Originally Posted by Flyer68
Although his three brothers played for St. Johns and his sister graduated from there, Tom Cluess, successful head coach at Iona, has turned down the St. John's job. He is 60 and from Long Island so that may have something to do with it.
That makes three, Hurley, Jr., Moser and Cluess that turned down the position. Kinda makes you wonder.
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True, it’s intriguing. My thoughts:
- The 3 aforementioned coaches, though from vastly different current programs, have decided against taking that position. These 3 probably saw it as a lateral move (or, in Hurley’s case, as a step backward). Makes me believe the Johnnies will need to look at either low- or true mid-major HCs, or major program ACs, all of whom will need to be less established in their careers.
- The 3 mentioned may have seen some “warning signs” about the job, or heard some rumblings from sources they trust. Not totally surprising. Colleges tend to be like ivory towers in the first place. Couple that with St. John’s being in NYC, where some/many locals believe there’s no life outside NYC, and you have the proverbial “vacuum”. Maybe the St. John’s powers-that-be haven’t gotten the memo that it’s not 1985 any more, and that their program just isn’t that special any more.
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