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Post by EtomicB on Apr 17, 2019 22:11:49 GMT -5
Repole definitely thinks highly of the AD, he puts everything at the feet of the School president... Yeah because Repole finally had someone who would do his bidding. He Never wanted Coach Mullin. Seems to have something more then an infatuation with the Hurley brothers as he wanted Danny Hurley four years ago. President balked and hired Chris Mullin. Repole and the president had a falling out over that decision. Now with Cragg hired, Repole found an easily manipulated minion that was willing to force Mullin out as Repole was willing to pay off his four million $$$ remaining on Coach Mullin's contract in an effort to get Bobby Hurley. That failed as Bobby Hurley used the opportunity to get a nice raise and extension. With no real backup plan whatsoever, Cragg finds himself leading a $hit Show instead of a viable coaching search. Done reports say Cragg wants to hire Coach Cluess buy Repole doesn't want Coach Cluess, he wants a big-time name. So Repole won't assist St. John's in buying out Coach Cluess. This is why you can't let the inmates run the asylum... But it's the president and his right-hand man who are said to be the ones not approving Cluess... Repole spoke very highly of Cluess during this interview, it starts at the 9:45 mark...
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Post by Hoyas4Ever on Apr 17, 2019 22:19:59 GMT -5
Yeah because Repole finally had someone who would do his bidding. He Never wanted Coach Mullin. Seems to have something more then an infatuation with the Hurley brothers as he wanted Danny Hurley four years ago. President balked and hired Chris Mullin. Repole and the president had a falling out over that decision. Now with Cragg hired, Repole found an easily manipulated minion that was willing to force Mullin out as Repole was willing to pay off his four million $$$ remaining on Coach Mullin's contract in an effort to get Bobby Hurley. That failed as Bobby Hurley used the opportunity to get a nice raise and extension. With no real backup plan whatsoever, Cragg finds himself leading a $hit Show instead of a viable coaching search. Done reports say Cragg wants to hire Coach Cluess buy Repole doesn't want Coach Cluess, he wants a big-time name. So Repole won't assist St. John's in buying out Coach Cluess. This is why you can't let the inmates run the asylum... But it's the president and his right-hand man who are said to be the ones not approving Cluess... Repole spoke very highly of Cluess during this interview, it starts at the 9:45 mark... All the reporting I read is stating the opposite. The reporting I read said Cragg at this point wants to hire Coach Cluess. The buyout (along with all the other expenditures) is a bigger deal then St. John's is letting on. You also having Repole himself stating the university should spend 3-4 million $$$ a year on a big name coach so they could start winning at a high level again. Coach Cluess isn't going to demand anywhere near that much..
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 17, 2019 23:00:39 GMT -5
But it's the president and his right-hand man who are said to be the ones not approving Cluess... Repole spoke very highly of Cluess during this interview, it starts at the 9:45 mark... All the reporting I read is stating the opposite. The reporting I read said Cragg at this point wants to hire Coach Cluess. The buyout (along with all the other expenditures) is a bigger deal then St. John's is letting on. You also having Repole himself stating the university should spend 3-4 million $$$ a year on a big name coach so they could start winning at a high level again. Coach Cluess isn't going to demand anywhere near that much.. Cragg does want Cluess but Gempshaw or Oleva(sp?) do not for some reason, they’re hiding behind the buyout payment... Repole didn’t say big name coach, sounded to me like he’d love for Cluess to be the coach...
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 18, 2019 7:33:26 GMT -5
Why do I have a feeling that Pitino is becoming more likely. What a clusterf***
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Post by Hoyas4Ever on Apr 18, 2019 8:02:31 GMT -5
Sad part is none of this had to happen. How many schools force out a coach that just got you to an NCAA Tournament after a full rebuild, with the team coming back being an NCAA tournament contender, and no NCAA violations?
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Post by Hoyas4Ever on Apr 18, 2019 8:09:05 GMT -5
All the reporting I read is stating the opposite. The reporting I read said Cragg at this point wants to hire Coach Cluess. The buyout (along with all the other expenditures) is a bigger deal then St. John's is letting on. You also having Repole himself stating the university should spend 3-4 million $$$ a year on a big name coach so they could start winning at a high level again. Coach Cluess isn't going to demand anywhere near that much.. Cragg does want Cluess but Gempshaw or Oleva(sp?) do not for some reason, they’re hiding behind the buyout payment... Repole didn’t say big name coach, sounded to me like he’d love for Cluess to be the coach... From all I've read and seems like Repole is covering his a$$ while throwing everyone else under the bus. Repole played a huge part in all of this. He never wanted Coach Mullin. He obviously wanted a Hurley for whatever reason. At the end of the day none of this had to occur. Why force Coach Mullin out after an NCAA Tournament season. 99.9% of schools would be giving a coach in Chris Mullin's situation an extension. That's a no brainer. If I'm St. John's, I'm looking at ways to fire Cragg and bring in a whole new administration to run things. You can't keep him. No one wants the job because he's running the program into the ground. Complete $hit Show...
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Post by Elvado on Apr 18, 2019 8:13:46 GMT -5
This whole mess now screams Scheyer who will be brought in with the “blessing” of his holiness Count Chocula to bring stability and the Duke way.
Watch.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Apr 18, 2019 8:24:56 GMT -5
Now you almost need a big name to reverse the negative publicity.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 18, 2019 8:27:03 GMT -5
Now you almost need a big name to reverse the negative publicity. This is why I think they are getting closer to considering Pitino.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Apr 18, 2019 8:32:19 GMT -5
Now you almost need a big name to reverse the negative publicity. This is why I think they are getting closer to considering Pitino. The problem is from a basketball perspective that's a great hire, but in every other way it's terrible and will (rightfully) be condemned if it happens. That said, if they only care about putting a good team out there, and don't care about hiring an unethical coach, then Pitino is the obvious choice. At this point, letting Mullin stay another year, fail, and then firing him next year after he went 2-16 would have been the most sensible choice.
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 18, 2019 9:31:10 GMT -5
Cragg does want Cluess but Gempshaw or Oleva(sp?) do not for some reason, they’re hiding behind the buyout payment... Repole didn’t say big name coach, sounded to me like he’d love for Cluess to be the coach... From all I've read and seems like Repole is covering his a$$ while throwing everyone else under the bus. Repole played a huge part in all of this. He never wanted Coach Mullin. He obviously wanted a Hurley for whatever reason. At the end of the day none of this had to occur. Why force Coach Mullin out after an NCAA Tournament season. 99.9% of schools would be giving a coach in Chris Mullin's situation an extension. That's a no brainer. If I'm St. John's, I'm looking at ways to fire Cragg and bring in a whole new administration to run things. You can't keep him. No one wants the job because he's running the program into the ground. Complete $hit Show... Cragg is the 3rd AD @ St. John's during Mullin's tenure as coach, to me that speaks to terrible leadership in their administration... If you need a coach, would you rather have a person with coaching experience or a person who's never coached before? It's not a surprise Repole wanted others besides Mullin right? My question would be, did he support the program while Mullin was the coach, I've read nothing that says he didn't... Not sure why Repole would need to cover his @ss here, he won't get blamed for any of this... I definitely agree that none of this had to occur, posted this sentiment when it 1st happened but I put much of the blame on terrible leadership... They should get James Jones & hope like crazy he can do a good job...
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 18, 2019 9:32:39 GMT -5
Man have they botched this process...
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Post by Hoyas4Ever on Apr 18, 2019 9:40:24 GMT -5
This is why I think they are getting closer to considering Pitino. The problem is from a basketball perspective that's a great hire, but in every other way it's terrible and will (rightfully) be condemned if it happens. That said, if they only care about putting a good team out there, and don't care about hiring an unethical coach, then Pitino is the obvious choice. At this point, letting Mullin stay another year, fail, and then firing him next year after he went 2-16 would have been the most sensible choice.The problemis the program wasn't going to fall on its face next season. They had 3 high quality starters returning in Simon, Heron and Figueroa returning. Also had 2 high level JUCO players coming in, along with multiple talented sit out transfers who would be eligible next season, and already had a talented 2020 guard committed. Coach Mullin finally had a roster built to win for multiple years going forward. It seemed that Coach Mullin had solved the rosters glaring issues of lack of depth, lack of size, and brought credibility back to St. John's. Because Coach Mullin looked to have stabilize the program and getting it back to the NCAA Tournament, now was the only time they (Cragg & Repole) could get Mullin out. Coach Mullin didn't answer to the previous AD. He only answered to the president. That changed with the hire of Cragg who I assume wouldn't take the job without having authority over the universities top and most public athletic program. Repole who had a falling out with St. John's President and administration over the hiring of Coach Mullin (Repole wanted Danny Hurley), used the hiring of Cragg to get back involved with St. John's and manipulate him with his financial resources and turning this into a complete and utter $hit Show. This was a Power play through and through...
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Post by Hoyas4Ever on Apr 18, 2019 9:47:57 GMT -5
Man have they botched this process... After all this, how does Cragg keep his job? No one with decent representation will want this job. St. John's is going to have to overpay (money & years) to a marginal at best coach. Even more if they decide to chase an established name. Maybe they hire a no name like St. Jean and pray for a miracle. I see at least five to seven years of losing and obscurity if the St. John's administration stays the course with $hit Show Cragg....
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Post by LCPolo18 on Apr 18, 2019 9:49:31 GMT -5
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