No Mike Dunlap

[salty dog]

After watching St.John's demolish Georgetown, I look over at the St. John's bench and see no Mike Dunlap. How is Steve Lavin doing this?
I also notice Charlotte Bobcats improved and staring at the NBA playoffs, without Mike Dunlap. Could he have influenced these teams from afar.
Fear not though, Mike has stated that he is going back to college and will have a college job.

 

[beast of the east]

After watching St.John's demolish Georgetown, I look over at the St. John's bench and see no Mike Dunlap. How is Steve Lavin doing this?
I also notice Charlotte Bobcats improved and staring at the NBA playoffs, without Mike Dunlap. Could he have influenced these teams from afar.
Fear not though, Mike has stated that he is going back to college and will have a college job.

Good post. I will say this though - the team is running a half court offense with purpose, and that didn't seem to be there 6 weeks ago. Great transformation all around.

 

[Moose]

After watching St.John's demolish Georgetown, I look over at the St. John's bench and see no Mike Dunlap. How is Steve Lavin doing this?
I also notice Charlotte Bobcats improved and staring at the NBA playoffs, without Mike Dunlap. Could he have influenced these teams from afar.
Fear not though, Mike has stated that he is going back to college and will have a college job.

A ridiculously unfair post to Mike Dunlap laced with sarcasm towards those who rightfully criticized the slow start the team took.

Mike Dunlap TRIPLED the Bobcats win total last year and was fired. Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was rebuilding that train wreck franchise. The pitiful state of the Eastern Conference in the NBA should not be ignored.

You are better than this Salty. Yes Mike will get a college job again. Likely an assistant's job as thats what he is really best cut out for. I and nobody here should fault him for taking a lucrative NBA job as its the pinnacle of your coaching career. Him explaining his 1 year in the NBA to any prospective employer only bodes well with the facts I presented above, as well as more.

 

[salty dog]

Fair points Moose. No one is questioning his ability. He has a great track record, but that aside, whatever St. John's is accomplishing now is
through this staffs own accord.

 

[logen]

And I would be willing to bet had Dunlap been here it would not have taken more than half the year and 9 losses to take the ball out of Phil Greene's hands and give it to Jordan. That is by far the biggest "inprovement" in our offense. And that doesn't even begin to touch on his affect on the defensive side.

 

[Class of 72]

After watching St.John's demolish Georgetown, I look over at the St. John's bench and see no Mike Dunlap. How is Steve Lavin doing this?
I also notice Charlotte Bobcats improved and staring at the NBA playoffs, without Mike Dunlap. Could he have influenced these teams from afar.
Fear not though, Mike has stated that he is going back to college and will have a college job.

Coach D is probably set for life financially after the Bobcats job.

 

[beast of the east]

And I would be willing to bet had Dunlap been here it would not have taken more than half the year and 9 losses to take the ball out of Phil Greene's hands and give it to Jordan. That is by far the biggest "inprovement" in our offense. And that doesn't even begin to touch on his affect on the defensive side.

Is it possible that Lavin would have coaxed more out of, and gotten through to Nurideen Lindsay? Given how his nine game career went, no one was particularly upset that he bolted, but maybe, just maybe, Lavin's handling of Jordan, if applied to Lindsay would have yielded different results than Dunlap had.

 

[TobinGrad]

And I would be willing to bet had Dunlap been here it would not have taken more than half the year and 9 losses to take the ball out of Phil Greene's hands and give it to Jordan. That is by far the biggest "inprovement" in our offense. And that doesn't even begin to touch on his affect on the defensive side.

Is it possible that Lavin would have coaxed more out of, and gotten through to Nurideen Lindsay? Given how his nine game career went, no one was particularly upset that he bolted, but maybe, just maybe, Lavin's handling of Jordan, if applied to Lindsay would have yielded different results than Dunlap had.

Lindsey didnt have a jumpshot. He had no skill other than raw footspeed. He is not an NBA talent. Jordan is a future NBA starter. Really no comparison.

And if Dunlap were here this team would not have more than 5 losses and would be ranked now.

 

[beast of the east]

And I would be willing to bet had Dunlap been here it would not have taken more than half the year and 9 losses to take the ball out of Phil Greene's hands and give it to Jordan. That is by far the biggest "inprovement" in our offense. And that doesn't even begin to touch on his affect on the defensive side.

Is it possible that Lavin would have coaxed more out of, and gotten through to Nurideen Lindsay? Given how his nine game career went, no one was particularly upset that he bolted, but maybe, just maybe, Lavin's handling of Jordan, if applied to Lindsay would have yielded different results than Dunlap had.

Lindsey didnt have a jumpshot. He had no skill other than raw footspeed. He is not an NBA talent. Jordan is a future NBA starter. Really no comparison.

And if Dunlap were here this team would not have more than 5 losses and would be ranked now.

I liked Dunlap and don't want to discredit him, but really, if you examine 2010-2011, we had one spectacular 10 game run, and the rest wasn't so amazing. Dunlapgets a lot of credit for us being an NCAA team, but really, he is in his 50s and while highly regarded, isn't Larry Brown. Whatever Lindsay has accomplished isn't the point. The point is that Lindsay quit on a team coached by Dunlap, and Jordan was rumored to be on the brink here. All I'm saying is perhaps Lavin could not only have handled Lindsay better, but gotten more out of him.