Red Rooster wrote:ChestRockwell85 wrote:"Villanova/Jay Wright- 3 Cold, Wright has his team as the class of the league but I'm sure fans aren't happy with the quick exits from the NCAA tourney."
I think Villanova has beaten St. John's the last 14 out of 15 times we played. Jay Wright has brought in Omari Spellman and Jalen Brunson, both Top 20 / 5-star recruits over the last 2 years. Jalen was a burger boy and played on Team USA, Omari will probably be a McDonald's All-American as well. He got a transfer from the A-10 rookie of the year who put up some pretty nice numbers against St. John's as a freshman at Fordham. We have made the tournament 9 out of the last 10 years, which included a final four, elite 8s, sweet 16s, etc. We have RUN through the Big East the last 2 years, if it wasn't for Creighton in 2013-2014 beating us twice, our dominance over the Big East is almost laughable.
We have had a few early exits, there is no denying that, and Jay Wright is probably the most upset about it, but for somebody who roots for a school like St. John's, who has not won a tournament game in over 15 years, to give an unproven coach a higher grade than Jay Wright is ABSURD. I love St. John's, go to about 6 games a year, but some of your fans still think it is 1986. St. John's has got A LOT to prove and Mullin has brought in some nice pieces, but Rawle Alkins is not walking through that door. A .500 year this year would almost be good for St. John's.
I am sorry if this has come off as harsh, and I know Chris Mullin is a great guy, a tremendous basketball player, and a wonderful representative of St. John's, but before COACH Chris Mullin and St. John's are to be mentioned in the same sentence as Coach Jay Wright and Villanova, there is a ridiculous amount of work to be done.
There is nothing in the post that even comes close to stating that Mullin and St. John's are on the same level as Wright and Villanova. Nothing!
Well if you take into account that the original poster rated coaches on a scale to 1-10, with 1 being the best, for all intents and purposes he is saying Chris Mullin is the best coach in the conference, the "golden boy" who can do no wrong. This was the exact reason I didn't want Don Mattingly to coach the Yankees because if he didn't succeed it would be awful watching him fail and get fired. To rank those other coaches at a 2 and then Wright at a 3 is just not something I can agree with, in fact it is just bad.
I know we have failed in the dance the last few years, but the point is, even our "failure" has been light years beyond what a lot of these other coaches have done. Jay Wright took a program that Steve Lappas said does "OK" and turned it into a National powerhouse. A lot of these other coaches have a long way to go before they are on the level Jay is on. So again, going back to what was originally said, if Mullin is a 1, Jay Wright is a 1. If that wasn't clear in my original message we can sign up for reading lessons together.
PS - Jay was hired in 2001, since then St. John's has had 5 different coaches. Why don't you guys see how this one plays out........St. John's/Chris Mullin- 1 Freezing, Mullin is the golden boy who returned home. Everyone is still feeling good about the hire.
Villanova/Jay Wright- 3 Cold, Wright has his team as the class of the league but I'm sure fans aren't happy with the quick exits from the NCAA tourney.
Marquette/Steve Wojo- 2 Ice Cold, Folks are excited about his recruiting class and basketball IQ.
Butler/Chris Holtman- 2 Ice Cold, after coming in as an interim coach and exceeded expectations that everyone had for the team even before Miller went nuts.
Xavier/Chris Mack- 2 Ice Cold, after a sweet 16 run and the threat of him being lured away not many in the Queen City are calling for him to go.