Chris Mullin in the huddle

[tcf15]

The Chris Mullin whispers look justified as St. John’s collapses
There have always been whispers around the program about how engaged Mullin really is. These whispers become louder when you see an image like the one Fox broadcast Sunday, Mullin tying his shoes in a timeout as assistant Greg St. Jean ran the huddle. At best, that’s a terrible look. At worst, it’s an awful harbinger.

 

[Lynyrd]

Or maybe he was just tying his shoes

 

[AntG168]

Or maybe he was just tying his shoes

You can tie your shoes after the damn timeout............

 

[Fishy]

Mullen never really runs the huddles. It’s not new.

He’ll stand off to the side pretty often - that just seems to be the way they do things.

 

[FlippinCrazy!]

Mullen never really runs the huddles. It’s not new.

He’ll stand off to the side pretty often - that just seems to be the way they do things.

So his assistant coaches are the ones recruiting and running the game. This guy won’t last long, even if he can turn things around this season

 

[FlippinCrazy!]

You can tie your shoes after the damn timeout..

The best part was when he went for second shoe lol

 

[tykurez]

I would say he doesn’t have much time left but I’m not sure enough people care about St. John’s basketball to notice.

 

[gtcam]

Amazing how many people who don't do the job or never have been a coach at a D1 level seem to know so much about the job and how to do it
This is "I have nothing better but to dis people" bs

 

[mdkhusky]

Amazing how many people who don't do the job or never have been a coach at a D1 level seem to know so much about the job and how to do it
This is "I have nothing better but to dis people" bs

Very astute! Wow!

 

[don356]

He was never a coach correct? I thought he worked in the front office in the Nba.

 

[AAC Guru]

I would say he doesn’t have much time left but I’m not sure enough people care about St. John’s basketball to notice.

MSG sounded pretty electric today to me.

 

[pj]

In a lot of organizations you can have a "face man" at the top with all the real work done by his lieutenants. This is often done in politics. But in basketball limited to only four coaches, assigning all the work to assistants is a real disadvantage compared to programs with four hard working coaches. I don't know if the Mullin-Richmond NBA glamor provides enough recruiting oomph to make up for it.

 

[jibsey]

Chris Mullen has some athletes and even though the team has been losing all the games are close. I don't know if he's a good coach or not but he's getting players.

 

[Friendship]

Mullin is clearly not an X and O guy, St. Jean has been handling this stuff in the huddles all season. Recruiting well, so he is definitely the face of the program.

Off-topic... St. Jean will be a head coach somewhere, college or NBA, one day. So, good for him getting some experience!!

 

[superjohn]

His name is Chris Mullin. It's not hard, his name is screwed up every single time he's brought up here

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Chris Mullin and Jesus = not allowed in the huddle.

 

[StepbackCity]

Hurley does the same thing. Most of the time he stands outside of the huddle and talks with one of the coaches or refs. Sometimes just takes a breather.

 

[intlzncster]

Hurley does the same thing. Most of the time he stands outside of the huddle and talks with one of the coaches or refs. Sometimes just takes a breather.

This phraseology made me chuckle. No plays off. Dude works.

 

[StepbackCity]

This phraseology made me chuckle. No plays off. Dude works.

But, he does do this...

 

[intlzncster]

But, he does do this...

What do you mean? I'm saying no plays off during game action. Relentlessly working -> needs the time out to recover.

 

[dennismenace]

The best part was when he went for second shoe lol

He actually went back again and retied the first shoe!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

His name is Chris Mullin. It's not hard, his name is screwed up every single time he's brought up here

You have to start thinking of it like a feature, not a bug. You should be thankful that Carlos Daniel's tenure was brief. Who else?

 

[jibsey]

His name is Chris Mullin. It's not hard, his name is screwed up every single time he's brought up here

Name spelling can be forgiven but there does seem to be a spelling problem in this country.

 

[NJHoops]

Hurley does the same thing. Most of the time he stands outside of the huddle and talks with one of the coaches or refs. Sometimes just takes a breather.

Are you only watching the start of a timeout? He does this and then leads the huddle. St. Jean consistently leads St. John’s timeouts and generally picks up the slack for recruiting. That’s why Mullin is getting attention for this. Fair or not, there are already people who question his overall engagement.

 

[Paesano]

Was he drunk? What?!?!?!?!