When Duke assistant A.D. Mike Cragg took the St. John’s A.D. job, it seemed like a relatively normal situation.
No more.
Cragg, a capable and decent man, is being buffeted by the winds of discontent around St. John’s basketball.
His search is going slowly which isn’t a huge surprise, nor is it necessarily a huge problem. Hiring Chris Mullin, which Cragg’s predecessor did, was in retrospect probably a mistake. Mullin had no college experience and reportedly wasn’t interested in working too hard.
Why would he be? He’s made a ton of money in basketball and as much as he might have liked the idea of coaching St.