Matt A

People keep bringing up Durand Johnson because thats the ONLY player in Slice's short time with us that he was able to land us.

How do we know? Because Matt A made it a point to tell Brazillier to credit him for every commitment we got.

If that's all he brought in, then why even talk about the guy? He basically did nothing

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 07:05:25 PM

People keep bringing up Durand Johnson because thats the ONLY player in Slice's short time with us that he was able to land us.

How do we know? Because Matt A made it a point to tell Brazillier to credit him for every commitment we got.

If that's all he brought in, then why even talk about the guy? He basically did nothing

Who really knows what he did, he was barely on the job a year. Yes he lost out on Herron, Maker, and Ferguson but with so little time to recruit them for SJU. My gut feeling is at some point he just got fed up and went through the motions.   

Quote from: apesNapes on March 24, 2017, 07:40:14 PM

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 07:05:25 PM

People keep bringing up Durand Johnson because thats the ONLY player in Slice's short time with us that he was able to land us.

How do we know? Because Matt A made it a point to tell Brazillier to credit him for every commitment we got.

If that's all he brought in, then why even talk about the guy? He basically did nothing

Who really knows what he did, he was barely on the job a year. Yes he lost out on Herron, Maker, and Ferguson but with so little time to recruit them for SJU. My gut feeling is at some point he just got fed up and went through the motions.   

fed up with what?

Quote from: sju89tr on March 24, 2017, 07:43:00 PM

Quote from: apesNapes on March 24, 2017, 07:40:14 PM

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 07:05:25 PM

People keep bringing up Durand Johnson because thats the ONLY player in Slice's short time with us that he was able to land us.

How do we know? Because Matt A made it a point to tell Brazillier to credit him for every commitment we got.

If that's all he brought in, then why even talk about the guy? He basically did nothing

Who really knows what he did, he was barely on the job a year. Yes he lost out on Herron, Maker, and Ferguson but with so little time to recruit them for SJU. My gut feeling is at some point he just got fed up and went through the motions.   

fed up with what?

pasta

Quote from: Marco Baldi on March 24, 2017, 02:31:24 PM

Quote from: Howie71 on March 24, 2017, 02:25:23 PM

Why do folks keep taking the bait when Baldi goes into troll mode?  And in re: to Matt he is always in troll mode.

Troll mode? Do we have any recruits? Did we finish in 8th with his guys? Did he waste time and money recruiting a crossdressing thief that no one else would touch? Did he bring the drama to the staff causing a well respected recruiter to be jettisoned? And than have the balls to ask for a raise? You guys have some seriously low expectations. But hey, he's an alumn

We were better than Iona in year two of starting from scratch.  That's not too shabby.

St Johns wasn't better than New Yorks team

Quote from: apesNapes on March 24, 2017, 07:40:14 PM

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 07:05:25 PM

People keep bringing up Durand Johnson because thats the ONLY player in Slice's short time with us that he was able to land us.

How do we know? Because Matt A made it a point to tell Brazillier to credit him for every commitment we got.

If that's all he brought in, then why even talk about the guy? He basically did nothing

Who really knows what he did, he was barely on the job a year. Yes he lost out on Herron, Maker, and Ferguson but with so little time to recruit them for SJU. My gut feeling is at some point he just got fed up and went through the motions.   

Maker and Ferguson never ended up going to college but the loss of Heron still sticks in my craw. Haven't read the thread where apparently there is a mention of a transfer from Green Bay but if it is Aaron Rodgers I'll take him. I'm sure he could quarterback our team. 

For the record I thought Durand Johnson was a good 1 year stop gap player. He helped us from being completely non competitive.

This team was left for dead with complete imbalance. It required a lot of hustle in short term but with long term planning in mind. I like the blueprint. SJU will be a force in conference next year.

Over/under in that game would have been 200

Quote from: LoganK on March 24, 2017, 06:40:45 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on March 24, 2017, 02:31:24 PM

Quote from: Howie71 on March 24, 2017, 02:25:23 PM

Why do folks keep taking the bait when Baldi goes into troll mode?  And in re: to Matt he is always in troll mode.

Troll mode? Do we have any recruits? Did we finish in 8th with his guys? Did he waste time and money recruiting a crossdressing thief that no one else would touch? Did he bring the drama to the staff causing a well respected recruiter to be jettisoned? And than have the balls to ask for a raise? You guys have some seriously low expectations. But hey, he's an alumn

We were better than Iona in year two of starting from scratch.  That's not too shabby.

St Johns wasn't better than New Yorks team

Quote from: sju89tr on March 24, 2017, 07:43:00 PM

Quote from: apesNapes on March 24, 2017, 07:40:14 PM

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 07:05:25 PM

People keep bringing up Durand Johnson because thats the ONLY player in Slice's short time with us that he was able to land us.

How do we know? Because Matt A made it a point to tell Brazillier to credit him for every commitment we got.

If that's all he brought in, then why even talk about the guy? He basically did nothing

Who really knows what he did, he was barely on the job a year. Yes he lost out on Herron, Maker, and Ferguson but with so little time to recruit them for SJU. My gut feeling is at some point he just got fed up and went through the motions.   

fed up with what?

With whom.

Terrance Ferguson is in China somewhere
Thon Maker is on the Bucks
Rawle Alkins is on Arizona
Mustapha Heron is on Auburn

but hey we got a year of Durand Johnson.
SLICE BABY

The best recruiting success of Slice was in Pittsburgh. He was able to get the 4 stars players from NY (Shamorie Ponds rated type).
And you are criticizing him because he didn´t get any of the 5 stars players that we were recruiting. Considering that last season we won 1 Big East game that´s a little unfair.

Quote from: TONYD3 on March 24, 2017, 07:47:52 PM

Quote from: sju89tr on March 24, 2017, 07:43:00 PM

Quote from: apesNapes on March 24, 2017, 07:40:14 PM

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 07:05:25 PM

People keep bringing up Durand Johnson because thats the ONLY player in Slice's short time with us that he was able to land us.

How do we know? Because Matt A made it a point to tell Brazillier to credit him for every commitment we got.

If that's all he brought in, then why even talk about the guy? He basically did nothing

Who really knows what he did, he was barely on the job a year. Yes he lost out on Herron, Maker, and Ferguson but with so little time to recruit them for SJU. My gut feeling is at some point he just got fed up and went through the motions.   

fed up with what?

With whom.

Matt and his limited roll

Will Wade makes his first hire after Matt stays:

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_c8b29fb4-13d4-11e7-8dbb-53188c051e03.html

Matt just did a Q & A on Twitter. The main takeaway is that he's solely focused on adding a big for the upcoming season and says we should expect one that should help. Make of that what you will

Matt just did a Q & A on Twitter. The main takeaway is that he's solely focused on adding a big for the upcoming season and says we should expect one that should help. Make of that what you will

He did a good  job answering

Quote from: goredmen on April 18, 2017, 01:21:17 PM

Matt just did a Q & A on Twitter. The main takeaway is that he's solely focused on adding a big for the upcoming season and says we should expect one that should help. Make of that what you will

He did a good  job answering

I saw Marco Balidi fire off a question on when the guards will play D. 

Say what you want but Matt hustles as much as anyone and engages the fan base as much as any staff member we have ever had.

Now it's time to deliver both on and off the court...

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 04:50:13 PM

Terrance Ferguson is in China somewhere
Thon Maker is on the Bucks
Rawle Alkins is on Arizona
Mustapha Heron is on Auburn

but hey we got a year of Durand Johnson.
SLICE BABY

The best recruiting success of Slice was in Pittsburgh. He was able to get the 4 stars players from NY (Shamorie Ponds rated type).
And you are criticizing him because he didn´t get any of the 5 stars players that we were recruiting. Considering that last season we won 1 Big East game that´s a little unfair.

Maybe he shouldn't be criticized for it, but then what did he do here?

Quote from: gonzalo on March 25, 2017, 02:32:25 AM

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 04:50:13 PM

Terrance Ferguson is in China somewhere
Thon Maker is on the Bucks
Rawle Alkins is on Arizona
Mustapha Heron is on Auburn

but hey we got a year of Durand Johnson.
SLICE BABY

The best recruiting success of Slice was in Pittsburgh. He was able to get the 4 stars players from NY (Shamorie Ponds rated type).
And you are criticizing him because he didn´t get any of the 5 stars players that we were recruiting. Considering that last season we won 1 Big East game that´s a little unfair.

Maybe he shouldn't be criticized for it, but then what did he do here?

Think he got Durand Johnson who was our leading scorer.

Quote from: gonzalo on March 25, 2017, 02:32:25 AM

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 04:50:13 PM

Terrance Ferguson is in China somewhere
Thon Maker is on the Bucks
Rawle Alkins is on Arizona
Mustapha Heron is on Auburn

but hey we got a year of Durand Johnson.
SLICE BABY

The best recruiting success of Slice was in Pittsburgh. He was able to get the 4 stars players from NY (Shamorie Ponds rated type).
And you are criticizing him because he didn´t get any of the 5 stars players that we were recruiting. Considering that last season we won 1 Big East game that´s a little unfair.

Maybe he shouldn't be criticized for it, but then what did he do here?

Frankly, he wasn't here long enough to do anything.  Maybe, someone can correct me, but there was dissension early or midway through the season and his hands were tied.  I don't think he should be criticized due to the circumstances and what player(s) he did or didn't bring to the team.

Quote from: Poison on April 18, 2017, 02:51:13 PM

Quote from: gonzalo on March 25, 2017, 02:32:25 AM

Quote from: KJ_Django on March 24, 2017, 04:50:13 PM

Terrance Ferguson is in China somewhere
Thon Maker is on the Bucks
Rawle Alkins is on Arizona
Mustapha Heron is on Auburn

but hey we got a year of Durand Johnson.
SLICE BABY

The best recruiting success of Slice was in Pittsburgh. He was able to get the 4 stars players from NY (Shamorie Ponds rated type).
And you are criticizing him because he didn´t get any of the 5 stars players that we were recruiting. Considering that last season we won 1 Big East game that´s a little unfair.

Maybe he shouldn't be criticized for it, but then what did he do here?

Think he got Durand Johnson who was our leading scorer.

On a team that team that won eight games. That's about $50,000 per win.