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  1. UL Basketball Orien Greene gets some minutes


     

    Pacers coach Rick Carlisle threw yet another wrinkle in the rotation Saturday when he brought in little-used point guard Orien Greene during the first quarter.

    Greene, the team's fourth-quarter point guard, checked in before Sarunas Jasikevicius and Darrell Armstrong.

    "Orien has been working hard in practice and he's a little different version of Darrell Armstrong," Carlisle said. "He can get after the ball defensively. He's got great size."

    Greene, who played six minutes, hadn't logged substantial minutes since playing 18 against Cleveland on Dec. 9.

    "We need to find out what he can do, and we believe he can help us on this kind of basis," Carlisle said. "I've talked to Darrell about it. Darrell has done a great job of helping our young point guards develop."

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    Quote Originally Posted by NewsCopy
    http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/08/4b/7f/db_1.JPG

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pirogue
    nice I'd love to have one of those.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kal
    nice I'd love to have one of those.
    a pack of those cards costs hundreds of dollars
    Sports cards aren't for kids anymore

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pirogue
    a pack of those cards costs hundreds of dollars
    Sports cards aren't for kids anymore
    No Joke? A hundred dollars and you don't even get bubble gum in the packs anymore.

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  7. UL Basketball 2007-08 Greene faces critical NBA season


      Orien Greene faces an important third season in the NBA.

    First, the Gainesville native must prove he can stay healthy after a broken finger sidelined him for 41 games last season.

    Second, Greene must impress new coach Jim O'Brien after Rick Carlisle was fired this past offseason.

    Third, Greene must show he's a building block in the future plans of the Indiana Pacers while playing in the final season of a three-year $2.2 million contract.

    "Hopefully I can get the opportunity to show what I can do," Greene said. "Last year, I kinda took a back seat because of the injury. If I'm out there playing, I feel like I can do good things."

    Greene, 25, has already learned the NBA is a league of change. Last offseason, Greene switched teams when the Pacers claimed him off waivers after the Boston Celtics released him.

    The 6-foot-4, 193-pound point guard was eager to make an impression with his new team last season. But in Indiana's NBA opener at the New Jersey Nets, Greene jammed the pinkie finger on the left hand while trying to grab a loose ball.

    X-Rays revealed a break. Greene, a lefty, sat out nearly half the season before returning in February.

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    BY KEVIN BROCKWAY
    GatorSports.com


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  8. UL Basketball Pacers waive Orien Greene


      The Indiana Pacers announced Friday they waived Orien Greene. The 6-4 guard played in 41 games for the Pacers last season, averaging 1.5 points. The Pacers picked up Greene on waivers from Boston, July 9, 2006.

    Greene's career began in 2005 in Boston, where he averaged 3.2 points per game with the Celtics. A tough player, Greene will probably find another job in the league, as a backup deep on a bench.

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    Even with Oriene Greene cut, how much does this hurt the Cajuns and recruiting? It seemed like Robert Lee, who claims to have recruited Greene, never used Greene in recruiting. No player like Greene has come to the Cajuns since Lee became coach.

    There were never updates on Greene´s performance on the website, or during home games. Even worse, Greene´s ESPN.com page didn´t even have Louisiana: Lafayette listed as his college. Greene was never brought back for an Oriene Greene Day at the Cajundome.

    There may be a place for Greene in the NBA. A 6´5 defensively minded guard who, admittedly, can´t shoot might have a place deep on the bench. He found a spot on the Celtics and then the Pacers. Even though rarely used in the league, Greene needed to be promoted by the Cajuns as an example of where a Cajuns basketball player can go. But, he wasn´t.

    This leads to an important question: how will the Cajuns promote their few, but important professional athletes? As it stands, there are only pictures of pro players on the RaginCajuns website. There needs to be a daily or weekly update of each player, professional or semiprofessional, and their success in their respective league.

    When BJ Ryan gets a ridiculous contract for recording three outs a night, that´s important (there was never any information on RaginCajuns.com after he signed the deal with Toronto). When Charles Tillman has an entire page in Sports Illustrated dedicated to his workout plan, that´s important. When Ike Taylor has a huge impact in SuperBowl Jerome Bettis is from Detroit, that´s important, too.

    Athletes look to previous athletes to see how successful former athletes of a certain college have been. Who cares if there are many Cajuns in the minor leagues. The message is they were Ragin Cajuns and they are paid to play.

    The Cajuns must do the following...

    1. Have constant updates, and one page on the website, dedicated solely to the statistical and personal success of former Ragin Cajuns athletes. And not just Jake Delhomme.
    2. Each home football game needs to be a Former Ragin Cajun Day. Have an Ike Taylor day, BJ Ryan day, but they need to be players recruits can watch now. Ron Guidry being a Cajun is great. But 17 year olds don´t care. They care about CC Brown and Charles Tillman.
    3. There need to be video professional updates on the website, using footage from the respective league, and, more important, DURING THE GAMES. Show video footage and show stats of former RaginCajuns now.

    These are not all hard to do and, better yet, it´s easy to grab a sponsor. People want to be associated with professional success.

    With Greene out, and Delhomme and Stokely´s time winding down, the Cajuns have to promote their current and up and coming pro athletes.

    Will the Cajuns do this?


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    Quote Originally Posted by TillmansNumber1
    _ Even with Oriene Greene cut, how much does this hurt the Cajuns and recruiting? It seemed like Robert Lee, who claims to have recruited Greene, never used Greene in recruiting. No player like Greene has come to the Cajuns since Lee became coach.

    There were never updates on Greene´s performance on the website, or during home games. Even worse, Greene´s ESPN.com page didn´t even have Louisiana: Lafayette listed as his college. Greene was never brought back for an Oriene Greene Day at the Cajundome.

    There may be a place for Greene in the NBA. A 6´5 defensively minded guard who, admittedly, can´t shoot might have a place deep on the bench. He found a spot on the Celtics and then the Pacers. Even though rarely used in the league, Greene needed to be promoted by the Cajuns as an example of where a Cajuns basketball player can go. But, he wasn´t.

    This leads to an important question: how will the Cajuns promote their few, but important professional athletes? As it stands, there are only pictures of pro players on the RaginCajuns website. There needs to be a daily or weekly update of each player, professional or semiprofessional, and their success in their respective league.

    When BJ Ryan gets a ridiculous contract for recording three outs a night, that´s important (there was never any information on RaginCajuns.com after he signed the deal with Toronto). When Charles Tillman has an entire page in Sports Illustrated dedicated to his workout plan, that´s important. When Ike Taylor has a huge impact in SuperBowl Jerome Bettis is from Detroit, that´s important, too.

    Athletes look to previous athletes to see how successful former athletes of a certain college have been. Who cares if there are many Cajuns in the minor leagues. The message is they were Ragin Cajuns and they are paid to play.

    The Cajuns must do the following...

    1. Have constant updates, and one page on the website, dedicated solely to the statistical and personal success of former Ragin Cajuns athletes. And not just Jake Delhomme.
    2. Each home football game needs to be a Former Ragin Cajun Day. Have an Ike Taylor day, BJ Ryan day, but they need to be players recruits can watch now. Ron Guidry being a Cajun is great. But 17 year olds don´t care. They care about CC Brown and Charles Tillman.
    3. There need to be video professional updates on the website, using footage from the respective league, and, more important, DURING THE GAMES. Show video footage and show stats of former RaginCajuns now.

    These are not all hard to do and, better yet, it´s easy to grab a sponsor. People want to be associated with professional success.

    With Greene out, and Delhomme and Stokely´s time winding down, the Cajuns have to promote their current and up and coming pro athletes.

    Will the Cajuns do this? _
    Greene will be helping out at the Cjun basketball came, along with a few other former players.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clutch0364
    _ Greene will be helping out at the Cjun basketball came, along with a few other former players. _
    I spoke with some people this year inside the athletic department, and the comment was made about Stokley, Delhomme and Greene give a lot back... give autographs, represent UL etc...

    Others don't.

    I guess the UL can only reciprocate...
    I will say that this site does a great job of keeping up with former players who went pro...
    and the Athletic Network does a great job as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pirogue
    _ I spoke with some people this year inside the athletic department, and the comment was made about Stokley, Delhomme and Greene give a lot back... give autographs, represent UL etc...

    Others don't.

    I will say that this site does a great job of keeping up with former players who went pro...
    and the Athletic Network does a great job as well. _

    Yes, Raginpagin.com and AthleticNetwork does a great job of keeping up with former players. But, how many recruits and casual fans -- fans the Cajuns don´t have at the moment -- have the time to search both sites for updates on pro players?

    This information needs to be available on ragincajuns.com Recruits must be able to see you can become a Ragin Cajun and later get paid to play your sport. Brian Hamilton is bouncing around México playing basketball. Sure, he´s not in the NBA, but he´s getting paid to play. Players with NBA level talent won´t become Cajuns anymore --- Evans is no longer the coach --- but many players with semi pro talent levels will come and want to see they can make it by becoming Cajuns. At the moment, they´d have no idea, sadly.

    Signing autographs and ¨representing the Cajuns¨is great. Every player, regardless of university, does that. There have to be video updates during games and updates on the website. Remember, this is easy to get a sponsor. Their company gets time during the game, during radio broadcast and on the website.

    If Oriene Greene is helping at games, it needs to promoted and, more important, it needs to be a game the Cajuns can win, which, under Lee, has proven to be difficult. Former NBA player returns, fans attend, Cajuns win and fans might want to return, which means more money for the program.

    Ike Taylor is hosting a charity event. A former Cajuns athlete who is competing in the NFL and won Super Bowl ¨Jerome Bettis from Detroit¨ and yet there´s no information on RaginCajuns.com. This is an easy feel good story and there´s nothing.

    If the Cajuns don´t care of their fomer athletes, why would 18 years want to become a current Ragin Cajun athlete?

    With no information about former athletes, future Ragin Cajun athletes might think the university doesn´t care.

    Will the Cajuns change this? Ojalá.

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