I don’t give a sh*t how many rings he has, he’s arrogant and abusive and I wouldn’t let a son of mine anywhere near him.
I understand your comment . It has some validity and a personal opinion on having a Son play for Rick .
But , we all have to understand , we aren’t talking about 18-19 year old “ kids “ anymore .
I haven’t looked at the Birthdays of these players but , other than Wilcher and Dunlap , none of our players have seen High school in 3-4 years or longer .
Some of our team ate 23-,24 or 25 years old . The Covid portal and free transfer rule have brought us to now , Professional Basketball with a College uniform on . The Nil is just getting started and will result in totally removing any attachment of the word Student with Athlete .
Sure Colleges will still need to pluck the prime talent out of HS but , unless they are can’t miss NBA players at age 18-19., many of them won’t play much , I.e. Wilcher and Dunlap , etc .
The bulk of College teams going forward is keep as many of your Core players as possible , bring in as many Stud Portal players as you can and grab the HS kid who plays the game you want to play . Tell them they won’t play much the first year .
It’s a new Day for College Athletics. We as fans have to adjust too. We have to stop with the using the word “Kids.” With rare exception , 24 year olds are not kids.
All of are team are being paid to play . Taking money means taking criticism for job performance .
While it’s not Management Principles 101, public scourging of Employees is not a good idea . Ever .
But , most of those players , especially the 24 -25 year olds will be moving on , with SJU $$$ in their pockets . Their performance or , in this case , lack of it , is subject to fan criticism and we , on this Board do it all the time . It’s what fans do , when results don’t equal our expectations .
Poor Jets fans , loyal as the day is long but , hope is now several generations overdue . Mets ? Coming up on, 38 years since 86 . Giants ? Since 2012 . Rangers 1994 .
St John’s mostly 2 decades of poor results .
On the other hand , maybe Pitino has gotten all he can from this team ? But , due to his ego can’t deal with the losing , no matter what .
This fan base has regularly expressed dismay with nearly every player , at one time or another .
Each one of us has their favorite target .
Marillac has Jenkins . Most of us have pinpointed Soriano , since we had him projected as a NBA first rounder . Mr . double double .
Joel isn’t all to blame . Other than he and Jenkins , sometimes Zuby, Alleyne , this is team of 2 Ivy League players in key starting roles , who play hard but , haven’t delivered at a BE level .
I’m excluding Wilcher and Brady as they get incomplete as limited play freshman .
Luis , Taylor , Conway , Traore , are College players but , not at a BE level .
Maybe we should be praising RP for winning 6 games already , with a chance to win 9 or 10, with a Roster like it is .
BE Coaches learned stopping Soriano and tiring out Jenkins would result in a Win . No one else would or could step up and beat them .
No one has commented yet as to how the Media and Pitino will co exist going forward . Rick has taken a beating from nearly all, local and National press .
Will he turn into John Tortorella ? Who knows at this point .
Will anyone in the University Admin make any Publix comments ? Very , very doubtful .
