DeMeo sues St. John's / Mike Anderson

stuff happens.

Steve Demeo is hired: happy too have him.

Steve Demeo is fired: what a hack.

So to recap: whatever stuff happens, you're always right, if you do say say so yourself.

Steve Demeo is hired: happy too have him.

Steve Demeo is fired: what a hack.

So to recap: whatever stuff happens, you're always right, if you do say say so yourself.

Yawn.

I'm no labor lawyer, but I believe it is possible to get a lawsuit such as this dismissed on substantive or procedural grounds pre-discovery depending on the specific law, statutes and/or regulations involved.  Yes, it can be challenging because for purposes of Rule 12 Demeo's allegations are accepted as true, which means the argument has to be that based on those allegations there is no actionable claim under whatever law is involved here.  Also SJU would be somewhat limited in what documentary evidence they could submit in support of any such motion; usually anything incorporated by referenced (or submitted with) the Complaint, anything the Court could take judicial notice of and/or that might be publicly available is fair game.

Demeo's lawyers threw in the allegations about the Moore situation primarily for leverage, as opposed to his substantive claims, because SJU doesn't want that stuff out there, even though some if it was already publicly as it relates to Moore.  He wants a quick and early payout.  Will be interesting to see how SJU and counsel plays that.  The Powell Seton Hall lawsuit is as damaging as you can get from a basketball perspective, and that is still out there (I think a motion to dismiss certain or all of the claims on procedural grounds was filed). 

He was on a one year contract and it was not renewed. He stayed employed through the entire deal and a new coach was not hired until DeMeo was officially not on staff. This happens every year at schools.

He took a job with a lame duck coach at ECU and he knows Dooley is on a VERY VERY hot seat and probably fired at the end of the year.

He didn't deliver on the recruiting front and got replaced by a much better coach.

He was on a one year contract and it was not renewed. He stayed employed through the entire deal and a new coach was not hired until DeMeo was officially not on staff. This happens every year at schools.

He took a job with a lame duck coach at ECU and he knows Dooley is on a VERY VERY hot seat and probably fired at the end of the year.

He didn't deliver on the recruiting front and got replaced by a much better coach.

He doesn't have a case unless there are some emails on school accounts or texts on school issued phones that would be found during discovery. 

This all about how much it's worth for St. John's not to have its dirty laundry aired.  The answer to that depends on what is being hidden behind closed doors.  Every program operates in the gray on some issues. 

It is clear that he didn't deliver the type of recruits expected of him.  You don't have to look any further than how our recruiting has taken off since he's been gone.

That is why it is a good idea when someone leaves to reach a settlement via a general release so everyone's mouth stays shut and do not air dirty laundry. Who knows what happened. We never heard a peep of DeMeo while on the staff. Expected much more. 

That is why it is a good idea when someone leaves to reach a settlement via a general release so everyone's mouth stays shut and do not air dirty laundry. Who knows what happened. We never heard a peep of DeMeo while on the staff. Expected much more. 

Why would SJU have to reach a settlement with any coach whose contract was not being renewed.? if they had let him go in March and he was under contract, they would have had to paid him. The school specifically waited until his contract was over to avoid paying 2 salaries.