Who Replaces Willard?

[Red Rooster]

NJ and Bill Marsh, do not fall into 'hooligan's annoying trap. I believe he's probably an 'alright' person, but he usually makes minimal to no sense when posting. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say that he has too strong of a bias towards his likes and dislikes, and post mainly with his heart.

[RDinNY]

Dear Hoyahooligan:

Over the 40+ years that I have been a St. John's fan, your Georgetown Hoyas have been a superior program. You have national championships. We don't. You have consistently out-recruited and out played us on the basketball court.

Yet, each day you wake up with a bug up your butt about the St. John's program. You sieze upon very opportunity to take a shot at us. While I'm not a psychologist or an expert in human behavior, it indicates to me that you suffer from some serious self-esteem issues. You may want to seek a mental health evaluation to see if that is the case.

Wishing you the best,
RDinNY

(In other words, get off our dick(s))

[RedStormHoops]

It is really a stretch to say lavin has been better than Willard. And that is me admitting I was wrong as I thought lavin would succeed. But he has been just as big a disappointment. He has the best team in paper this yr and they really haven't lived up to potential, and last yr was a flop too. I gave him a pass for the health issues, but at johns is one of the most attractive jobs in the country if they up their pay, and lavin has not been very good.

We all sort of new Willard was a long shot to do well. He actually was doing better than I thought until a few weeks ago

Lavin was the right idea when hired, he just hasn't worked out.

I want the johnnies to go steal jamie Dixon from pitt. He lived off nyc recruiting out of the big east, has a style of play that is consistent. Just offer him a 50% pay raise and see what happens. A 50% pay raise really isn't that crazy as Dixon is only making $1.8 mill at pitt, which is well behind what GQ jay, jt3 and Purnell all make. Offer Dixon $2.5 mill to put him in line with the top big east coach salaries and maybe he jumps?

Not even close to a stretch. Not even close. St John's is dancing this year so get used to Lavin for the long haul

[HoosierPal]

Go for Rhode Island assistant coach Luke Murray. If his dad, Bill Murray, and his posse comes around the locker room, at least there would be some good laughs. It would take the attention away from and one up Whitehead's posse.

[Steve Lavin]

A St. John's fan busting on Seton Hall's coach? Kind of like the pot calling the kettle black no?

Lavin doesn't have 1 tournament win and although this year has started to look a wee bit more promising there is a chance you guys lose not only all 4 of your Seniors but Obepka and Jordan as well. 1 Top 40 kid isn't going to replace that.

As far as I'm concerned unless Lavin gets 2 or 3 more guys, it is back to square one for St. John's next year. Most coaches had their 2015 classes set months ago.

You clearly haven't done much research. Sampson is a 4 star top 100, Doughty is a 3 star who appears to be underrated (he has been dominating putting up huge numbers in a competitive league), Amar has become a man lately and looks like he could be a very solid 4 year player, and we are in very good shape with another 4 star PG Lovett who the crystal ball says is an 82% SJU lean at the moment. Diallo said he is still strongly considering SJU and his main concern was seeing if we get a good PG. If we land Lovett (which seems like a solid chance), Diallo has a much better chance of coming. He is a 5 star top 10 consensus recruit.

While nothing is in stone, SJU can quite possible end up with a top 10-15 recruiting class. So while I would expect a clear step back from this year and last year, the team would not be rolling over IMO. Sampson, Lovett, Amar, Doughty, etc. all appear to be good 4 year players. Diallo would probably leave early if he comes. That would give Lavin the chance to balance the recruiting the way he failed to do so far.

I understand there are still plenty of "ifs" but SJU is not the team you should be worrying about right now. Seton Hall and Creighton are.

[ElDonBDon]

It's not completely outside the realm of possibilities that Dixon would be open to moving. A local Milwaukee radio guy was claiming that Dixon and MU were in talks when MU was looking for a coach.

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=43372.0

Again, a local radio guy, so not the best of sources, but also not the worst of sources I suppose. Take it for what it's worth.

Idk if SHU could afford Dixon, but if they could, that would be a fantastic hire, IMO.

Anyone know how much Willard makes? $700,000-ish?

[hoyahooligan]

I believe I've seen Seton Hall fans state that Willard make 1.4 Million. So it's not like they aren't willing to shell out some money. I think they can afford a quality coach.

[TheBall]

Willard was hired at $600-700k. I am unaware of him getting a raise at any point.

[Bill Marsh]

Willard was hired at $600-700k. I am unaware of him getting a raise at any point.

Willard's base salary when he was hired was reportedly $500K but the total compensation package was estimated at "roughly $1 million" per year for 5 years. The contract was extended in 2013 and details were not released. Reports were that the extension ran through 2019-20.

[NJRedman]

Willard was hired at $600-700k. I am unaware of him getting a raise at any point.

Willard's base salary when he was hired was reportedly $500K but the total compensation package was estimated at "roughly $1 million" per year for 5 years. The contract was extended in 2013 and details were not released. Reports were that the extension ran through 2019-20.

Holy crap they did extend him through 2019-20!

http://zagsblog.com/articles/willard-ge ... l-remains/

Despite all the trials and tribulations this season, sources told SNY.tv that Willard received a long-term contract extension, believed to go through the 2019-20 season. His original deal was for five years beginning in 2010.

Thats disgusting. It was in March 2013, it's not like he was coming off a successful campaign either. Wow, that program is in more shambles than DePaul. I at least understand why they gave Purnell a long term deal. I have no idea why they would extend him another 5 years 2 years before the deal was up. Lavin was hired at the same time with a contract that ran the same length and his extension is set for after this season like a normal program would do.