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St. John's Red Storm => In The Jungle... => Topic started by: pmg911 on January 29, 2018, 01:56:37 PM

Title: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: pmg911 on January 29, 2018, 01:56:37 PM
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2018/01/29/just-not-working-for-chris-mullin-john/pf745a1APPaP5iwoAGz5WJ/story.html

Our local media should be covering SJU and giving them a little grief this year but hate seeing a piece like this outside of our coverage area...
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Foryoureyesonly88 on January 29, 2018, 02:00:53 PM
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2018/01/29/just-not-working-for-chris-mullin-john/pf745a1APPaP5iwoAGz5WJ/story.html

Our local media should be covering SJU and giving them a little grief this year but hate seeing a piece like this outside of our coverage area...

Well, St. John’s is a nationally known university that plays in a high major conference that also happens to be top ten in all time wins. Yes, people are going to know if you’re struggling as bad as we are.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: austour on January 29, 2018, 02:19:55 PM
Are you reading about Cal, Illinois and Pittsburgh anywhere?  They are in high major conferences, more nationally known and more recent success than STJ and are also floundering this year.This is news outside New York not because of the St Johns name, but because of the Chris Mullin name. 
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: goredmen on January 29, 2018, 02:33:28 PM
Are you reading about Cal, Illinois and Pittsburgh anywhere?  They are in high major conferences, more nationally known and more recent success than STJ and are also floundering this year.This is news outside New York not because of the St Johns name, but because of the Chris Mullin name. 

Big conference programs will have down years. This article is more about if we could ever be good again. Cal, Illinois and Pitt have at least been good recently and/or there's no reason to believe nobody can win there
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: fordham96 on January 29, 2018, 02:34:18 PM
Are you reading about Cal, Illinois and Pittsburgh anywhere?  They are in high major conferences, more nationally known and more recent success than STJ and are also floundering this year.This is news outside New York not because of the St Johns name, but because of the Chris Mullin name. 

More than just Chris Mullin but the fact that Chris Mullin was not a traditional hire.  He had no HC experience and had been outside the college game for a long time. 

Nobody is disputing that bad hires or hires that don't work out can come in all shapes and forms but out of the schools you named Mullin is the only one who did not come from the traditional route (hire a current HC or an assistant from another program) and that is why his hire is getting more scrutiny then others.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: rdstr25 on January 29, 2018, 02:34:49 PM
 Nothing was said year one and some nice pieces written in year two, with some media outlets calling SJU a team "To watch out for" as we headed into year 3.  To go from promising, to potentially worse than year 1, is going to raise the ears up on many of folk, inside and outside the program.  The writer is dead on, this is not working out for Mullin and university.  Give him another a year another 5 years, will not matter, because he is not a coach.

Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Celtics11 on January 29, 2018, 07:34:34 PM
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2018/01/29/just-not-working-for-chris-mullin-john/pf745a1APPaP5iwoAGz5WJ/story.html

Our local media should be covering SJU and giving them a little grief this year but hate seeing a piece like this outside of our coverage area...
If we don't want to see negative articles maybe try not to go 0-10 in conference play. This might be coincidence on timing but spoke to someone today who said Chris does not enjoy coaching and really doesn't want to be here. Also said the players are uncoachable and do not listen to him and that Mullin doesn't care anymore and let's them do whatever they want. This is the second place i have heard this the first time was about 6 months from a different source so I didn't bother to post but now that there is corroboration figured I would. One source got this impression talking directly to Mullin that being that he doesn't enjoy coaching not the other other stuff I heard today. You guys are free to take it FWIW obviously.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: we are sju on January 29, 2018, 07:51:58 PM
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2018/01/29/just-not-working-for-chris-mullin-john/pf745a1APPaP5iwoAGz5WJ/story.html

Our local media should be covering SJU and giving them a little grief this year but hate seeing a piece like this outside of our coverage area...
If we don't want to see negative articles maybe try not to go 0-10 in conference play. This might be coincidence on timing but spoke to someone today who said Chris does not enjoy coaching and really doesn't want to be here. Also said the players are uncoachable and do not listen to him and that Mullin doesn't care anymore and let's them do whatever they want. This is the second place i have heard this the first time was about 6 months from a different source so I didn't bother to post but now that there is corroboration figured I would. One source got this impression talking directly to Mullin that being that he doesn't enjoy coaching not the other other stuff I heard today. You guys are free to take it FWIW obviously.

"There is no such thing as bad publicity."
Guess PT Barnum wasn't a ST John's fan.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: mjmaherjr on January 29, 2018, 08:39:45 PM
If Jason Buchanan got hired we wouldn't be reading this. When you have one of the best players to ever play the game of basketball get hired and have this season it's noteworthy unfortunately
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: we are sju on January 29, 2018, 08:52:36 PM
Baldi now starting threads under Kamorkasma?
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: TONYD3 on January 29, 2018, 10:15:50 PM
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2018/01/29/just-not-working-for-chris-mullin-john/pf745a1APPaP5iwoAGz5WJ/story.html

Our local media should be covering SJU and giving them a little grief this year but hate seeing a piece like this outside of our coverage area...
If we don't want to see negative articles maybe try not to go 0-10 in conference play. This might be coincidence on timing but spoke to someone today who said Chris does not enjoy coaching and really doesn't want to be here. Also said the players are uncoachable and do not listen to him and that Mullin doesn't care anymore and let's them do whatever they want. This is the second place i have heard this the first time was about 6 months from a different source so I didn't bother to post but now that there is corroboration figured I would. One source got this impression talking directly to Mullin that being that he doesn't enjoy coaching not the other other stuff I heard today. You guys are free to take it FWIW obviously.
Mullin seems to have a very good relationship with his players. I think he wants to help. I think they are interested in what he has to say.
Does he like to coach? No idea but  I think Greg st. Jean is preparing the St. John’s Basketball team for Xavier
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Johnny23 on January 29, 2018, 10:19:07 PM
I agree that it has gotten really bad now that the national media outside the tri-state is covering it. Horrible look for Mullin.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Poison on January 30, 2018, 12:38:58 AM
Nothing was said year one and some nice pieces written in year two, with some media outlets calling SJU a team "To watch out for" as we headed into year 3.  To go from promising, to potentially worse than year 1, is going to raise the ears up on many of folk, inside and outside the program.  The writer is dead on, this is not working out for Mullin and university.  Give him another a year another 5 years, will not matter, because he is not a coach.


But he deserves the chance to have a fourth year and let St.Jean coach while he cries to the refs.
Only the dopes on this board and the die Mullin fans want to give him more time. Any objective college basketball enthusiast can see that Mullin is in way over his head.

This article just says he’s not getting it done. The key is in the details. Do we play as a team? No. Do we run an offense? No. Do we have an identity on defense. No. Did we switch to zone after seeing that we don’t have the legs to play man to man? No. Do we box out? Never.

Someone on the staff needs to go. Up until recently, the assistants have taken the fall for Mullin. Why are their names brought up and not Mullin’s? Because he was a great player.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: SJUFAN on January 30, 2018, 11:52:30 AM
Nothing was said year one and some nice pieces written in year two, with some media outlets calling SJU a team "To watch out for" as we headed into year 3.  To go from promising, to potentially worse than year 1, is going to raise the ears up on many of folk, inside and outside the program.  The writer is dead on, this is not working out for Mullin and university.  Give him another a year another 5 years, will not matter, because he is not a coach.


But he deserves the chance to have a fourth year and let St.Jean coach while he cries to the refs.
Only the dopes on this board and the die Mullin fans want to give him more time. Any objective college basketball enthusiast can see that Mullin is in way over his head.

This article just says he’s not getting it done. The key is in the details. Do we play as a team? No. Do we run an offense? No. Do we have an identity on defense. No. Did we switch to zone after seeing that we don’t have the legs to play man to man? No. Do we box out? Never.

Someone on the staff needs to go. Up until recently, the assistants have taken the fall for Mullin. Why are their names brought up and not Mullin’s? Because he was a great player.

Ideally you would want the HC being able to run the show, but its not necessary if you surround yourself with the right people. Mullin has failed in that area. He needs to bring in an experienced coach. Its hard to bring in players to SJU, a hybrid commuter school.  Unless you have a killer recruiter/salesmen, or someone of Mullin's stature. I didn't want to get rid of Lavin because I was confident he could land players and if he brought in the right staff we could be good, but he did get lazy. I'm willing to give Mullin two more years. See what changes he makes to his staff, if any, after this year. If everyone stays, next year will be the first year he will have a complete BE roster. That is on the coach as well. I don't see Mullin as the persistent type on the recruiting trail.   
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: ras on January 30, 2018, 12:49:45 PM
I agree that it has gotten really bad now that the national media outside the tri-state is covering it. Horrible look for Mullin.
Dont want bad press, Win. The article isnt the problem. our BE record is.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Johnny23 on January 30, 2018, 01:03:38 PM
I agree that it has gotten really bad now that the national media outside the tri-state is covering it. Horrible look for Mullin.
Dont want bad press, Win. The article isnt the problem. our BE record is.

The damage is already done and this article just highlights that.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: ras on January 30, 2018, 02:48:06 PM
Well for any fans giving up on the season and not wanting to watch the game tonight , our fellow poster kamerkosma has provided alternative avenues of entertainment LOL.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: patrick on January 30, 2018, 03:09:53 PM
Well for any fans giving up on the season and not wanting to watch the game tonight , our fellow poster kamerkosma has provided alternative avenues of entertainment LOL.

Some of the posts fit under many of the different replies lately
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: colelatshaw2010 on January 30, 2018, 03:35:52 PM
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2018/01/27/doyel-kamar-baldwin-and-butler-basketball-destroy-chris-mullins-overmatched-team/1069513001/

Not sure if this was posted but the second half of the article really highlights the insanity of this entire situation.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Johnny23 on January 30, 2018, 03:43:56 PM
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2018/01/27/doyel-kamar-baldwin-and-butler-basketball-destroy-chris-mullins-overmatched-team/1069513001/

Not sure if this was posted but the second half of the article really highlights the insanity of this entire situation.

Wow. Thanks for sharing. This is a major indictment on Mullin and the SJU administration as a whole. This shit spreads like wildfire. There is no way in hell we don't lose some guys to transfer and decommits before next season. No f'ing way. This writer is spot on. Even I'm sick of the announcers talking about Chris Mullin as a players 30+ years ago. That's all he has going for him at this point.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Foad on January 30, 2018, 05:14:04 PM
Did anyone post this?

http://www.news-sentinel.com/sports/2018/01/27/tom-davis-you-can-dismiss-st-johns-mounting-defeats-for-now/

Probably not, it's not unremittingly negative.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: TONYD3 on January 30, 2018, 05:44:24 PM
Did anyone post this?

http://www.news-sentinel.com/sports/2018/01/27/tom-davis-you-can-dismiss-st-johns-mounting-defeats-for-now/

Probably not, it's not unremittingly negative.
We would all love And want Chris Mullin to succeed. However he isn’t kind of bad. He doesn’t need improvement. We are 8-38. That isn’t kind of bad. That’s not because of bad luck. Game starts in 3 hours, will we guard the 3 point line? Will we box out? Will we continue to take bad shots?
Many of you think we are due for a win. That ain’t happening. We got lucky last year. Only way to win to play a good game. This team doesn’t play good games
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Celtics11 on January 30, 2018, 06:57:10 PM
Did anyone post this?

http://www.news-sentinel.com/sports/2018/01/27/tom-davis-you-can-dismiss-st-johns-mounting-defeats-for-now/

Probably not, it's not unremittingly negative.
Your boy Mullin comes off as quite disingenuous when he states they haven't decided if they will apply for a medical redshirt for LoVett as if he will be sticking around for 3 more years let alone one. If we can believe Paultz he gone. Then the writer says we only lose Amar forgetting to even mention we lose your other favorite Bashir Ahmed-Foad. All in all not a very creditable article and the writer gives himself way too much credit when he queries whether this article will still be relevant in one year-it isn't relevant now IMohsoveryHO.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Poison on January 30, 2018, 07:22:22 PM
Did anyone post this?

http://www.news-sentinel.com/sports/2018/01/27/tom-davis-you-can-dismiss-st-johns-mounting-defeats-for-now/

Probably not, it's not unremittingly negative.

Yeah, they really fought hard in that 35 point loss to Butler.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Foad on January 30, 2018, 07:54:48 PM
How about some more ee cummings


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Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Poison on January 30, 2018, 08:24:40 PM
How about some more ee cummings


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Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Celtics11 on January 30, 2018, 08:57:51 PM
How about some more ee cummings


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With an 0-10 record in BE a negative article-shocker#urajackass
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Foad on January 30, 2018, 11:04:37 PM
How about some more ee cummings


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Probably they would have won this one if they'd had Joey Dela Rosa.
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: pmg911 on January 31, 2018, 07:54:38 AM
Did anyone post this?

http://www.news-sentinel.com/sports/2018/01/27/tom-davis-you-can-dismiss-st-johns-mounting-defeats-for-now/

Probably not, it's not unremittingly negative.

Had not seen it...  thanks for posting
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: prjohnnies on January 31, 2018, 09:31:31 AM
LOL only the negative ones will get discussed these days...unless it is about another Big East program
Title: Re: Hate seeing negative attention...
Post by: Poison on February 01, 2018, 01:14:42 AM
How about some more ee cummings


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Probably they would have won this one if they'd had Joey Dela Rosa.

At least he wasn’t afraid of physical contact.