You see the games which is probably less than one percent of what goes on and the amount of time involved. None of us know the whole story that is why Pitino and his staff will all be working extremely hard to put the best roster possible on the court for St John’s next season.
Tough crowd. We are going back to 1987, during Pitino’s first season as Knicks head coach to site his stubbornness.
It isn't a question of if he can get who he wants, he will get who he wants, not everyone who he wants but alot.
Maybe I'm out of touch. My feeling is they're college athletes who are being thrown under the bus. They were brought into a mid-major pretending to be high major lured by tales of the "great" Big East and playing in "the mecca", MSG. Every one of them had other supposedly better offers, but they came to this urinal on Union and Utopia. I believe in loyalty...not necessarily sentiment.
I think this is the best post on this topic. Love them, hate them, neutral about them, whatever, no amount or different type of "coaching" is going to turn last year's core into a national power, which is RP's immediate goal. They just don't have the elite talent or shooting necessary in today's game. Period. Within the first 24 hours (!) RP has offers out to like five five star elite 1 and done types and these are the level of players who are going to come in and have us contending for the National Championship, perhaps (and likely!) within two or three years. This is an entirely different landscape than anything Posh, Wusu and Stanley et al are capable of. Now, I recognize next season may be more of a transition year due to the late period and I would indeed like to see a handful of these guys back, but after Soriano Storr and perhaps Posh I have a hard time seeing how anyone else remotely fits in with what is to come. I can't harmonize sentimentality after all of these dreadful years with what I suspect is on the immediate horizon.
Mark Jackson had a lot of talent beyond foot speed and sharp shooting . Pitino focused on that God Talent and raised it another level . Mark saw the whole Court and was a excellent passer and the Knick team he played on with Ewing , etc was a perfect fit for his skills . Louie made a mistake in not giving Mark a bigger role on the 85 team when we had Mullin and Berry together . He kept playing Mike Moses over Mark . Bad decision . Why the Knicks drafted Strickland as number 1 the next year is still beyond me . Almost as poor a decision as Frederic Weis over Ron Artest later on . Rod was a excellent player but , with Mark there already wasn’t needed .
I agree. This despite sans paragraphs (I kid. I kid.)
This comment by Rick is indicative of his brilliance . Why former Coaches never thought of this shows the elevated Plane the Pitino BB mind is on . Already a number of players we lived and died with are already raising their hands and saying I’m in . DLO being among the first . I think we forget that our former players were as upset with the on Court performance as we were . Pitino has Re energized our former players and wants them supporting the Program as they are part of the SJU family . Only a Elite mind would think of doing this .
Cooley doing same at GT, announced yesterday.
Astute observation (and I am not surprised).
Panther has said in the past what a bad job st johns has done in the past keeping our former players involved in the program. This is awesome by Rick
Most of the kids who were brought in can play at a high major, they just can't play a major role on a successful high major team. There in lies the problem. The last few seasons we had a roster full of role players, and not enough prime time players, for lack of a better word. Every team needs role players, but role players are a dime a dozen. Prime time players are much harder to come by. Pitino will replace some of our role players with prime time players, and that will make all the difference in the world. That, and Rick's coaching ability.
Kran , I believed I was given a EXEMPTION by you regarding Paragraphs ? Have I been mislead ? Since none of your fellow Mods jumped on this issue when it surfaced , I thought I had their support . And , it’s too late for them now to change their ballot . Even if you swayed them astray . Seriously, Pitino’s brilliance was seeing what Mark was capable of being as a Pro . Many did not . And , in my opinion Mark turned out to be the best Pro among Pearl , Kenny Smith , Strickland ..Yet in HS all 3 of them were higher rated . The Artest -Weis draft was another disgrace .
Glad you finally stopped underestimating me. After what, like a dozen years??Astute observation (and I am not surprised).
damn some yall are wild disrespectful about our school. Our campus is nice and has improved an absurd amount over the past 20 years.
I will do you one better.
