More Bad News Coming?
- Thread starter paultzman
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No announcement on Greene yet....
I guess, JayOn said announcement would be today though, so who knows...
We are but I think strides are being made to rectify that and I think the downward momentum was inherited by Dean Simons, not because of him. Given the troubles in the economy, St. John's grads have been squeezed out of positions that they normally would get (or maybe we could even improve in), and until the legal market improves a bit, I am guessing it's hard to improve our ranking a ton.
Whether he is/was a good player or not, he was a respectable, tough, and hard working human being who is a team-first guy in a era of basketball where every player plays for the name on the back of their jersey not the front. Although I agree he had his flaws the fact that a great kid like this is leaving our program is a real shame, and I'm sad as hell to see him go.
westchesterjoe
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Dean Simons has impeccable credentials Academically and has long standing ties to the University .. I don't think the next President has to be a Priest or, Alum of the school.
It would be important for him or her, to understand the importance of the school's tradition in College BB.. Having graduated from Chaminade in the 1980's, I'm sure he was aware of our Final 4 run in 1985 and the importance that had for the school.
Wonder if him being a Harvard Law Grad would lead him to consider Tommy Amaker, if/when LaVIN is gone?
It would be important for him or her, to understand the importance of the school's tradition in College BB.. Having graduated from Chaminade in the 1980's, I'm sure he was aware of our Final 4 run in 1985 and the importance that had for the school.
Wonder if him being a Harvard Law Grad would lead him to consider Tommy Amaker, if/when LaVIN is gone?
Tommy and Harvard are a nice fit. I don't see that being the case here.
In any event(from Wiki): Amaker was credited for helping to restore the ethical reputation of a Michigan program which had been tarnished by scandal.[124][125] However, he was criticized in the press for being unable to take the Wolverines to the NCAA tournament in six seasons at the helm.[126] Some fans and sportswriters argued that Amaker's Michigan teams tended to underachieve and fall apart in pressure situations, particularly in conference, on the road and at the end of the regular season.[127] On March 17, 2007, Amaker was fired by the University of Michigan.[126] Amaker was paid $900,000 to buy out the remaining years on his contract.[128]
Sounds like a cross between Norm and Lavin.
I personally don't see Amaker leaving Harvard until Coach K retires and he becomes the next Duke head coach. I also think Amaker was hurt to a degree by the Michigan scandal because werent they sanctioned first year or two under him? Based on his success at SHU followed by his success at Harvard, I think he's proven to be an excellent coach, though its possible he just got lazy and had too big a head after rising so quickly to head coach of Michigan.
Additionally, I believe Amaker's wife is a professor at Harvard now so I imagine she'd have to be OK with becoming a professor here as well.
I think he did OK at SH(3 NITs and 1 NCAA in 4 years). Recruited well. He may have been hurt by the scandal at Mich, but was given plenty of time to get beyond that. No tourney appearances in 6 years is inexcusable at Mich. Just think he's more suited for the Ivy league.
The President does not have to be a vincentian anymore. They changed that back around 2009 when the thought was that Pellow was next in line to replace Harrington.
Also, as a recent alum of the law school, in my opinion Simons would be a quality choice. He's also a big sports fan and more than likely would appear at more games than FH (although that won't be hard to do).
jerseyshorejohnny
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Does need to be a practicing Roman Catholic, which Mike is.
No, not me.