Next Year...

Foolish decision by Shamorie , he must have very bad advisers. He had a down year and proved he cannot handle big time at this point. He needed one more year and this not coming from me just as a st john's alum and fan but an honest opinion.

At best NBA second rounder and G-League stash. At worst Euro ball for who knows where and trying to get in league at later point. At the very least get the degree for one more year- he was not all-american or lit anything up against enough teams he needed to like Duke. Jakarr's career has been up and down in and out of league, he could have used another year of maturity as well. Patience is important.

I think Jakarr was a different situation, the holes in his game were more obvious as time went on, don’t think his value would have gone up any.

My sources tell me Cedric Jackson is moving on to Cleveland University to play for Rory Malliimino. Can't be sure but usually they're spot on.

Russell Robinson leaving Kansas to come play

Russell Robinson leaving Kansas to come play for Norm

Russell Robinson leaving Kansas to come play for Norm

Or PJ Carlisimo if his purported interest in returning to college basketball is accurate.

Well coached. 274 teams were more poorly coached than us.

Also I really like Mack he's of the LJ mold, Caraher will be a solid spot minutes guy who will be a smart defender and a guy who can stretch the floor, Wright is another guy who can score and very good athlete.

I haven't seen Manu but guys I know who I trust have and said he's a skillful big with upside. I'll take a flier on him.

Between Keita, Steere, Manu, Roberts, and Caraher we should have enough beef to compete inside with foul trouble and injury.

I like Williams promise as a sophomore in the backcourt with Wright, Simon, LJ.

If Heron and Ponds come back. Great we are really deep and in business. I think this team can truly play an aggressive uptempo style we've all been waiting for.

Who in the BE has better talent 1-3 than we did? BE defensive player of the year? We also had two top 100 talent coming off the bench and finished in 7th place in a down year for the BE. Look how bad the BE did in the tournament. Yet we finished in 7th place. We’re not making the tournament next year, if we do then I maybe wrong.

For the umpteenth time. We had some good talent in the starting lineup.  We had no serviceable height/size and a very weak bench. Tariq looked good yesterday. That defection really hurt.  My son told me at one point we had less bench scoring than any team in the nation.  I don't know where he would find a stat like that.

If people are looking for things to bash Mullin on, and they are, this is all the ammo they need.  You don't have to make stuff up.

Do you think this team as currently constructed for next year, coaching staff included, will be worse or better record wise than this year?

If not, what changes do you think need to be made before next season begins?

Worse. We will be a 500 level team and get into NIT if that. Reason being we have a couple of average guys coming in but not studs. We are losing Ponds (at least) who teams game planned for which opened up things for others. We may lose a recruiter and the staff has not figured out Xs and Os.

Only way to fix it is get a Dunlap type assistant and decent recruiter. Even then this team may be 2 years away to get better HS recruits assuming Mullin does not resign at end of next season. And oh yes, those young players on Providence and Gtown will be one year older and those teams will be much better. Weak BE year we underperformed with an ok team. Stronger BE year, with a worse team, will be rough.....

There's no doubt about it. Obviously I know this and have been saying the same things here for a while.

I just wanted to see what a true Mullin bot has to say about next season and see how much of it is hope vs reason based on fact.

What facts can you possibly have at this point? The real answer is that we don’t know, yet it is reasonable to think we might be ok with a deeper bench and talent across positions.

What facts can you possibly have at this point? The real answer is that we don’t know, yet it is reasonable to think we might be ok with a deeper bench and talent across positions.

The facts are as follows:

-Mullin's atrocious Big East record after 4 seasons.
-His inability to construct a balanced roster
-His inability to coach in-game
-Our best player just left the program
-The recruiting class including transfers we have coming in is ranked by most as one of the worst in the Big East, if not the worst.
-The Big East was as bad as it's been in years this past season. Next year it will be vastly improved.

These are all facts to base an educated opinion on.

A deeper bench and more talent? We may have more bodies I'll give you that but that's about it. What about the awful coaching? How does that improve? Surely not by itself.

Otherwise based on the facts that I posted, this team will most likely be picked between 8th and 10th in the conference next year.

That is going in the exact opposite direction of what Mullin was hired to do which is make us a legit program again. After 4 seasons, he has shown zero signs of that.

Worse. We will be a 500 level team and get into NIT if that. Reason being we have a couple of average guys coming in but not studs. We are losing Ponds (at least) who teams game planned for which opened up things for others. We may lose a recruiter and the staff has not figured out Xs and Os.

Only way to fix it is get a Dunlap type assistant and decent recruiter. Even then this team may be 2 years away to get better HS recruits assuming Mullin does not resign at end of next season. And oh yes, those young players on Providence and Gtown will be one year older and those teams will be much better. Weak BE year we underperformed with an ok team. Stronger BE year, with a worse team, will be rough.....

Is improving your record every season culminating in a tournament appearance a sign of becoming legit again? How about having the most balanced roster we’ve had since the early 2000’s? How about the highest attendance we’ve had in some time?

You’re again taking some basic information and using it to predict record and standing that is almost a year away. As has been posted countless times, neither Heron or LJ were in the fold last year at this time. I wouldn’t be surprised to get another important player this year and ideally an important secondary recruiter/game planner.