So admit you are an Iona homer and want to see sju fail!!!!!!
The truth will set you free homer!!!!!l
Why would I want to watch SjU fail? I've being see that the last 20 years or so. Sick of it, aren't you?
Maybe it's time St Johns fans realize what this program actually is
What this program actually is:
- 1992. Lou retires. We hire the longtime assistant to replace him, and in 2 years we go from being a national contender that opponents feared to one that they looked forward to playing.
- 1996. Mahoney is fired, and replaced with Fran Fraschilla. He quietly took Manhattan and STJ to the NCAA tournament in the 90s. He also landed 2 McDonald's All Americans in consecutive classes. We fired him in 1998, the year after he pulled us out of the gutter. Why? 2 reasons are rumored to be why. 1, he pulled his pants down and asked his team if they knew what balls looked like? 2, he was sniffing around at Arizona State for a job. Whatever the reason, our recruiting has not reached the level Fran brought it to in terms of highly ranked talent like Artest and Barkley, and true sleepers like Bootsy and Gray.
- 1998. We hired Mike Jarvis. At first, things were pretty damn good. In his first 4 years, overall, Jarvis did a very good job as a coach. Was he the right choice over the long haul? F no. BUT, he was fired from a Catholic school on Christmas Eve, and then we asked Kevin Clarke to take over for him as our head coach. Jarvis deserved to get fired, BUT this is a school that in 1998 fired Fraschilla, and didn't bother to give anyone a good reason as to why. How would this sit with potential targets after the season?
- 2004. Instead of hiring a proven head coach, or even an assistant coach who was good at something, we hired Norm Roberts. A guy who couldn't recruit, coach, teach or even speak.
- 2010. We replaced Norm with a coach that can recruit. A coach that can speak. But so far, the jury is out regarding whether or not Lavin can coach.
More than anything, I want to believe that Lavin's plan will lead us somewhere. It is way to soon to give up on the season, but if what we are seeing now is a clear picture of what we'll have for the next several seasons, I think we can clearly define what this program REALlY is.
It's a school and a program that collectively has shown an unbelievable amount of bad judgement. THAT, is what we are. And THAT is what we'll be until Lavin, or his replacement or that guy's replacement is able to change what has become a culture of losing.