Slice & St. Anthony's of NJ Relationship

I didn't mean to start a whole discussion about Alkins here (and I appreciate Otis pointing out what Alkins himself said via Twitter). I was only referring to Alkins himself saying that he finally received an offer from SJU when Mullin came in. What is pretty clear is that even if Lavin did in fact extend a perfunctory offer at some point, we were never in the game for the consensus top recruit in NYC. Mullin came in and now we are.

We never had fewer NYC kids than we did under Lavin. Harkless was a great recruit and played well for a year, but the notion that he would be a "pied piper" for local recruits was clearly a fantasy. Look at our roster last year. Good players, mostly good kids, but not one local impact player. I'm not saying we should be all local like we were under Lapchick and Looie (the sport doesn't work like that anymore) but we should always be in the mix for good NYC talent.

The more you hear from local coaches about Lavin's inattentiveness, the more it makes me think of Jarvis and his arrogance. While Hill fell into our laps late in the Jarvis regime, in the late Jarvis years we were mostly stuck with lower-tier local guys, jucos with eligibility issues, and guys who embarrassed us off the court. Check out Jarvis' last roster.

I don't think things would have gotten that bad under Lavin, since he had the ability to recruit nationally that Jarvis never had. But clearly he was losing the local PSAL and CHSAA coaches (and you can add Hurley to the mix) and we would have had a difficult time getting top NYC talent as long he was here.
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All true and really good analysis compared to Otis' incessant whining. I would add that Lavin just didn't seem to be a NY kind of guy and that seemed to keep him from connecting with a lot of folk during his time in Jamaica, not just the NY recruits and coaches.
 
“@BFlinnFuture150: 2016 Christ the King G Rawle Alkins also recently added an offer from St. John's”
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MJ,

Despite the fact you are among my favorite posters on this site I cannot allow you to spin facts that would have us believe that that while head men's basketball coach at StJohn's the Tan TV announcer put any real effort, if any at all, into recruiting 5* Rawle Alkins,

See Alkin's own twitter in April 2015 after Coach Mullin's visit to Christ the King:

@Iam_RawleAlkins: Finally got that St.Johns Offer I've been wanting !

see also Alkins quote in Ap 2, 2015 Rivals article:
Alkins admitted on Thursday that even though he lives so close, he has never been to the St. John's campus, saying he had no reason to go there because the previous coaching staff never had any interest in making sure he went there. Now though with a new regime in place, Alkins says he is excited about the possibilities.

- See more at:=1753467#sthash.QgH1G05J.dpuf
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Spin? How do you know it's spin? Maybe, the stuff you're reciting is spin. The only spin came from the CTK coach, and his childish and petty behavior, per airing out his disdain on social mediia.

If you've paid attention to some of the things being said by Alkins, then you'll notice it can, at times, be taken with a grain of salt. Why can't the tweet I sent have merit? Based on CTK's coach actions, then I'd lean towards the tweet I posted having merit. Lose the agenda. Stop accepting something without looking at the total picture because it doesn't fit your agenda.
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what if that tweet wasn't Alkins idea but orchestrated by the CTK coach trying to kiss Mullin's ass and give another dig to Lavin
 
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