UL Basketball Coach ... NEXT

[bballholic]

_ I agree. Tim Floyd it is?





igeaux.mobi _

I hope so, I'd prefer him over Butch. He's a proven commodity as a HC, Butch is not.

[zephyr]

_ One big upset in the tourney doesn't mean he is unreachable or we would have lost Fletcher and others. _

No, but you couple that with the fact that he was already a hot name floating around out there and a national audience saw his team beat an overrated Vandy team in the big tournament. Also, his team had 30 wins this year and easily won their conference and conference tourney...That, with the big win, puts him on another level. Often, a coach in a similar situation uses something like this to springboard his popularity and really market themselves for bigger jobs.

[zephyr]

_ I think that Bob Marlin from SHSU would be perfect for this program.


igeaux.mobi _

He likely would be. Actually, all of the names that are currently high on the list: Kennedy, Floyd, Pierre, Kaspar and Marlin would all be GREAT hires and we'd be happy/lucky to have any or either.

[lcitsh]

I stand by my previous statement elsewhere: Billy Kennedy is too young to make this his final destination. There are some reasons for him to come here besides more pay, but some of those can be addressed by other schools as well as us.

[Double Oh]

_ Murray State is too good of a team for him to bolt to come to Lafayette. _

He was never in the picture

[Boomer]

_ He was never in the picture _

why do you say that ---I know from conversations that from a UL perspective he was---are you saying that he never had considered us---In speaking personally to him on various occasions we definitely were of interest to him!!!!

[SlappyCajun]

_ He was never in the picture _

You aren't in the picture. No one is listening....

[Double Oh]

_ why do you say that ---I know from conversations that from a UL perspective he was---are you saying that he never had considered us---In speaking personally to him on various occasions we definitely were of interest to him!!!! _

UL has interest in him but he has no interest in UL. He has bigger fish to fry. Going to UL is a lateral move for him. Hes going elsewhere hes not even on the screen for UL.

[Hammer58]

_ UL has interest in him but he has no interest in UL. He has bigger fish to fry. Going to UL is a lateral move for him. Hes going elsewhere hes not even on the screen for UL. _

Speak to him daily, do you?

[SlappyCajun]

_ UL has interest in him but he has no interest in UL. He has bigger fish to fry. Going to UL is a lateral move for him. Hes going elsewhere hes not even on the screen for UL. _

You are wrong....

That's all I can tell you. The game yesterday has elevated his stature. But he was more of a factor in this search than people though before. And he will still be a factor in this search after. The jobs that are open with the exception of Auburn, simply do not fit his profile.