Men's Basketball vs UALR

[SlappyCajun]

All better than Elfrid Peyton.

You are absolutely out of your mind.

You are letting your dislike of Marlin or frustration with the season cloud your judgment

[SlappyCajun]

People forget that we had a team with Dwayne Mitchell and Michael Southall that had a losing record.

[Just1More]

To a certain extent, we created this monster. We all bought in, we all hyped, we all got jacked after witnessing his improvements. Maybe we just got so high on the EP Kool Aide that it was impossible for him to live up to our own expectations..

But I don't think thats the case. I see a player with a lot of work ahead of him, still. Not saying he hasn't come a long way already.. Only time will tell.

I'm just totally shocked that we all don't see it the same way... because everyone on this forum usually agrees on everything. Shocking I tell you.

I've been down this road Elfrid is on. I was once heralded as the next Thong God. I wasn't the one that created those expectations. It was those damn Glamour Shots people! All that makeup and dreamy haze crap! Oh, but I loved strutting in front of my fans. I had my rock star moments. I also had some dark times. Jealous husbands... and even worse... the nuns. Paparazzi taking unflattering shots of me. Every guy has shrinkage when it's chilly outside!

I was set up for the criticism. Sex toys made in my likeness. Post menopausal women starting their periods again. Then came the downfall. The Internet and Photoshopping. You could get the likeness of me without coming to monster truck shows and hot dog eating contests. Fans stopped sending letters. Poster sales of me plummeted. Now, I'm just Ragin Cajun eye candy. And some argue I should probably give that up.

Hang in there, Elfrid! We ballers got to stick together!

[cajun4life]

You are absolutely out of your mind.

You are letting your dislike of Marlin or frustration with the season cloud your judgment

Wrong, I do not dislike Marlin. I dislike losing. If Marlin were winning I would be in his corner, but he is not. The last decade of basketball has been worse than the death penalty, he is part of this era and needs to go. It is as simple as that.

D. Mitchel, O. Green, A. Johnson, Laurie Bridges all had a complete team so they did not have to carry the entire team so their stats are lower than they would have been had they played on a two man show like Long and Peyton.

[SlappyCajun]

Orien had no where near the offensive game that Elfrid had. He was undoubtedly a better defender.

Dwayne was more athletic, but similarly could not shoot. Dwayne also could not handle the ball at all and was turnover prone.

I love Laurie and he was phenomenal.

Anthony Johnson was a completely different player so it's tough to compare. But, Im not the only one who values Elfrid more tha these guys.

So do other coaches, sports writers, USA basketball, NBA general mangers etc. I think Laurie Bridges was the best player of the Evans/Lee era. But, he only fully emerged the last 15 games of his senior year.

[Just1More]

Just win baby!

[epiccajun]

Orien had no where near the offensive game that Elfrid had. He was undoubtedly a better defender.

Dwayne was more athletic, but similarly could not shoot. Dwayne also could not handle the ball at all and was turnover prone.

I love Laurie and he was phenomenal.

Anthony Johnson was a completely different player so it's tough to compare. But, Im not the only one who values Elfrid more tha these guys.

So do other coaches, sports writers, USA basketball, NBA general mangers etc. I think Laurie Bridges was the best player of the Evans/Lee era. But, he only fully emerged the last 15 games of his senior year.

I agree with this, except I'm not sure that Orien was a better defender ... just a different type of defender. Elfrid is definitely quicker and has quicker hands. On the other hand Orien was a very physical point guard with great size and could push bigger players around. But even with Elfrid being a little lighter, I'm amazed by his rebounding numbers which may be better than Orien's.

One thing that is pretty obvious though - he is one of the top players to play for UL in the last 20 years and will be making a pretty good living as a professional basketball player, and any one here who thinks he hasn't won games for the Cajuns by himself hasn't been watching too closely.

I'm just glad he is a Cajun and we may get to have him around for one more year hopefully.

[duggie85]

Wrong, I do not dislike Marlin. I dislike losing. If Marlin were winning I would be in his corner, but he is not. The last decade of basketball has been worse than the death penalty, he is part of this era and needs to go. It is as simple as that.

D. Mitchel, O. Green, A. Johnson, Laurie Bridges all had a complete team so they did not have to carry the entire team so their stats are lower than they would have been had they played on a two man show like Long and Peyton.

So on those complete teams, our best point guard at anytime averaged 4 assist per game, at their peak??? If Elfrid was on a complete team, he would be averaging a double-double, easily.

P.S. I still think all of those guys were damn good.

[Turbine]

I love Elfrid's hair.

When I grow up I want a Fridoo.

[duggie85]

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