If roundball is your blood, this is the place to discuss the Flames as they move into the Ritchie McKay era for the 2nd time.

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By olldflame
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ballcoach15 wrote:If Ed can recruit, he might be a good choice.
have you met him?
He makes John Calapari look like an introvert.
Having said that, along with personality, credibility plays a huge role in recruiting, and Ed's resume is a bit lacking.
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By Purple Haize
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olldflame wrote:
ballcoach15 wrote:If Ed can recruit, he might be a good choice.
have you met him?
He makes John Calapari look like an introvert.
Having said that, along with personality, credibility plays a huge role in recruiting, and Ed's resume is a bit lacking.
I love me some 'Fast Eddie' Gomes.

Which brings me back to the earlier John Lucas suggestion. IMO he'd be my first choice if a available. Pipe dream? Probably but it doesn't hurt to ask!
By olldflame
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Purple Haize wrote:
olldflame wrote:I don't think Ben Howland is looking for a house with a swimming pool.

OK, we have enough new guys on here to make that a bit too much of an inside joke. During the coaching search which led to RMKs hiring JB compared a coaching job at LU to a house with a swimming pool because it's not for everybody. Notice how I cleverly avoided the need to invoke the rule Purple?
Oh I got the pool reference and chuckled. I also am misty eyed proud at how you obeyed the rules.
Are you sure that was a chuckle and not a chortle? I figured you would get it as well as Sly and some other :oldhag , but thought I'd head off the response from the inevitable puzzled newbie.
By Bigsouthking
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Chris Lang wrote:
Bigsouthking wrote:Not sure where to post this, but since it mentions someone in post above figured I would type it here:

As I sat and watched the quarterfinal games (all of them) why is it that the 2 coaches(radebaugh & gee), who are the most vocal of any regarding their religion, spirituality, beliefs, or holier than tho attitude have the most drama or get the most emotional after or during games? (btw if Radebaugh doesn't win an NIT game he still hasn't won 20 in his 10 yrs at CSU)

I mean did anyone see the after game stuff or near end that I did?? almost a brawl. barclay acts like someone stole his favorite toy, Gee acts like a moron most anytime, but especially after they won. then they give each other a fake hug and chat. I'm sure i know what it was about (the dunk) but I wasn't in the handshake line so i don't know.

anyways -- respect to Tim Craft for being cool hand Luke, Nick mcDevitt for never shedding a stress sweat at all, mike jones is always gracious every year he loses in the first round, cliff does a good composed job.

LU needs to find a Tim Craft type demeanor wise.
That was a wild scene. Afterward, Jayson took some responsibility for it, saying it was both teams being competitive, heat of the moment, etc., etc., that his team needed to conduct itself better. Barclay, in a passive aggressive way, talked about how his team conducted itself with class and then refused to comment on the skirmish. So he basically said it was Longwood's fault, which is BS. Both teams were yapping all day long, and Nimley was as bad of an offender as anyone. I don't know what it is about the acoustics of that gym, but you can hear EVERYTHING on press row, much more so than at the Vines. Something about the walls amplifies things. Anyway, Saah was out there dropping f-bomb after f-bomb, to the refs, to Quincy Taylor, to his teammates. At one point, he yelled "Get in the f****ng game!" to Cedrick Bowen, and and when Ced didn't hear him, he repeated himself. Paul Gombwer nearly came to blows with Aaron Wheeler after a foul. Those guys melted down spectacularly. It's part of the beauty of watching a one-bid tournament. The raw emotion is incredible.
It goes back to the fact that the people that really know things, knows Radebaugh is a fraud. Plays the religion thing to a tee. Feel sorry for us we have a small gym, blah blah blah. Our kids go to bible study, blah blah.

Liberty hire someone real - that just does the right thing, acts the right way, knows how to be gracious and humble, but at the same time will cut your heart out to win!!
Hire Bob McKillop!!! (or find someone like him)
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By Sly Fox
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I have Luke's cell if anyone in the Athletic Department would like to check his availabilty. I think he would be an awesome hire even though it has me in the uncomfortable position of being on the same side of an opinion of Haize. And he may be the most well connected basketball coach in America. Period. He's obviously had his issues over the years. But he is extremely open about his faith and how it can turn around lives. He is living proof of the second chances we are so quick to champion.

And for you young pups, Google him. How many players are All Americans in hoops and tennis at the same time. He was actually world-ranked for a period of time back when tennis meant something.
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By Purple Haize
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Sly Fox wrote:I have Luke's cell if anyone in the Athletic Department would like to check his availabilty. I think he would be an awesome hire even though it has me in the uncomfortable position of being on the same side of an opinion of Haize. And he may be the most well connected basketball coach in America. Period. He's obviously had his issues over the years. But he is extremely open about his faith and how it can turn around lives. He is living proof of the second chances we are so quick to champion.

And for you young pups, Google him. How many players are All Americans in hoops and tennis at the same time. He was actually world-ranked for a period of time back when tennis meant something.
SLY truth is truth. Embrace it! You are seeing the light. I'd have half a mind to apply for any position on his staff
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By Sly Fox
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I'm not crazy about the Tang suggestion based on my exposure to him over the years here in Houston and hearing plenty of whispers. But he does have a small LU connection. He was the HS coach of Elijah Miller. Hey, I said it was small.
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By Purple Haize
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olldflame wrote:John Lucas is as old as me and older than Jeff Meyer. He would be a senior citizen before the end of his first contract.
It's illegal to discriminate based on age :mrgreen:
Besides, that dude still has a lot of energy!
By olldflame
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I know it is said that if something seems too good to be true it isn't, but I have to say it would be hard to make up some of the things Moton has done. He has been volunteering with the learning disabled for several years. Apparently he didn't feel he was qualified to help as much as he wanted to. While HC of a D1 basketball program he went back to school, and in 2013 completed a Masters degree in Special Education with emphasis on Learning Disabilities.

How bad was NCCU before he became HC there? 15 wins in 3 years bad, and in conferences worse than the Big South. Makes our last 3 years look almost competitive. Yes, he was an assistant on those teams, but there are members of this board who are or have been assistants and testified to how even a very good assistant coach has limited control over the actual decisions which impact success or failure. I don't think it's a coincidence that things turned around when he became the head man.
By olldflame
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SuperJon wrote:Your man crush is going through the roof.
Call it what you want. I'm not totally convinced he is the coach we need, but yes, I like what he has done. You on the other hand have expressed an opinion that the guy is all flash based on 2nd, 3rd or 4th hand impressions from a friend at a school where he once interviewed. If you look at some of the other guys on Manson's list he starts to look better all the time. Eddie Payne? Give me a break! He is having a good season this year at USC Upstate, but his overall record there in 13 years is below .500, as were his records at his 4 previous stops over the past 3 decades (he is 62 btw). Only place he won was at D2 Belmont Abby back in the 80s.
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