AJ25

I figured Reyenga would've signed by now, or atleast committed. Is he just an outfielder?

[quote name="1stStringer" post="745632" timestamp="1263830871"] [quote author=East TX link=topic=64853.msg745546#msg745546 date=1263783546] Also, news for some interested folks is that Jadon Dillon now going into his second season at McNeese is hitting 96 mph over at the Sam Moore training facility.  He had a great Freshman year and also a great Select stint in Colorado! He finished Bridge City HS as a 157# long-drink-of- water; but, today he is 180#s of top conditioned muscles. Projections are he will join his friend Kevin Angelle as a Pro pitching prospect. [/quote] 96 mph?  No offense that sounds far fetched. I know he has lived around 91-92 but 96? hmmm.. [/quote] I was thinking the same..

He should be one of the top two over at McNeese. Very well kept secret.

[quote name="CircleChange" post="745530" timestamp="1263780375"] Bridge City's Luke Rhodes [/quote] Position, stats, etc

Pro Lumberton's Clay Buchholz [Hidden Content] Buna's Collin Delome [Hidden Content] Nederland’s Brian Sanches [Hidden Content] Westbrook’s Jason Tyner Released (He bounces around a good bit) Westbrook’s Chip Ambres [Hidden Content] Westbrook's Jay Bruce [Hidden Content] Nederland's Justin Walker [Hidden Content] PN-G's Allen Harrington [Hidden Content] Bridge City's Kevin Angelle [Hidden Content] College Lamar PN-G's Eric Harrington and Taylor McInnis, Vidor's VJ Bunner, Nederland's Jude Vidrine and Matison Smith, Hardin-Jefferson's Kevin Roebuck and Taylor Monse, Silsbee's Brandon Chambers, Kelly's Jake Henderson, Barbers Hill's Michael Padgett [Hidden Content] LSU Bridge City's Johnny Dishon [Hidden Content] Rice Kelly's Anthony Fazio, PNG's Zach Harwood [Hidden Content] SFA Nederland's Alex Moshier [Hidden Content] Seminole State Junior College PNG's Austin Sangster [Hidden Content] Panola Bridge City's Jeff Stringer [Hidden Content] Texas A&M LCM's Clayton Ehlert, Barbers Hill's Ross Hales [Hidden Content] University of Houston West Brook's David Murphy, LCM's Stephen Cloeren [Hidden Content] University of Houston-Victoria Bridge City's Derrick Coleman and Darrel Stevens, West Brook's Patrick Ford, LCM's Jerrod Dugas [Hidden Content] Ole Miss West Brook's Tim Ferguson [Hidden Content] McNeese BC's Jaden Dillon, Jasper's Malcolm Bronson, Nederland's Ryan Sampere [Hidden Content] Northwestern Ozen's Josh Gardner [Hidden Content] Kansas State Crosby's Trey Buck [Hidden Content] Angelina Central's Kenny Allison, Ozen's DD Lott, Barbers Hill's Kendall Thamm, Dayton's Frank Smesney and Andy Dewey, Evadale's Garrett Landis, Westbrook's Todd Wallace [Hidden Content] Galveston College LCM's Chad Richard, Barbers Hill Jay Burditt [Hidden Content] Blinn Nederland's Josh Dean, LCM's Tim Barry, Westbrook's Chris Muellar [Hidden Content] Texas A&M Corpus Christi Hamshire Fannet's Jeremy Pinder [Hidden Content] Midland College Bridge City's Casey Jackson [Hidden Content] Wharton Junior College Crosby's Sam Malchar, PNG's Matt Woods [Hidden Content] Lon Morris Junior College Lumberton's Tyler Wilson [Hidden Content] Marion Military Institute Junior College PNG's Jon Carnahan [Hidden Content] Cisco College PNG's Jerin Spikes [Hidden Content] UALR LCM's Jake Rowell [Hidden Content] Texas Southern West Brook's Lawrence Kuykendall [Hidden Content] San Jac West Brook's Nathaniel Svoboda, Vidor's Will Fontnow, Barbers Hill's Hunter Silva [Hidden Content] Angelo State Barbers Hill's Chase Barrera [Hidden Content] Tyler Junior College LCM's Taylor Thompson [Hidden Content]

Who is unsigned from schools like LCM, Nederland, PN-G, Brook, etc..

Wasn't he over seas?

[quote name="coachacola" post="744533" timestamp="1263602847"] From the Beaumont Enterprise: [quote]The ripple of college football coaches changing jobs touched Lamar University on Friday, when offensive coordinator Tommy Mainord left LU for an undetermined assistant coaching position at Texas Tech. The move came just before the Cardinals were set to welcome recruits to campus for weekend visits, but LU coach Ray Woodard said the loss of a key assistant should not heavily impact recruiting. "I'm happy for him," Woodard said. "I want coaches that other people want. That's the way it happens sometimes. Coaches are going to move for a different opportunity. I was fortunate to have him for a year and a half."[/quote] [quote]With Lamar, Mainord installed a spread-style offense similar to the kind run for several seasons at Tech under Leach. The team practiced Mainord's offense during 10 weeks of fall practices. Mainord coached running backs and wide receivers for three seasons at Sam Houston State before Lamar hired him.[/quote] [quote]"We decided we want to run this type of offense, and we won't change our offense this fall," said Woodard, who added that the new coordinator "doesn't have to be a clone" of Mainord. "We won't change the offense or the philosophy at this point," Woodard added. "We'll get a very good coach in here in a short period of time, and at the same time we'll take enough time to make sure we get the right person."[/quote] [Hidden Content] [/quote] I still take this as a positive, somehow. Hopefully LU can find another good one in their next offensive coordinator.

[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="744505" timestamp="1263596283"] [quote author=AJ25 link=topic=64803.msg744503#msg744503 date=1263595917] [quote author=mffl link=topic=64803.msg744486#msg744486 date=1263592281] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=64803.msg744481#msg744481 date=1263591718] [quote author=coachacola link=topic=64803.msg744480#msg744480 date=1263590849] Sounds like his dad got him the job a Texas Tech.   [/quote]hIS DAD LEFT didn't he? [/quote] Retired, but either way, whenever Woodard's hiring guys that get jobs at BCS schools and recruiting players that leave to go to BCS schools like Miami (former TE Chase Ford), that has to mean he is doing something right. At least he doesn't have guys that are transferring to Divison III schools because they can't play at this level, or not yet at least. [/quote] I agree with that. [/quote]Doesn't matter if they're not staying. [/quote] It just shows we have a head coach that knows what he's doing.. That's all we're getting at. Congrats to Coach Mainord for getting the job of a life time.

[quote name="mffl" post="744486" timestamp="1263592281"] [quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=64803.msg744481#msg744481 date=1263591718] [quote author=coachacola link=topic=64803.msg744480#msg744480 date=1263590849] Sounds like his dad got him the job a Texas Tech.   [/quote]hIS DAD LEFT didn't he? [/quote] Retired, but either way, whenever Woodard's hiring guys that get jobs at BCS schools and recruiting players that leave to go to BCS schools like Miami (former TE Chase Ford), that has to mean he is doing something right. At least he doesn't have guys that are transferring to Divison III schools because they can't play at this level, or not yet at least. [/quote] I agree with that.

Wish I was able to make that, I have a game that day as well. I'm very excited about Sept 11 2010 for obvious reasons! Hope LU can pull in some solid O-line recruits this year, looks like they have the speciality players already.

[quote name="EAGLE07" post="743401" timestamp="1263408425"] [quote author=AJ25 link=topic=64707.msg743374#msg743374 date=1263406411] Lon Morris has been gettin' at it for 2 days now.. Can we say head start? ;) [/quote] Will see you guys on March 31st and April 24th.  ;) Give me a call tonight about summer ball tonight, if you get a chance. [/quote] You got it

Baseball season starts in a month as well..

Lon Morris has been gettin' at it for 2 days now.. Can we say head start? ;)

It's wierd because the baseball page is updated daily throughout the season, and frequently throughout the off season as well. There is tons of links to everything baseball related, and great rosters/bios and coaching stuff, as well as info on the Beck. But with football, they have a long way. I know there has got to be tons of kids at Lamar that would love to contribute and could get that site, or any future site, looking great. They just choose not to do it I believe.

The internet is more for recruits outside of setx that know nothing about the program, but they're being recruited by them. As a college athlete, when I was recruited by a school the first thing I'd do was check out their website, roster, facility, coaching staff's resume, etc.. And when Lamar has nothing more than the coaching staff, it's slightly discouraging. They don't even have as much as an updated picture or a regular picture before renovations were started at moneybags field. They need those types of things. Not for us, the recruits. The news, billboards, newspaper, etc... Will suffice for everyone locally. That's all they need.

He's doing it now because LaRussa probably made him. But regardless, he did it. Unlike everyone else. The people in Cooperstown will get it figured out eventually on what to do, but don't expect any results right away..

[quote name="GCMPats" post="743121" timestamp="1263390192"] [quote author=westend1 link=topic=64624.msg743120#msg743120 date=1263389633] [quote author=GCMPats link=topic=64624.msg743119#msg743119 date=1263388793] [quote author=westend1 link=topic=64624.msg742802#msg742802 date=1263329124] [quote author=Gabe link=topic=64624.msg742643#msg742643 date=1263315913] See I don't look at it like that. He is not more of a man just because he talked. He only talked for selfish reasons. If he was a respectable man he would either not done it or came clean at the first opportunity. [/quote] Aw C'mon.  The man said he didn't do it to get stronger.  He was just trying to recover from injuries.    I also have a long bridge I want to sell. [/quote] I do not approve of steroid usage in athletics. However, someone explain to me how being "stronger" makes you a better baseball player? [/quote] For one thing. it's pretty obvious that it turns warning track flyouts into homeruns.   I don't think the numbers lie here.  Look at the admitted users and their homerun numbers year by year. [/quote] I would venture to say that Maguire had adequate "power" prior to using steroids. I would agree that his home run records should be stricken from the books because the drug probably allowed those numbers to be inflated. I do not think his usage made him a better ball player. It may have extended his career, but he had the necessary "tools" to be a major league player before he started using the drug. [/quote] GCM, you can do that.. But where do you stop? What homeruns were legal and which ones weren't? No one knows.. Sadly, the 90s was a steroid era as everyone knows. Either they throw every steriod record out, or keep them all. Meaning, none of these records are going away for a long time, because it will take them a long time to figure out the best way to go about things.

With no college environment either. With Lamar, it will not be very hard to fill it up, especially against the better southland schools that travel well.

I do agree that the athletic website has to be continually updated, unlike what it is.

I was thinking the same thing  ;D More good news with the Juco transfers and donations. From what I've heard, Lamar needs to find some LINEMEN!

[quote name="bkatdog" post="742103" timestamp="1263221901"] Matt reminds me of a young man that plays in Boston. Have fun this year and enjoy the ride. Good luck in college and beyond. This kid can play at any level and will be a leader wherever he plays. [/quote] Knowing both, their personalities are very similar. From a guy that played against him for 3 years.. I wish him the best of luck. He's a great kid and an extremely hard worker. He'll be great for the Ragin Cajuns.

The infield is solid, but they can't play every single day. He'll be perfect off the bench when rest is needed. And Guerrero will do much like Andruw from last year I think. Andruw probably could've hit 30 homeruns if he played every game last year, but he only played 80.

It's hard to have a right answer to this. If Bonds, Clemens, etc.. All call and admit it, you have to just kind of slap the hand and move on. Notice, I didn't say accept them into the Hall of Fame. But it's kind of like beating a dead duck. Continuing to talk and bash players about it once they've came clean and admitted to what they did.. That's when you leave it alone and move one. That's something the media is so terrible about. They have a lot of problems with moving on. Just an example when an athlete dies. It all ends up, in early news.. Blah blah. A person's life ends, but they're usually going to continue focusing on negative things. They need to move on, once things have happened there's nothing you can do. We realize steroids were present, and hopefully aren't anymore. Continue to keep them out of the game, but don't let anything else get out. Then making steroid use public ruined the game for a while.

And the athletic budget increase will then allow better facilities for all, which in turn brings in better recruits, which in turn brings in more wins, which in turn keeps the fans present. Which means one thing, people HAVE to attend games for the first 3-4 years regardless or results if they expect this thing to work.