Here are Georgetown's wins this year:
Jacksonville, Mt. St. Mary's, MD Eastern Shore, Richmond (road), Maine, Coppin St., Howard, NC A & T, North Texas, Alabama A & M, DePaul and SJU on the road.
That is not a misprint. With that type of resume so far I think Patrick Ewing is the next Tom Izzo, what do you think? Although I am not sure they would have beaten MD Eastern Shore without the staff he put together, good thing he hired Louis Orr for that game. Drew up some unbelievable plays for Govan or else they may have only won by 20 instead of 26...
Who said Tom Izzo. I think people are just saying seems more coach ready then Chris Mullin. Certainly is more engaged. But as some people have noted he was an NBA asst for years, so it shouldn't be a surprise.
I was obviously using hyperbole to make a point. He has 1 top 100 win so far and that believe it or not is from last night and anyone who saw that game would tell you Dr. Naismith is not clapping after that display.
What in God's name has he done so far to tell you his hire or his way is working anymore than Chris'? Nothing except an ugly 3 point win in a game his team did everything but give away last night.
And staff. For crying out loud a decent high school staff with some team managers could win 10 games with that schedule.
Just saying long way from saying someone is a better coach than Mullin to Tom Izzo.
Can't speak for anyone else but my only point is that Ewing seems much more involved. Obviously not in the huddle and he could be talking gobbidy gook, but he does seem more in tuned with everything. Even if that is only an impression, I think that kind of demeanor would have bought Chris Mullin more goodwill. BTW I can't believe I just typed Chris Mullin needs more goodwill from ST John's fans.
Again I answered that I was using hyperbole for crying out loud.
And no I don't think demeanor means squat. Georgetown's staff has proven nothing and they will be near the bottom of the BE this year and that is OK because they are projected to be bad. Time will tell on their staff.
Fine for you but a great many on here it seems to bother. I never thought about it before and if Mullin was winning no one would probably bring it up. But since we are losing it is clearly bad optics. How many times did Maher bring up sitting on the table? The words dry board have probably been brought up 100 times on these boards. I am not arguing with your stance, but clearly his results combined with perception has him facing criticism earlier than imaginable.
Do disagree about Louie Orr, guy has had success and I would take him over ST Jean or Richmond obviously.
A new head coach, not coaching, while his 23 year old assistant with 0 experience coaches a team is not bad optics it is absurd. Do you remember what it was like? My friend at the Fordham was laughing at me and said “the players don’t even look at him, they only look at the young guy.”
I get no joy in bashing Mullin or anyone else and I don’t believe I am. Just pointing out what really happened.
Patrick- 2 big east wins
Chris- 8 big east wins
Cupards, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and other excuses either stop or we keep getting killed.
New coach first needs to build a staff. - we have a terrible one
Instil culture - play defense - toughness- accountability- shot selection- boxing out - defense
That should start immediately- that first crappy team should have been tougher- that isn’t optics
No one deserves a pass - for being unprepared- blow out by a division 2 team- incarnate word blow out- their were more cupcake losses.
The solution- year 4- bring in x and o guy- what does that even mean? Syracuse was for 40 years because of an x and o guy? Why don’t we have x and o guys? At the end of a game Chris Mullin should be giving instructions, not st. Jean, not mike rice
Alternative solution- bring in an experienced head coach- who brings in 3 good assistant - they all coach- they all recruit - they all make a lot of money, but they earn it because they work hard- bring in people that really want to be here- this is their dream job- not guys who already had their dream jobs