WalterMatthau
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The screenshot looks like one of the Zach posts in the Post+ thing
Rick Pitino - Head Coach at St John’s University!!!
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I'm going to a St. Partrick's bash tonigh (1st since Covid)t and am worried as I may have forgotten how to tie the bowtie--may have to look for a clip on.
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Does SJU still own the campus on Long Island in Oakdale/Great River? That would be an awesome site for a new arena. I know that a lot of you will say that it's too far from the Queens campus but the site is absolutely gorgeous with plenty of room to build a facility and accommodate at least 10,000 parking spaces.
That's what I initially thought, but it was removed and nobody else has verified it.
No they sold it a few years ago Greg.
Reminds me of time I went to college football game at U of Florida in September. Game started at noon 95 and humid. Sitting in broiling sun in end zone in the Swamp with wife and 3 daughters. They love hot humid weather me not at all. One by one they couldn’t take the heat and left our seats as the game progressed. I made it to the end in a 50-7 Gator win over Mississippi St. You will do fine mjm!
To be fair…they would have to find space for the women’s track team for long after that unless they were planning to rebuild the stadium where Alumni Hall/Taffner/tennis courts currently stand. While Lacrosse can play at Belson, there’s no space for a full running track on campus. Like our current president did at Providence, IMO they should look into purchasing the properties between the town houses and GCP
Also, I would think to properly build an on campus arena they would have to demolish the parking garage and most likely renovate the areas of the DAngelo Center which would likely be covered by the shared structure. In addition they would probably need to double the amount of parking they lose to the arena to enable enough spots on game days.
If the school doesn’t have a good facilities plan they’re going to run into even more issues moving forward.
there will never be a new on campus arena not sure why people waste their time discussing same.
It's in a thread from Zach...seems legit...mentioned an article to come later...maybe already here. haven't checked.
Idk, Never seems like a big word.
It was from zach
I asked that it be removed because it wasn’t true. It showed up on my FB feed and I just assumed it was true. You know, if it’s on the internet, it must be true! ;-) But I searched Zach’s Twitter posts and it wasn’t listed. So I asked a mod to delete it. Sorry for any confusion.
You may be right RMN, but if we have our big games at MSG and / or UBS Arena it shouldn't matter.
Seems others are confirming it was real though. Maybe a Post Plus thing? It's not on his public feed but looks like a direct message.
I get direct feeds from Zach...came in at 2:34p.m. ET. I think it's legit.
Marquette, Seton Hall, and Georgetown play all their games at local arenas. The goal for SJU should be to field a team good enough to play a lot of games in MSG. If the team actually outgrew Carnesecca beyond that, UBS is as close to the campus as these sites being mentioned that are not on the campus.
If SJU wants to build an arena that could be filled maybe ten times a year (it would be insane to vacate MSG) I would like that but that is not money well spent.
If donors want to help the program I much rather see money flow into the NIL pool.
If SJU wants to build an arena that could be filled maybe ten times a year (it would be insane to vacate MSG) I would like that but that is not money well spent.
If donors want to help the program I much rather see money flow into the NIL pool.
By ZACH BRAZILLER
ALBANY – Four years later, Mike Repole is eager to return to St. John’s as a benefactor of the basketball program if the Queens school can close on Rick Pitino.
The billionaire alum is firmly behind the potential hire, and ready to get involved, he told The Post in an exclusive interview. With the advent of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), his deep pockets would certainly benefit the Johnnies, who are involved in the NIL space with a collective, Storm Marketing.
“As a proud and passionate St. John’s alum, I’ve waited over 15 years for St. John’s to hire a Hall of Fame coach like Rick Pitino,” Repole, the Vitamin Water co-founder, business mogul and Queens native, said Saturday afternoon, as St. John’s continued its pursuit of the Hall of Fame, Iona University coach. “He’s the type of coach that the University has deserved since the day Louie Carnesecca retired.”
Iona didn’t return to the area until Saturday afternoon, after losing its NCAA Tournament, opening-round game to Connecticut at MVP Arena in Albany. Pitino was expected to meet with school brass at some point this weekend. The 70-year-old coach has said he was unfamiliar with the school and would want to see it before making a decision on his future.
A source close to Pitino told The Post he didn’t want to move from his home in Mamaroneck, N.Y. on the Winged Foot Golf Club, suggesting he would either take the job or stay at Iona. Another source said St. John’s president Fr. Brian Shanley, who nearly hired Pitino 12 years ago at Providence, has been “relentless” in his pursuit.
Repole, 54, has financially supported Fordham in recent years, but has maintained a relationship with athletic director Mike Cragg, he said. Repole and Pitino are friends, through their interest in horse racing – Repole won the Belmont Stakes last June and owns Repole Stables – and have known each other for over 15 years. Pitino and Cragg are aware of Repole’s intentions, according to sources.
“If St. John’s offers Rick Pitino the job and Rick Pitino decides to accept the position, I definitely would be involved in both helping the basketball team financially and helping Rick out with NIL,” Repole said.
He added: “Trying to be a successful entrepreneur, there’s certain people in different areas of business or sports, you look up to what they do. Whether it’s [the late] Kobe Bryant in basketball or Tom Brady in football or Rick Pitino as a coach. These are the people that I aspire to be in my business with.”
Repole, a past booster, was a vocal critic of the last coaching search. He went on WFAN and ripped former president Bobby Gempesaw and the board of trustees for what he felt was low-balling Cragg’s first choice, Bobby Hurley, and not hiring his brother Dan, now the coach at Connecticut, in 2015. It opted for Mike Anderson and Chris Mullin, respectively, neither of which worked out.
“I think everything I said in that rant was accurate,” said Repole, who now resides in Florida. “That's in the past, and just that we're pursuing a coach like Rick Pitino tells me the new administration is way different from that administration I was talking about. I don’t have a relationship with Fr. Shanley, but everybody who I encounter that knows him only has incredibly positive things to say about him.”
Asked if would buy season tickets if Pitino does in fact take over at St. John’s, Repole laughed.
“With all the help I’m planning to give the basketball program,” he joked, “I’m hoping I can get a few free seats.”
zbraziller@nypost.com
ALBANY – Four years later, Mike Repole is eager to return to St. John’s as a benefactor of the basketball program if the Queens school can close on Rick Pitino.
The billionaire alum is firmly behind the potential hire, and ready to get involved, he told The Post in an exclusive interview. With the advent of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), his deep pockets would certainly benefit the Johnnies, who are involved in the NIL space with a collective, Storm Marketing.
“As a proud and passionate St. John’s alum, I’ve waited over 15 years for St. John’s to hire a Hall of Fame coach like Rick Pitino,” Repole, the Vitamin Water co-founder, business mogul and Queens native, said Saturday afternoon, as St. John’s continued its pursuit of the Hall of Fame, Iona University coach. “He’s the type of coach that the University has deserved since the day Louie Carnesecca retired.”
Iona didn’t return to the area until Saturday afternoon, after losing its NCAA Tournament, opening-round game to Connecticut at MVP Arena in Albany. Pitino was expected to meet with school brass at some point this weekend. The 70-year-old coach has said he was unfamiliar with the school and would want to see it before making a decision on his future.
A source close to Pitino told The Post he didn’t want to move from his home in Mamaroneck, N.Y. on the Winged Foot Golf Club, suggesting he would either take the job or stay at Iona. Another source said St. John’s president Fr. Brian Shanley, who nearly hired Pitino 12 years ago at Providence, has been “relentless” in his pursuit.
Repole, 54, has financially supported Fordham in recent years, but has maintained a relationship with athletic director Mike Cragg, he said. Repole and Pitino are friends, through their interest in horse racing – Repole won the Belmont Stakes last June and owns Repole Stables – and have known each other for over 15 years. Pitino and Cragg are aware of Repole’s intentions, according to sources.
“If St. John’s offers Rick Pitino the job and Rick Pitino decides to accept the position, I definitely would be involved in both helping the basketball team financially and helping Rick out with NIL,” Repole said.
He added: “Trying to be a successful entrepreneur, there’s certain people in different areas of business or sports, you look up to what they do. Whether it’s [the late] Kobe Bryant in basketball or Tom Brady in football or Rick Pitino as a coach. These are the people that I aspire to be in my business with.”
Repole, a past booster, was a vocal critic of the last coaching search. He went on WFAN and ripped former president Bobby Gempesaw and the board of trustees for what he felt was low-balling Cragg’s first choice, Bobby Hurley, and not hiring his brother Dan, now the coach at Connecticut, in 2015. It opted for Mike Anderson and Chris Mullin, respectively, neither of which worked out.
“I think everything I said in that rant was accurate,” said Repole, who now resides in Florida. “That's in the past, and just that we're pursuing a coach like Rick Pitino tells me the new administration is way different from that administration I was talking about. I don’t have a relationship with Fr. Shanley, but everybody who I encounter that knows him only has incredibly positive things to say about him.”
Asked if would buy season tickets if Pitino does in fact take over at St. John’s, Repole laughed.
“With all the help I’m planning to give the basketball program,” he joked, “I’m hoping I can get a few free seats.”
zbraziller@nypost.com
MugCostanza
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Can’t be understated how huge this is
I could be wrong but that picture looks like it was taken at the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
I believe that. I believe if we don’t get him it won’t be due to lack of trying.