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like everyone else he has not gotten along with every coaching staff at SLU or Missouri; some rea;ly old rumors had him pining for the college level as coaches came and went and he certainly had the win loss records to be shown some consideration; he has the opportunity to steer kids and we wasted some like Grawer's inability to build a team around Mel Robinson when it seemed he preferred his big men to rebound and kick it out to the guards or not play-that's all- we should hope he gets along with SLU

match up to the opposition-we need at least 8 plyers the quality of the top three to play motion offense and man defence-providing no ankle sprains, etc.

Floyd Irons has certainly been a great high school coach and sometimes a friend of SLU; lets hope he does not pressure his kids to leave town

This young man has played hurt and unselfishly for SLU; when Lisch is hitting he gives the ball up to him and they make a good combo guard unit; at the beginning of the season I did not think they would be this good. Lisch may be a little better on defense and Liddell is certainly picking up the slack on rebounds because we don't have forwards. Liddell is stronger than Larry Hughes and less injury prone; I know Hughes was hurt this year but I was surprised he did not get beat up his first year in the NBA. Local players like Lisch and Liddell get 100% payback from the community and press but SLU and Soderberg have certainly given every recruit the chance to play and the chance to be local stars and the chance to get a degree they can be proud of.

I went to Illinois for three semesters and evevtually came home to go to SLU and get a bachelors' and masters' degreel at SLU The SLU faculty is on par with many state schools in many subject areas. You never here people choose Missouri, SIU, or Missouri State over SLU for academics. Illinois was as good a Universtiy as you could find in many areas of study- some that you can not find at SLU and had many PHD level people in prorams such as P.E. Kinesiology ,and physical therapy that a school with nursing and a med school like SLU could emulate and the athletes would benefit from them. However the experience of a Big Ten campus with 40-50,000 students is not pleasant for everyone. St. Louis itself is culturally and sports wise no small draw when you throw in the Rams and Cardinals even the Blues for kids that want it all; we have a great city and plenty to attract people to golf at Forest Park, the zoo, the art museum, symphony; we did some of all of those as 18-22 year olds. Sr. Louis is certainly as good in theatre and the symphony experiences ias the cornfields of Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame-you name it. If we have recruiters who can't sell this city or this school which has grown and is much better with Biondi building a campus better than Wash U something is not being said to the assistants that needs to be said.

after the disaster of Romar and Spoonhauer not working or knowing the midwest I figured Brad was hired to fill the void. We know Beanes success with barely division one Semo; who is our stud recruiter? Grawer had Winfield with is NBA background. If Beane leaves what are the other's credentials? Spoon seem to have "friends" at different Jucos; although I would agree Brad is less stuck on recruiting all pitbull guard defenders and shooting guards so I think there is hoope for a normal team of guards, forwards and centers in our future. I wish we could afford a better recruting assistant with SLU connecions-SLoan seems like he is beibg groomed for an AD position down the roadl he seems like a quality young man but mt opinion of great basketball pkayer at the college level is at a standard we did not get with good players like Justin Love or Reggie Bryant-I'd like to see a future NBA player recruited each year; When I was at SLU we had Eugene Moore, Rich Nieman graduating together as a 4 and 5 and Harry Rogers went to the NBA the next year: Joe Wiley was a fun player to watch like Clagget but the guys we have now maybe Ian has a chance; Liddel needs a jump shot.

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schedule and would fit well in our league although DePaul will be looking for a new coach if they have another year like this one Travel would be better for them to come to St. Louis . Was that the Diener girl helping the team last night or did she just have the same look? Unfortunately I lost my behind the SLU bench seats when Debbie Yow took over and some us were not invited to tag day; let's hope the new AD is kinder to those of us who give to the Billiken club It would be good to keep some of the Marquette type rivalries with decent RPI

worth trying as it is obvious after the first Dayton game we did not match up and we can not have 5 guys go 35-40 minutes when the other team is in constant motion. He also quieted all the discussion of people leaving the team for lack of playing time. People have been very hopefull for DP and he does try hardl he had quality minutes last night. Dayton had better depth than we did and everyone knows a hot hand wins; 11 for 19 from the 3 and I have 2 degrees from SLU and have been watching for long enough to know Dayton takes great pleasure in beating us. I remember what difficulty we had with the Evansville Aces. We were a good victory for them and we can not take them lightly next time. If you win you can't brag about beating Evansville or Dayton. I was never a fan of VN altough I think he finally got in shape to play about 6 weeks ago; I was happy to hear he is getting his degree He was over hyped by our recruiters; he was too short, too slow, and showed no skill to get himself open or to make an open shot when an assist type pass found him unguarded. I thought anything over 5 minutes and us getting behind to start the game was insane not a good will gesture....I'd like to see us find at least 2 players 6 foot 9 with fade away jump shot capability. easy ed had bob petit on his hawks teams when he was MVP of the NBA, twice and I thought at 6 foot 8 Roland Gray got better each year and 6 foot 4 Monroe Douglas stayed about the same after his sophomore year which was very good but he did not keep getting better under grawer who almost held him out of games so Gray could catch him for career points

he is a brett hull type of player who stands on a spot patiently waiting for 4 teamates to run around attracting attention until we can pass him the ball

or DePaul Memphis we could get to the away games easier

Mc Ilwraith has 22 pts but Bills down by 6 with 2:00 minutes

about ten steals in first half makes up deficit in rebounds and fg %

appreciate the quick reply

anyone have a clue- we get 3 but most or charter digital out in the are due to Sunspots or alignment of their satellite; makes you wonder why you don't have your own dish

Is he still in re hab; he worried me in the pre season games just being on the floor. He seems trimmer, now. Anyone know how he is rehabilitating?

we beat Lasalle and Dayton; no duh? surprisingly they say their RPI dropped from 31 to 29 but later they say they lose their only top 50 win this weekend; their board is open to read unlike some others where you have to register.

One home game left and people are asking about season tickets for next year; is it because the Cards are selling out or because college baskrtball has squashed hockey everywhere as the mid winter sport; Please, before ground breaking add three more rows to the top of side court seating; we can fill 11-12,000 all the time and a deeper bowl is wonderful for the circus and ice skating; the old Keil was a great three ring circus venue

this team lacks in steals; coaching could help pass anticipation but just like defensive backs in football you take a chance and sometimes the other guy is all of a sudden "open" Polk and Liddell could both get us more steals; IV has such quick hands on defence he does well with steals- maybe there is an Anthony Bonner or Carlos Skinner out there for Slu; but in the meantime I see Polk as a kid who can really improve this year and the next two years if he works hard and plays with abandon

I've called for it repeatedly; BH needs strength coacing; he is a true center; blocks shots has several good offensive skills and makes the offensive shooters adjust their shots being well over 7 foot; IV has to be the best 4 and best 5; we need to recruit more 4 and 5 players; I always thought 6' 9" is the perfect basketball player height; I may be older than some on the board but Easy Ed was our best All American and MVP of the NBA with a fairly slight, agile build so there is lots of hope for BH; maybe Brad does read the board; I would like to see Twin Towers six minutes each half and then JJ and VN are less necessary and I have been rooting for the JJ that I saw at Depaul end of season two years ago to re emerge

Irons continues to run a powerhouse basketball program; he has had all sorts of problems with his other teams; he is committed to basketball-Tuna and Slaten both are shock jocks and anything coming out of either of them I have a tendency to dismiss as I tired of their attitudes a long time ago; I did not mean I did not have time to watch the entire program as much as I could not put up with the two them bolstering each other with little toffer other than prattle

I think we would all be surprised at how few minutes per game H waldmann actually played; most of his short career with Spoon he played on teams loaded wiith guard and 3 point talent and he was one of the players; very good, indeed. He did not pay 35-40 minutes the way some of our talent starved teams forced people to play out of position. Slu needs players to come in, to play hard and be spelled by someone coming in with fresh legs to play just as hard. Slu needs a full complement not six , eight or ten. We haven't even been using all of our scholarships; big programs have kids who walk on trying to make the team that are better than our alternates for sure and some as good as our starters. Polk can get all the minutes he can stand if he does the things the team needs; no one is going to transfer away from a team that has exciting things happening. You could have expected Jimmy Mckinney to leave Mizzou, but he didn't; kids get committed to their teamates if they pass them the ball. This team is maybe too unselfish. Floyd Irons and Tuna were on TV together, today, I don't know if it was live and I couldn't watch the whole program but they spent most of their time dissing Kevin Slaten who I don't like, either...calling him a biggot because he tried to get more playing time for his son as if that somehow makes sense when Slaten is an ass towards everyone black or white. Blake Ahearn wanted SLU and he would have found a way to get his minutes and his points. If Polk and Liddell can find a way to get free for shots and they start to fall we are going to be the best program in the two state region and then we can start gunning for Illinois

he said he is 6 foot 6 and 1/2"

I'll always remember Rich Grawer for starting his kid and Winfield's instead of Claggett and for Spoon out coaching him whenever we played SMS. Why did SLU fire him? Lisch and Liddell could have a great 4 years and bring a stream of local talent who want to be in the post and on local TV; guys like Sloan Highmark, Douglas, Claggett are still recognized by the fans and are great young men; count Joe Wiley and lots of older guys in the stands who played and still back the bills; you can't do that if you play in a cornfield for State U

Economics for tickets is going to change very shortly as the local fan base for sports is drained for Cardinals' tickets and pay to listen radio if they want a re broadcast of the anemic radio franchise. What gets leftonver goes to the Rams; the remainder may go NHL or to the Billikens because from 2008 on we can have all the Saturday night games we want. Being a Billiken Club member had better have its privileges at that point or a lot of people are going to stop giving if there is a psl and higher ticket prices, to boot