re: If Trent goes to UTAH who would you like to bring in as your next bball coach?

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ok. just the last two years were "down", which is to say, not good and perhaps, you think, not typical.

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I agree.

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some year when Louisiana has one guy in the top ten (like they nearly always do in football), we can talk again about it.

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They don't necessarily always have a guy in the top 10, although they have recently and will in the near future. But they always have a bunch of really good players. Hell, in 2006 LSU made the final four with a starting 5 all from Louisiana. 4 from the Baton Rouge area alone. And their 6th man was from Baton Rouge.

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Also you hinted that there were some better ones who got away due to grades. I presume not recruited = cant get into LSU with those ACT scores and D's on his report card, something like that.

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Eh, or they just didn't want to come here/LSU didn't want them. Greg Monroe, LaceDarius Dunn, Demond Carter, Markel Brown, Langston Galloway, D.J. Augustin, Brian Williams, Marcus Simmons, etc.

Now, some of these guys weren't big-time recruits. But that doesn't mean they won't be big-time players. Monroe and Augustin are obviously NBA players, LaceDarius (all-time leading scorer in Big XII) probably will be too. Carter did great things at Baylor. Markel Brown will be great for Oklahoma State in the future, Marcus Simmons is a fantastic defensive player for USC right now. Langston is going to be a star at St. Joe's.

Louisiana has a lot of really good kids come out of small schools, because there are a lot of small schools in Louisiana. This is a major reason why Louisiana kids aren't rated as highly as they should be.

All of those kids could have qualified at LSU. There are a few others who we might have missed who couldn't.

If that happens hopefully Avery has a good transition to the college game because he has never been a college coach before.

Sweet.

hearing good things about our chances with talley. i'd love to land grooms too but unless someone leaves between now and april i don't see how we'll have room.

Billy Allgood

Head coach : Bryon Scott
arse. Head : Ricky Blanton
arse. coach Randy Livingston