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Two good articles on Coach O on tigerbait
Posted by JTA1985 on 7/28/17 at 2:48 pm134
one with bert jones and another on recruiting north Louisiana. sorry no link
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re: Two good articles on Coach O on tigerbaitPosted by BayouCowboy on 7/28/17 at 2:59 pm to sicboy
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I have played the game at all levels, high school, college and pro,” Jones said. “I’ve had the opportunity to go down and watch (LSU) practice. I’m telling you, you feel his energy in here. But you see the energy on the football field.”
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The Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer continued, saying, “Every player on that team is having fun, every player is hustling his butt off. I’ve never seen anything like it. It reminds me of playing in the back yard, organized. It’s the finest thing I’ve ever seen at any level, whether pro, college or high school. All you high school coaches, you need to go watch how they do it. They have a great time, but they work their butts off.”
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Jones stood up during the question and answer segment to speak to everyone in the room.
“I have played the game at all levels, high school, college and pro,” Jones said. “I’ve had the opportunity to go down and watch (LSU) practice. I’m telling you, you feel his energy in here. But you see the energy on the football field.”
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer continued, saying, “Every player on that team is having fun, every player is hustling his butt off. I’ve never seen anything like it. It reminds me of playing in the back yard, organized. It’s the finest thing I’ve ever seen at any level, whether pro, college or high school. All you high school coaches, you need to go watch how they do it. They have a great time, but they work their butts off.”
A product of Ruston High School and nicknamed “The Ruston Rifle”, Jones played on LSU’s 1970 SEC championship team and finished fourth in the 1972 Heisman Trophy race as a senior. He spent 10 years in the NFL, primarily with the Baltimore Colts and was the league’s Most Valuable player in 1976.
Orgeron talks with Wossman head coach Dean Smith
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“I’ll be as visible as I can,” Orgeron said on Tuesday night prior to a speaking engagement in Monroe that included head football coaches from West Monroe, Neville, Ruston, Wossman and Richwood. “We have five commitments from North Louisiana, which we are very proud of. We’ll continue to work as hard as we possibly can.”
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West Monroe’s Bradie James and Andrew Whitworth, along with Ruston’s Kyle Williams are among those who parlayed their great LSU careers into NFL jobs. The roster now features NELA products like Neville’s Rashard Lawrence, Wossman’s Cameron Lewis and Ruston’s K.J. Malone and J.D. Moore.
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“This is a great recruiting area for us,” Orgeron said. “I do believe that this is like the SEC West when you come up here and see the high school football here and see the competition. You see the coaches, the players and the training. I love recruiting up here. As you know, I went to school in Natchitoches and I feel at home in North Louisiana. This is an area that we must and we will control. When we do that, we will win championships.”
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West Monroe head coach Jerry Arledge, who coached Orgeron at Northwestern State, has no doubt that he’ll put in the work to recruit the area’s best players but acknowledges that it’s hard to get them all.
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Orgeron’s personal touch has won over coaches like Neville’s Mickey McCarty, who made his feelings known to the intimate gathering of LSU fans after the coach spoke.
“I told Coach (Les) Miles when he (Coach O) was hired that he’d hired a great coach and a great man for the state of Louisiana as a recruiter and an assistant coach,” McCarty said.“Now that he’s become the head coach, there’s so much excitement in the state of Louisiana for LSU football. Here locally, we wish him the best. I know high school coaches are excited and high school kids are excited.”
Wossman coach Dean Smith said having a player at LSU is great for any Louisiana high school program. “Coach O has an imprint on every school in Louisiana,” Smith said. “Everybody has a story about taking a picture with him or stopping to talk with him. He’s doing a great job.”
Hopefully Orgeron can stop the blessing of Monroe kids going to Bama. We've missed out on some good one (which is going to be inevitable), but it would be nice to start landing the big ones again. Good to see him focusing on that area of the state.
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