Ragin' Cajuns pick up basketball pledge

[Boomer]

_ Greg ODEM, no one is talking about greg oden, southall ran the floor, blocked out, rebounded, so did cedrick williams, 6'8" beast, wasnt afraid of nobody... so did LONNIE THOMAS, and REGGIE POOLE, all different types of big men that were pretty fricken good, it was a problem for opposing teams when they had to match up against these guys... They out there you gotta get em... Im not talking about dominate the country just the SUNBELT, you gotta find those players... Transfers, you have to know what guys are not happy at big time schools, are ones that want more playing time... They will come, if you build it. Program needs to be built better,from here on out!!! We got some good inside players on this years team, how many times do the ever touch the ball, not much, we might have a dominant inside player, and we dont know it!!! GO CAJUNS!!! _

Whhhhoooaaa guy---Southhall ran the floor????-He was the biggest dog that I have ever seen as far as effort--How many times that he literally WALKED the floor!!!!

[Spydaman70507]

I agree with Both Brad & Josh. The 2 hardest postion to find is a PG & C they are out there but you have to find the one that really fits the style of plays you run. I don't know if the two incoming freshman we sign (Andrews & Mitchell) are that type of players. These 2(PG/Center) type of players will open up more opportunity for Chris & Travis.Mostly all teams that make it to the tourney have the 1-2 punch.The past few years we lost out on PG's either we didnt make a strong pitch or they felt they could of get more playing time else where. So I think they are out there but is up to the staff to find a O.Green or a Southall maybe we are doing that but only time will tell.

[CajunCanaille]

_ Whhhhoooaaa guy---Southhall ran the floor????-He was the biggest dog that I have ever seen as far as effort--How many times that he literally WALKED the floor!!!! _

I remember Southall running the floor quite often. I remember him being very good when he was here. I would take another Southall in a heart beat. My only knock on him, and it's a fairly big knock, is he couldn't get elligible for an entire season.

[zephyr]

_ Greg ODEM, no one is talking about greg oden, southall ran the floor, blocked out, rebounded, so did cedrick williams, 6'8" beast, wasnt afraid of nobody... so did LONNIE THOMAS, and REGGIE POOLE, all different types of big men that were pretty fricken good, it was a problem for opposing teams when they had to match up against these guys... They out there you gotta get em... Im not talking about dominate the country just the SUNBELT, you gotta find those players... Transfers, you have to know what guys are not happy at big time schools, are ones that want more playing time... They will come, if you build it. Program needs to be built better,from here on out!!! We got some good inside players on this years team, how many times do the ever touch the ball, not much, we might have a dominant inside player, and we dont know it!!! GO CAJUNS!!! _

First, its Greg OdeN. Second of all, I was referring to the type of player that Greg is which is a prototypical center to the old days. A true 7 footer who is a good shot blocker, rebounder and makes his living playing on the blocks. The true, good and skilled protypical centers of today go to the large BCS programs. It's that simple. The only ones that don't are the Southall's who are trouble from the beginning. Don't forget, Southall was at a BCS school before he ended up at UL. I'd rather a couple of guys of the Marcus Stokes or Lonnie Thomas mold that were 6'8" ish but great on the boards, scored in the low post and were team guys. They played a lot bigger than they were and we can score a lot of those guys although there is a lot of teams out there right now starting to go to that type of player.

So, by your account, if we have some good low post players on this team, why must we stop recruiting and signing the 2 and 3 guards?

[zephyr]

_ You gotta find the good, good, players, they are out there!!! _

So again, how does this statement conflict with the thread? According to some of the services, these are some good players. ESPN has MacDougald rated as 83. That's higher, if I'm not mistaken than Gradnigo was coming out. You had a problem with the position that we were signing and the problem is, we have to build smaller, quicker teams centered around guard play and a couple of 6'8" guys down low that play big and rebound. The low post guys we have are not good so yes, we do need to sign some more of them but there are plenty of teams in the country the have really good guard play and get by with adequate low post play and succeed. I have no problem with these signings as long as they are program building players.

[CajunProud]

I think everybody is missing the bigger picture and that is, not only do you have to get the talent to come, but you have to have a coach who can coach and knows what he is doing, and we don't have that.

[zephyr]

_ I think everybody is missing the bigger picture and that is, not only do you have to get the talent to come, but you have to have a coach who can coach and knows what he is doing, and we don't have that. _

I think that is part of getting the talent to come. Players are willing to play somewhere small if they know they will be better coached. Part of selling the program is selling the coach.

[CajunProud]

_ I think that is part of getting the talent to come. Players are willing to play somewhere small if they know they will be better coached. Part of selling the program is selling the coach. _

I agree 100%. I just don't think we have it. Hope I am wrong, but we will see shortly.

[CAJUN_LXA685]

_ I think everybody is missing the bigger picture and that is, not only do you have to get the talent to come, but you have to have a coach who can coach and knows what he is doing, and we don't have that. _

I don't know, I saw Lee playing flip cup and a little beer pong before the Southern game and he looked like he knew what he was doing there. I know that has nothing to do with coaching basketball but, he was on his game that day.

[Cajunsmike]

_ I just wanna win... I want some players that can lead a team to confernece championships, or come really close every year, thats all im saying!!! _

Brad, what do you think about bringing in a player who averaged 2 ppg. Perhaps he is a good defensive player as the reports indicate. We do need more of those. Is a guy like that worth a scholarship?

[SlappyCajun]

_ Brad, what do you think about bringing in a player who averaged 2 ppg. Perhaps he is a good defensive player as the reports indicate. We do need more of those. Is a guy like that worth a scholarship? _

Mike with all due respect I don't think you can look at 2 ppg and really determine a whole lot of anything. It all depends on the situation that the 2ppg came from. If he is a sophomore and averaging 2 ppg and he is on a bad team and is getting ten shots a game, then that would be one thing.

However, he is coming from an incredibly strong junior college conference. Probably the best conference in the country and he played last year behind two high major wings. One whom was his brother, who was good enough for Butch Pierre to recruit. I can't imagine that the coaching staff is signing a ton of guys to scholarships who can't play in the early period. I would imagine that his numbers will increase dramatically this season. If we signed him to a scholarship, I'm sure he is deserving.

[MetryCajun]

_ Brad, what do you think about bringing in a player who averaged 2 ppg. Perhaps he is a good defensive player as the reports indicate. We do need more of those. Is a guy like that worth a scholarship? _

This is probably be the lowest scoring player we have ever signed. Also 6'4" and only 185 tells me he is not real strong. Unless he is the second coming of Hamilton or Griggs on D he looks to be a reach.