St. John’s building on Posh Alexander, Julian Champagnie

[otis]

St. John’s building on Posh Alexander, Julian ChampagnieOne climbs up a steep learning curve when signing to play for Mike Anderson.St. John’s third-year coach uses a system and style that is very unique among college basketball programs. Few players are used to playing the withered style of baseline-to-baseline defense he requires, nor the high level of effort it requires. Some, like sophomore point guard Posh Alexander, were born to play that way. For almost everyone else, it’s like jumping from long division to advanced calculus.

This became more than apparent when Anderson replaced Chris Mullin for the 2019-20 season. It was all new to the young team, and although there were some early successes, the Red Storm did not really get it until the last few weeks of the season, when they started winning tough matches.This season, St. John’s brought in a lot of talent – five impressive transfers and a couple of high-ceilinged freshmen – to join returning stars Julian Champagnie and Alexander. The team was realistically included in a pre-season vote by Big East coaches to a fourth-place finish of 11. Whether they meet or exceed such expectations will depend on how quickly they pick up Anderson’s beat.

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[monte]

Don't mean to beat a dead horse, but this is why roster continuity is so very important for a CMA coached team. It's not simply a matter of upgrading talent. Let's hope that this more talented, deeper and more balanced team adjusts quickly to CMA's system. Thankfully our 2 best players by far know the system well, and 1 of them runs the system. 

 

[room112]

Don't mean to beat a dead horse, but this is why roster continuity is so very important for a CMA coached team. It's not simply a matter of upgrading talent. Let's hope that this more talented, deeper and more balanced team adjusts quickly to CMA's system. Thankfully our 2 best players by far know the system well, and 1 of them runs the system. 

I don't mean to sound pessimistic, because I'm a total optimist and love CMA, but I do wonder if in this current landscape of college basketball if it's even possible to maintain the type of roster continuity he needs to be successful. That's not a knock on him but more a reflection of how easy it now is for kids to transfer, and how many kids would shy away from the type of demanding system he's running.

 

[monte]

Don't mean to beat a dead horse, but this is why roster continuity is so very important for a CMA coached team. It's not simply a matter of upgrading talent. Let's hope that this more talented, deeper and more balanced team adjusts quickly to CMA's system. Thankfully our 2 best players by far know the system well, and 1 of them runs the system. 

I don't mean to sound pessimistic, because I'm a total optimist and love CMA, but I do wonder if in this current landscape of college basketball if it's even possible to maintain the type of roster continuity he needs to be successful. That's not a knock on him but more a reflection of how easy it now is for kids to transfer, and how many kids would shy away from the type of demanding system he's running.

I have the same concerns 112. Lots of successful long time coaches now have to adjust to the new era of college ball. I'm hopeful that CMA can adjust. 

 

[bamafan]

St. John’s building on Posh Alexander, Julian ChampagnieOne climbs up a steep learning curve when signing to play for Mike Anderson.St. John’s third-year coach uses a system and style that is very unique among college basketball programs. Few players are used to playing the withered style of baseline-to-baseline defense he requires, nor the high level of effort it requires. Some, like sophomore point guard Posh Alexander, were born to play that way. For almost everyone else, it’s like jumping from long division to advanced calculus.

This became more than apparent when Anderson replaced Chris Mullin for the 2019-20 season. It was all new to the young team, and although there were some early successes, the Red Storm did not really get it until the last few weeks of the season, when they started winning tough matches.This season, St. John’s brought in a lot of talent – five impressive transfers and a couple of high-ceilinged freshmen – to join returning stars Julian Champagnie and Alexander. The team was realistically included in a pre-season vote by Big East coaches to a fourth-place finish of 11. Whether they meet or exceed such expectations will depend on how quickly they pick up Anderson’s beat.

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Sounds like Roger Rubin has come up with a new moniker for St. John's U-the Stormen. Guess it's a mixing of Red Storm and Redmen. /media/kunena/emoticons/unsure.png

 

 

[jr49]

Kids who dont like demanding are helping the staff cull the heard. Kids with real talent should be given the yes you can talk. 

 

[fuchsia]

Don't mean to beat a dead horse, but this is why roster continuity is so very important for a CMA coached team. It's not simply a matter of upgrading talent. Let's hope that this more talented, deeper and more balanced team adjusts quickly to CMA's system. Thankfully our 2 best players by far know the system well, and 1 of them runs the system. 

I don't mean to sound pessimistic, because I'm a total optimist and love CMA, but I do wonder if in this current landscape of college basketball if it's even possible to maintain the type of roster continuity he needs to be successful. That's not a knock on him but more a reflection of how easy it now is for kids to transfer, and how many kids would shy away from the type of demanding system he's running.

I wonder if NIL benefits in a re-opened New York City will start to give our players a sense of nowhere else like here.  Recognized fish in the biggest of ponds has some perks that go well beyond some of the benefits in schools that are the only game in town.

 

[matmi03]

I think you can get some roster continuity with guys on the roster who have already used their free transfer.  They may not want to transfer and sit out.  I do have concerns about those who still have a free transfer (without sitting out) available to them.  The adjustment could be to go with a roster that includes more of the former although I am not a huge fan of this approach. I guess we will find out in the coming years if we can get some continuity from players recruited from HS.  Hopefully we can, but I have to confess, I'd be pleasantly surprised if that happened and the majority of our HS recruits stuck around for 3-4 years.  Nowadays it doesn't seem like there will be many who do that.