I realize I have already declared Archie Miller as my number one choice. However, I thought I would do it again with my new avatar.
Let's live the High Life fellas! ....not you Obekpa
Lavin should be given an extension of 3 years on his contract. First he is a good person and runs a clean program, Second he wanted the St Johns job and unless he is misleading everyone wants to stay at st johns. Many of these other coaches dont look at the st johns job as their goal but rather only (if they want to come here) as a jumping spot to another school and a "better" job. Third, Lavin can recruit and has recruited many very good players. Fourth Lavin knows that a winning st johns team will rock new york city and could control the back pages of our tabloids. He has to win to show these recruits how much the media coverage in new york city as opposed to Iowa, Syracuse (brrrr so cold up there), or even Chapel Hill can mean to a player coming out of college. You get the notoriety and the spotlight. Fifth he is an okay coach during games, he does need to get better and needs someone like Dunlap to help him out. Dont forget he was away from the game for a long time but I believe he has improved and will get better. Taking all of that into consideration, an extension is in order.