re: Rumors are that Tim Rebowe will be hired as Nicholls St. head coach

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Time to fire up the coaching changes board

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I second the motion

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What about the facilities? I have heard that they are deplorable (should have included this with the first question)

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That's defintely an issue that needs addressing. They're rennovating Stopher Gymnasium for the first time since the 70's right now. Maybe they can get to football at some point.

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If he has enough connections, he can get legit FBS transfers (like SELU) who would be immediately eligible. McNeese and others have benefitted greatly from this for years

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They've done it before with some success. Granted, they weren't as big names as what SLU has pulled recently, but they've panned out. Ladarius Webb was a transfer from Southern Miss.

That's awesome but I thought he was on SEC network now but this is great news. Dude was a great college QB I think he'll do well.

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Read it as Tim Tebow. Whoa.

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It would take a miracle to make Nicholls a winning program.

Tebow walks on water, so.......

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Well the renovation isn't actually for the interior of the gymnasium. It is for the home and away locker rooms, coaches offices, and training room.

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Yeah. I should have been more specific.

The bottom bleachers were replaced not too long ago. I've never noticed a problem with the lighting when I've gone to games.

Is this the Rusty Rebowe who was a student at NSU back in the 70's? If so, that was one mean,tough dude. Have lots of stories on him if this true.

As a former Nicholls player, who had a pretty successful run in Thibodaux from 01-05 under Daryl Daye/Jay Thomas, there's no doubt in my mind that Nicholls can be regularly competitive. Tim Rebowe would be a great choice. He recruited me when he was at Nicholls. It's going to take a certain type of coach who can win at Nicholls, because there are specific obstacles that you must overcome the coach needs to have certain traits.

1.) Ability to recruit players. Facilities are an issue that needs to be improved and, in the case of recruiting, overcome. Tim has been recruiting Louisiana and the surrounding areas successfully for two decades now. He knows every coach, every assistant coach, every principal at every school. He has strong, strong ties to the River Parishes, which will give nicholls a pipeline in recruiting.

2.) Ability to raise money. Facilities are an issue, but have improved. Stubbs couldn't raise a dime for that program. Tim Rebowe, with all his ties to the chemical plants on the river in particular, will be able to.

3.) Assessing and projecting talent to fit a particular system. There are some great players that I played with at Nicholls who weren't even offered by other state schools. They were all conference and all american players for us. Daye and his staff did a great job of identifying certain traits, and putting those players in a position to succeed. For example, we had 3 all american offensive lineman that I played with who were passed over by the other schools b/c they were too small/short, despite being great ball players. In many cases, they were much better players than high school teammates who went to bigger schools. The staff recruited these players, developed them, and put them in a position to succeed - unlike Stubbs, who tried to fit round pegs into square holes.

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2.) Ability to raise money. Facilities are an issue, but have improved. Stubbs couldn't raise a dime for that program. Tim Rebowe, with all his ties to the chemical plants on the river in particular, will be able to.

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Great point! Stubbs was a fricking joke that sunk this already hurting program. Because of him being a Mormon(which I have no issues with) he refused to sell this program around any alcohol involved functions which we know is hard to not be a part of living in South Louisiana. Dude was a joke!

Yeah Rusty Rebowe was one bad mother fricker!