Lavin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Norm>>>>>>Mullin
Norm isn't better than anyone.
If he's not better then they're tied. SJU undoubtedly made a mistake choosing Mullin over Lavin, and an even bigger mistake choosing Mullin over Hurley. Just sucks now we have to wait for inevitable disappointment, and despair before Mullin either steps down or is fired. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt after the Nova and Duke wins, but the fact that he's not out busting his ass recruiting just shows me he's not only too incompetent but too arrogant as well.
All that matters to me is tourney appearances and when we make it next year Mullin will have made as many tourney's in 4 years as Lavin did.
4/14 9th place season is the same as winning 20 games and being a bubble team. Great argument
Also, it doesn't look likely that we make the tournament next year. Essentially the same team with a couple new hopefully rotation players, and we lose our best big man and 3rd leading scorer.
We return an All-American who will be an upperclassman for the first time. He learned to carry the team in the second half. We make the tournament if the other guys can just play even or close to it. Keita, Dixon, Williams, and a grad transfer will give this team an entirely different look.
Two things: First, we hope to return an All American. Just like he surprised the college basketball world, he could surprise the NBA, too. Second, Shamorie didn't learn to carry a team. He was injured in the Providence game, and when he healed up, he started playing like a beast. He carried the team in November and December, too.
We need a grad transfer big, and we need another big as well. If we land a grad transfer, and he gets hurt, or Keita gets hurt, we're back where we started last year.