1/11 vs Depaul

Not every post expressing skepticism about the long term prospects of SJ basketball generally or Anderson specifically - both of which skepticisms I share - is an endorsement of Mullin, who deserves some credit for what he achieved and some criticism for what he didn't. If his name was added to the list of the words that are forbidden here discourse would improve immeasurably, because in the main the only people who mention him are the people who have animus toward him.

I think there are serious questions about Anderson's prospects moving forward,  specifically the shortcomings inherent in his fugazi system and his approach to recruiting. Those doubts have nothing to do with Mullin, about whom I think only about when his name is mentioned here by those who can't go 20 minutes without shrieking out his name like demented Tourette's patients.

CAN WE STOP TALKING ABOUT MULLIN!

"Yes he took us to a tourney and got better each year and attendance sky rocketed. He came in with nothing here and turned it around." 
Next line:
"but he also was not a good coach and was lazy and deserved all the criticism a Coach gets."

If he was any other Coach and not the poster boy and the legend of St. Johns people would not defend him as much as they do.

There are def legit questions.... but what he runs is not a "Fugazi system".  Now whether or not he can get the athletes to run it is another questions. In my opinion it's the type of system you have to run to win when you are not going end up with a team of 4/5 stars who can just win on talent alone.  As a Maryland grad who gets to watch a team full of talent lose to lesser teams on the regular, it's kind of fun to watch.

who I can't call CTC anymore because that appellation has been usurped 

It's fugazi by my definition of fugazi - and "when I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less" - meaning gimmicky. And by gimmicky I mean the type of system you have to run to win when you are not going end up with a team of 4/5 stars who can just win on talent alone. What we're seeing isn't Pete Carill or John Beilein and neither is it Tony Bennett. It's not even Mel Torme. It's a one trick system that was figured out by coaches in the SEC - and there's not a lot of rocket scientists in the SEC coaching ranks - two thirds of the time.

If all you had to do to compete on a national level was recruit three star recruits and run a full court press more people would do it. And yet no one does. Instead various hall of fame coaches who are a lot more successful than Anderson - who I can't call CTC anymore because that appellation has been usurped - routinely commit felonies to garner as many four and five star recruits as they can that can excel in various variations of traditional basketball systems.

Please explain how they make potted meats. Some people call it spam I call it potted meats. Hmm mmm