UL Basketball Coach ... NEXT

[CajunCanaille]

I knew Butch when I was a kid and from what I can remember he was a nice guy. I hope all goes well in his interview. As much as I like him and think he's an unbelievable recruiter, I still don't know if he's my first choice. I think my list is as follows:

Tim Floyd
Billy Kennedy (but I don't think he's really an option)
Dennis Felton
Butch Pierre

Butch does move up on my list from time to time.

[Cajunsmike]

_ I knew Butch when I was a kid and from what I can remember he was a nice guy. I hope all goes well in his interview. As much as I like him and think he's an unbelievable recruiter, I still don't know if he's my first choice. I think my list is as follows:

Tim Floyd
Billy Kennedy (but I don't think he's really an option)
Dennis Felton
Butch Pierre

Butch does move up on my list from time to time. _

My list and your list does not count. Only one that does is kept on Reinhardt Drive. Butch is on the list but I don't think he as high on it as some of you believe.

[Cajunsmike]

_ Ideally if we could get Tim Floyd to be the head coach with Butch Pierre as the top assistant would be the best of both worlds. You would be getting a high profile head coach that will increase ticket sales and you are getting a coach that knows x's and o's. With Butch Pierre as an assistant you would clean house in Louisiana with recruiting and Butch has many other contacts in the recruiting world recruiting high profile athletes for LSU and Okla St.

To make this work UL needs to think outside the box and offer Butch Pierre the next head coaching position when Tim Floyd decides to move on which he may. By doing this recruits will continue to want to sign on with UL and Butch Pierre because they know when Floyd leaves Pierre will still be their coach. This is the only way Pierre would come here as an assistance. This is kind of like what Texas is doing with Will Muschamp and what Florida St. is doing with Jimbo Fisher. _

Butch won't come as an assistant to Floyd as Floyd is not that old. Butch is also doing well financially as an assistant at OK State. Floyd may coach here for many years were he to get the job. As far as Boomer's contention that Floyd will be cleared, I believe that. However, I have no idea what the timing of the ruling will be. As far as the story that he will be the next coach, I am not sold on that yet. I truly believe there is no decision that has not been made as of yet. We will not wait for weeks to make a decision and the Floyd ruling may take longer than that.

[Double Oh]

_ Butch is the #2 guy at Ok St isn't he? Do you really think he would give that up to be the #2 here? _

Not in a million years

[CrazyCajun]

does sound like he would be an awesome assistant on the new coaches staff though.


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[playincajun]

No! No! He is not what we need. Try a juco.



igeaux.mobi

[DrumRoll]

True enough, he has no college coaching experience...and to be honest, I seriously doubt he would even consider the job.

If we need to be certain that a guy has failed at the DI level elsewhere before hiring him, then he is not qualified.

If you want a "Cinderella Story", you better find someone that can work with mice and pumpkins and turn them into champions.

I would venture to say that Jonathan Pixley has coached up more players from Louisiana that played in HS and/or made it to the college ranks as a result of his efforts and inspiration, male and female alike; than any other coach in Louisiana. Most of these players never even played for him on a team, many of them would never have even made the cut on their HS team without his influence. Some drive 2-3 hours just to work with him. He has an open gym on Saturdays where players from anywhere and everywhere come to learn from him, and they do. Its no free ride or group clinic, he actually plays against them, challenges them, works the Hell out of them, and they come back for more...

Did I mention integrity? What about leadership? Innovation? When they make the movie, it will star Tom Hanks, and will portray him as a "Horse Whisperer" of basketball players...

In fairness, I understand what you are up against, because you have no idea who he is. Someone told me about this guy about 5 years ago, so I went to see his open gym one Saturday morning. There was a gym full of players from schools all over the dang place. Private schools, public schools, it did not seem to matter, there were even 3 guys there from LSU. Not just students mind you, scholarship players from LSU.

It would be a HUGE loss to the community if he decided to coach in the college ranks, so I certainly hope he would not even consider the position; but if you are looking for that rare 1 in a million guy that can turn mice and pumpkins into championships, he is your man IMO!

[AstroCajun]

_ I knew Butch when I was a kid and from what I can remember he was a nice guy. I hope all goes well in his interview. As much as I like him and think he's an unbelievable recruiter, I still don't know if he's my first choice. I think my list is as follows:

Tim Floyd
Billy Kennedy (but I don't think he's really an option)
Dennis Felton
Butch Pierre

Butch does move up on my list from time to time. _

I think Felton's UGA experience may have burned him out. Was he even coaching this season?

[J-Town Cajun]

_ Butch is the #2 guy at Ok St isn't he? Do you really think he would give that up to be the #2 here? _

Under normal circumstances he would not. But I will give you some reason he may.

1. Give Butch the title Head Coach in waiting like Muschamp at Texas and what Jimbo Fisher had at Florida St.
2. A chance to coach under Tim Floyd and continue to learn to prepare to become the next head coach. For many people this is the biggest draw back for Butch that he has no head coaching experience and in this role he will gain good experience to prepare.
3. A chance to come back to UL where he always wanted to end up.
4. Gets a chance to come back to Louisiana where he has great success in recruiting.
5. With Floyd and Pierre together we should dominate Louisiana and the Sun Belt and make the NCAA tournament most years. Most likely more ofter than Okla St. would.
6. A chance to really put UL on the basketball map and get this program back to a top 25 ranking.
7. This may be his best and only chance to be UL's head coach.

Of coarse we will need to pay Butch $100,000 a year and give him a car for recruiting. This senerio is not just under Tim Floyd but I would like this for anyone we may hire before Butch.

[Oiler]

Has Tim Floyd shown any interest in the job? Is he even scheduled for an interview? The interviews taking place are for the Head Coaches position. The head coach will hire his own assistants. If we get Pierre, it'll be as Head Coach. Personally, I think he would be a great hire.