My Open Letter to St. John's and DePaul fans

[NovaBall]

Creighton finished last in the conference last year. What is the point of these letters? Both St. John's and DePaul will be fine. They are both major reasons that schools in this league get five million dollars a year in tv money.

The point is that open letters to other fan bases are hilarious.

[Red Rooster]

Creighton finished last in the conference last year. What is the point of these letters? Both St. John's and DePaul will be fine. They are both major reasons that schools in this league get five million dollars a year in tv money.

Agree! Tell me again where Creighton finished last season. Like I thought. It's patronizing (and dumb, IMO) as one other poster mentioned.

The point is that open letters to other fan bases are hilarious.

Go get a life, as it seems you live on this board. Other Villanova fans have even railed on you. 'Nuff said.

[NovaBall]

Creighton finished last in the conference last year. What is the point of these letters? Both St. John's and DePaul will be fine. They are both major reasons that schools in this league get five million dollars a year in tv money.

Agree! Tell me again where Creighton finished last season. Like I thought. It's patronizing (and dumb, IMO) as one other poster mentioned.

The point is that open letters to other fan bases are hilarious.

Go get a life, as it seems you live on this board. Other Villanova fans have even railed on you. 'Nuff said.

It oh, the red rooster has spoken!! Nobody post what he doesn't like to read or what he does it approve of!!

What a joke!

I have a life. I guarantee the view from the beach I was sitting on In hawaii while posting earlier today was nicer than your view of a fire escape and brick wall in queens.


I never understand those posters who criticize others for posting in the board. Red rooster has a hundred posts in two years in this board. If this board were a bunch of red roosters it would have no action. I will take a poster like Omaha guy over red rooster any day. Heck, give me stever over red rooster any day.

[NovaBall]

Hey red rooster, what is your favorite St. John's moment this century?

[Ajay0626]

I apologize in advance for being a dick.

Can Creighton fans at least wait until their team beats a top Big East team without Doug before they patronize DePaul and SJU fans?

Are you telling Omahaguy he needed to wait until Saturday night to post his letter?

[Red Rooster]

Creighton finished last in the conference last year. What is the point of these letters? Both St. John's and DePaul will be fine. They are both major reasons that schools in this league get five million dollars a year in tv money.

Agree! Tell me again where Creighton finished last season. Like I thought. It's patronizing (and dumb, IMO) as one other poster mentioned.

The point is that open letters to other fan bases are hilarious.

Go get a life, as it seems you live on this board. Other Villanova fans have even railed on you. 'Nuff said.

It oh, the red rooster has spoken!! Nobody post what he doesn't like to read or what he does it approve of!!

What a joke!

You have an opinion, as well as I. Capiche'? If I consider it half-baked rhetoric, then I personally have the right to comment. One word, in which I do agree with you: joke. Yes, you are a joke. At least, you've said something here that makes sense.

I have a life. I guarantee the view from the beach I was sitting on In hawaii while posting earlier today was nicer than your view of a fire escape and brick wall in queens.

Delusional. By the way, I don't reside in Queens. Thanks for playing, though.

I never understand those posters who criticize others for posting in the board. Red rooster has a hundred posts in two years in this board. If this board were a bunch of red roosters it would have no action. I will take a poster like Omaha guy over red rooster any day. Heck, give me stever over red rooster any day.

"No action." Haha! I'm sure you can relate. You can have stever all day and twice on Sundays. You've stung my feelings with that quote. Again, get a life.

[NovaBall]

Did you move to Staten Island? Or maybe Nassau county? Congrats.

[sju88grad]

Ball hit the nail on the head! It was NOT in any way, shape, or form intended to disrespect SJU or DePaul. I just felt sympathetic towards both fanbases and I thought I'd write that in an attempt to cheer both sides up since both are going through real struggles.

Omahaguy,

Thanks for your letter. I understood exactly what you were trying to convey. It was nice to read your letter after reading some of the nasty comments on the Villanova thread. Especially when people have to take shots at the University that I graduated from and put me on a career path that has been rewarding in every way. Really sad to see people stooping to that level.

As far as this year goes, it's been challenging but, to be honest, I find watching SJU games to be so much less stressful than last year. Last year, we had all of this talent but (for many reasons) we had some incredibly frustrating losses and uneven play overall. This year, I get really excited when I see one of our freshmen make a great play because I know that this year is a chance for them to learn and grow. I have always been an optimist when it comes to SJU hoops but, for once, I feel like my optimism may not be misplaced.

[OmahaGuy]

Ball hit the nail on the head! It was NOT in any way, shape, or form intended to disrespect SJU or DePaul. I just felt sympathetic towards both fanbases and I thought I'd write that in an attempt to cheer both sides up since both are going through real struggles.

Omahaguy,

Thanks for your letter. I understood exactly what you were trying to convey. It was nice to read your letter after reading some of the nasty comments on the Villanova thread. Especially when people have to take shots at the University that I graduated from and put me on a career path that has been rewarding in every way. Really sad to see people stooping to that level.

As far as this year goes, it's been challenging but, to be honest, I find watching SJU games to be so much less stressful than last year. Last year, we had all of this talent but (for many reasons) we had some incredibly frustrating losses and uneven play overall. This year, I get really excited when I see one of our freshmen make a great play because I know that this year is a chance for them to learn and grow. I have always been an optimist when it comes to SJU hoops but, for once, I feel like my optimism may not be misplaced.

No problem, man.

[ChestRockwell85]

What Is the latest on Rawlie alkins? Nova was going after him a year ago but backed off him over the summer. Not sure why, seems like a skill set we could find a spot for. And I see he is ranked as high as 9 in some services. But he has some pretty high end suitors, are the johnnies a realistic option for him or is it a cheick diallo move where he keeps the hometown team in the picture to keep his recruiting drama on more people's minds during his sr yr?

Ball, right now Alkins is an NC State lean.

I don't like the fact we backed off him because if you can get a kid like that you take him, but after we got Paschall rumor is Jay decided to take a step back from that recruitment of Alkins because with players like Bridges and Jenkins also returning next year, he didn't want to create a logjam.