-basketball-assistant-coaches-2016-17/[/quote]

That’s way less than what we were paying Mitch Richmond and Matt.[/quote]



Richmond and Matt made less than Watkins. Have no idea where you got your information from.[/quote]

100% said that after you panther. Not even close. SJU does not pay $400K for assistants. They may have to now.[/quote]

They were pretty much there
 
[quote="SJU2000alum15" post=344467]Get him officially hired and get him a conversation right away with Figgy need to keep that kid here![/quote]
Heron's familiar with Anderson from the SEC -- and in both years he took Arkansas to the NCAAs -- and should be able to put in a good word for him with Figgy. If nothing else, it can't hurt.

Edit: Section 3, didn't mean to step on your toes, but posts are flying onto the board faster than I can read them.
 
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I don't know what we are going to pay him, but since we do not have to pay a buyout there should be money for quality assistants.
 
Besides Pitino or Donovan, this one strikes me as the only one left to help remove the cloud this week and put a little sunshine in the equation.

Competence, recruiting acumen, experience in SEC, appealing style of play, NCAA solid success and probably great motivation to get back on sidelines sounds like winning formula. Psyched to get back on track with Mike!
 
[quote="Sju grad 13" post=344511]I could’ve sworn I read Matt was making 400,000. If I’m mistaken then my bad.[/quote]

I was told it was more in the $250K range which by the way would still be overpaying for him. $400K would be downright criminal for him.
 
This hire is better than anything I could have expected at this point
"40 minutes of hell" comes to Queens
Get Watkins and a couple of local recruiters and we're set
Congrats, Coach Anderson
Welcome to the Big Apple and the World's Most Famous Arena
Looking forward to seeing that exciting brand of basketball next season
 
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