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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 3131872, member: 2920"] Well if this coaching search doesn't show folks that St John's has zero juice, I don't know what will. It's a hard job - the fanbase is small but they expect to win and there is just way too much competition in the northeast for prized recruits. Unless the Johnies find a sugar daddy/mommy willing to do whatever it takes financially to bring in a 'Fab Five' type recruiting class, it's just way too difficult for them to compete with the big boys. It's been difficult for [I]UConn[/I] to compete for the big boys without a dedicated sugar daddy/mommy...and UConn has the benefit of being a national brand. The task is nearly impossible for a small private school like St John's to compete. NYC likes a winner and they love big games and it's just far too difficult to convince a New York sports fan to get fired up over SJU / Big East basketball without the luxury of having northeast behemoths like UConn/Syracuse on the schedule. My guess is that over half of New Yorkers couldn't identify what state some of the new small Big East schools are located in - Creighton, Butler, Xavier, maybe DePaul or Marquette. Without NYC being fired up over SJU / Big East basketball, it's just another job with unrealistically high expectations without the infrastructural (or financial) backing to meet them. [/QUOTE]