Whether you want Mullin to succeed, don't think Mullin will succeed or just want ST john's to be decent next year should answer all question. If we are really bad next year I believe one way or the other it will be Mullin's last year. If we are decent to good maybe we can start to move forward. With Norm I never really got a sense on when it would finally end. Meaning what exact season would be his put up or shut up year. I think we have reached that point with Mullin so other than those who will always be unhappy I think people just need to be patient one more year. One way or the other.
Honestly it's really not even worth entertaining that we'll be bad next year. Even with the entire current staff and no system change these guys will win 8-10 conference games with the two extra guards and whatever forwards show up. We can even absorb two transfers unless it's Ponds which makes no sense given his pro timeline. You don't fire a coach after a conference wing like that whose best players will be seniors. The roster would all depart and we'd be back to the drawing board.
No way Ponds/Dixon/Simon/Trimble/Willliams/Diakate/Brooks/Keita/Clark/Yakwe/Owens is worse than what we had two years ago. Take away Brooks like you want and a big transfer and we are still so much deeper, experiences, and more complete.
You have been a fan a long time. You really believe that stuff. We should be better , we couldn't be worse. I want Mullin to succeed but I would not bet the ranch we will. I think if we get in the 17-18 range it should be thought of as nice improvement and this year an anomaly in the progress we have shown since he took over. But We Are ST John's, so you never know.
Here is the thing with Marillac and he is the master of crazy predictions in which he will argue to death over making his point. I have to give him credit with his convictions though. It's not like he is one of the guys that is never right. He was pretty much against Norm from day 1 from what I can remember. Lavins last year we hit a bad run in the beginning to mid season and he pretty much was doing a Jim Fassel guarantee arguing we would make the ncaa's and I'm pretty sure he offered to bet another poster and Marillac wouldn't back down and gave his reason. He was right in both circumstances
I'm surely in the not happy camp and am not confident in next year but I can see how next year can work out if everything breaks right which is why I'm not for firing Mullin. But when I read Marillac's posts I dont discard it. His is an opinion even if I dont agree I think it's worth listening to and he very well might end up right
I called Lavin's first season when some were complaining early, and I believe I called his last season, too.
Thing is he calls out a lot of stuff, and a lot of it doesn't actually come to fruition. He or others just never bring it up. If you say enough shit, then some of it will eventually come to pass.
If there is no significant change(s) to this staff then I expect similar or slightly better results (that is based on Ponds returning, Dixon and Brooks coming in).