Welcome to The Holy Land of Hoops

billyjack wrote:This is an obscure reference, but any time i see a team lose a string of tough close games, i think back to the 1993 Patriots, which was Bill Parcells' first season in New England.

A series of crushing tight game losses put them at 1-11 after 4 previous sucky seasons. Parcells would say "you are what you're record says you are" and they were a team that needed to learn to win close tight games.

The floodgates opened in week 13, and they went on a 4-0 tear to finish 5-11. In 1994 they made the playoffs. 2 years after that they made the Super Bowl.

That 1993 season started an amazing 25 year run (had just a couple of underwhelming years).

St John's has only 1 senior, and it's just Alibegovic, so not a big loss. They just need to re-learn how to win late (remember they won close game vs Oregon State and UCF and St Joseph's).

Red Rooster wrote:

billyjack wrote:This is an obscure reference, but any time i see a team lose a string of tough close games, i think back to the 1993 Patriots, which was Bill Parcells' first season in New England.

A series of crushing tight game losses put them at 1-11 after 4 previous sucky seasons. Parcells would say "you are what you're record says you are" and they were a team that needed to learn to win close tight games.

The floodgates opened in week 13, and they went on a 4-0 tear to finish 5-11. In 1994 they made the playoffs. 2 years after that they made the Super Bowl.

That 1993 season started an amazing 25 year run (had just a couple of underwhelming years).

I think Mullin badly needs two, new assistant coaches with experience of the college game. One coach who is supposedly a solid, X's and O's guy, and who can help with in-game coaching and adjustments. Another coach who is what I'd call a "50/50" guy. He can help compliment the coaching side of things, as well as being tough on the recruiting trail. Do those things, and no one transfers out and all the incoming recruits stay on board, then I think they may can have something for next season.

St John's has only 1 senior, and it's just Alibegovic, so not a big loss. They just need to re-learn how to win late (remember they won close game vs Oregon State and UCF and St Joseph's).

They have two seniors. Bashir Ahmed is the other senior. I'm not particularly fond of his game, though.

DudeAnon wrote:The end of the game was basically a coin flip. I haven't watched a lot of the Johnnies but its hard to believe they are 0-11 in BE play. If most of this team sticks around I bet a lot of these close games to turn into W's for the Redmen.

Also, not sure about the Kanter call but the foul call to put Trevon at the line was bs. Something that X does and every team should (unfortunately) is know how to sell fouls.

MullinMayhem wrote:When I'm the only SJ fan here with any semblance of expectations of course by comparison I will appear crazy. I think people are crazy for always moving goalposts and not having expectations. Of course I'm reactionary, giving fan reactions are part and parcel of sports forums. How dare I sell milk at the dairy barn!

XUFan09 wrote:

DudeAnon wrote:The end of the game was basically a coin flip. I haven't watched a lot of the Johnnies but its hard to believe they are 0-11 in BE play. If most of this team sticks around I bet a lot of these close games to turn into W's for the Redmen.

Also, not sure about the Kanter call but the foul call to put Trevon at the line was bs. Something that X does and every team should (unfortunately) is know how to sell fouls.

They had a makeup call on the other end for that bad call, but trading two shots at the line by Bluiett with two shots at the line by Ahmed is hardly an even trade. It didn't surprise me when Bluiett made both and Ahmed missed one, so it wasn't an even exchange. The goaltending call was *technically* correct by the tiniest margins, but in practical, live-action terms, holy hell, that play was a coin flip.