You have to separate you heart from the business right? Right or wrong, the new brass think there's more potential there than what Phil has shown. I'm not so sure, and I think you look at 2016 and two injury-riddled seasons, I think this was the year for the come to Jesus meeting. Hey, you're not on a lifetime contract, we know there were some injuries, but get your shit together in 19-20 and we'll reassess. That's my opinion.
Where SJU is going wrong here is they've let Phil control the post-firing narrative. And it's easy for that to happen because he was an institution and the public release was so vanilla business with empty platitudes, it just looked bad. At the same time, I don't like the "Shit on SJU" tour that seems to be underway, and Phil should be professional about it, stfu, and say, "Hey, I want to coach, I'm for hire." No one likes someone who bashes their employer on the way out the door. His call with this Angelo guy, IMO, was a bad look for Phil.
SJU should be fine. They're a program. They should get a decent coach. But at this point, the gloves should be off and they should maybe release a little more information - if there's anything to release. They don't need question marks unanswered during the coaching search.