Next Coach?

Go out and get Shaka Smart!
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This would be incredible considering he'd almost certainly bring over his upcoming recruiting class.

Unfortunately, it won't happen. He's turned down bigger jobs.
 
Ben Howland.

Have I mentioned that before?

Wouldn't it be nice to have an actual professional coach?
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Yes it would and I think Howland would be a good choice. Experienced, tough and I don't think he would be itching to leave as he has already been there and done that and it obviously did not work out. West coast guy who coaches east coast basketball; we could do a lot worse.
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If Howland was the choice, it would have been better to make the switch for this season. He could have won big with these guys.
 
@rumbleSBN: Lavin on why his team has struggled in conference play: "There's no one particular area that we've struggled. It's different every game."
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That's a characteristic of a bad team. Bad teams find ways to lose.
 
LETS put 1/2 the problems on the players and 1/4 on the assistants and 1/4 on the coach
OUTSIDE OF Dlo,Pointer others are overated. Jordan as talent but has not produced according to his HS ranking Obekpa blocks shots thats it I do blame the staff for the recruiting picks but Hey a lot of good programs wanted these players They hustle and try hard can not fault them for playing up to there talent. Thats said we did lose some close games perhaps at least 3-4 that could have been ws .Then we would all be singing a different tune
SO Part of me says stay with coach and change some of his staff .Maybe our big recruiting class if it happens put problems to rest Call me optimistic
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Nothing stopped coach Lav from recruiting over guys. He inexplicably went the other way leaving the team without replacements for the guys who are leaving. If the AD has not asked him where the players are, I would be very surprised. We are short 4 BE type players on this team, and 4 on the way with an attempt to continue recruiting players who are better then what you have. Coach either can't do the job, or didn't try. What we have could not have been the plan. Walkons, JC players without transcripts, or giving ships to players that don't come close to being BE level a bad attempt to make it seem you did something that looks like recruiting. Until I saw how this years roster played out, I was a coach Lav backer. This team was left skinny, starving and now beat up. How can he continue to be trusted running this team?
 
If they do fire Lavin, my guess is it will come down to 3 coaches: Tim Cluess, Dan Hurley, or Bobby Hurley
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If its one of the Hurley's can they bring Dad along as an asst? Aside from the coaching experience, can you imagine the recruiting prowess he'd bring? Not that Danny or Bobby wouldn't be able to establish a pipeline to NJ on their own.
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Dad is a High School coach. He recruits eighth graders based on his reputation. Do you think that translates to bringing MCDAA's here?
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He knows every high school and AAU coach between here and Delaware, and probably a whole lot more all over the country. As a recruiter, he'll bypass the whole step of "having to establish local ties".
 
If they do fire Lavin, my guess is it will come down to 3 coaches: Tim Cluess, Dan Hurley, or Bobby Hurley
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Shoot me.
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I'm not saying Wagner and Rhode Island are St. John's, but Dan Hurley clearly knows how to make teams better.

Wagner Seahawks (Northeast Conference) (2010–2012)
2010–11 Wagner 13–17
2011–12 Wagner 25–5

Rhode Island Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13 Rhode Island 8–21
2013–14 Rhode Island 14–18
2014–15 Rhode Island 11–4
 
Villanova fans make fun of Steve Lappas (who I happen to think is a very good guy, not an excellent coach, but a good guy) because he was famous for saying, "WE DO OK!"

Too many Big East teams have adopted this "WE DO OK!" attitude and have settled for less. With Lavin SJU will continue to probably do less than OK. A guy like Purnell, who is probably a wonderful human being, should have been gone yesterday. But again, it's the "WE DO OK!" attitude that keeps these guys around.

Bottom line is last year with guys like Sanchez and Sampson on the roster, MOST coaches who do better than OK, would have taken that team to the Sweet 16. Lavin doesn't even dance. Last year SHOULD have been the big indicator, but for some reason people don't see this. So why are people so surprised about what is going on this year? On paper, last year was the better team.

Bringing in another Top 50 guy should not save Lavin's job, he has done it before, and his teams still underperform on the court. SJU, New York's team, the team that calls MSG home, should no longer try to do OK. Lavin needs to go. Last night when he was smiling at the end of the Creighton game, I thought is this guy kidding me?

He is a great guy I'm sure, but UCLA warned SJU about Lavin and nobody listened. They couldn't have been more on point. It is time to start doing better than OK and Lavin is not the answer.

SJU Fans, stop settling for OK.
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I never did, nor will I ever settle.
Sports to me is about winning and being the best every year. If you don't care about being the best then you might as well just drop all sports.
 
Anybody else see Lavin laughing and smiling as he shook hands with the other coach at the end of the game? It looked like he was telling some jokes, and McDermott wasn't having it.

It seems like with what Lavin said recently about not having pressure to win here, these terrible post game quotes and situations like this, he clearly isn't taking this job seriously. He has no desire to win and no desire to make these kids better. He's working for a paycheck and that's it. That's why we need to go in a different direction with this program. That's without even considering the results on the court.
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Exactlyyyyyyyyyyyyy
He doesn't care, just give me my millions baby. I remember watching the hand shake, and seeing him smiling and laughing. I was saying look at this guy, he doesn't care. It's all a big joke to him.
The more I think about it, I'm saying no extension
 
From what i am being told our AD is worse than our coach. I personally hope he is out before or with Lav when the changes come rolling in.
Nothing personal against the guy but i had a chance to meet him numerous times and i don't like him or things that he had to say. I was also told that AD and Lavin are barely on speaking terms.
 
Go out and get Shaka Smart!
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This would be incredible considering he'd almost certainly bring over his upcoming recruiting class.

Unfortunately, it won't happen. He's turned down bigger jobs.
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Money talks bs walks

We got a bunch of rich alumnis. I won't tell them how to spend their money.
BUT
If they really want the program to be on top then maybe offer him Donavan type money.
He might not take it, but I guarantee that he'll think alot about it.
 
Go out and get Shaka Smart!
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This would be incredible considering he'd almost certainly bring over his upcoming recruiting class.

Unfortunately, it won't happen. He's turned down bigger jobs.
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Money talks bs walks

We got a bunch of rich alumnis. I won't tell them how to spend their money.
BUT
If they really want the program to be on top then maybe offer him Donavan type money.
He might not take it, but I guarantee that he'll think alot about it.
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Marquette pays a lot for their head coach and from everything I've heard it's a great gig, I don't see alumni paying for Shaka.

Not that I don't like your plan, I do, I'm hoping some rich alumni can step up.
 
Why the f--k would Donovan come here???????
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^ This really pisses me the F off.

NM Donovan sin ce he's set at UF.
I'm saying WTF wouldn't another top coach? We were great in the damn 80s, we were at one point #1 and got to F4, and I believe we would have won the whole damn thing if not for that monster of a team Georgetown. We were great for alittle in the late 90s. Got as far as #7 a few times that elite8 year, and that year if not for Ken Johnsons 12 blocks? We probably get to the f4 that year.

So it's proved that it could happen here even though it was almost 20 years ago.
I know with the right coach (someone that doesn't take his job as a joke.). He'll work every year, he'll recruit every year. The right coach could definitely bring us back to where we all want to be.
Even if Lavins recruits decommit, then so be it.

Next year he'd get a pass, 2nd year bring in a top 10 recruiting class which would be freshmen so I guess another pass, 3rd year the NIT, and by the 4th the NCAA and never nlook back.

I'd sign for that.
 
@W_Hernandez16: @NYPost_Brazille At what point does the lack of success this season for the Johnnies fall on Lavin's shoulders?

@NYPost_Brazille: @W_Hernandez16 it's coming
 
@W_Hernandez16: @NYPost_Brazille At what point does the lack of success this season for the Johnnies fall on Lavin's shoulders?

@NYPost_Brazille: @W_Hernandez16 it's coming
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Oooh - scaaary :unsure:
 
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