Good. Happy it was a smokescreen.
Welcome Back Ed Kull!
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Alumni Hall
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Let’s hope Ed brings back Paulie “Walnuts” Sclafani back to the family!
Hope so . Paul is a great guy. I gotta believe he would be thrilled to come back home
dalydoseofhoops
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Pretty sure, as Paultz mentioned, Kull was the target all along. Other finalists were Lenny Kaplan (NJIT AD, his wife Nancy has worked at SJU for upwards of 30 years and is still in the provost’s office), Ed McLaughlin (VCU AD) and Janna Blais (senior women’s administrator at Northwestern).
Would imagine Diffley got a courtesy interview as an in-house candidate, but nothing more. I like John, so hopefully he sticks around.
dalydoseofhoops
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Paul and I graduated together in 2008. Definitely a great guy who also was the official scorer at SJU home games, handling the book. Would imagine he’d be back in some capacity as well.
They can say what they want but I don't believe there was another candidate
That's pretty harsh and reads like an attack on John's character.
I'd bet that not only was Kull the man all along, but even before all along.
The challenge that exists here not at Fordham is that a good chunk.of funds "donated" go towards NIL here.
Good luck to him.
Fundraising was a top requirement for anyone hired.
Pretty certain though, if a more qualified candidate materialized, would have gotten consideration. Decision makers knew from the getgo that would be very unlikely.
I will say that this seems like an obvious hire. Aside from that though, the fact that he’s endorsed highly by Repole is obviously of major importance. I don’t want to see us push off the biggest booster our program has ever seen and the truth is that Shanley, Repole, a Pitino, Kull seem to be the guys that all know what we need to do for sustained success.
I think a hire likes this helps us get ready for the next phase, and even to prep for success after Pitino retires. Repole is the straw that stirs the drink and the fact he is vocal about Kull being a great hire is good for us.
I think a hire likes this helps us get ready for the next phase, and even to prep for success after Pitino retires. Repole is the straw that stirs the drink and the fact he is vocal about Kull being a great hire is good for us.
SJUDave
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No.
Unless a decision were to be made by some criteria other than overall merit, when would a more qualified candidate for any position materialize and not be considered?
Rocket
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There are two distinct markets for college athletic directors and the so-called more qualified candidates are all at football schools with multiple D1 Olympic sports that are nationally ranked in sports like football, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics etc. Those are much bigger jobs with much larger responsibilities.
St. John's was never searching for that type of candidate.
We got the ideal candidate for our level of D1 athletics.
As a Florida resident myself, I must say that the quality up north is much better!Lobster rolls hmmmmmmmmm, might be worth a trip up from Florida.
Mike Zaun Returns
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Sounds like a great hire and looks like we hit the trifecta with AD, coach, and Pres! Important to keep Repole happy as others have said. Another note on Repole: for those who don’t know, he is friendly with Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports fame & he is in more & more video clips with him all over social media. Barstool has a huge following with ~35 & under demographic or so. IMO this bodes well for us from exposure standpoint especially with younger fans. Gets SJ in the discussion & more brand awareness.