Watch South Alabama's coach go nuts

[CajunCanaille]

The second factor: Ronnie Arrow. You know, our animosity with South Alabama, in my estimation, had somewhat died down over the last few years, with Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State starting to really come to the forefront. For the 2000+ who use to come to these games and weren't there last night, you missed the reason why South Al was our #1 nemesis when we first got into the league. It brought back to my memory the days of Tim Floyd @ UNO, when he would constantly be in the officials face, chewing on him, looking for a call. The only thing that was missing was the two steps on the court that Floyd would always do.
Ronnie Arrow's actions during the game, and even more so after, will bring back the animosity Cajun fans have had toward South Alabama and will recreate the intensity of the rivalry that had taken a back seat to other programs in the conference. A potentially huge mistake on Arrow's part. Time will tell. _

I agree....this is good to see again. Our rivalry with USA has really died down these last few years and this may have been the spark it needed. Once they get a football team I could see them being our biggest rivalry. Until then they are just a team that I don't want in our conference. No football program, then I don't want you in our conference. This goes for Denver too! They just don't contribute enough.

[rhineaux]

_ Guy was just fighting for his team. I respect him for it. Refs did not look at the replay as their was no courtside monitor and they are not obligated to look at it in such a situation. Replay which was brought up eventually was from RaginCajuns.com. He was still angry after seeing it as he wondered how Randell took all those dribbles and got it off in 2.4 secons. _

While passing behind the scorer's table on my way out, I too wondered why the Ref's didn't review it. Of course, at the time, I didn't know that it wasn't possible.

I can't believe that nobody's mentioned the other guy that was a part of this. This Coker guy was acting just as naughty as the coach. He was yelling at the USA SIDs or radio guys or whoever it is that sits right by their bench, to "get 'such and such' on the phone" and "call 'so and so' too" (of course talking about various SBC officials). He was highly upset. I could see if these guys were that upset if the Ref's REFUSED to review the call. But if I were one of them, as ____ed as I would be, once someone told me that a review wasn't possible, I would have probably moved on.

http://www.usajaguars.com/ViewArticl...&Q_SEASON=2008

I would also like to congratulate the UP's and the guy that Arrow was yelling at (I think it was John Dugas) for keeping their cool and keeping things under control. The two guys from USA were in their faces, jumping around, yelling, etc for several minutes, and none of our guys let it get to them.

About Adeife...At some point in the second half, he and some other guy got into it a bit under the goal. Nothing crazy happened, but I'm sure it made things a little more intense for the rest of the game, and maybe stirred up some back and forth trash talking between the teams. But another thing nobody's mentioned is the fact that after USA made their 3-pointer towards the end, they thought they had it won, and 2-3 of their players ran to the middle of the court, towards the UL bench, and were boasting and running their mouths. Adiefe didn't like it, and stood up and started jawing back, before getting held back...which is exactly what I would expect one of our players to do if some other team was pulling that BS on their court. So, when Daigle made that shot, the team was extra happy, and Adiefe running over to their bench and jumping on the chairs was nothing more than a bit of "Scoreboard". And, he did it right...he didn't touch a USA player or coach, he didn't get in anyone's face, and he didn't trash talk to them. He just ran over there, jumped up on the chairs, and started celebrating with the students. I thought it was great.

[El Sidonio]

plain and simple, Ronnie Arrow is a DISGRACE. The WHOLE game, EVERY time I saw him get in the face and yell at a player, they had their heads turned away. I applaud those players for ignoring that jack***. I would have wanted to punch his lights out for doing something as classless and abusive like that to me. He was a jack*** the whole game, whining about everything he could. His asst. coach slamming stuff down on the chair. And don't even get me started about his post-game antics. Yeah yeah yeah, I understand that if this was our coach doing this, we might think differently. But you know what, we're not in the middle of a situation like this, so we can think more objectively since he's not our coach. The FACT is that Ronnie Arrow is a disgrace, and if he is not reprimanded for his actions, I will be sorely disappointed with the SBC/NCAA leadership.

phew, off my soapbox now................ Wasn't that one HECK of an exciting finish?

[CajunCanaille]

_ Sorry, I don't believe a word of this post. If a player on the team mouthed off against one of his coaches and word got back to the coach that you told an OPPOSING TEAM FAN THAT HE IS A CRY BABY you would be talking about being benched for the remainder of the year, and possibly being put off the team. I'll give this post credence when you post the name of the player so I can Email the coach and let him know that one of his players needs to be suspended for insubordination.

Last week I made another post about coach pay at LSU where I actually called LSU to find out where the coaches pay came from. I love that we can be anonymous on this board, but saying that a player was bad mouthing his coach after a game is ludicrous. I'll do the same this time and serve as a fact checker on behalf off the USA coach. _

Why wouldn't you believe this? I've talked some of our own players who don't like Coach Lee and his coaching methods.

[NewsCopy]

  When South Alabama's Domonic Tilford hit an off-balance, bouncing three-pointer with 2.4 seconds left in Saturday's game against UL at the Cajundome, fans on both sides thought the game was clinched.

Randell Daigle did not.

"After a time out, Tyren Johnson inbounded to guard Randell Daigle, a UL kid and Northside High grad, on the dead run toward midcourt," says freelance sportswriter Dan McDonald, who attended the game. "He took a handful of dribbles and let fly from around 35 feet for game-winning three-pointer."

The fans went crazy. But not nearly as crazy as USA head coach Ronnie Arrow. "Arrow seemed OK with everything until he saw an overhead replay on the big scoreboards and became convinced that Daigle didn't get the ball out of his hands before the clock expired," McDonald says. The shot's good if leaves the fingertips before the clock hits zero.

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By Leslie Turk

[raginsaints]

what a huge baby. i wish he would gotten tazed.

[ULtimateCajun]

_ what a huge baby. i wish he would gotten tazed. _

"Don't Taze me Bro.........NO DON'T TAZE ME BRO!" lol

I think that would have been bad PR for both schools had a coach gotten tazed.

[Etowncajun]

It would have been fun to watch...

[RaginFan]

_ It would have been fun to watch... _

It was loads of fun to watch. I stayed and watch the whole thing.....let my wife take the kids to get their free Cajun basketball. Arrow showed poor sportsmanship the whole game, but so did Lee with his outburst and throwing his clipboard to the ground and yelling at players during a timeout. I do, however, think that Coach Lee has gotten better with his temper and it shows in his interaction with the players.

Also, I was very impressed with the basketball give away for all of the kids. I thought the system they used was a good one and I was impressed that they had plenty of balls to give out. My niece and nephew love their Cajun basketballs....and full size ones at that.

Geaux Cajuns

[Cajunbander]

_ It was loads of fun to watch. I stayed and watch the whole thing.....let my wife take the kids to get their free Cajun basketball. Arrow showed poor sportsmanship the whole game, but so did Lee with his outburst and throwing his clipboard to the ground and yelling at players during a timeout. I do, however, think that Coach Lee has gotten better with his temper and it shows in his interaction with the players.

Also, I was very impressed with the basketball give away for all of the kids. I thought the system they used was a good one and I was impressed that they had plenty of balls to give out. My niece and nephew love their Cajun basketballs....and full size ones at that.

Geaux Cajuns _

Was that what that big greenscreen was for? I couldn't tell, we come in the stage door on the other side of the arena. I was wondering about that the whole night.