Mullin

[Red Rooster]

Didn't want to start a totally new topic involving SJ, but the other SJ thread is locked.

There seems to be 2 types of SJ fans I've observed so far:

Type A:
-Everything is always positive
-Everything is acceptable
-Dress code and in game behavior does not matter
-Anything goes
-Optimistic to a fault
-No criticism allowed
-Redmen.com posters

Type B:
-Realist
-High standards and expectations
-Dress code/behavior matters
-Professionalism
-Criticism is welcomed/appropriate
-Not PC, based on facts
-Twitter posters

I love the hire and I think he can be successful here especially after some of our major recruits start to play and get experience. That does not however mean you can wear sneakers to games, or sit on the scorers table, or wear flip flops. Many SJ fans (Type A) will try to say that it's no big deal, just win and get better. That is insanity. Being a college basketball coach in a major conference is a real job. It's a professional job. Looks and behavior form PERCEPTION. And as we all know, perception is everything. Sitting on the scorers table signals you are not interested, lazy, and not up to the task of coaching your team. Intention does not matter. Wearing t-shirts and flip flops/sneakers to recruiting visits/games signals that you are not professional and look like some guy off the street. Intention does not matter. Staying quiet and letting your 25 yr old assistant take over signals you are submissive and not sure of what you're doing. Intention does not matter.

So like I said, I love the hire, I think we will be successful, and I know Mullin never coached before, but these are all easy, quick fixes. You should always be in a nice suit and dress shoes, you should never be sitting at the scorers table for 5 min during a blowout, you should never let your 25 assistant run the show while you stand there idly. This isn't a camp counselor job, this is the Big East. You are making $2 million a year and already have a fortune from the NBA. You are the head coach of a major program. Act like it.

I'll admit my man crush on Jay Wright. If anyone embodies the perfect coach I'd like to see at SJ, it's him. Great personality, light but can be serious, gets instant respect in the room, always dresses/acts professionally, knows how to recruit, and gets the fundamentals down while his players show development year to year. So yes it does matter. If that weren't enough, countless studies prove that it matters.

Oh give me a F'in break!!! You are such a bi polar nutjob most of the time and now you try and spin it as you being a realist. You were so down on the team last year who made the NCAA. You're a HORRIBLE fan who is looking for any small thing to complain about! You know why most of us don't care if he sits on the scorers table? Because it doesn't F'in matter!!'

Seriously, you're a dumbed down version of stever.

He always attempts to spin his BS, as him being a realist.

Ironically, he mentioned Redmen.com, as he stays on the board with his many, different monikers. What's worst than having a bunch of screennames on one particular site is actually posting under several of those screennames, as he's doing. I guess all of that can be related to his "nutjob" psyche, as you mentioned. I'll also be awaiting his lie that he isn't a member of the site. Based on the way the site is set up, the only way a person can consistently know the odd's and end's, of who is saying what and what is being posted, is by being a member.

There is a reason he's been banned, on several occassions, everywhere he's been a member. He's even had issues on this board, as the admin has put his posts on a 3-hour delay on a few occasions. Guess what he did? Formed new screennames. Unfortunately, he thinks everybody has it out for him. Silly.

[sciencejay]

As one who does not have a leg in the St. Johns game (two-time CU alum), I'll weigh in.

I have to say that flip flops are not something that I would necessarily say are appropriate attire for NCAA Men's DI coaches, but I'm not a no-sneakers guy either. It's about demeanor, developing relationships with the players, etc. Pete Carroll has a different demeanor on the sidelines than most DI football coaches

With regard to whether allowing a younger coach to run the huddle while the head coach stares off in the distance, this is not a sign of Mullins being in over his head or not caring or whatever. If you pay attention to how timeout huddles are run across many sports--basketball, volleyball, football--it's not always the HC that runs a particular timeout. If the team needs to focus on "D", then maybe the assistant who drives the defensive tactical plan runs the timeout. We see this all the time in NE with the volleyball team. John Cook, the HC, probably runs about 25% of the huddles. His assistants run the rest, and it's not even the same assistant each time. It's situation dependent.

Since Mullins has now coached around 10 games ever, maybe people should wait on deciding whether he's the second coming or the anti-Christ. How many coaches were great their first year only to end up on the mediocre list? And how many struggled their first year or two and ended up as all-time greats?