Next Coach?
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Easy way to handle this. Run a poll.
But wait till after the season to do it. I don't want people's heads to explode.
But I guarantee you the majority doesn't want to extend SL.
By the way, you to send me the link to those red shoes on ebay. I'm a man of my word, and ill buy them when our name is announced on sunday.
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Most talented team in a while???
This is exactly the same team that had a mental breakdown against Robert Morris and you should pay attention when folks post these seniors stats. None are great shooters and they lost most of their interior height. This team lost more talent than they gained and experience is an overblown wives tale. Talent wins not experience. Kentucky has two platoons of it. We have 5 players and two are not seniors. The rest of the team is walk on caliber.
Most talented team in a while? Drink up!
Check PM, Desco.
The Post is a joke...no argument there. As I have posted many times, they quoted me by name once about SJU from a personal conversation I had with a reporter who I was friends with (at the time). There is a line, though. Vaccaro is hard on Lavin, and I have nothing but respect for the guy. Braziller has an axe to grind and his act is getting very old. I don't mind puff pieces or critical stories, but Braziller piles in on Lavin and it is blatant and is clearly personal.
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Losing to DePaul and Creighton ring a bell?
Well, if Sheed played and we beat Butler instead of losing by four, we would both then be 11-7. It just shows how close everything was 2-6 this year in the Big East. His tweet was pointless. To make it seem like there was some huge discrepancy between 3rd in 5th is disingenuous at best.
Zach has a personal problem with Lavin. How does he know that no one has spoken to Lavin about an extension ? Did our President call up Zach and say he was not talking about Lavin's future at St Johns. Zach continues to look for anything to complain about regarding. He still hasn't gotten over not hearing from Rysheed, smh.
I lost respect for Zach at the beginning of the year when he wrote a column stating that Lavin wanted to leave St Johns and go back to ESPN. He allowed himself to be used as a tool by others who had their own agenda regarding Lavin. Sometimes I think that Avon and his Daddy proof read Zach's columns before they go to print.
On that I think he has a real source. I've heard that Monasch has told people all year that no talks are ongoing and the situation will be evaluated after the season. That appears to be the official sju line. So there's no reason to think zach is making that part up.
His anti Lavin streak? Eh, I don't see it. But reasonable minds can disagree on that.
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It is funny to me how a week ago, people were saying this thread should be locked or deleted because everything was so great with the team. A week later and its almost like it was with Norm where SJU fans were actively rooting for us to lose so he would be fired. I wouldnt be surprised if some Xtreme Lavin haters out there hope we get crushed in the opening round just to make him look bad.
Honestly, this job sucks. Who would coach here? We have awful attendance. Providence fans take off two days of work, pay for airfare or gas, and hotels to support their team. We have guys who really believe that it is harder to take 1/2 day for STJ fans.
We kill every coach we have as fans. The AAU and high school coaches have personal agendas and feel slighted at the smallest of issues. Do we really need "reporters" doing the same to our coach?
We kill every coach we have as fans. The AAU and high school coaches have personal agendas and feel slighted at the smallest of issues. Do we really need "reporters" doing the same to our coach?
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Let's face it boys (and Linda Mirabella) there are dozens of vocal Steve Lavin haters that mimic each other like copy cat killers on social media. Many are pathological head cases while some have sincere concerns over the St. John's basketball program. There are a handful that are both and they are mounting a holy crusade to dislodge this infidel from Lou Carnesecca's mythical throne.
Quite a cast of characters with most hiding behind multiple screen names except for the ever intrepid Sammy who doesn't give a fck what anyone thinks and who is the leader of the crusaders. Sammy religiously attends Sunday Mass before proceeding to vilify his arch enemy Steve (but it's nothing personal) Lavin. He sees himself as the ultimate judge of good character. The problem is he has been such a poor judge of character in the past that relying on his opinion on Lavin is not for the faint of heart. You see, this is the same Maven know it all that befriended Bob Oliva for years, kissed Ernie Lorch's ring and still is friends with the blowhard Mike Jarvis and family. Now everyone I know who knew Bob Oliva knew he was a creepy guy but not Sammy.
His heir apparent, formerly Hit the Gym Slob, formerly Avon Barksdale, now "The Party's Over" on Twitter uses the exact same words and phraseology as the big fella. He too has "forgotten more about basketball than" blah, blah, blah. Hit/Avon/Party is fond of calling fellow fans out for hiding behind screen names. Go figure but all crusaders use shields to defend themselves against non believers and to block counter attacks. In their insulated world of world-wide Web social media these social misfits also are so self-righteous that they cannot tolerate dissent from their views and proceed to block others from the discussion. They conveniently take a page out of the North Korean form of "social" media to manipulate the media to seem like they are the majority. This insular group of crusaders follow each others cues and retweet each others anti Lavin propaganda with little originality.
They occasionally resurface on Johnny Jungle and Redmen.com to rub salt into the wounds of the non believers then retreat at the sign of any good news regarding the team, the coach or future recruits.
So, if that crusading group of Marco/Ricky/Baldi/Theo/Avon/Sammy/Gonzo appears like the majority that interact with Zach it may be because Zach has been annointed the media voice of the crusaders and should Lavin be given an extension or have any level of success, they will retreat to their Malta and live on a rocky relationship island for years to come. No visitors welcome! When the old king eventually dies they will have no reason to interact with any St. John's supporters any longer. They will still live their basketball alter egos by making believe that they are part of some "wildcat" nation but they will be dead to us.
See Marillac I still don't get how good posters let negative posts drive them away. We all have certain posters who get under our skin. Why not just take what they say with a grain of salt, or completely ignore then all together? There is one in particular poster who I tend to avoid. Almost all of his posts are criticisms of how others post and seem to only intend to provoke. He's got absolutely nothing of any substance to add here. So whenever I see his name I skip over his post or give it a quick glance. There are far far more great posters on here than bad ones. No offense to those who bailed, but maybe they ought to lighten up a little.
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Let's face it boys (and Linda Mirabella) there are dozens of vocal Steve Lavin haters that mimic each other like copy cat killers on social media. Many are pathological head cases while some have sincere concerns over the St. John's basketball program. There are a handful that are both and they are mounting a holy crusade to dislodge this infidel from Lou Carnesecca's mythical throne.
Quite a cast of characters with most hiding behind multiple screen names except for the ever intrepid Sammy who doesn't give a fck what anyone thinks and who is the leader of the crusaders. Sammy religiously attends Sunday Mass before proceeding to vilify his arch enemy Steve (but it's nothing personal) Lavin. He sees himself as the ultimate judge of good character. The problem is he has been such a poor judge of character in the past that relying on his opinion on Lavin is not for the faint of heart. You see, this is the same Maven know it all that befriended Bob Oliva for years, kissed Ernie Lorch's ring and still is friends with the blowhard Mike Jarvis and family. Now everyone I know who knew Bob Oliva knew he was a creepy guy but not Sammy.
His heir apparent, formerly Hit the Gym Slob, formerly Avon Barksdale, now "The Party's Over" on Twitter uses the exact same words and phraseology as the big fella. He too has "forgotten more about basketball than" blah, blah, blah. Hit/Avon/Party is fond of calling fellow fans out for hiding behind screen names. Go figure but all crusaders use shields to defend themselves against non believers and to block counter attacks. In their insulated world of world-wide Web social media these social misfits also are so self-righteous that they cannot tolerate dissent from their views and proceed to block others from the discussion. They conveniently take a page out of the North Korean form of "social" media to manipulate the media to seem like they are the majority. This insular group of crusaders follow each others cues and retweet each others anti Lavin propaganda with little originality.
They occasionally resurface on Johnny Jungle and Redmen.com to rub salt into the wounds of the non believers then retreat at the sign of any good news regarding the team, the coach or future recruits.
So, if that crusading group of Marco/Ricky/Baldi/Theo/Avon/Sammy/Gonzo appears like the majority that interact with Zach it may be because Zach has been annointed the media voice of the crusaders and should Lavin be given an extension or have any level of success, they will retreat to their Malta and live on a rocky relationship island for years to come. No visitors welcome! When the old king eventually dies they will have no reason to interact with any St. John's supporters any longer. They will still live their basketball alter egos by making believe that they are part of some "wildcat" nation but they will be dead to us.
LoL!! This is hilarious!
If we go after another coach, it NEEDS to be a major impact big name coach. Not a coach at these mid majors who will have mid major recruits lined up for the next couple years. At least Lavin has Sampson and possibly a couple other major recruits.
I'm not saying Lavin is a fantastic coach but this is a grass is always greener situation. If we wanted to take a shot on a mid major coach it would've been this year when we had a formidable roster.
I'm not saying Lavin is a fantastic coach but this is a grass is always greener situation. If we wanted to take a shot on a mid major coach it would've been this year when we had a formidable roster.
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Agreed, but a poor showing in our first game of the tourney and IMO this season cannot be viewed as much of a success. Yes its great that we're going to be dancing, but ending the season with three straight poor performances(if in fact we don't show up next week) will all but negate whatever success we've achieved this year.
I am not sure how I feel about Lavin. It's very up and down. I do like the fact that if we make a change, having our new President involved should be an asset. I'm not sure if this was posted, but last week on Twitter I saw President Gempesaw taking selfie photos with the women's team at the Big East tournament. Nice to see that he made the effort and hopefully shows that he realizes the importance of our sports program.
