Xavier @ MSG

If Anderson is... let’s just say 4-14 after his 3rd year then I will eat crow. Until then as Zack tweeted:

“This St. John's season was simple to me: Lay the foundation, set the standard of work ethic and discipline. That has been done. Sure, you want more wins, but this is also the best new Big East has been. if you can't see positives, you're refusing to see them. #sjubb”

So you're right until you're wrong three years from now because an appeal to authority hack beat writer says so? Okay, looking forward to your check in three years from now. I'm sure you'll shut up till then. Because by your own admission nothing you say until 2023 has any meaning.

That sentence has just as much merit if you replace the word positives with negatives.

Or bananas. "if you can't see bananas, you're refusing to see them. #sjubb”

That sentence has just as much merit if you replace the word positives with negatives.

What negatives do you see?

If Anderson is... let’s just say 4-14 after his 3rd year then I will eat crow. 

Well...if CFC doesn't dance after his 3rd year huge piles of crow will be at your lips attempting to force its way down your throat. Whether you eat it or not will depend on how honest you're able to be with yourself.

Well...if CFC doesn't dance after his 3rd year huge piles of crow will be at your lips attempting to force its way down your throat. Whether you eat it or not will depend on how honest you're able to be with yourself.

I don’t get you. Why you mocking someone who is actually rooting for the team?

What negatives do you see?

In no particular order:

- The team's best player has regressed massively from last year and hasn't gotten better as the season has gone on.

- The half court offense is as incoherent as it's ever been.

- Blown leads.

- Late game execution is atrocious.

- The halftime adjustment battle is being consistently won by the opposing coach.

- Lineups and substitution patterns make little to no sense at times.

- Hard to say the team has improved much from the beginning of the season until now.

- Getting absolutely crushed on the glass by decent offensive rebounding teams.

- Wayyyy too many open 3s being given up every game due to senseless overhelping off of shooters.

- Defensive success is far too reliant on forcing turnovers. Teams that can handle the pressure and take care of the ball will crush us.

- Even if we do force a ton of turnovers it's no guarantee of success. Last night Xavier turned it over on 28% of their possessions but still scored 1.00 point per possession. That's wild.


I'm sure there's more that will come to me later if I keep thinking about it.

The main problem is that many of those negatives won't necessarily be fixed by getting better players.

I think we overrated our best players.
In game I don’t think Anderson is a good coach. But the guys compete for him. I agree I don’t like way he substitutes players.
Blown leads (besides Georgetown) haven’t bothered me. Those teams are better.
We need the right players not just better players.
Half court offense/ I thought was good last night. Plenty of movement. Tough to run a motion offense when guys are afraid to shoot. Our 1 threat was hounded all night. And we have 0 post game.

Just to pick one-who is going to rebound at a high level for this team. we all have been clamoring for a legit big or even a PF for years.

When students fail a class...is it always the teachers fault?

No, you failed because you are dumb.

The teacher and coach analogy is awful.

Crossfire!

I don’t get you. Why you mocking someone who is actually rooting for the team?

I'm not mocking him. I'm merely informing him that the eat crow threshold bar he's arbitrarily set at 4-14 year 3 is way too low.  He should be personally apologizing to Mullin and JJ if CFC doesn't dance by year 3.

In game I don’t think Anderson is a good coach.

Oh brother.

Oh brother.

In game coach. On vacation, had plenty of drinks. My apologies. Meaning he isn’t going to make adjustments. And his substitutions suck.
I liked Lavin. He was a terrible coach during the game.
Jarvis on the other hand was a great coach in game.

I'm not mocking him. I'm merely informing him that the eat crow threshold bar he's arbitrarily set at 4-14 year 3 is way too low.  He should be personally apologizing to Mullin and JJ if CFC doesn't dance by year 3.

Mullin needs to apologize to all of us. He sucked

Just to pick one-who is going to rebound at a high level for this team. we all have been clamoring for a legit big or even a PF for years.

It's illegal to have a true big here. They're not allowed anywhere near campus.

At one point there was Yakwe,Sima,and Owens. It looked good on paper.

At one point there was Yakwe, Sima, and Owens. It looked good on paper.

None of them were powerful down low and they all had very little offensive game. Good shot blockers but that was it, too one dimensional. We need 6'9-6'11 230 lb+ bigs to monitor the paint. One with some scoring skill would be gravy.

At one point there was Yakwe,Sima,and Owens. It looked good on paper.

Sima was a bigger loss than most realize or care to admit. 2.4 offensive boards and he could actually score occasionally with his back to the basket.

Mullin should have done more to retain him.

Sima was a bigger loss than most realize or care to admit. 2.4 offensive boards and he could actually score occasionally with his back to the basket.

Mullin should have done more to retain him.

Sima got scared off when he lost his starting spot and saw they had signed Zach Brown. It was crazy because he was on the NBA radar after his freshman year. He had no marbles though.

Yakwe also excelled his freshman year and flashed some real potential on both sides of the floor. He was the most disappointing and frustrating player of the Mullin era.

Sima was a bigger loss than most realize or care to admit.

Says the poster who claimed Owens transferred because he was afraid to compete for minutes with Keita.

Says the poster who claimed Owens transferred because he was afraid to compete for minutes with Keita.

It sure seemed like it at the time, Crossfire.

Three weeks ago you were saying our floor was NIT and ceiling was winning a game in the tournament, so you know what it’s like to be wrong. One day you’ll find out what it’s like to be right. Unfortunately, you’ll never know what it feels like to have a triple-digit IQ. As Meatloaf suggested, two out of three ain’t bad.