[quote="Logen" post=345874][quote="redken" post=345854][quote="RedStormNC" post=345783][quote="MarkRedman" post=345770]Chris is St John's. He is the best player that ever came through the program and has represented us with grace, dignity and class throughout his career. While his short lived coaching career was not as successful as everyone would have liked it to have been, he was a victim of circumstance. He took over a team that was totally void of talent. As a novice coach, he should have been given more help, support and direction. But there was nobody around to do so. Regardless, our win total improved each year and he left the program in far better shape than when he took over.
I hope that Chris remains connected to St John's. Much like Looie, he is an ambassador for our program and school. Thanks for providing us with so many wonderful memories that all of us will always cherish. Chris is a St John's legend.[/quote]
Agree with much of what you said, but in no way was Mullin a victim of circumstance. Regardless of his lack of coaching experience, he knew what he was getting into, created the staff, responsible for the players in/out etc. As an "NBA executive" he should have been saavy enough to know change should have been made quickly. Even if not, he should have had enough contacts to give him the feedback all of us saw here. Not having an AD shouldn't be a cover.
Not trying to dump on him, as I love him as a player like everyone else, but his tenure as a coach should be looked at in the same light as Mahoney, Roberts or anyone else that didn't achieve as much as we hoped.[/quote]
I wish Mullin nothing but the best, but if he felt it was time to leave and move on to other things, why was he (or his agent) supposedly asking for a two-year extension, which would translate into having him as head coach -- a less-than-committed, uninterested and tired head coach, at that -- for four more years?[/quote]
I believe Mullin felt it was time to leave after the extension was turned down. And it clearly was.[/quote]
Mullin was on the Mad Dog Show today. Talked about the hard work the job entails, 12 months recruiting. He praised himself regarding the improvement and development of the team under his tutelage.
Russo brought up Mullins pro career and Olympic participation. Asked Chris about playing for Larry Bird at Indiana and what he learned. Are you ready? Mullin remarked",How to pick a great staff."
Very interesting discussion regarding our three losses to G'town who went on to lose to Nova BTW, we had only four losses that year, one to Niagara.. Chris claimed Nova wanted no part of us since Pinckney and teammates couldn't beat us.
