https://stjohns.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?sid=1171&script=%2Fcontent%2Easp&cid=1806958SJU Head Coach Chris Mullin and assistant coaches Barry Rohrssen, and Matt Abdelmassih are three smart, hard-working men who know quite a bit about basketball. However, they are selling an idea. They are selling a dream. They are selling recruits that, with their help, they can wake up a sleeping giant that has been hibernating since they were born. They are telling them that just because big things haven't happened recently doesn't mean they can't.
Shamorie Ponds could be the first high-profile recruit to buy into those three men's dream, one that we all share, instead of real, proven products such as Providence. It's now their job to work together so that future recruits won't have to listen to tales about the glory days of New York basketball, which didn't even occur in this century. Those recruits won't have to trust and hope that Chris Mullin's playing skill can translate into coaching skill. Instead they can see that collective work result in success, and true program-changers such as Trevon Duval, Nazreon Reid, and Rowan Barrett Jr. will see a standing-room-only Madison Square Garden with their own two eyes.
If (when?) that begins to happen, St. John's basketball will be back and better than ever. But until that day, it is just me, you, Coach Mullin, and Ponds, dreaming about greatness. Hoping for greatness. And most importantly, believing that greatness at St. John's in the 21st century won't be an idea. It will become a reality.
Article is also extremely complimentary of providence.