It’s fine - no really, it’s all good
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What is that now 16 independent contractors on the roster?
Sign me up for whatever we’re doing better than being left in the dust.
He’s a high school senior so it is a good spreading of the scholarships (contracts) over 4 years.
Gorgui Dieng 2.0
Gorgui Dieng 2.0
St. John’s has had the best off-season in the nation without a doubt, but we see teams loaded with talent fail to live up to the hype every season. There will be a lot of egos for Pitino to manage.
That being said, they’ll be scary good if these guys all buy into what he’s selling.
That being said, they’ll be scary good if these guys all buy into what he’s selling.
Yes, their kids are all "independent contractors". Including those 2 with Ivy League degrees. Meanwhile, everyone here please donate to NIL, allocate all funds towards men's basketball, pay for a $5,000 golf round and pony up for Beefsteak too. Because, you know, our kids aren't "independent contractors". We are different.
Look you had to know the minute they got Pitino, along with legal P2P they were immediately going to the top of the league.
They will give Hurley and UConn all they can handle over these next 5 years or so.
look for those two schools, plus Creighton, Marquette, and Nova to dominate the top 5 spots in the league for the most part…with at most 1 or 2 of them slipping down in any given year.
Hey, it’s Pitino. What did we expect?
Plenty of players for both programs to be good. Their success does not inhibit us.
Plenty of players for both programs to be good. Their success does not inhibit us.
You assume this model will work . No guarantees and could very well implode on them. Kentucky learned the one and done model with McDonald's AA after McDonald's AA guarantees nothing but early exits. Will be interesting to see though..
I don't know that he will get a bunch of "1 and dones", as I think he is smarter than that...I do think he will sprinkle in a 5 Star, with a bunch of 4 Stars and be an upgraded version of Nova.
Plus...he even states he will bring in 1 or 2 transfers a year...if you think about it, that's not a small number especially if he brings them in fairly early (Soph? Jr?) where they will have multiple years at St. John's (assuming the NCAA's current stance on second time transfers stands).
So I do think they will be successful...remember, it is still NYC with MSG...built in major advantages that for whatever reason prior coaches could not capitalize on.
But Pitino? A NY guy, who is a legendary coach? This is a gimme...
Pitino is a better coach (in game) than Calipari in any format and any league.
Pitino’s greatest strengths is molding many different skill sets into a cohesive unit. Nearly every guy who Pitino goes after has one common characteristic…they are not a liability from 3pt range. He introduced the statistical merits of the 3 over 2 in 1987 season with Providence and has not wavered from it since.
Calipari doesn’t share that philosophy and that is why he failed recently with one and done players that are more athletic freaks than skilled shooters.
Jay Wright like Pitino knows 3pt shooting and defending it wins big in college basketball. That is why Wright won big and often
Pitino’s greatest strengths is molding many different skill sets into a cohesive unit. Nearly every guy who Pitino goes after has one common characteristic…they are not a liability from 3pt range. He introduced the statistical merits of the 3 over 2 in 1987 season with Providence and has not wavered from it since.
Calipari doesn’t share that philosophy and that is why he failed recently with one and done players that are more athletic freaks than skilled shooters.
Jay Wright like Pitino knows 3pt shooting and defending it wins big in college basketball. That is why Wright won big and often
Can't disagree. Right now it's all played on paper so let's see what happens when they toss it up.
