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I hope that Jason Henderson is a not considered an option to become AD, he is one of the most unpleasant, uncharismatic people I've ever dealt with in my life. Lamar Athletics would suffer under the leadership of this guy. I hope they can try and intice Donny Coryell back to Beaumont.

I see not having a summer camp as a positive! From experience I can tell you that running camps are ALOT of work, work that diverts your attention from the business of running a DI sports program. The obvious follow up question to this is... WHY DO COACHES BOTHER WITH CAMPS? The answer is simple, camps make money that line the coaches pocket (in some cases the coaches will funnel some of that $$ back into the program).

This is a really classy move by Tidwell, Coach Payton has done more for Lamar University than most people realize. Congratulations to Coach Payton and again, well done Coach Tidwell - what a classy thing to do  :)

Is there a net broadcast anywhere? The one linked on the LU website only plays audio. :(

The preseason regional rankings for our region. Despite the loss of two all Americans the Cardinals are ranked 4th SOUTH CENTRAL Region Rank School Location Conference 2009 FINISH 1 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark.   SEC 1 2 Texas Austin, Texas   Big 12 2 3 Texas A&M College Station,    Big 12 4 4 Lamar Beaumont, Texas   Southland 3 5 McNeese State La,              Southland 6 6 Stephen F. Austin   Southland 5 7 Baylor Waco, Texas   Big 12 7 8 Ark.-Little Rock Ark.           Sun Belt 8 9 Rice Houston, Texas           Conference USA 10 10 UTSA Texas           Southland 8 11 TCU Fort Worth, Texas   Mountain West 12 Houston Houston, Texas   Conference USA 13 13 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi   Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 12

Most posters on here have good points. My two cents worth - Billy Tubbs wanted into CUSA, and his backup was Sunbelt, he was looking to make this move in 2-3 years. Informal conversations with schools and officials in these conferences was a day to day occurence. The BIG question for me now is this: What direction does Larry Tidwell want to take the school into?  I believe Tidwell will be as aggressive as he possibly can be in getting Lamar to go FBS, within the constraints of the budget. IMHO - unless there is an eastern division, the WAC is not a realistic choice due to travel budgets. Lamar is ready to compete in an FBS conference in every sport besides Football (which is unproven).

I'm not sure if this ever got aired publicly, but Larry Coker was interviewed for the job, and Woodard got the job instead of the old guy. Coker was desperate to get back to coaching, but I'm glad we didn't pick him up. Farmer Fran also had an informal interview. Woodard came with recommendations from all the right places, he lacks experience, but has bucket loads of all the other ingredents needed to succeed in DI football - connections, recruiting accumen, respect of other coaches, work ethic, confidence etc etc.

bobbymcgee - Love your user name, Joplin was the greatest!!!!! not sure why this would make me nuts? please explain your reasoning... I get that he's vastly inexperienced, but I see him as destined for success, would love to see the first part of his successful NCAA DI coaching career be at Lamar as opposed to a rival in a year or two.

In response to the "anti-Gilligan" messages that are popping up on this board; In many instances the posters, (Chucky, baseball 25 etc), have very valid points, HOWEVER....... Gilligan has earnt the right to run his team however he see's fit, and the administration have, and most likely will continue to give him a free Raine to continue doing so. He is (like it or not) a legend in the college game, and almost every major success in the history of L.U. baseball is because of his hard work. Fact is, we as fans have incredibly high standards of expectation for this ball club, but this is because Gilligan built it from nothing to a nationally respected program. I get that it hurts to see the team not play how we feel they should, but I would implore people to respect Gilligan and his contribution to the program, and trust that he will have the club back on track ASAP. I really do understand the frustration of some fans on the board, but I guess all I'm saying is that weather you love or hate Gilligan, we should all show him the respect he deserves. [color=red][i][b]Go L.U. Baseball!! [/b][/i][/color]

Great pick up - this has me a little more excited about next season! Roc can stack the whole team with Juco kids for all I care - I'm sure we all agree that WINNING is the main priority.  :D

Just reading a little about his history and success. He's 26, talented, motivated, and willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. If Roc does end up leaving, would Tubbs be willing to roll the dice on this guy? and if not why the heck not??? I'll be following his career so maybe in a few years I can get back on this board and say "I told you so!"

Any word on how the search for a New AD is going?? Hopefully they hire a young up and comer who will continue the remarkable growth of this program! Go Sea hawks!!

NCAA All American Samuel Kosgei ran 13:35.75 at this weekends Mt. Sac Relays in California, to break current teammate Francis Kasagules record by about 30seconds. his time puts him right up with the very elite in the NCAA and he beat several pro runners in the race. I hope everyone on this board realizes how Lucky Lamar is to have an athlete of this caliber at the school, the performance of some of the distance runners & golfers at Lamar puts Basketball / Baseball to shame!

How is this any sort of a guiding document? Its a facilities report. Not commissioned by the Athletics Department. Lamar Athletics has no guiding principles, no direction, and no plan. and consequently is languishing. This is all due to a lack of effective leadership. Good things have happened, but it has been the result of good work (or luck) of the individual coaches.

I can 100% guarantee they did not. Which is unfortunate.