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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with unseating these coaches is that their entire professional and financial existence is now grafted on to the school.  For them, there is almost no dividing line between the school and their business.  That's why these baseball players were run out of the program - what's one player's development versus your entire business model?

If all the scandals at educational institutions over the last 10 years have taught us anything, it's that the institution protects itself at almost all costs.  Only when the liability and reputational risk of allowing sports programs to be run this way[b] outweigh the desire to win [/b]will something be done.[/quote]

I think this is a great post, but I'm puzzled as to what St. John's motivation is for supporting the baseball coach(es) involved given that the kids they are forcing out of the program seem to be top D1 recruits.  If so, this policy would presumably hurt, rather than help, the competitiveness of the team.  Is it that the coaches bring in more potential St. John's students, who know that if they sign up for Diamond Skills or the coaches' other camps they will be guaranteed a spot on the baseball team at St. Johns if they decide to go there?

And are St. John alums loyal to the coaches?  Last year, there was a long thread on the lacrosse forum about Bullis firing their long time, successful lacrosse coach for dubious reasons: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/740121.page  In the end, alumni and community outrage prompted the school to rehire him (or pretend they hadn't tried to fire him in the first place--it was a very strange story).  [/quote]

SJC baseball alum here. Short answer - no. Not loyal to coach. Would love to see him gone. Don’t know why they stand by him. None of my teammates liked or respected him.[/quote]

Thanks for the response. Does St. John’s have a strong alumni network that stays involved with the school? If so, and your experience is a common one, it seems like a group that could pressure the school into making some changes. [/quote]

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