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2010 Signee: PF Stephen Baird
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 9:22 am
by LUconn
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 11:21 am
by Rooster Cogburn
Hold My Own wrote:Offers from:
Marquette
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 11:22 am
by coolhandluke
nice!
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:00 pm
by LCA&LU Mom
ESPN.Insider.com: He avoids the paint as if it contained an infectious disease
That was dated July 2008, hopefully he's gotten over that....
http://tinyurl.com/p67eco
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:02 pm
by TDDance234
ESPN rates him a 93...and the 15th best PF in the 2010 class.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:04 pm
by LUconn
He would be quite a snag indeed. Sly should know something about him. He's like one of the best players in Texas.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:13 pm
by Hold My Own
LU was recruiting him while RMK was here but RMK didnt think LU had much of a shot, Now DL comes and they were in the mix too....great Christian kid and with the Marquette & LU connection means some think LU is at the top of his list.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:17 pm
by LUconn
so Layer and BeTray were recruiting the same guy? I wonder what horrible things they said about each other.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:28 pm
by ToTheLeft
LUconn wrote:so Layer and BeTray were recruiting the same guy? I wonder what horrible things they said about each other.
BJWilliams would have wrote:Cmon guys, this is inappropriate. Why do we have to resort to such infantile namecalling? Can't we just let teh man have his peace?
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:30 pm
by ALAFlamesFan
We need to get the Sanders boys to call him. It would be great to get a high scoring 2 guard and solid 4 in the same class. (and from the same state, too)
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:39 pm
by RagingTireFire
ToTheLeft wrote:
BJWilliams would have wrote:Cmon guys, this is inappropriate. Why do we have to resort to such infantile namecalling? Can't we just let teh man have his peace?
That actually took me a second. Well done, sir.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:47 pm
by Th3rd
ToTheLeft wrote:LUconn wrote:so Layer and BeTray were recruiting the same guy? I wonder what horrible things they said about each other.
BJWilliams would have wrote:Cmon guys, this is inappropriate. Why do we have to resort to such infantile namecalling? Can't we just let teh man have his peace?
that could have been a direct quote, good job TTL, bravo!
we do need this guy, looks to be a steal if everything is true that i have read about him, hopefully he will only get better as well
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 12:48 pm
by SuperJon
I wasn't sure if it was a direct quote or if TTL made it up. Put "teh" in that set it off.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 1:30 pm
by BJWilliams
Yes I probably would have wrote that TTL...
Anyway, I agree with everybody that says this would be a major pickup. This kid is getting offers from teams in some pretty stout conferences so to score this kid in our recruiting class would get some notice
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 8:43 pm
by flames1971
ToTheLeft wrote:LUconn wrote:so Layer and BeTray were recruiting the same guy? I wonder what horrible things they said about each other.
BJWilliams would have wrote:Cmon guys, this is inappropriate. Why do we have to resort to such infantile namecalling? Can't we just let teh man have his peace?
Good one, TTL. You know BJ so well...
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 9:43 pm
by dompennix
If we land this kid it will be great, I highly doubt it will happen
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 9:59 pm
by flamesfilmguy
dompennix wrote:If we land this kid it will be great, I highly doubt it will happen
I would say a snowballs chance in hades.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 10:04 pm
by LUconn
Not being close to the situation, I'd say our chances are decent. We're getting him on campus. That's huge. How many guys do we reach for that never get that far? A lot most likely. The only downer is he'll be here while it's a ghost town. You need to attend a game (fball or bball) to fully appreciate the LU experience.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 10:06 pm
by SuperJon
Our coaches in all of the sports say that getting a kid on campus is the most important thing. Once we get kids on campus, our chances jump up a ton. We have so much to offer on campus that a lot of kids walk out of here loving it.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 10:41 pm
by Hold My Own
ALAFlamesFan wrote:We need to get the Sanders boys to call him. It would be great to get a high scoring 2 guard and solid 4 in the same class. (and from the same state, too)
Your pretty smart...they will be playing AAU together this weekend and he's been in his ear quite a bit.
Do I think this is going to happen? Not sure, I'll have a good idea after Monday...he fits the mold to a T though and he's "very interested" and wants to go to law school after his under grad.
It is a "Dead period" right now though meaning the coach's cannot show him around, however the red carpet treatment will be in full force.
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 6:45 am
by Cider Jim
Perfect timing--a Texas BBQ place just opened on Boonesboro, Pok-E-Joe's.
www.pokejoesbbq.com
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 7:52 am
by knvb141
Good luck to Texas A&M, Marquette, Kentucky, or any other program that has a legitamate chance to sign him.
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 8:23 am
by Sly Fox
Cider Jim wrote:Perfect timing--a Texas BBQ place just opened on Boonesboro, Pok-E-Joe's.
www.pokejoesbbq.com
Pok-E-Joes has gone franchised? We don't have any in Houston that I am aware of. It is not exactly highbrow BBQ but their sandwiches were always great that they gave us at UT baseball games back in the day at Disch-Falk Field.
As for this kid, there are reasons why we have had a great success historically recruiting in San Antonio. Coach Dunton used to have summer camps at Hagee's Cornerstone. Even without having all of the details on this situation (which I don't), I wouldn't dismiss this out of hand.
San Antonio Express-News - 2/28/08 wrote:Stephen Baird, Madison sophomore forward: A 6-foot-8 player with long range, Baird played for FEAST last year while he was home-schooled. Now he's two games away from high school basketball's biggest stage.
Click Here for Full Story
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 8:44 am
by Hold My Own
Cider Jim wrote:Perfect timing--a Texas BBQ place just opened on Boonesboro, Pok-E-Joe's.
www.pokejoesbbq.com
This place is VERY VERY good...they were wanting to come out to the Hillcats so they made all of us quite a few tray's worth of food...hands down the best BBQ I've ever had
Posted: May 21st, 2009, 8:46 am
by Sly Fox
They didn't do a gigantic business at their standalone shops in Austin. But they did booming business at the ballparks. I would encourage anyone to give their sliced beef or chopped beef a try.
