Matt has some annoying qualities and a lot of us don't like what transpired with him and Slice, but getting rid of him makes no sense. We will need his creative recruiting more than ever the next two years. If any coach wants to make it at St. John's, they have to be able to complete a roster. The transfer game is essential for us and Matt has great potential in that area.
Jesus Christ, guys, can we let one staff fill out a roster before we cannabilize our program?
If you have 8 players. 1 quits. You recuit a few more. Atleast one never comes. Then a few more decide to leave. You might never have a full roster.
I don't mean using all 13 ships by full roster. 11-12 good scholarship players and a few solid prederred walkons meets that criteria for me. Certainly more than 7 with one being a waste like AA.
My point, you can’t recuit to this mess. 3 years ago it was Chris Mullin hall of famer. Do you think ponds would come here again if he could take a mulligan? Do you think the next ponds wants play for this coach? Would you?
The only player that stayed was Amar, besides never getting better he tried to leave also.
Ponds has to be thrilled with his role and exposure. Where else does a 6'1 combo ranked #46 out of high school get himself into mock drafts in November or his soph year? Do you think Fultz regrets going to a single-digit win team in Washington? How many programs would have given him 30 minutes at PG this early?
Ponds was ranked #36 overall. Nevertheless, I can only chuckle at most of this thread.
No offense to Baldi, but pay attention to what Paultz had to say on this thread.