The New York media has been skeptical of Mike Cragg’s hiring of Mike Anderson for the St. John’s job but they also seem to be withholding judgement.
Cragg, who was at Duke for 30 years before taking the A.D. job at St. John’s, obviously has a wide window into Dukedom. He was at Duke near the beginning of Mike Krzyzweski’s rise and in this article from Newsday, he reveals that Pitt coach Jeff Capel, who played for and later assisted Coach K at Duke, was the one who suggested Anderson to him.
He also sought Coach K’s opinion - why would you not?