All Steve Lavin has done is win

And now you want him fired? For the guy from Manhattan who didn't know what classes he needed to take to graduate from Kentucky and then lied about it to get a mediocre job at USF. Did you see Manhattan lose as eight point favs to a 16-17 MEAC team named Hampton? He has talents like Andujar and Pinkel (think that's his name) and loses to Hampton. And you think he's SJU's savior? Every time I watch an interview of his, he reminds me of a used car salesman.


So he's getting canned because St. John's didn't get a ton of recruits huh? Ever consider that Sampson might be superbly talented?

Unreal. You St. John's fans must think you're Duke or Kansas or something. Assuming the players wouldn't leave, I'd have my Pirates fire Willard in a New York minute to hire Lavin. The man has coached several NBA players from his time at UCLA and comes to SJU and wins 20+ games for essentially 3 out of 4 seasons and now he's getting tossed aside because the St. John's administration is like some fashion company looking for a new fad and Hurley and Masiello are "It!".


Come on over, Lav. We'll gladly take you here at the Hall! 

Kevin Willard should be the coach of Seton Hall until he wants to leave or retire.

So SHU fans want Willard canned because Seton Hall didn't get a ton of recruits huh? Ever consider that Whitehead and Delgado might be superbly talented? Unlike Sampson, they have already proven that they are superbly talented at the college level.

Unreal. You Seton Hall fans must think you're Duke or Kansas or something. The man has coached several all conference players and has 20+ win seasons in his coaching career. Now you want him to get tossed aside because there might be better coaches available?

It's hilarious how people are throwing around Sampson's name like he's the next coming of LeBron. If Sampson is the trump card that's being used as leverage as the reason why not to fire Lavin, that's pretty weak. All Lavin has done is win? I don't recall him winning one big east tourney game in several years, that's awful. I only recall him making the NCAA twice in 5 years and in both games his teams were underprepared and were never in those games. Lavin thought he could pull the wool over people's eyes by lighting the world on fire with his first recruiting class and thinking that people wouldn't care what happened next. The Hall would never hire Lavin and you can surely have him. We'll trade you Lavin for your Tiny Morton, at least he can recruit the damn Tri-state. This is like other team's fans talking about how good of a coach Rex Ryan is. Good DC, awful HC. Lavin = good recruiter and nothing else. Even his recruiting has been shaky the last few years with all the non-qualifiers and other nonsense. He'd be a great coach in South Orange, please take him.

Quote from: Johnny23 on March 25, 2015, 07:27:16 AM

It's hilarious how people are throwing around Sampson's name like he's the next coming of LeBron. If Sampson is the trump card that's being used as leverage as the reason why not to fire Lavin, that's pretty weak. All Lavin has done is win? I don't recall him winning one big east tourney game in several years, that's awful. I only recall him making the NCAA twice in 5 years and in both games his teams were underprepared and were never in those games. Lavin thought he could pull the wool over people's eyes by lighting the world on fire with his first recruiting class and thinking that people wouldn't care what happened next. The Hall would never hire Lavin and you can surely have him. We'll trade you Lavin for your Tiny Morton, at least he can recruit the damn Tri-state. This is like other team's fans talking about how good of a coach Rex Ryan is. Good DC, awful HC. Lavin = good recruiter and nothing else. Even his recruiting has been shaky the last few years with all the non-qualifiers and other nonsense. He'd be a great coach in South Orange, please take him.

When have high expectations for a recruit ever turned out badly for St.John's? Brandon Sampson isn't the next D'Angelo Harrison. Let's not insult the man. He's much more like Dwayne Wade, but with a better jumper and court vision. Is he a shooting guard or a point guard? The answer is of course, yes and yes. He'll also play center, and in that case, Dikembe Mutumbo, because Sampson actually transforms into a 7'0 monster who can breathe fire. But only when his team needs him to. Maybe he can also transform into a coach before he heads out for the draft lottery in 2016.

Quote from: Poison on March 25, 2015, 08:04:01 AM

Quote from: Johnny23 on March 25, 2015, 07:27:16 AM

It's hilarious how people are throwing around Sampson's name like he's the next coming of LeBron. If Sampson is the trump card that's being used as leverage as the reason why not to fire Lavin, that's pretty weak. All Lavin has done is win? I don't recall him winning one big east tourney game in several years, that's awful. I only recall him making the NCAA twice in 5 years and in both games his teams were underprepared and were never in those games. Lavin thought he could pull the wool over people's eyes by lighting the world on fire with his first recruiting class and thinking that people wouldn't care what happened next. The Hall would never hire Lavin and you can surely have him. We'll trade you Lavin for your Tiny Morton, at least he can recruit the damn Tri-state. This is like other team's fans talking about how good of a coach Rex Ryan is. Good DC, awful HC. Lavin = good recruiter and nothing else. Even his recruiting has been shaky the last few years with all the non-qualifiers and other nonsense. He'd be a great coach in South Orange, please take him.

When have high expectations for a recruit ever turned out badly for St.John's? Brandon Sampson isn't the next D'Angelo Harrison. Let's not insult the man. He's much more like Dwayne Wade, but with a better jumper and court vision. Is he a shooting guard or a point guard? The answer is of course, yes and yes. He'll also play center, and in that case, Dikembe Mutumbo, because Sampson actually transforms into a 7'0 monster who can breathe fire. But only when his team needs him to. Maybe he can also transform into a coach before he heads out for the draft lottery in 2016.

LOL don't forget his jumper would make even Steph Curry blush it's so pure. Without Lavin, there is no Sampson. Without Sampson, there is no SJU!

currently Brandon Sampson is the highest recruit we have. I don't want to concede him, other players, next season and maybe the one after because some of you hate the current coach. He may not be Lebron but he is good.

Quote from: goredmen on March 25, 2015, 07:54:10 AM

Kevin Willard should be the coach of Seton Hall until he wants to leave or retire.

So SHU fans want Willard canned because Seton Hall didn't get a ton of recruits huh? Ever consider that Whitehead and Delgado might be superbly talented? Unlike Sampson, they have already proven that they are superbly talented at the college level.

Unreal. You Seton Hall fans must think you're Duke or Kansas or something. The man has coached several all conference players and has 20+ win seasons in his coaching career. Now you want him to get tossed aside because there might be better coaches available?

But the "evaluate Lavin crowd" sees it, and takes all other good available options into account as well.




Well done. Really puts this into perspective for the fire lavin crowd.

Lavins biggest mistake was raising everyone's expectations. When you look at the big picture, he's been successful at St. John's and we all would have signed up for his record here 5 years ago.

I basically agree with that.  I'd favor a rolling 3 yr. extension (for re ruiting purposes) but with a one year buyout.  good for all sides and the program.

Must act soon....one way or the other....as in today ideally.