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[Turbine]

8 years and you can point to two players as good solid "core" guys? Not to mention Shawn was a transfer. He wasn't even a commit.

Getting a player to transfer is still recruiting.

Shawn and Elfrid cover 5 of the 8 years.

[CrazyCajun]

Getting a player to transfer is still recruiting.

Shawn and Elfrid cover 5 of the 8 years.

1 trip... Shawn came home to be with his kid. Marlin didn't get him to transfer

[Turbine]

He had them together and managed 1 NCAA trip. Now what? We have nobody close to those 2.

They were only together for 2 years, a 50% appearance rate for Freshman/ Sophomore and Sophomore/Junior respectively.

Like I said, it was the "build around" that has been lacking.

[CrazyCajun]

They were only together for 2 years, a 50% appearance rate for Freshman/ Sophomore and Sophomore/Junior respectively.

Like I said, it was the "build around" that has been lacking.

Good basketball teams is what has been lacking

[ManAboutTown]

You are talking about an evolution of the game. You are talking about a reliance on the perimeter game which will show lower shooting percentages when compared to the old grind it out get the ball in the middle and then find an open 12 footer approach. We probably have better shooters today overall than we did back in years past but they are just taking lower percentage shots. I can't see how this translates to our practice venue. If it was just us, I could see your logic but this is across the board and a lot of other good teams don't seem to have this issue.

Excellent post.

[Turbine]

1 trip... Shawn came home to be with his kid. Marlin didn't get him to transfer

Besides Tim Floyd no coach is allowed go inside, initiate, and "get" a player to transfer.

With transfers they all "recruit" to extenuating circumstances. It's still recruiting.

[HoustonCajun]

1 trip... Shawn came home to be with his kid. Marlin didn't get him to transfer

Shown could have gone to Nichols State if he wanted to be with his kid, it is closer to Morgan City. He could have gone to any school in south Louisiana, for that matter, and been with his kid. He chose UL. I'm sure Marlin had something to do with that, especially since we recruited him before he went to Miss State.

[Turbine]

You are talking about an evolution of the game. You are talking about a reliance on the perimeter game which will show lower shooting percentages when compared to the old grind it out get the ball in the middle and then find an open 12 footer approach. We probably have better shooters today overall than we did back in years past but they are just taking lower percentage shots. I can't see how this translates to our practice venue. If it was just us, I could see your logic but this is across the board and a lot of other good teams don't seem to have this issue.

Ok let's find a constant then. Free throw line shooting.

NBA average FTSP has been consistently in the mid 70's since the 1950's

No improvement in 50 years.

This coincides with the NBA leading the charge on cookie cutter practice boxes and moving to a wide open arena on game day.

[CrazyCajun]

Shawn could have gone to Nichols State if he wanted to be with his kid, it is closer to Morgan City. He could have gone to any school in south Louisiana, for that matter, and been with his kid. He chose UL. I'm sure Marlin had something to do with that, especially since we recruited him before he went to Miss State.

If Shawn didn't have a kid nobody gets him. Marlin didn't get him to transfer...Shawn wanted to transfer...a coach can't recruit a player at another school.

[Just1More]

Shawn could have gone to Nichols State if he wanted to be with his kid, it is closer to Morgan City. He could have gone to any school in south Louisiana, for that matter, and been with his kid. He chose UL. I'm sure Marlin had something to do with that, especially since we recruited him before he went to Miss State.

The point is that as a transfer, he did it more to be back in south Louisiana more than anything else. And being at UL over any other option in south Louisiana is a pretty easy decision... with Marlin as the coach or anyone else.

Getting back to the poor shooting "due to the Cajundome versus where they practice"... it's bogus. Pure nonsense. I've gone to the games and other programs far less used to the Cajundome have lit it up from the outside against the Cajuns. It was purely poor perimeter shooting from the Cajuns. We've had outside shooters in the Cajundome knock the bottom out of the net off their own dribble... creating their own shot. Marlin's outside shooters were getting wide open looks and clanking iron. The Cajundome depth perception is nonsense on a variety of levels.