jjray
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And 'yes', I know Mitchell is injured. There were only so many story lines one can plum in 5 minutes. -
Just being on an NBA preseason roster pretty much guarantees you of a gig at some level playing in Europe if Willie can stick it out. I think he will have his choice between NBA D league or Europe. I'd consider it an accomplishment if he played a full season with a professional team at almost any level. Willie has always had the talent, discipline ... not so much.
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This is a blue font post, right? John Manning played hardly at all his freshman year.We can't sign a project big. If he's a project he won't play a lot his freshman year which will doom him to failure in Billiken world. He must already be proven before he can play unless he plays immediately as a freshman. In that instance the hype allows him to play despite being unproven.
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"why would the Spring period be any better?" ... going to the tourney again certainly won't hurt if we can pull it off. We'll still be stacked at guard and SF even after this season if we don't lose anybody. I'll be disappointed if we don't land at least a project big for the next class. Much will depend on how this season plays out.Any chance for a November signing? If not, why would the Spring period be any better? Most kids sign in the Fall. I have a bad feeling that we lose three important players and do we get any incoming given an uncertain coaching situation.
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I agree with you that no one should sleep on LaSalle; however, 7th in the preseason ranking seem about right. The middle level teams in the A10 look stronger than in years past.just looked up their roster...jerrell wright is who i was referring to...duren and galloway are fantastic players also...dr. john might be prescribing some a10 kryptonite this yr...watch for lasalle to surprise ppl this year - overall I agree with the rankings though
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Yes I am. That's how I know. Somebodies gotta' be the a$$h*#@. Some are just worse than others.
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TheA_Bomb, on 01 October 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:
Many schools and ADs are ran by a$$es. Think about it, a$$es are in charge of everything.
Are you not in charge of something?This is a piece of deep wisdom.
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This is a piece of deep wisdom.Think about it, a$$es are in charge of everything.
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Now that you mention it, I remember receiving "1818" credits from SLU for classes taken at DeSmet in 70's. Oh but I wanted to know Biondi could alter time or, at least, our perception of it.That would be a lovely addition to the mythology of the Macchiavellian Father B., but it's an utter fabrication. The room now known as the St. Louis Room in Busch Center was formerly known as the Sesquicentennial Room. Built in 1967. Named as part of the subsequent celebration of the university's sesquiscentennial. The reader is left to find a dictionary and then do the math.
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Powerful men not only make history, they change it retroactively!The funny thing is that I once had a class that had to go the archives for some reason. The archivist told us that before Biondi, the university considered some other date as the founding. I think it was in the 1830's. He gets here and changes it to 1818 (the founding of St. Louis Academy) and now we're the first university west of the Mississippi
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I was thinking a 'Downfall' parody. http://videxplorer.c...134843286026544i haven't looked into the http://www.firebiondi.com domain name availability and don't really care to. we should start something, though. should we go blogspot, tumblr, wordpress or YTMND? i always appreciate a good YTMND. though biondi's would be YBTMFTYAITTSTFDD (You've Been the Man for Thirty Years and it's Time to Step the Fuok Down, Diokhead).
Hitler reacts to Biondi ... .
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I think your friend speaks truth Cheese. It's what I was saying in the other thread but was not aware it was already common knowledge in the national coaching community. I had assumed that a coaching candidate would have to do a little detective work to figure it out. Apparently wrong assumption.
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I hear you NextYear but the situation is more nuanced. Any candidate we try to woo needs to understand that dealing with Father B comes with the territory. If those candidates talk to RM about it, what do you think he is going to say? Apparently he said very negative things about Father B to Bernie M. Secondly, The good doctor will, of course, be on the search committee and expected to buck up for any high profile coach but remember Rick complaining about money for all the other things he wanted? Biondi is a micro manager to the extreme. He removes money from department budgets throughout the university system for line items he decides are not necessary. The law school dust up and the athletic department deal with the charter flights are but two examples. These issues are beyond the control of even Dr. C. Father B is uncontrollable. He's a true dictator of our university answerable to no one. He's literally an elephant in the room.I think a lot of us are missing the point in all of this. Biondi will not decide who the next coach is, Chaifetz will. He is way too invested now. I recall him saying RM will stay here as long as he wants him to. Circumstances have changed, but there will be a nice hire. Im sure its already in the works.
If Chaifetz develops a heart condition then we are officially screwed. Santa Claus still lurks in a courtside seat
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I was thinking the same thing. The safe, easy hire (read save $$$'s).I could totally see this scenario playing out. Brad 2.0.
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That's a good point. No up and coming, young and hungry asst is 1) out there looking for a job right now and 2) would sign on with an interim coach knowing there are no guarantees. This is an experienced guy who will mesh with Crews. I guess we can worry about next year when all the bridges get crossed. Many unknowns between now and then.With regard to hiring an assistant for this season I'm not sure Crews could have done much better. I don't think he could have hired a rockstar without a guarantee or even the idea that the assistant would be retained for more than one year.
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If we go to the NCAA tourney, it will be hard for them not to give it to Crews IMHO. Father B isn't going to buck up for a big name coach. Salaries for coaches have gone skyward since we hired Rick M.gosh dont even think this. the absolute worst long term result for the program. fine get us through the season. hopefully he doesnt blow things up in the meantime.
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The hiring is meaningless unless Crews gets the gig on a permanent basis after the season. No other HC will retain Platt. If Crews does get the job on a permanent basis, the Platt hiring is not something I am enthused about. This is one of Crews' coaching buddies. He is not going to fire the guy after the season. Now we have a coaching staff dripping with coaching retreads. How do you sell that to young kids? I think one of Whitesell or Platt has to go if Crews gets the gig after the season. This can't be our coaching staff for other than a one-year basis.
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+1 Preemptive strike by ND. They see the rotten core of the BE and jumped. The A10 addition of Butler and VCU looks even smarter now (pun intended). The BE is going to be trolling for new members.I think Swarbrick is playing two or three moves ahead of the ultimate demise of the Big East. This isn't your pappy's BEast. It isn't even your older brother's BEast.
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I hope Cody averages 30 mpg. He's the one guy we really don't have a ready replacement for, a stretch 4 who has turned himself into a solid rebounder. Grandy Mama is probably not ready to log more than 10 MPG. I don't know if Jared Drew will have enough meat on his bones this year to log minutes @ 4 but that 7' wingspan will come in handy. Dwayne causes other teams match up problems when he's at the 3 so I hope he plays the bulk of his minutes there.Minutes at guard will be just as tough to spread out. It's a good problem to have, but I don't see anyone on our roster averaging 30 MPG, 16 or so PPG, or 7 RPG. Maybe I'm wrong but things should be very spread out.
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My problem with Manning #1 on the breakout players list is that he won't start for us. In fact, I'm not sure he will be the backup center. Cody essentially was the primary backup center last season but with Conk gone, you would think Cody has to play the 4 almost exclusively. But Cory showed flashes at the end of last season and I expect Rob to be demonstrably better in his junior year. Cory is a senior. How are the minutes going to break down @ 5? Rob 20 / Cory 10 / John 10? That very well could be how it shakes out. Manning will be on my list for break out players in 2013. He'll play big boy minutes next year.
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Harriman did a phenomenal job for us. Not sure why anyone would gripe that he was an AC at SLU. The proof is in the pudding. Harriman got hired away by a BCS school. If Harriman was still here and we were looking at Crews with Harriman the top asst., I'd be rather pleased about the situation. Agree with Roy's point about Whitesell and Crews being redundant but Crews was supposed to just be a last minute / one year fill in for Al Jensen after left for the NBAD like a week before practice started. I won't put that one on Majerus because the circumstances forced his hand.Crews was hired because Al bailed right before the season started. I'm not sure why you are thinking Harriman needed 6 more years of seasoning. He was already the lead recruiter and was the one who actually took over for Rick when he was out. He's already recognized as one of the top upcoming assistants in the country (as defined by CBS Sports). He was already getting the job done. Agree to disagree.
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Bernie Miklasz was very adamant in his column last week that Majerus told him Father Biondi refused to give Rick a new contract at the conclusion of the 2012 season. Yet our program is now waiting on the possible medical recovery of Majerus, whose prognosis is so severe that he doesn't want anyone to know what is wrong.You can argue each way on hiring a guy now or waiting or doing whatever, but holding out hope that RM is going to come back is the worst thing that you can do.
I understand the impulse to wait until the season is over to name a new permanent coach and comfort to be taken from Jim Crews as our interim. We're lucky to have Crews but the cloud of doubt can be debilitating the longer it lasts. I think the athletic department has to set out a time table for action. How long do they wait until a decision is made that there will in fact be a new coach? End of season? Xmas? The best course of action is to publish a timetable. I think, at the very least, the university should be willing to say by Jan 1 whether or not Coach Majerus will be back for the 2013-2014 season. That's four months. I also suggest Jim Crews be allowed to fill the vacant AC position ASAP. The program needs to present the public picture that they are carrying on business as usual. Finally, the press release should specifically spell out the steps to be taken should Majerus be unable to return. Suggestion--
"A decision on the return of Coach Rick Majerus shall be announced no later than January 1, 2013. Should it be determined by January 1 that Coach Majerus is unable to return to Saint Louis University due to health concerns, Athletic Director Chris May will lead a search committee for a new head coach that shall commence work immediately at the conclusion of the current season. Interim head coach Jim Crews will be a candidate for the permanent head coach position should the position become vacant."
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+1I would agree with being in holding position if the school or anyone involved with the program could get some information from Rickma's side on his actual condition. From what I understand no one involved with the program, including Chaifetz, can get any answers on Rick's condition.
If you can't get any answers you need to move on.
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I think one is delusional to believe SLU is going to hire a coach come March 2013 that will come to the table with his pockets full of valuable recruits. It doesn't generally work that way. Huggins to Kansas State, Calipari to Kentucky are the exception not the rule. We will not be offering the $$$'s to land a celebrity coach who carries recruits in hip pocket. Almost all talented 2013 players will have already signed LOI before we have even hired our new coach (if we go the committee route after the season). I didn't think I needed to give examples to make this rather obvious point. It speaks for itself.This is a fair and valid point. However, you tried to make a comparison using Majerus, which didn't really make sense as he'd been out of the coaching game for a while. If you had started your post by mentioning Romar and what occurred when he was hired instead of Majerus, then I wouldn't have responded, and I doubt anyone else would have.
I had a hunch you were a boss.
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