Rick Pitino - Head Coach at St John’s University!!!

sjc88 said:
I swear he also reminds me of his “mentor” and old Coach Jack Curran.
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He lived in the N. Bronx and travelled a bit to get to Molloy and Curran. Would have been easier to play at Scanlon or even Holy Cross. Those Molloy teams, of the mid-late 60s, were as good as any in the city.
 
mjmaherjr said:
looks like we know who our PG is

Q: What are your favorite New York things?

A: The pulse of Manhattan is probably my favorite. Christmastime in Manhattan is one of my favorites. Sometimes I could just visualize sitting there with a bag of popcorn,
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Coach and Curbelo can talk top popcorn places to go. Then, Coach can tell him St Johns is not the best place for him and he [RP] will be happy to find him [AC] a new home.
 
MCNPA said:
As far as who else is returning, I think it might be Posh, Wusu and nobody else. Just a feeling. We shall see
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This makes sense to me as well.

-That’s the two top talents in Storr and Soriano.
-The two, Posh and wusu, with the most St. John’s equity, who by all measure are hard workers and by no means talentless.
-Plus a culture guy in Traore and a project and Keita.

That’s leaves 7 spots to revamp the roster and perhaps 2 of those are Gardner and Yaxel.

#teamletrickdecide
 
Amaseinyourface said:
This makes sense to me as well.

-That’s the two top talents in Storr and Soriano.
-The two, Posh and wusu, with the most St. John’s equity, who by all measure are hard workers and by no means talentless.
-Plus a culture guy in Traore and a project and Keita.

That’s leaves 7 spots to revamp the roster and perhaps 2 of those are Gardner and Yaxel.

#teamletrickdecide
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I’m confident that coach can take a roster of Soriano Posh Storr Wusu Gardner Clayton Timberlake and whoever else he wants to the dance next year.
 
Amaseinyourface said:
And bumped it up from 6-8 to 7-8 new players. 7 new guys would mean 3 more to stay outside Joel, Storr and Traore. Still of belief that Posh and Wusu are in the discussion.
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The 7 - 8 new players does make the math tougher to stay, but I thought Joel didn't count against the scholarship count, or does he?
 
Even assuming Posh and Curbelo both want to come back, and they convince RP that they are 100% committed, I don't see any way RP wants both of them back. There's just not going to be enough minutes to go around with the other backcourt players RP will be bringing in.
 
monte said:
Even assuming Posh and Curbelo both want to come back, and they convince RP that they are 100% committed, I don't see any way RP wants both of them back. There's just not going to be enough minutes to go around with the other backcourt players RP will be bringing in.
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Oh Curbelo is bye bye, doesn't matter how people feel about the punk, he's going.
 
Pitino lumped the players into 2 categories:
1- Kids who work hard, love basketball and are respectful to coaches and the gsme.

2- Bad culture kids, square peg in round whole, dont love basketball, not the players Rick is looking for.

He put Joel and Drissa in category 1.

He put everyone else on the roster in category 2.

Why does anyone think a kid in category 2 will be on this team? If he liked any of those kids, he would have mentioned them w/ Joel and Drissa.
 
Amaseinyourface said:
Q & A with Serby

nypost.com

Rick Pitino opens up about his plans to rejuvenate St. John’s: ‘Needs a new brand’

New St. John’s coach and New York City native Rick Pitino takes a timeout during March Madness for some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.
nypost.com nypost.com
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What a fabulous interview! Thanks Amasein'.
So many great Rick lines, but the one that warmed my heart was:

Q "Describe that (your) suit for the first game.
A "It's just a navy blue suit. I'm gonna have my St. John's red tie on. Can't wait for that moment."
 
Amaseinyourface said:
And bumped it up from 6-8 to 7-8 new players. 7 new guys would mean 3 more to stay outside Joel, Storr and Traore. Still of belief that Posh and Wusu are in the discussion.
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I hope you’re right because I think Posh is our only chance to make any noise in March. Imagine Posh playing next to Clayton Jr. and Timberlake/Storr? Talk about perfect complements to a Tasmanian devil.
 
Mullins Revenge said:
Pitino lumped the players into 2 categories:
1- Kids who work hard, love basketball and are respectful to coaches and the gsme.

2- Bad culture kids, square peg in round whole, dont love basketball, not the players Rick is looking for.

He put Joel and Drissa in category 1.

He put everyone else on the roster in category 2.

Why does anyone think a kid in category 2 will be on this team? If he liked any of those kids, he would have mentioned them w/ Joel and Drissa.
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Because he is the master of mind games. Wants to see who will step up.
 
Marillac2 said:
I hope you’re right because I think Posh is our only chance to make any noise in March. Imagine Posh playing next to Clayton Jr. and Timberlake/Storr? Talk about perfect complements to a Tasmanian devil.
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I can't imagine it. Posh would have to come off the bench and I don't see it
 
vegasman2000 said:
I am one of those subway fans. Didn't go there but went to a game when I was a kid when David Russell was playing. Been a fan ever since. It was easy then, they were so good every year
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Same, die hard subway fan.
No one can call us front runners though, we stuck it out for the past 23 years and we'll finally get rewarded with who (in my opinion) is in the top 2 coll bball coaches ever.
 
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