We Are SJU, don't tell me the Elite 8 team wouldn't have played hard for Fran. Fran was 10x the coach Jarvis was
Jarvis just rolled the balls out.
If Fran behaved like a professional or things weren't made public, he could've stayed here and we would have more than 1 Final Four banner.
That's debatable. I wasn't happy when they fired Fran, but who could complain after the 98-99 season? In 1996-1997, Fran won 14 games with Lopez and Zendon as upperclassmen + Minlend as a senior. Lost to Rutgers two times in one season. Lost to f'n LIU at Alumni Hall, too. He was no walk in the walk.
Jarvis clearly wasn't the answer for many reasons, but you can't look back on the body of work and say he wasn't a good coach. You are what your record is. The season Harrington fired him on Christmas Eve, we were terrible. He had given up. Before that, St.John's basketball may not have been great year in, year out, but we definitely had great moments, and seasons. No one can deny that.