Losing Club's Message Boards...

[Greathusky]

I love going on the losing club's message boards and read how bad their team sucks and perhaps an occasional post abut why UConn is number 1.

This week, fans are trashing Pitino because nothing ever changes year to year with the Johnnies. Always on the bubble hoping to get in.

 

[husky429]

I love going on the losing club's message boards and read how bad their team sucks and perhaps an occasional post abut why UConn is number 1.

This week, fans are trashing Pitino because nothing ever changes year to year with the Johnnies. Always on the bubble hoping to get in.

Are they forgetting how bad they have been? Pitino had them like 30 on Kenpom recently

 

[ColchVEGAS]

This is also a patchwork team in Pitino's first year.

 

[yungdowork]

They should be thanking Pitino every day for bringing Jenkins with him and going crazy in the portal. 1 of their 9 best players was on the team last year. No coach in the world is going to overcome that much turnover and make a team a legit contender, it’s just not feasible.

 

[WNConn]

They should be thanking Pitino every day for bringing Jenkins with him and going crazy in the portal. 1 of their 9 best players was on the team last year. No coach in the world is going to overcome that much turnover and make a team a legit contender, it’s just not feasible.

True, but he did appear to run some talented guys out of town--namely AJ Storr.

 

[jibsey]

Pitino has them competitive. They’ve got nothing to bitch about.

 

[ctchamps]

Got to give him credit for the huddle speech about not giving Cam space to shoot. Got to take away credit that they couldn’t execute it.

 

[gsmooth]

True, but he did appear to run some talented guys out of town--namely AJ Storr.

According to rumbleinthegarden.com, which is St. John's SB Nation site, one of the posters stated Pitino wanted to keep Posh and AJ Storr. Storr is from Rockford, Illinois so he is closer to home.

 

[Deepster]

I was surprised at the amount of Johnny fans it seemed like were there on TV. I have said forever that building should be a recruiting diamond. Maybe Slick Rick is the guy to take advantage of it.

 

[runner11]

According to rumbleinthegarden.com, which is St. John's SB Nation site, one of the posters stated Pitino wanted to keep Posh and AJ Storr. Storr is from Rockford, Illinois so he is closer to home.

David Jones is averaging 22 a game and on the mid season Wooden list. Lotta talent that left.

 

[slepers]

I was surprised at the amount of Johnny fans it seemed like were there on TV. I have said forever that building should be a recruiting diamond. Maybe Slick Rick is the guy to take advantage of it.

Isn’t it their home game?

 

[DawgEnjoyer]

I can’t blame them for feeling this way.

St John’s is better, but still a fringe tourney team with an expensive OLD coach, the latter people seem to forget.

 

[Deepster]

Isn’t it their home game?

Yes. But they never fill the Garden. They’re not a block away and there are a million other things to do in NY. It’s a hard sell to get them to MSG for another thumping and a sub500 record.

 

[Marat]

I was surprised at the amount of Johnny fans it seemed like were there on TV. I have said forever that building should be a recruiting diamond. Maybe Slick Rick is the guy to take advantage of it.

It's deceptive. The Johnie fans were sitting close to the court. UConn fans absolutely owned the 200s. So the noise from SjU fans may have sounded loud due to proximity.

 

[Horatio]

I love going on the losing club's message boards and read how bad their team sucks and perhaps an occasional post abut why UConn is number 1.

This week, fans are trashing Pitino because nothing ever changes year to year with the Johnnies. Always on the bubble hoping to get in.

They want to skip the Cyrulik part and jump straight to the Big Jake, Okafor, Thabeet part, immediately, right now.

 

[Deepster]

It's deceptive. The Johnie fans were sitting close to the court. UConn fans absolutely owned the 200s. So the noise from SjU fans may have sounded loud due to proximity.

TV clearly made it look like there was a pretty equal turnout.

 

[MTBingNinja]

I love going on the losing club's message boards and read how bad their team sucks and perhaps an occasional post abut why UConn is number 1.

This week, fans are trashing Pitino because nothing ever changes year to year with the Johnnies. Always on the bubble hoping to get in.

St. John’s should be patient, I think they’ll be singing a different tune in four years if Pitino sticks around and they don’t hammered with infractions.

 

[CL82]

This is also a patchwork team in Pitino's first year.

Filled with graduating seniors, so it'll be a "patchwork team" in Pitino's second year as well.

 

[CL82]

It's deceptive. The Johnie fans were sitting close to the court. UConn fans absolutely owned the 200s. So the noise from SjU fans may have sounded loud due to proximity.

Announcers said it was a 60/40 split in favor of St. John's.

 

[CL82]

Got to give him credit for the huddle speech about not giving Cam space to shoot. Got to take away credit that they couldn’t execute it.

The dude can definitely coach, there's no doubt about it. For what it's worth, I love the in the huddle segments. Listening to danny say that they're finally starting to rebound and the whole game can turn on it it's just great stuff.

 

[Fan1978]

This is also a patchwork team in Pitino's first year.

They are idiots

 

[willie99]

My prediction is they're dancing

They don't have to play us again

 

[EricLA]

It's deceptive. The Johnie fans were sitting close to the court. UConn fans absolutely owned the 200s. So the noise from SjU fans may have sounded loud due to proximity.

I was going to ask about this. From watching the game on TV and the "noise" for each team, it did indeed sound like the stadium was about 60% SJU fans. Apparently the opposite was true, but our fans were further away? Anyway thanks for clarifying...

 

[UCTitleTown]

Tired of hearing about the St. John's "rebuild" Pitino has to do. Rebuild from what? When you haven't been good in 30 years, that wouldn't be a rebuild, that'd be a resuscitation.

 

[UCTitleTown]

St. John’s should be patient, I think they’ll be singing a different tune in four years if Pitino sticks around and they don’t hammered with infractions.

There are only 5 coaches over age 70 out of 380 D1 programs. At his age, "sticking around" has bigger meaning than basketball coaching. I personally wouldn't want a 71 year-old coming in to lead a rebuild of my team, I don't care who it is. Pitino is the Aaron Rodgers of college basketball.