Next Coach?

[Knight]

Any ideas who is in the mix?

 

[NYCRedmen]

Like it or not, we have a coach.

 

[Ricky Smith]

Like it or not, we have a coach.

Where?

 

[Class of 72]

Like it or not, we have a coach.

Where?

I am pretty sure coach Cluess will be in the mix. Kids like his style of play, he has solid NYC area connections and comes from a St. John's family. All he would need to do is hire great assistants, keep Tony Chiles who is the only coach on our team that has had any contact with potential recruits and we will be in the middle of the Big East pack for years to come. I also heard he hates being at a school that rhymes with an incomplete sentence. Would you want to coach at a school that ends with a question mark? I OWN A.....?

BTW, I am 110% sure he would keep Tony.

 

[Ricky Smith]

Like it or not, we have a coach.

Where?

I am pretty sure coach Cluess will be in the mix. Kids like his style of play, he has solid NYC area connections and comes from a St. John's family. All he would need to do is hire great assistants, keep Tony Chiles who is the only coach on our team that has had any contact with potential recruits and we will be in the middle of the Big East pack for years to come. I also heard he hates being at a school that rhymes with an incomplete sentence. Would you want to coach at a school that ends with a question mark? I OWN A.....?

BTW, I am 110% sure he would keep Tony.

Ya Tony has been killing it on the recruiting front. He is first to go

 

[MCNPA]

I know some don't love Cluess, but he puts teams out there that can really score consistently every year. He also gets a lot of recruiting gems who can play. He's one of the few local guys that really wants to stay here for the long haul and would have a lot of recruiting success, even in "down" years grabbing talent. He'd have a heck of a lot more resources at SJU as well.

I wanted to see if he could hold up at the D1 level and he more than has with a record of 57-19. The guy is successful everywhere. Cluess lives 10 minutes from SJU. I don't see a more logical choice if we didn't want to lose a step and are facing a big rebuilding situation.

 

[mjmaherjr]

Cluess with Rex Ryan as defensive coordinator I could live with. Without Rex then I'll pass

 

[Class of 72]

Like it or not, we have a coach.

Where?

I am pretty sure coach Cluess will be in the mix. Kids like his style of play, he has solid NYC area connections and comes from a St. John's family. All he would need to do is hire great assistants, keep Tony Chiles who is the only coach on our team that has had any contact with potential recruits and we will be in the middle of the Big East pack for years to come. I also heard he hates being at a school that rhymes with an incomplete sentence. Would you want to coach at a school that ends with a question mark? I OWN A.....?

BTW, I am 110% sure he would keep Tony.

Ya Tony has been killing it on the recruiting front. He is first to go

He has been doing all the heavy lifting for both Lavin and his boyfriend Rico for 5 years now. He is the only coach I saw at CTK games while Rico was holed up with his Hollywood wife in Long Island City and Lavin was planning his next vacation /recruiting trip. It actually would not shock me to see him as head coach at Iona
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[sirvoo]

Marshall from Wichita
Pastner from Memphis
Calipari from Kentucky just cause why the hell not

 

[simplyred]

Marshall from Wichita
Pastner from Memphis
Calipari from Kentucky just cause why the hell not

Marshall would be a great choice but I doubt that he would take the job.
Pastner has done less with more than Lavin has.
Cal... Nevermind!

 

[Moose]

Pastner has done less with more than Lavin has

???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Pastner#Head_Coaching_Record

 

[mkras99]

Bruce Pearl.

 

[Ricky Smith]

Like it or not, we have a coach.

Where?

I am pretty sure coach Cluess will be in the mix. Kids like his style of play, he has solid NYC area connections and comes from a St. John's family. All he would need to do is hire great assistants, keep Tony Chiles who is the only coach on our team that has had any contact with potential recruits and we will be in the middle of the Big East pack for years to come. I also heard he hates being at a school that rhymes with an incomplete sentence. Would you want to coach at a school that ends with a question mark? I OWN A.....?

BTW, I am 110% sure he would keep Tony.

Ya Tony has been killing it on the recruiting front. He is first to go

He has been doing all the heavy lifting for both Lavin and his boyfriend Rico for 5 years now. He is the only coach I saw at CTK games while Rico was holed up with his Hollywood wife in Long Island City and Lavin was planning his next vacation /recruiting trip. It actually would not shock me to see him as head coach at Iona
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And what has Chiles brought in?

 

[paultzman]

Before offering names, I need to get a sense of what SJU President is willing to pay.

 

[simplyred]

U

Pastner has done less with more than Lavin has

???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Pastner#Head_Coaching_Record

Ok, my hyperbole doesn't hold up under the weight of the facts. Nonetheless, he has had the most talent in the AAC and he finished 3rd last year and is mediocre this year.

 

[Avon Barksdale]

Bruce Pearl.

just to play devils advocate, why would he leave Auburn, where all the pressure will always be on the football coach first and foremost, there is no "salary cap" in the SEC (legally and illegally) to come here?

Also, when has SJU ever poached from a big school to get a coach?....we have gone assistant route twice (Mahoney and Norm), lesser conference twice (Fran and MJ) and Lavin was out of coaching.

And i wouldnt object to Pearl , just wanted to throw those thoughts out there.

 

[mkras99]

Bruce Pearl.

just to play devils advocate, why would he leave Auburn, where all the pressure will always be on the football coach first and foremost, there is no "salary cap" in the SEC (legally and illegally) to come here?

Also, when has SJU ever poached from a big school to get a coach?....we have gone assistant route twice (Mahoney and Norm), lesser conference twice (Fran and MJ) and Lavin was out of coaching.

And i wouldnt object to Pearl , just wanted to throw those thoughts out there.

He definitely wouldn't leave and we definitely wouldn't hire him. He's just been the guy I've wanted the last two (and if Lavin is gone, three) times.

You seem pretty confident Lavin is a goner. Why?

 

[gman]

Mike Dunlap as hc and a solid recruiter.

 

[Class of 72]

Like it or not, we have a coach.

Where?

I am pretty sure coach Cluess will be in the mix. Kids like his style of play, he has solid NYC area connections and comes from a St. John's family. All he would need to do is hire great assistants, keep Tony Chiles who is the only coach on our team that has had any contact with potential recruits and we will be in the middle of the Big East pack for years to come. I also heard he hates being at a school that rhymes with an incomplete sentence. Would you want to coach at a school that ends with a question mark? I OWN A.....?

BTW, I am 110% sure he would keep Tony.

Ya Tony has been killing it on the recruiting front. He is first to go

He has been doing all the heavy lifting for both Lavin and his boyfriend Rico for 5 years now. He is the only coach I saw at CTK games while Rico was holed up with his Hollywood wife in Long Island City and Lavin was planning his next vacation /recruiting trip. It actually would not shock me to see him as head coach at Iona
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And what has Chiles brought in?

Wrong, wrong question! Who has Steve Lavin "closed the deal with" that was the fruit of Tony's labor?? Briscoe? Diallo? Whitehead? The Philadelphia recruits only contact have been Tony which may be the only reason Samir Doughty stays under a new coach if Chiles is retained. Who kept in constant contact with Chris Obekpa? Who was the STJ face at the Kenton Facey games in high school? Lavin was supposed to be a closer not his chief recruiter.

 

[Ricky Smith]

Like it or not, we have a coach.

Where?

I am pretty sure coach Cluess will be in the mix. Kids like his style of play, he has solid NYC area connections and comes from a St. John's family. All he would need to do is hire great assistants, keep Tony Chiles who is the only coach on our team that has had any contact with potential recruits and we will be in the middle of the Big East pack for years to come. I also heard he hates being at a school that rhymes with an incomplete sentence. Would you want to coach at a school that ends with a question mark? I OWN A.....?

BTW, I am 110% sure he would keep Tony.

Ya Tony has been killing it on the recruiting front. He is first to go

He has been doing all the heavy lifting for both Lavin and his boyfriend Rico for 5 years now. He is the only coach I saw at CTK games while Rico was holed up with his Hollywood wife in Long Island City and Lavin was planning his next vacation /recruiting trip. It actually would not shock me to see him as head coach at Iona
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And what has Chiles brought in?

Wrong, wrong question! Who has Steve Lavin "closed the deal with" that was the fruit of Tony's labor?? Briscoe? Diallo? Whitehead? The Philadelphia recruits only contact have been Tony which may be the only reason Samir Doughty stays under a new coach if Chiles is retained. Who kept in constant contact with Chris Obekpa? Who was the STJ face at the Kenton Facey games in high school? Lavin was supposed to be a closer not his chief recruiter.

So you give credit for Obekpa and it's Lavish fault on Facey?