Steve Lavin @STJCoachLavin
Johnnies recruiting momentum continues to surge. An outstanding 2012 class taking shape. Hammer to rock! #STJbb
Sanchez and Bourgault ready to verbal after their season is done?
Gets you excited right?
I love how Coach always reminds his twitter followers that he cannot use specific names when he talks recruiting.
Not sure where to post this. The mod at UCLA's Scout site just posted that if Kevin O'neill is fired at Southern Cal, that Lav's has been rumored to be "actively campaiging" for the job for "some time". He DID note in the post that it was a rumor.
Don't personally buy it for a nano-second.
Should also note that the mods there are a minor reason for the poison atmosphere that contributed to Lavin leaving UCLA. While he was coach, I believe Lavs cut the site off from staff access due to the sites negativity and it spiralled from there for the final 3 years or so.
O'Neill already received an endorsement from the AD and that team will be good next year kind of like how St. John's was good last year. As for the interest it was other way around but this all happened back in December. It's dead now.
I am not sure how good they will be. Do you know how bad you have to be to finish last in the PAC 10. Plus he has no impact recruits coming in. And expect UCLA and Arizona to be back on top next year.
O'Neill's problems are not just performance mind you. He completely embarassed himself with that drunken incident in a hotel last year that nearly got him fired.
USC was decimated by injuries this season. Sr. PG (former St. Anthonys and Fordham U.) Jio Fontan, 2011's 2nd leading scorer and leading assisst guy redshirted, will be back. 6'10 240 Soph PF Curtis Washington sat out the year as well, should be back. 6'6 frosh Wing Danilo Dragovic went down after one game - he'll be back (younger brother of 2 year UCLA starter Nikola Dragovic). 6'7 forward Evan Smith went down after 4 games. 6'6 starter Aaron Fuller only played 18 games. Starting center Dwayne Dedmon only 20. Backup PG Daniel Munoz went down after 12 games.
The reason for no impact recruits for the coming year is the impact TRANSFERS who become eligible. UCIrvine transfer Eric Wise sat out his transfer year and will be eligilbe. He averaged 16 pts and 8 rebs for Irvine in 2011. Also becoming eligible will be 6'7 Ari Stewart, an 8pt 5 reb Jr transfer from Wake Forest.
Barring another catastrophe, $C should be upper level in the Pac next season. This years' leading scorer, Maurice Jones, who LED the Pac 10 in minutes played at 39 per game, won't start, and will be lucky to be the 7th man in the rotation at backup PG.
Counting tranfers, they had 5 scholarship players not play a minute, and 4 more miss at least 10 games...