St. John’s 23-24 Team Updates

swish said:
This is the year that Joel Soriano and his band of Indians,
triple our attendance population at THE GARDEN..

I live in Southern Florida and I'm waiting for plenty of
SJU T-Shirts suddenly appear at the pool.
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I get people commenting about my SJ cap when I’m out shopping and walking my dog in Boynton Beach. Usually a conversation starter.
 
As said above, itching for more info/ tidbits.
who’s there or not, everyone healthy ?
guess there are no info leaks other than above.
 
Stevep502 said:
As said above, itching for more info/ tidbits.
who’s there or not, everyone healthy ?
guess there are no info leaks other than above.
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FWIW, I think mjmaherjr cryptic updates (as is this post) in the Rick’s Targets threads reflect what I am hearing. Pitino’s MO of the team practicing as much as possible under game conditions provides unique insight not available observing most coaches practices.
I think he is getting good info; defense is a VERY high priority, (no surprise or revelation there), and several players are showing out better than expected so far. It was shared with me that all players seem to have clearly gotten that PT will be EARNED, not given.
 
logen said:
FWIW, I think mjmaherjr cryptic updates (as is this post) in the Rick’s Targets threads reflect what I am hearing. Pitino’s MO of the team practicing as much as possible under game conditions provides unique insight not available observing most coaches practices.
I think he is getting good info; defense is a VERY high priority, (no surprise or revelation there), and several players are showing out better than expected so far. It was shared with me that all players seem to have clearly gotten that PT will be EARNED, not given.
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Not looking to knock the prior coach/staff at this point, and while I'm sure that they had the same intent of "PT being earned, not given", they simply didn't have the same kind of talent, balance and depth to enforce that idea. Thankfully Rick does. With the exception of the few players who have already proven themselves and are the cornerstones of the team, PT is up for grabs.
 
logen said:
FWIW, I think mjmaherjr cryptic updates (as is this post) in the Rick’s Targets threads reflect what I am hearing. Pitino’s MO of the team practicing as much as possible under game conditions provides unique insight not available observing most coaches practices.
I think he is getting good info; defense is a VERY high priority, (no surprise or revelation there), and several players are showing out better than expected so far. It was shared with me that all players seem to have clearly gotten that PT will be EARNED, not given.
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You nailed everything. Also what one of our 114 friends had told us a few days ago from his friend that sees a lot of now and with CMA aside from Ricks kids going all out in scrimmage that under CMA I guess with his philosophy there was a lot of practice time without the ball ( more for defensive positioning etc ) not saying that is the right or wrong approach but Rick has a completely different approach which personally I like better because personally I think it gets kids more reward for game situations. That’s just my opinion
 
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