It's interesting because we are currently doing so poorly on the court, one of worst seasons in programs history yet we are also recruiting at one of the highest levels we ever have. Hopefully we can impress this kid next year if he decides to sign late.
Every coach has a brief honeymoon period where they can point the finger at the last guy and get away with it. Our window ends sometime during the 16-17 season. If we are 1-15 in mid February next year, the honeymoon period is over. If we are 8-8, there is significant hope that Mullin and his staff are on the right track.
If you recall, most fans gave Norm Roberts a full pass for year one, and many even extended that pass to year two, but by year 3, the party was over. It was clear that he was clueless.
There's that but I think Mullin had two ace recruiters and two NBA hall of famers on his staff has more to do with it. If we are terrible again next year like a few game below .500 all that won't matter because it's about results at some point.
I think it remains to be seen whether our ace recruiters will be ace recruiters for St.John's. On paper, it looks like we have a deep class joining us next season, but IMO expectations should be tempered. They weren't for this season. Every time a player picked STJ, the online fan base and local media acted like we just picked up the steal of the year at the 25th hour.
At the end of the day, this team had one recruit ranked in the top 100, and they had one player who performed like a top 100 recruit. The rest basically performed right about where their ranking ended up. For next season, there are no McDonald's All Americans in our class. We are going to be expecting a lot of out these kids, and there really isn't any way around it. Mullin has to show everyone that his vision is starting to come together, because right now, we can't see anything except terrible basketball.