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Guys, I think some of us might be missing the point here. RJ has been an absolute stud for us but if he’s being offered 2-3 mil per year, knowing we don’t want to get into bidding wars, he should test the waters. It’s emotional seeing him being photographed sitting on the rim after BET but that “cap space” can be used in other places. He’s an SJU legend and can leave. We still might have a better season next year. Both those things can be true. If he does leave (I am not convinced he wont be wearing our colors next year) Rick and “funding fathers” will put together an awesome roster. RJ is an SJU legend but he wasn’t without faults. I feel for the kid because he might be looking for an immediate payday that might hurt him in the long term but there are so many variables and people in his ear and at play. If he does leave let’s wish him well and revere him in the annals of SJU history BUT let’s not act like it forces us to forfeit next year. Rick has forgotten more about basketball than we will probably ever know and he’s being backed by some DEEEP pockets. Let’s let it play out
 
College BB is now a pay for play game . If RJ isn’t NBA material right now , his College NIL will probably be several Millions of Dollars .

RJ is from Florida. Florida will have Clayton $$$$ freed up as soon as they win the Championship or , lose before .

It doesn’t take a Rocket Scientist to think Coach Golden or the Florida Donors wouldn’t want to offer the BE POY and All American a bank load of money .

Especially after being pulled from a 2 point game with 4:56 to go .
And, RP seemingly throwing in the towel with a line up of Zuby , Scott ( 1-10) , Smith ,Lefty , Prey .
Even Rick doesn’t have enough chutzpah to think that lineup could win the game ..

So , it was a insult to RJ ,,no other way to explain it ..

Pitino hasn’t covered himself with glory in this instance and he doesn’t seem to explain it further ..

It’s a loss to us , as fans and the team . RJ isn’t a easy replace . Thinking Hopkins or , others will just fit in and replace him , is a stretch .

If RJ goes to another BE school , which I doubt , it’s still part of what the game has become .

Could Creighton afford him ? UCONN ? Nova ?

If he’s in the portal , I would say , RJ will wear another uniform next season

I hope he isn’t .,

He’s given a lot to this Program and School and , you can’t take away the fact of being only the 3 rd BE POY in history .

And ,a All American .

People will say , he didn’t do this or didn’t do that but , BE Coaches thought he did enough .

So , should we .
 
paultzman said:
Imo, we are deluding ourselves if we think the last game ending with him being yanked was a positive for anyone. I am sure RP had his reasons, but I am not going to spin the outcome. We needed him back, but oh well. If he turned pro, I’d be disappointed, but wish him well. This just leaves a bad taste, although if he gets 2-3M in portal who am I to judge.
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Can Nobull pull the NIL endorsement deal that was announced
 
SLYFOXX1968 said:
College BB is now a pay for play game . If RJ isn’t NBA material right now , his College NIL will probably be several Millions of Dollars .

RJ is from Florida. Florida will have Clayton $$$$ freed up as soon as they win the Championship or , lose before .

It doesn’t take a Rocket Scientist to think Coach Golden or the Florida Donors wouldn’t want to offer the BE POY and All American a bank load of money .

Especially after being pulled from a 2 point game with 4:56 to go .
And, RP seemingly throwing in the towel with a line up of Zuby , Scott ( 1-10) , Smith ,Lefty , Prey .
Even Rick doesn’t have enough chutzpah to think that lineup could win the game ..

So , it was a insult to RJ ,,no other way to explain it ..

Pitino hasn’t covered himself with glory in this instance and he doesn’t seem to explain it further ..

It’s a loss to us , as fans and the team . RJ isn’t a easy replace . Thinking Hopkins or , others will just fit in and replace him , is a stretch .

If RJ goes to another BE school , which I doubt , it’s still part of what the game has become .

Could Creighton afford him ? UCONN ? Nova ?

If he’s in the portal , I would say , RJ will wear another uniform next season

I hope he isn’t .,

He’s given a lot to this Program and School and , you can’t take away the fact of being only the 3 rd BE POY in history .

And ,a All American .

People will say , he didn’t do this or didn’t do that but , BE Coaches thought he did enough .

So , should we .
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Agreed.
We kinda knew after the benching it was over. I was the biggest Pitino fan and watched every game since his return to Iona.
He let his ego get in the way of good decision making
I thought he should have never left Iona - who saved his career - but instead lied to Iona ( saying he would never leave ) and left to seek his own glory.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt - even being an Iona grad.
I was still a queens kid and followed and watched every St. John’s game for the last 2 years
Rick made a colossal mistake with RJ and never apologized - but instead made it worse in the post game
He did not make RJ - he had all the talent in the world.
No wonder we did not get Clayton.
Rick got more press than the players this year and it went to his head.
I will credit the return of Repole and not Pitino and move on — cannot watch RJ on another team
Pitino should be ashamed of himself.
 
Bobby123 said:
Agreed.
We kinda knew after the benching it was over. I was the biggest Pitino fan and watched every game since his return to Iona.
He let his ego get in the way of good decision making
I thought he should have never left Iona - who saved his career - but instead lied to Iona ( saying he would never leave ) and left to seek his own glory.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt - even being an Iona grad.
I was still a queens kid and followed and watched every St. John’s game for the last 2 years
Rick made a colossal mistake with RJ and never apologized - but instead made it worse in the post game
He did not make RJ - he had all the talent in the world.
No wonder we did not get Clayton.
Rick got more press than the players this year and it went to his head.
I will credit the return of Repole and not Pitino and move on — cannot watch RJ on another team
Pitino should be ashamed of himself.
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Bobby123 said:
Agreed.
We kinda knew after the benching it was over. I was the biggest Pitino fan and watched every game since his return to Iona.
He let his ego get in the way of good decision making
I thought he should have never left Iona - who saved his career - but instead lied to Iona ( saying he would never leave ) and left to seek his own glory.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt - even being an Iona grad.
I was still a queens kid and followed and watched every St. John’s game for the last 2 years
Rick made a colossal mistake with RJ and never apologized - but instead made it worse in the post game
He did not make RJ - he had all the talent in the world.
No wonder we did not get Clayton.
Rick got more press than the players this year and it went to his head.
I will credit the return of Repole and not Pitino and move on — cannot watch RJ on another team
Pitino should be ashamed of himself.
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Which teams which are still playing right now don't have major NIL ?
 
Bobby123 said:
Agreed.
We kinda knew after the benching it was over. I was the biggest Pitino fan and watched every game since his return to Iona.
He let his ego get in the way of good decision making
I thought he should have never left Iona - who saved his career - but instead lied to Iona ( saying he would never leave ) and left to seek his own glory.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt - even being an Iona grad.
I was still a queens kid and followed and watched every St. John’s game for the last 2 years
Rick made a colossal mistake with RJ and never apologized - but instead made it worse in the post game
He did not make RJ - he had all the talent in the world.
No wonder we did not get Clayton.
Rick got more press than the players this year and it went to his head.
I will credit the return of Repole and not Pitino and move on — cannot watch RJ on another team
Pitino should be ashamed of himself.
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Maybe Rick's decision to bench RJ pushed him to the portal, maybe it didn't. And if he thought that was the right call, so be it. But one thing is for sure, if Pitino hadn't left Iona to come to St. John's no way we'd be anywhere near the position we are currently in.
 
JohnnyPirate said:
Maybe Rick's decision to bench RJ pushed him to the portal, maybe it didn't. And if he thought that was the right call, so be it. But one thing is for sure, if Pitino hadn't left Iona to come to St. John's no way we'd be anywhere near the position we are currently in.
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Agreed.
Because Pitino did get Repole back and active with St. John’s.
Pitino was a god of basketball to me.
Now I credit his assistant coaches and Repole.
I never would have guessed he would be so embarrassing in post game presser
So disappointed —
 
Bobby123 said:
Agreed.
We kinda knew after the benching it was over. I was the biggest Pitino fan and watched every game since his return to Iona.
He let his ego get in the way of good decision making
I thought he should have never left Iona - who saved his career - but instead lied to Iona ( saying he would never leave ) and left to seek his own glory.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt - even being an Iona grad.
I was still a queens kid and followed and watched every St. John’s game for the last 2 years
Rick made a colossal mistake with RJ and never apologized - but instead made it worse in the post game
He did not make RJ - he had all the talent in the world.
No wonder we did not get Clayton.
Rick got more press than the players this year and it went to his head.
I will credit the return of Repole and not Pitino and move on — cannot watch RJ on another team
Pitino should be ashamed of himself.
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LOL we need Rick he doesn’t need us. We are lucky to have a coach of his caliber here. I’ll take CRP and his antics over anything all day. Have you been watching the program the last 25 years? We have stunk.
 
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