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[Tiredof theBS]

We will only have one true choice when all is said and done. Let's all welcome Butch back to Lafayette and get behind his team.

[zephyr]

_ We will only have one true choice when all is said and done. Let's all welcome Butch back to Lafayette and get behind his team. _

Butch really only has a shot if Floyd and Kennedy are out. Kennedy probably is with his nice tournament but if Floyd is cleared, he's the obvious first choice.

[SlappyCajun]

Bob Marlin might be the choice before Butch too


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[CajunCanaille]

_ Bob Marlin might be the choice before Butch too


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That would be a tough choice. Both Pierre and Marlin could do good things here.

[CajunProud]

Wow. How many of you guys are on Butch's payroll. Get off it already. It would be a horrible hire, but I wouldn't put it past the morons running the asylum.

[CajunRed]

_ Wow. How many of you guys are on Butch's payroll. Get off it already. It would be a horrible hire, but I wouldn't put it past the morons running the asylum. _

Wow! What a well thought out and intelligent post.

[Cajunfever]

_ Wow. How many of you guys are on Butch's payroll. Get off it already. It would be a horrible hire, but I wouldn't put it past the morons running the asylum. _

Why would it be a horrible hire?

Please read what his accomplishments are:

http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-bask...e_butch00.html

It's not hard to know where the best high school players have been the last decade. Just look no farther than the travel itinerary of coach Butch Pierre hot on the recruiting trail. He secured one of the top recruiting classes in the country in 2009, ranked as high as No. 4 by HoopScoopOnline.com.


Pierre was instrumental in Oklahoma State's resurgence to the national spotlight by helping return the Cowboys to the NCAA Tournament and advancing to the second round. It was the eighth time in his tenure that a team he's coached for has made the Big Dance.

Prior to OSU, Pierre spent 11 seasons at LSU, including six as the associate head coach. One of the elite assistant coaches and recruiters in college basketball, he has been called "one of the top assistants in the nation". Noted ESPN commentator Dick Vitale listed Pierre as one of his "Top Six" head coaching prospects among college assistant coaches.

Pierre has recruited and played a key role in player development at every stop he's coached. He's coached such talents as Tyrus Thomas, the fourth overall lottery selection in the 2006 NBA Draft. Others include Stromile Swift, the second overall lottery pick in 2000, along with NBA players Ronald Dupree, Brandon Bass of the Dallas Mavericks, Glen Davis of the NBA Champion Boston Celtics, and former NBA player Jabari Smith.

Under Pierre, Swift, Bass and Davis all earned SEC Player of the Year honors and, during his tenure at LSU, four players received SEC Freshman of the Year honors while one was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year.

Pierre was instrumental in the Tigers' advancement to the Final Four in 2006. LSU defeated Texas A&M, top-ranked Duke and No. 2 seed Texas en route to Indianapolis before falling to UCLA in the national semifinals. All told, Pierre was involved in four NCAA appearances and two NIT tournaments with the Tigers. LSU also won two SEC Championships (2000, `06) and three SEC Western Division Championships (2000, `05, `06).

Pierre is recognized by his peers in the industry as a relentless, innovative and extremely successful recruiter. His work ethic and attention to detail is what people have seen everywhere he has worked. At LSU, it helped him land four McDonald's and nine Parade prep All-Americans, seven junior college All-Americans and two player who earned national junior college Player of the Year honors.

Pierre is also instrumental in practice planning and on-the-court practice drills with the team and spends countless hours in his office not only working on recruiting, but studying videos of practice and games, looking for things that can be improved upon. His superior technical basketball knowledge is used in practices and he also assists with the implementation of the Cowboys' defensive schemes and philosophy.

Pierre has made a mark in coaching everywhere he has set up shop. He has also built and established a reputation throughout the country of turning losing into winning at each institution he has worked at throughout his career. Following a two-year stint at Kentucky State University (1986-88) where the school posted its first winning season in seven years, Pierre returned to the state of Louisiana at Louisiana-Lafayette, joining the Ragin' Cajuns prior to the 1988-89 season. In his eight-year career there, his team won two Sun Belt Tournament titles (1992, `94), won the Sun Belt regular-season championship (1992) and played in two NCAA Tournaments.

More than a dozen of his players went on to play professionally and he was elevated to the top assistants' position in his second season on the Cajun staff. Pierre left south Louisiana to go to Charlotte for the 1996-97 season where he served for one season, putting together a top-10 recruiting class before heading to LSU. In his lone season with Charlotte, the 49ers won the Conference USA Western Division title and defeated Georgetown in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Pierre received his bachelor's degree in education in 1984 and his master's of education degree in 1986, both from Mississippi State. It has been Coach Pierre's passion and mission to insure that every student-athlete he has recruited works diligently to complete his degree prior to his departure from the university. While successful in recruiting All-American athletes, he has seen these athletes have extraordinary athletic success and most of them have matriculated at their various institutions.

A native of Darrow, La., Pierre was a prep and SEC standout in his playing days. At St. Amant High School, he was a prep All-American and the school retired his jersey in 1980. Pierre started four seasons as a point guard for Mississippi State. Butch and his wife, Clemmie, are parents of a daughter, Langley (a freshman at LSU), and twin sons, Joseph III and Josh, juniors at Stillwater High School. Clemmie received her bachelor's degree in communications from Kentucky.

[zephyr]

_ Wow. How many of you guys are on Butch's payroll. Get off it already. It would be a horrible hire, but I wouldn't put it past the morons running the asylum. _

It would not be a horrible hire. It would only be the hire with the most risk. Butch can recruit and knows the program and area well. He not only recruits statewide but he can recruit regionally and nationally. If Butch can strategically coach, he'd be a gem and we'd look like brain surgeons with that decision. However, there are so many qualified candidates in front of him, his chances as of right now are not great. We'd be in much better shape with EITHER of these names though.

[CajunCanaille]

_ Wow. How many of you guys are on Butch's payroll. Get off it already. It would be a horrible hire, but I wouldn't put it past the morons running the asylum. _

You'll have to explain why you think this would be a "horrible hire." I understand some of the negatives of hiring Butch but haven't heard anyone else say he was a "horrible hire." Please explain.

[zephyr]

_ You'll have to explain why you think this would be a "horrible hire." I understand some of the negatives of hiring Butch but haven't heard anyone else say he was a "horrible hire." Please explain. _

The problem with his statement is that he can't explain because he has no basis for which to state his opinion.

[CajunProud]

_ You'll have to explain why you think this would be a "horrible hire." I understand some of the negatives of hiring Butch but haven't heard anyone else say he was a "horrible hire." Please explain. _

Personally, I do not want anyone that is tied to the old administration in any way. There is a reason that Butch has not been a head coach in his many, many years in college basketball. Just because you can recruit does not mean you can coach. That has been proven at UL for many years. I do not want to continue to see "street" ball here. In my opinion, hiring Butch would mean that the new admin still can't think outside of the box.

[CajunProud]

_ The problem with his statement is that he can't explain because he has no basis for which to state his opinion. _

Ok big man. Tell me why he hasn't been a head coach before.