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this one is intriguing. 6'7" point guard. at one time manuel was a major high school power. i dont hear as much anymore about them, but they are still a large high school.

i said early in the season vogel was a fail. they are only in the playoff because they have 3 of the top players in the league. vogel did all he could to F that up but they somewhat overcame his incompetence.

not just building a roster with sheer talent. looking for chemistry.

while if anyone was made for hero ball it was sincere parker. that said, hero ball and schertz 5 out do not mix. one or the other had to go likely is my thought. good luck to parker. i am betting at mcneese he will be a star. good for him.

I personally think with the Schertz offense I watched in the NIT, we don't need a pure point guard. They get out and run and everyone is moving even in the half court. Assuming Schertz will try to implement the same offense we need speed and shooters. A lot of dribbling is a fail. All need vision and passing skills and unselfish attitudes.

with her new endorsement deals (reportedly signing a huge nike deal this week) as well as still having her state farm deal as well as other endorsements from last year all renewed, Caitlin will have more direct deposits this year than last. her WNBA contract is just something to do.

colleges should always be in the business of education first and foremost. they have no business running a professional sports franchise and giving the athletes (notice i didnt say student athletes) money with no emphisis on education. if the athletes want to play their sport for a career, fine go to a minor league otherwise get in the classroom and earn a diploma.

I noticed during games that Tate was the coach that seemed to be the guy to have a player come and sit next to him when he came out of the game after ford did one of his famous yanks. Imo having that guy there is pretty important.

Great post cgeldmacher. I've been preaching for years if some booster wants to throw fortunes and cars, even houses at kids I don't care. But if this is college they should be college kids. They should qualify to get enrolled like any other college student. They should attend classes and pass and be able to prove they are on pace to graduated in their 5 years of eligibility. The NCAA should put 100% of their police work into this. If the players don't want to be students, let them go pro. Colleges should not be the NBA and the NFL minor leagues And I'm betting it would not take anything away from the fan experience. The competition would still be there.

Hell I apparently erased that nightmare completely out of my memory. Did grawer have a less than 13 win season as well? Thinking he did. And grawer's last season was tough to stomach as well. Terrible career ending injuries, players disappearing and playing with a D2 team without the fans even knowing, players quitting and walking off the floor in the middle of the season. Wow Regardless, while ford's end was bad, the billiken fandom has been through worse.

Crews only won 11 games each of last two seasons. And while it was before you were born Ekker was worse than both crews and the end of Ford.

I like the loyalty program. However we can't put everything there and then be short on being effective in the portal I am not a Love fan. I hate hero ball when there are other talented players on the floor. With Parker this year we had to have him play that way. With Collins I thought we had other players that were good enough to be utilized and got ignored Love was on a team that had a number of talented players whereby he didn't need to play that way as much as he did. If I am wrong then maybe he should be in the NBA draft.

I'm talking about NOT recruiting totally inexperienced college players to be. Imo it's a waste of time we are only going to upgrade them and likely lose them. Jimmerson is an exception. He already has an established relationship with a big billiken booster, reportedly has a serious relationship with a SLU coed, and has a big time Billiken history that likely provides the billiken a home town discount as well as gives SLU a reason to invest more of their bank as well. I'm I guarantee he is not playing for free.

I agree completely with this. I truly don't want a lot of attention towards the high school players. We coach them up and then they transfer up to a P5 team. Look at Schertz players from last year at Indiana State. True we were compliant in attempting to pirate those players but the first 2 even skipped over us and transferred to Texas for a apparent big pay raise I hate what the Division one scene has become, but it isn't going back. If we get a high school kid we better really want him and be willing to pay big. Considering high school recruiting at the Billiken level has always been about finding potential and hoping for developing that potential. Now we're going to be developing it so they can go somewhere else when they finally reach the production level? No thank you

That's the hardest I have laughed at anything SNL for about 20 years. Atta girl Caitlyn!

He made every shot. Amazing!

You are wrong on Goodwin. Ford was at Goodwin practices workouts and summer games almost daily after ford got hired. Ford recruited goodwin

admittedly i have only watched Avila on TV a handful of times this year. IMO, he is a surprising star. Watching him, he doesnt overwhelm you with high flying dunks or blocked shots into the stands, or blinding speed on fast breaks. However at the end of the game he fills the stats chart, he has more assists than what team's big guys normally has, his shooting percentage particularly from the three point line is pretty much unheard of for a big. imo he is Nicola Jokic in the making. I guess jokic is a product of the Schertz offense as well. Jokic wouldnt be anything without being a product of the Schertz offense. right? i love Avila. he plays basketball the way the game is supposed to be played. i want him to be a billiken so much.

would seem like the best choice. both would seem to be desparate to fill the spot.

wouldnt it be something if ford falls into this? i find it hard to believe but if everyone is afraid of the expectations and pressure, who knows who they might resort to being their next coach.

somehow they would have to free up a roster spot. no idea what their individual players remaining contracts are currently. you would sure think so. they obviously like him considering he is playing over their main roster players now. that said, Ja comes back next year as well as marcus smart and derrick rose. that's a lot of former star power that goodwin would have to battle for floor minutes. he might be better looking for another team that is in need for a guard. you can bet scouts from other teams have noticed.

wow would never expect a statement like the above from you. havent you been awarded the most negative and pesimistic billiken fan like 8 years in a row?

one of my alltime favorite movies. thanks for the smile tonight Brian!

Schertz should take his tennis racket to the game and blast a serve to the catcher.

and i am saying you and i dont know the whole story of the true scenario. we are all guessing to a great extent. what matters is the end result. and from my view it is a home run. the fact Chris May is still here and taking a very active role in the roll out of the red carpet and handling all the public work, i would say he was the one swinging the very successful bat. but again just a guess. we dont know. but it sure seems silly to continue with the bashing he endured all year long in my opinion. if half of that was true he would have gotten fired.