A Review of St. John's

[sju88grad]

Two bits of good news over the past 24 hours:

Bishop Loughlin's Julian Champagnie has committed to St. John's. Quality three-star recruit. Mike Anderson's first local commit. #sjubb

https://nypost.com/2019/05/30/st-johns- ... ie-commit/

St. John's is hiring Northwester Florida State JUCO coach Steve Demeo to complete Mike Anderson's staff, according to sources. #sjubb

Good start. I think Anderson needs to do what Mullin struggled with. Start stocking the program with 3-4 year players. Get 3 and 4 star kids who will stick around and develop. Use transfers periodically and strategically but not as the primary way to build the program. Build a culture. Cooley has done it at PC, Willard at SHU, Ewing at G'town. Put a line in the sand that defines your culture and look for young kids who will buy in and become studs by year 3-4.

Couldn’t agree more Gumby. The most frustrating thing for me was the heavy reliance on transfers. Not surprising since our only recruiter specialized in that area. We did get some great guys via transfer but that’s not how you build and sustain a program.

[REDMEN1415]

Paul Pressey in as SA, love this hire.
Brings tons of player developement.
He was a great player on those Bucks teams.

[REDMEN1415]

Seen this on Redmen:

College coaching experience:
Mullin: 0
Slice: 20
Matt: 10
St. Jean: 0
Mitch: 0
30 yrs

Anderson: 30
TJ: 15
Macon: 20
DeMeo: 25
90 yrs.

[ecasadoSBU]

Which one of you Johnies fans decide to show up to NBA GAME 6 with the St. John's jersey???

I caught it moments ago... behind the basket.

Good to see Johnies fans out in Cali