Like I said personally I don't know him, but Internet wise he is a troll. He is beyond annoying are many occassions. Need not look any further than the title of this thread. He comes on a SJU website and calls a Big East school, one that most of us here love, a mid major program. He does like SJU, so why does he post here?
perhaps he is a realist who sees the reality (zero ncaa tourney wins in 14 seasons), part of a conference that is on more of a decline than improvement, a coach who doesnt work, a staff who would screw up a cup of coffee, no recruits coming in, impending transfers (more will be coming i am told).
not everyone has to say our program is doing great and lavin should be extended.
There is a difference between saying the program is not doing great and not wanting it to do well (which he clearly wants).
I am not happy with some of the things that are going on but I will root like crazy, like I did through the dark days of Jarvis and Norm.
But in the end it doesn't change the fact that he is a troll.
So I'm the problem because I call it like I see it? I'm not the one standing around watching this disaster waving my pom poms. Fans like yourself are part of the problem
I just find it is pretty pathetic that you have over 12,000 posts on the basketball fan site of a program that you don't even like.
That is the classic definition of a troll. You don't need 20/20 vision to see that.
Bill, I respectfully disagree. Many times Baldi provides evidence/reasons (whether stats, his observations, etc.) for his opinions. When a team doesn't perform well, and on top of that, below most fans' reasonable expectations, it is totally appropriate to do some evaluation, for better or worse, of a team one roots for. In my 5 years on here and Redmen, I have seen nothing to indicate that Baldi doesn't root for SJ's to well along with his Iona roots. Frankly, I'm frustrated like many with the squad for letting a golden opportunity barely slip through their hands (especially the back breaking 2nd Xavier loss at home).
Baldi might be a bit too provocative on some occasions, but imho it is not the level you're stating. If you keep fanning the flames of the issue over and over, you are not addressing the thread yourself. But I know you love the team like I do, so I'm not taking umbrage with you.
I respectfully disagree with you opinion of him, but your post was well received by me. The mid major thing just bugged the !@#$% of me, but I guess that is just how he gets his jollies.
In future, I can just ignore his posts, which it looks like some others here do already.
I think some of us may have saw what Baldi was getting at, and maybe I read into it a bit, but the landscape of college ball has changed so much, more than a few mid-majors are currently on a major plane. The A-10, to reference an old TV advertising campaign from GM I think, isn't our father's A-10. Players that are borderline major conf. talents, or even outright D1 talents, go to mid-majors because they can have a good chance of being the big fish, as well as still getting the NBA notice in today's world. And they might have a chance to develop more knowing they're locked in to playing all four years. Doug McDermott had major attention entering college, but opted to get stronger and develop with a mid-major school. But wait, Creighton of course is now major - the lines have blurred, so imo, Baldi is within reason stating that we played like a mid major at times this season. It's now only a name.
The guys had the opportunity to gel better all season, but the strong finish was just not enough by a smidge. So be it.
We need a few 4 year players for '14 that are above avg., and then the staff needs to kill it for '15. Imo, Lavin's legacy with SJ's rides on the '15 class.