I should have said at the beginning of this post lets refrain from the name calling. I'm not attacking Weiss personally by creating this thread. I just feel he paints a picture in the same light quite often and its one of this nature. If it were once I'd say eh he is off his rocker but its consistently these slight jabs.
I didn't call him any names JJ... u asked why he is constantly taking "jabs" at the SJU program & i provided u with the answer.. ... I lost alot of respect for Weiss during the start of the '02-'03 season when he said & i quote : "i would not be surprised if SJU started the season 11-0"... then when that was OBVIOUSLY not going to happen he basically ignored us & the HORRENDOUS job Jarvis did that entire year... up untill Hatten put us on his back and basically single-handedly won us the NIT title... Weiss finally spoke up & actually had the balls to call for an extension for Jarvis.. .. Meanwhile, anyone close to the program KNEW that this pompous jerk was slowly but surely destroying all our recruiting ties in the NYC area & was signing a bunch of questionable "characters" as well.. .. No doubt, the guy is/was a great college hoops writer but he has lost alot off his fastball the last few years & still holds a grudge against the SJU brass for embarassing his "buddy" calipari in the press during our last coaching search..... plus, it could be that the glue from that BAD toupe is finally starting to seep into his brain.. .. peace!
Respectfully, I didn't find Weiss' article to be pernicious nor Calipari to be embarrassed by the "SJU brass" during the last coaching search.
Respectfully, i agree with u on both of ur points. Was just providing JJ with a possible explanation for his pereceived slights against SJU in some of Weiss' articles. Which may not have been apparent in this last article but
UNDOUBTEDLY have occured in the past... as far as the SJU brass "embarassing" Cal during the coaching search. I can only point to redmen.com & guys like mkras99 who posted
EVERYTHING negataive they could find about the guy on that site during the "search"... coupled with a few articles in the media pointing to Cal's
"SHADY" history as to why he did not get the job at SJU... from what i heard a few of Cal's buddies thought these articles were pushed upon the press/internet to get SJU off the hook for not shelling out the big money for a "name" coach like
MANY fans(including myself.. lol .. but unlike some people, who have trashed Norm, the school, our players & the admin since the day he was hired.... i got over my disappointment the next day because i love SJU basketball & realized there was nothing i could do about it at that point) wanted at that time... Bottom line,
IMHO, Weiss has "slighted" Norm/SJU in many of his articles over the past few years & it definitely has something to do with the fact he is "buddies" with Cal & the fact he did not get the SJU job.... peace!