re: Where theres smoke theres fire: Stansbury to LSU with blue chip recruits

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Stansbury us not my wish list headliner. You're all missing the point. Alleva is the ad do you want him on one of his coaching searches or would you rather get a consistant winner who wants to come? This is the part of it you're not considering with Alleva. Stansbury wanting to be here is a gift in our lap. I'm just warning you watch what happens if it's not Rick Stansbury.

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He sure sounds like your headliner, you are saying anyone who thinks he can't turn it around is stupid and does not know anything about hoops and any other choice will doom us because our AD is incapable of picking from a list of coaches who could be better.

My take is I want one of the young and up and comers, with some energy, enthusiasm and vision...and yes some personality. I do think that is important here and now. Davis or McCall and I'm sure there are others. That's pretty easy, and I'm sure even our challenged AD knows about guys like this.

You have a much higher opinion of Stansbury than I do, we've established that without question in our discussions the last couple of days. That's fine, we simply won't agree there....ever.

I don't want a settle or stop-gap hire like Stanbury. Kermit ain't in my top-5 either, and is that kind of hire too, but yes I'd prefer him to Stansbury if and only if we go after the best young coaching talent and fail first. Hell he's gone as far as Stanbury ever has in the NCAA tournament and he brings some personality and energy.

And if one of those choices other than Stanbury fails as you predict, it still is no gimmie that Stansbury would have been the better choice, it's mere speculation on your part given his better years at State....not an I told you so lesson.