OT: St. John's coaching search

[kobe]

coaching search going amazingly well i see

 

[stick]

I think Mike Anderson would be a good choice too. Arkansas isn’t an easy school to coach basketball at IMO, but he consistently produced solid teams even if they weren’t spectacular. Good offensive minded coach.

He's a decent coach and definitely better than the last 10 names that have been mentioned for that job. I hope he doesn't take it.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[kobe]

L M A O

 

[UconnU]

LOL. He just came off Georgia Tech’s Bobby Bonilla style buyout so he probably needs the money but what a TERRIBLE hire this would be.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

O'Neil: Inept coaching searches prove that UCLA, St. John's...

This is a really great article in The Athletic by Dana O’Neil but the one point that stuck out to me was her statement below on the value of coaches v. schools:

“Coaches have gotten as wise to the game as the kids they recruit, well aware that they create the value of the job and not the other way around. Is Villanova a great job, or is Jay Wright a great coach? Was Texas Tech a Final Four waiting to happen, or did Chris Beard get the Red Raiders there? Was Chris Holtmann lucky to get a chance to coach Ohio State, or were the Buckeyes fortunate to entice him away from Butler? The answer to each is obvious.”

That’s dead on. Once you get past all the conference gnashing of teeth, it really all comes down to the coach. We’re incredibly fortunate that Benedict landed our guy.

 

[Fishy]

I think Mike Anderson would be a good choice too. Arkansas isn’t an easy school to coach basketball at IMO, but he consistently produced solid teams even if they weren’t spectacular. Good offensive minded coach.

He’s a garbage coach with no ties to New York City.

I hope they hire him.

 

[stick]

He’s a garbage coach with no ties to New York City.

I hope they hire him.

I'm surprised by your take on him. I thought he was the best coach of both UAB & Mizzou in the last 20+ years. Also, has there been anyone successful at Arkansas since Nolan Richardson left?

 

[freescooter]

Spurned by a guy coaching a MAAC school whose alma mater is St. Johns. Woof.

So is Nelson still insisting St Johns is some great job because it is in the Big East? Sad.

 

[tcf15]

He’s a garbage coach with no ties to New York City.

I hope they hire him.

 

[tcf15]

Sounds like the AD telling his new coach who to hire (but it would be a good hire)

 

[huskymedic]

NY Newsday reporting the same:

Roger Rubin on Twitter
I'm hearing Mike Anderson gets the st. John's gig. #sjubb

 

[tcf15]

 

[zls44]

I'm surprised by your take on him. I thought he was the best coach of both UAB & Mizzou in the last 20+ years.

What a statement.

 

[don356]

What a statement.

Yep, that's kind of a low bar. LOL

 

[Jholla2183]

Anderson is and has been a very good coach. Even at Arkansas he had .624 win percentage

 

[Fishy]

So good they paid him $3,000,000 to go away.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Why does nobody want Becker at Vermont?

 

[Walker11]

Yeah I kinda like the hire too. An embarassing spectacle of a process but I have always liked watching his teams. Obviously, the staff is supremely important. Would you rather have Porter Moser or Mike Anderson? No brainer for me

 

[navery12]

Yeah I kinda like the hire too. An embarassing spectacle of a process but I have always liked watching his teams. Obviously, the staff is supremely important. Would you rather have Porter Moser or Mike Anderson? No brainer for me

As someone who very much wants to see St John's fail, they made a great choice

 

[superjohn]

He’s a garbage coach with no ties to New York City.

I hope they hire him.

Mike Anderson is a garbage coach?

 

[Walker11]

As someone who very much wants to see St John's fail, they made a great choice

As someone who doesn't care about SJU's success, I am quite ambivalent about the move.

 

[StunningSteve]

It doesn't matter what the perception is of Anderson now, we're gonna find out.

St Johns as an athletic program has a lot of issues that are defective.

So this hire doesn't only boil down to what assistants he hires.
(he's known for hiring his family, btw)

I'd rather have Moser because he is used to dealing with that particular type of (Jesuit) institution.

 

[StunningSteve]

 

[intlzncster]

Watch for Andy Borman (RENs) and Marc Hsu (Western Kentucky) to join the staff. Hsu has been a very effective recruiter. #SJUBB

Is he gonna have the same purse strings at SJU?