Former Duke assistant A.D. Mike Cragg, now the head man at St. John’s, took some heat for the search to replace recently resigned Chris Mullen. Having whiffed on Bobby Hurley, Porter Moser and Tim Cluess, some people were starting to panic.
In fairness to Cragg and St. John’s, they never publicized their overtures. The search was conducted in a professional and reasonable manner. It’s not their fault that this turned into a spectacle.
It is to their credit that it ended Thursday night with former Arkansas coach Mike Anderson.
On the surface it may seem like an odd hire.