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Andrew, wouldn`t it make more sense to can him after this year? If he quits after next year, do you think that he would care to recruit for 2015?
Get a COACH not a RECRUITER and let him continue to try and recruit Briscoe and the big guy, and the kids that he wants.
Forget Lavin.
Our defense against DePaul was awful. Not pressing Providence was a huge mistake.
How Opekpa isn't in the game when we needs stops is beyond me. Not giving the ball to Jordan when we have the ball and a chance to win so he can drive is crazy.
Any minutes we have Jordan and Opekpa on the bench we are doing the other team a favor. So Frustrating!! This is the most disappointing season ever!
Gift played his heart out. That block of Batts on the baseline at the end of the second overtime was the biggest play I've seen. Johnnie's had no one in the game and Gift came through. Still they lost it in the end so what does it all mean. For a guy with an unbelievable amount of smarts Hooper sure played stupid.
We still in this with that great SOS marillac?
had 3 chances to win 1st in regulation, then1st overtime and what hurt the 2nd overtime what is sanchez doing taking the last shot 30 ft from the basket He is never were he is suppose to be underneath Again too many easy baskets missed and I am tired of hearing if we only started every game better
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First the GOOD:
A double OT loss to the best free throw shooting team in America and that soul brother ref made sure PU got as many as needed to win. At one point PU was 24-25!
Decent crowd that tried to inspire the team late.
A player that was redshirted last year for no apparent reason and who warms the bench now for the Wizard of SoHo (yes, my new nickname for our brainiac coach), God's Gift, gave his usual manly effort compared to the grossly overrated prima donnas on this team.
The mostly BAD:
Our two highly rated point guards crapped their pants in a pressure game and combined for nada, zero, Zilch! Branch driving into the lane and getting stuffed has been emblematic of his game. Jordan played tight as the lead guard and other than some nice assists, was ineffective as the coach on the floor. This is especially damaging to the team as a whole since we do not have a coach on the bench. Both were sent to sulk in the dog house.
This game was won twice with smarter players and a high school coach. We are up one with 28 seconds and the ball goes to a player who should not even been in the game at that point, Max Hooper! Decoy my ass! He is a 50% FT shooter and can't handle the ball! WTF is he doing in there instead of prized practice player, former redshirt Felix Balamou? All the coaches, ALL, were brain dead at that substitution!
D'Angelo Harrison better wipe that smirk off his face because it is starting to look like this guy is just out there to have some pick up game fun. Forget the points he scored, he stunk and was so schooled by Bryce Cotton on how to play basketball it looked like a high schooler against an NBA pro.
Orlando, mi no comprende basketball, Sanchez loves to foul 30 feet from the basket or take unnecessary long shots which makes him look like so many Dominican ball players-nice smile, little basketball sense. Another overhyped Lavin/Chiles project with a very low ceiling.
Jakarr Sampson, 6'9 and can dunk...period!
Phil Greene and Dom Pointer, two guys that got a ton of minutes who should or could not start for Monmouth. Pointer commits his usual dumb foul and fails to rebound like a typical Lavin "athlete" waiting for a breakaway dunk.
The coaches looked confused and disorganized on the bench. I am not sure what Lavin and Hines whisper to each other so often but if I were Mary I would start to worry.
Providence, a team lacking Dunn and two dismissed players basically played 6 guys to our ever revolving door rotations of nationally ranked duds. I will say it again, Tony Chiles has no cred for talent at this level and Lavin is too lazy to recruit so attracting poor shooting, non-rebounding, slow footed on defense athletes, .......well we see even a DePaul can do that, and do it better. Let us drop the "great recruiter" BS officially PLEASE!
Time outs and subsequent plays have a direct correlation on Lavin's teams - nothing will be designed and if designed, will not be executed by these players.
The only prayer this team now has is that Rysheed Jordan develops, on his own, and that St. John's has at least a .500 record to be invited to the NIT.
I am now convinced they cannot win three games in a row in the conference or its tourney to have a shot at post season.
Considering no one is signed for next year, I do not expect much more from the Harrison, Greene, Pointer triad and fully expect to lose another player to frustration. Logic at any other big name program with money would be to clean house ASAP as soon as the season is over, get a couple of transfers and JC's and start from scratch again but we are not big time as I realize how even Providence has owned St. John's over the past 15 years.
Miracles do happen but you need a miracle worker for that and it appears we have none at this time.
I will root like crazy for SJ to make a post season appearance in the NIT but our NCAA season was officially over last night when our absent minded wizard walked onto the court when Sanchez fouled out to say some words of wisdom for an extended period with the starting while all the rest of the players and coaches were awaiting for his strategic vision on the bench. Another wasted time out. To me that showed he has no control over his own emotions during critical periods and he needs some serious self-evaluation.
A double OT loss to the best free throw shooting team in America and that soul brother ref made sure PU got as many as needed to win. At one point PU was 24-25!
Decent crowd that tried to inspire the team late.
A player that was redshirted last year for no apparent reason and who warms the bench now for the Wizard of SoHo (yes, my new nickname for our brainiac coach), God's Gift, gave his usual manly effort compared to the grossly overrated prima donnas on this team.
The mostly BAD:
Our two highly rated point guards crapped their pants in a pressure game and combined for nada, zero, Zilch! Branch driving into the lane and getting stuffed has been emblematic of his game. Jordan played tight as the lead guard and other than some nice assists, was ineffective as the coach on the floor. This is especially damaging to the team as a whole since we do not have a coach on the bench. Both were sent to sulk in the dog house.
This game was won twice with smarter players and a high school coach. We are up one with 28 seconds and the ball goes to a player who should not even been in the game at that point, Max Hooper! Decoy my ass! He is a 50% FT shooter and can't handle the ball! WTF is he doing in there instead of prized practice player, former redshirt Felix Balamou? All the coaches, ALL, were brain dead at that substitution!
D'Angelo Harrison better wipe that smirk off his face because it is starting to look like this guy is just out there to have some pick up game fun. Forget the points he scored, he stunk and was so schooled by Bryce Cotton on how to play basketball it looked like a high schooler against an NBA pro.
Orlando, mi no comprende basketball, Sanchez loves to foul 30 feet from the basket or take unnecessary long shots which makes him look like so many Dominican ball players-nice smile, little basketball sense. Another overhyped Lavin/Chiles project with a very low ceiling.
Jakarr Sampson, 6'9 and can dunk...period!
Phil Greene and Dom Pointer, two guys that got a ton of minutes who should or could not start for Monmouth. Pointer commits his usual dumb foul and fails to rebound like a typical Lavin "athlete" waiting for a breakaway dunk.
The coaches looked confused and disorganized on the bench. I am not sure what Lavin and Hines whisper to each other so often but if I were Mary I would start to worry.
Providence, a team lacking Dunn and two dismissed players basically played 6 guys to our ever revolving door rotations of nationally ranked duds. I will say it again, Tony Chiles has no cred for talent at this level and Lavin is too lazy to recruit so attracting poor shooting, non-rebounding, slow footed on defense athletes, .......well we see even a DePaul can do that, and do it better. Let us drop the "great recruiter" BS officially PLEASE!
Time outs and subsequent plays have a direct correlation on Lavin's teams - nothing will be designed and if designed, will not be executed by these players.
The only prayer this team now has is that Rysheed Jordan develops, on his own, and that St. John's has at least a .500 record to be invited to the NIT.
I am now convinced they cannot win three games in a row in the conference or its tourney to have a shot at post season.
Considering no one is signed for next year, I do not expect much more from the Harrison, Greene, Pointer triad and fully expect to lose another player to frustration. Logic at any other big name program with money would be to clean house ASAP as soon as the season is over, get a couple of transfers and JC's and start from scratch again but we are not big time as I realize how even Providence has owned St. John's over the past 15 years.
Miracles do happen but you need a miracle worker for that and it appears we have none at this time.
I will root like crazy for SJ to make a post season appearance in the NIT but our NCAA season was officially over last night when our absent minded wizard walked onto the court when Sanchez fouled out to say some words of wisdom for an extended period with the starting while all the rest of the players and coaches were awaiting for his strategic vision on the bench. Another wasted time out. To me that showed he has no control over his own emotions during critical periods and he needs some serious self-evaluation.
Looking through the site today there might be too much emotion for long-form processing of the game. Let's try multiple choice!
1. Your favorite late-game play was (important note: each play occurred directly out of a timeout or after one defensvie possesion out of a timeout during which an offensive play would have been drawn):
A. The Dom Pointer rushed pull-up 15 footer on the 2nd to last possession of regulation;
B. The Orlando Sanchez (22% from 3) 3 on the last possession of regulation;
C. The Jakarr Sampson spinning left-handed sidewinder/hook shot from more than 5 feet out on the 2nd to last possession of OT;
D. The D'Angelo Harrison side of the backboard experience on the last possession of OT;
E. The Phil Greene behind the back 17 footer with 2:55 left in 2OT that resulted in an airball;
F. The Phil Greene floater that was also an airball with 45 seconds left up 3 and a chance to seal the game; or
G. The ball being in Phil Greene's hands on the last possession of 2OT.
2. Whose parents are, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, more upset that they sent their son to SJU as a result of the frustration and insanity of players who often play over them:
A. Rysheed Jordan; or
B. Jamal Branch
1. Your favorite late-game play was (important note: each play occurred directly out of a timeout or after one defensvie possesion out of a timeout during which an offensive play would have been drawn):
A. The Dom Pointer rushed pull-up 15 footer on the 2nd to last possession of regulation;
B. The Orlando Sanchez (22% from 3) 3 on the last possession of regulation;
C. The Jakarr Sampson spinning left-handed sidewinder/hook shot from more than 5 feet out on the 2nd to last possession of OT;
D. The D'Angelo Harrison side of the backboard experience on the last possession of OT;
E. The Phil Greene behind the back 17 footer with 2:55 left in 2OT that resulted in an airball;
F. The Phil Greene floater that was also an airball with 45 seconds left up 3 and a chance to seal the game; or
G. The ball being in Phil Greene's hands on the last possession of 2OT.
2. Whose parents are, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, more upset that they sent their son to SJU as a result of the frustration and insanity of players who often play over them:
A. Rysheed Jordan; or
B. Jamal Branch
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Don't be so Krass. Of course it is but if you prefer, just read the good and not the bad or just the bad for the 80% of the SJU fans on our fan boards. I am trying to balance the product on the court with some levity. Then again, I told you so a few times. It is still a game we love but even in a game luck can take you just so far. Sooner or later the players and coaches learn from their mistakes or you try to recruit better players. I have lost confidence in our ability to sign smart and, at the very least, good players. Our guys flat out cannot shoot and I am sure our guys were always limited in that skill.
Won last night against Creighton using 7 players.They use their stars and everybody on the other team and in the standsand T.V. audience knows them. Against everbody knew Cotton was going to take the last shot and I mean everybody, including me,a un sophicated fan .Weare using so many players that we don't who the stars are and don"know how to play together because we don"t know who is playing.I remember Lou going to the ncaa'swith 7 on the bench and saying that' we need
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Tyler Harris? Can someone refresh me on whether we offered? I realize he's not Lavin's kind of player because he can shoot but, did we seriously recruit him? Woulnd't you prefer him over Pointer or Greene, even though he's a small Forward?
I would. Coming from the Harris Family in Dix Hills, he's kind of a local thoroughbred player too! but, too good a shooter for Steve..
I would. Coming from the Harris Family in Dix Hills, he's kind of a local thoroughbred player too! but, too good a shooter for Steve..
Don't think we went after him but I think we're watching Danny Green's (San Antonio Spurs shooter) younger brother.
You're right. Lavin likes guys who can dunk and then dunk some more.
Perfect kid we should be going after hard is Matt Ryan who just hurt his shoulder. But nah, all he can do is hit perimeter shots. Who really needs that? That doesn't pack stadiums.
We get a bunch of athletes but can't even run fast breaks.
Mike Brey may not get Matt, but has invested a lot of time trying. Told we threw an offer out there, but never spent time trying to bring this ace shooter & good student on board.
Oh well, this is the list of promising recruits who attended Dartmouth game;
Impressive"
http://zagsblog.com/articles/lindsey-likes-st-johns-lavin-visits-harris/
http://zagsblog.com/articles/tyler-harris-down-to-5-schools/
Nah, we didn't recruit him.... No way.
The Johnnies 2011 recruiting class had (for the most part) already been filled, and minutes probably were gonna be limited for Harris with kids like Harkless and Sampson in the fold (with Pelle looking likely, at the time, to commit to St. John's).
