Lasalle 11/26

You said atrocious. Find some middle ground and posters won’t have to argue with you. I’ve never said he’s a great recruiter. He did however get an all BE freshmen one month on the job. Atrocious!

Mullin and lavin both got more top end talent their first two years at SJU. Neither was able to recruit a deep or balanced team and because of that their better talent never got over the hump. CMA sacrifices some talent for depth, balance, and fit.  I’m WILLING to let him run the program his way and see how it works. I happen to like the players on this team.

So ou think every player he recruits fits? So Damien Sears fit really well! Just because we have depth does not mean its good depth. I would rather have 8 reliable good players then 11 who are "eh". How many players on our team would get legit burn on top 5 teams in our conference?

I do agree with you that we have to see how this season pans out and se how his system works. I like a lot of the players as well, and am glad you admitted that we can us more talent!

We are last in the big east in recruiting. Have you looked at the recruits every other big east school has been bringing in? It will only be harder now with UCONN back. What 5 star recruit would ever care about academics honestly? They main goal is to make money in the NBA.  Let me ask you this .....would you rather have a team with studs that leave after a year and they make it deep into the tournament and maybe even win, or have our kids graduate? I think everyone would sign up for having one and dones.

Yes Coach Anderson wins but that is in this past isn't it? I liked Lavin and thought he recruited well here but was not a great coach. He had a track record before coming and was run out of town after 4 years. Just because Anderson has won elsewhere does not mean he will automatically win here. Its a what have you done for me lately business.

I like the guy as a coach but you are out of your mind if you don't think the recruiting thus far has been a little alarming. So basically our plan is to get low level mid level recruits and develop everyone of them so well? That won't work int he big east.

This isn't about Mike Anderson. If Coach doesn't have the budget to hire proper staff that's on the school. Lavin got the school to pony up and we had a really great support staff. When things went south there and after debacle with Slice the school went cheap on everything. Sorry, I thought coach was getting ripped befor he had a chance.

You want to know why St. Johns is last in the Big East?? Because JUCO's dont count on the rankings and Overall St. Johns ranked #1 in JUCO recruiting this last year and he will sign another JUCO stud coming up this year with Pinzon and his teammate.

Seers was a juco stop gap he recruited in the summer he got here to fill out the roster. If Stanley, a HS recruit he invested time in and chose to bring in as a freshmen, is a complete bust then he would have been a mistake. I want to see that happen first.

Ankel is making really good points. He is on the pulse of what's happening.

We're taking guys who are available. On the flip side last staff rolled the dice too many times. Need to have more balance of taking commitments and chasing them.

If we are going to be taking less tier talent then the school should be doing everything for development. Can't have subpar strength and conditioning program. These are the things that rise the tide and fill the gaps. Can't just be on Anderson.

Recruiting has to get better simply put. We're taking what we can get which isn't bad strategy instead of chasing high end guys but the floor needs to rise. We'll never get out of the basement.

Posh and Cole are good start but they shouldn't be marquee. Our best players in recruiting class are not as good as other Big East's teams worst recruit.

I understand building program, culture, and getting your style of players but need to get better quality guys. Pinzon should be the floor the not the ceiling.

Ankel is making really good points. He is on the pulse of what's happening.

We're taking guys who are available. On the flip side last staff rolled the dice too many times. Need to have more balance of taking commitments and chasing them.

If we are going to be taking less tier talent then the school should be doing everything for development. Can't have subpar strength and conditioning program. These are the things that rise the tide and fill the gaps. Can't just be on Anderson.

Anderson already exceeded expectations last year (17-15 on his way to 18-15 beating the top seed in the BE tourney until the game was called) 

You want to know why St. Johns is last in the Big East?? Because JUCO's dont count on the rankings and Overall St. Johns ranked #1 in JUCO recruiting this last year and he will sign another JUCO stud coming up this year with Pinzon and his teammate.

CMA wanted Champaigne and Wusu at St. John’s. You didn’t. I’m gonna side with the coach for now.

Another reach.

Better than some of the other guys we've landed recently but think staff got fooled as he played extremely well in July over a 2 day stretch when they were in attendance. Think his game translates better at a lower level where he can be more physically imposing. At the very least he plays hard and I think defensively he can play in Big East. Hopefully can continue to develop and become more consistent perimeter threat.

You've made that abundantly clear every single post.

For the record this is was what I said when Wasu committed to us over Wagner, Bryant, and UMass. Never said, "I didn't want him" so please stop twisting my words.

Ankel is making really good points. He is on the pulse of what's happening.

We're taking guys who are available. On the flip side last staff rolled the dice too many times. Need to have more balance of taking commitments and chasing them.

So you called him a reach and you wanted him at sju? That’s twisting your words?

Go back and read the recruiting thread if you really need more clarity. Wasu isn't propelling us to the top of the conference but he can develop into a contributor and hopefully an impact player.

Acknowledge the situation for what it is. He's a big bodied guard who plays with good effort. He needs to improve to be a good get. The hope is he becomes Jared Terrell like minus the hops.

Go back and read the recruiting thread if you really need more clarity. Wasu isn't propelling us to the top of the conference but he can develop into a contributor and hopefully an impact player.

Acknowledge the situation for what it is. He's a big bodied guard who plays with good effort. He needs to improve to be a good get. The hope is he becomes Jared Terrell like minus the hops.

Or he’s just a good get