Thanks Coach Lavin, good luck

so let me get this straight, Repole helps Manhattan get Lawrence to aid Masiello. Manhattan stands by Masiello during his transcript process and we potentially offer Masiello the SJU job and he accepts. Class guy!

Oh please, so if your company helps you out but another company that is better and will pay you more offers you a job you will say no? Him moving on doesn't mean he has no class, so please stop with that stuff. 99% of the people would move on.

Playing hypotheticals assuming you had to hire a new coach and I was running the show I wouldn't be looking at all these up and comers. I'd go out and lure Jim Calhoun out of retirement. Even if he coaches here for 3 years he'd have this place rolling.

So only a pretty sure-fire game changer. Makes sense if you want certainty of avoiding another very rough patch.

To a large extent, Lavin has made the STJ job more desirable than it was during last Admins and turmoil. Hopefully, some stability occurs up top.

Moving forward, I hope whoever we have as AD can get on a run with a string of coaches like Xavier and Marquette have done the past 20 years.  Whether coaches can get along well with Prez/AD may determine the future as much as each coaching hire.

Playing hypotheticals assuming you had to hire a new coach and I was running the show I wouldn't be looking at all these up and comers. I'd go out and lure Jim Calhoun out of retirement. Even if he coaches here for 3 years he'd have this place rolling.

You want to keep Lavin because he represents stability, but if you replace him you want a guy who's going to coach three years?

Quote from: Dave on March 22, 2015, 03:06:02 AM

Playing hypotheticals assuming you had to hire a new coach and I was running the show I wouldn't be looking at all these up and comers. I'd go out and lure Jim Calhoun out of retirement. Even if he coaches here for 3 years he'd have this place rolling.

You want to keep Lavin because he represents stability, but if you replace him you want a guy who's going to coach three years?

Exhuming Red Holzman's body is probably next on the "Veterans" list.

Quote from: Dave on March 22, 2015, 03:06:02 AM

Playing hypotheticals assuming you had to hire a new coach and I was running the show I wouldn't be looking at all these up and comers. I'd go out and lure Jim Calhoun out of retirement. Even if he coaches here for 3 years he'd have this place rolling.

You want to keep Lavin because he represents stability, but if you replace him you want a guy who's going to coach three years?

I do. I was playing devils advocate.

Lawrence went to Manhattan BECAUSE of Repole.  He's friends with Mas.  He is not a friend of this staff any longer, and hasn't been "helping" in recent years. 


And it's worth asking, if Lavin doesn't have the assist of people like Mike R,  how successful can he be recruiting in the future?

What does Repole have to do with recruiting, if your running a clean program?

He is a major donor to the school.

He is a major donor to the school.

That doesn't answer the question of what he has to do with recruiting.

Gee, why would Repole have a problem with the job Lavin's done here? Just because Lavin has only won one BE tourney game, and zero NCAA tourney games is no reason not to be satisfied with s coach who's better than Norm Roberts.

I wonder how many BE coaches Lavin will be better than after Depaul hires Ben Howland?

I hate jim Calhoun . Would be his biggest fan ever if he was hired. Not a home run. Walk off grand slam to win World Series home run. Then we get a young coach. Who has a chance.

I hate jim Calhoun . Would be his biggest fan ever if he was hired. Not a home run. Walk off grand slam to win World Series home run. Then we get a young coach. Who has a chance.

Would be the biggest mistake of as he is retired and would cash the checks but not put in the effort at this stage of his life

Quote from: shamsman2 on March 22, 2015, 09:10:12 AM

so let me get this straight, Repole helps Manhattan get Lawrence to aid Masiello. Manhattan stands by Masiello during his transcript process and we potentially offer Masiello the SJU job and he accepts. Class guy!

Oh please, so if your company helps you out but another company that is better and will pay you more offers you a job you will say no? Him moving on doesn't mean he has no class, so please stop with that stuff. 99% of the people would move on.

maybe that is true, but I wouldn't hire them and I know a lot of CEOs who wouldn't either.  Where would Massiello be without Manhattan this year? It would have been easy to let him go. I think Massiello owes Manhattan a few years.

Quote from: TONYD3 on March 22, 2015, 02:29:24 PM

I hate jim Calhoun . Would be his biggest fan ever if he was hired. Not a home run. Walk off grand slam to win World Series home run. Then we get a young coach. Who has a chance.

Would be the biggest mistake of as he is retired and would cash the checks but not put in the effort at this stage of his life

One could argue Lavin has been doing some of that himself.

I hate jim Calhoun . Would be his biggest fan ever if he was hired. Not a home run. Walk off grand slam to win World Series home run. Then we get a young coach. Who has a chance.

What price glory?

Looks like Howland is in line to take the Miss St.job. SJU better act quickly. Like tomorrow

Give Miller 2 per and he'll make up any deficit.

Quote from: redslope on March 22, 2015, 04:17:05 PM

Quote from: TONYD3 on March 22, 2015, 02:29:24 PM

I hate jim Calhoun . Would be his biggest fan ever if he was hired. Not a home run. Walk off grand slam to win World Series home run. Then we get a young coach. Who has a chance.

Would be the biggest mistake of as he is retired and would cash the checks but not put in the effort at this stage of his life

One could argue Lavin has been doing some of that himself.

This is where you lose me and respect for your posts. Get a life and some respect for people. Don't think he is a good coach, fine. the personal stuff is BS

Baldi don't think we want Howland.  No loss IMO.

Baldi don't think we want Howland.  No loss IMO.

Oh hell no. But DePaul did. Now they will look into the same pool as us and they have a vacancy with a great new facility