PAT KNIGHT to accept Lamar job!!

[AggiesAreWe]

Per PA News:


http://panews.com/sports/x1075328226/Pat-Knight-set-to-become-Lamar-coach

[LU1991]

Not my first choice, but he's growing on me.

[Guest TBonesLU]

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="992886" timestamp="1301966256"]
Per PA News:


http://panews.com/sports/x1075328226/Pat-Knight-set-to-become-Lamar-coach
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Alright, Pat. I want to be incorrect about what my instincts are telling me. Please prove me wrong.

[Guest baseball25]

Also hearing that tic and cross will be on the staff!

[ForeverADog]

He'll do. He isn't the first choice but one of the best we had to chose from. Still really disappointed how far the program has fallen.

[KingSnake]

[quote name="basketball25" post="992895" timestamp="1301968314"]
Also hearing that tic and cross will be on the staff!
[/quote]

If i was Cross, I'd think two or three times before accepting an asst. position here.  with what he is doing at LSCPA, I'm thinking he'll get better offers.

[coachacola]

Pat Knight wasn't my first choice but if he can win then with his name alone should bring more press to Lamar than if Lamar was winning with a no-name coach.  But first we'll see if he can be the first in a long time to actually win here on a consistent basis!!

[geezer]

Let's all be honest, we will support the new coach who ever it is up until the first recruiting class is listed, the first schedule is released or the first open practice or game we see.  Then we will return to 2nd guessing the basketball brain trust at Lamar

[Guest mffl]

Welcome Pat!

LETS GET IT DONE!!!

[ForeverADog]

All aside, now that he is hired let's get it done! I'm excited to see if we can turn this thing around. I'm rooting for you Pat!

[AggiesAreWe]

Just got confirmation from a Lamar source, it's Pat Knight.

Expect a news conference tomorrow.

[coachacola]

[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="992929" timestamp="1301972643"]
Just got confirmation from a Lamar source, it's Pat Knight.

Expect a news conference tomorrow.
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Any details on his salary?  I'm thinking at least $150K with incentives.

[bullets13]

i expect his name alone will get good recruits, and even though he wasn't particularly successful, he'll have a lot of experience from the big 12.

[AggiesAreWe]

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[quote author=AggiesAreWe link=topic=82686.msg992929#msg992929 date=1301972643]
Just got confirmation from a Lamar source, it's Pat Knight.

Expect a news conference tomorrow.
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Any details on his salary?  I'm thinking at least $150K with incentives.
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Do not know of salary but I think that's fairly close.

[WOSgrad]

Regardless of what we think of the choice (and I admit I am not high on it), for the immediate future the fortune of Pat Knight is tied to that of Lamar University.  That being the case, I wish him the best of luck and warmly welcome him to Southeast Texas.

Let's do this, Coach Knight!

[Guest tamulonghorn]

mistake imo...no success to speak of
lamar gotta realize that we are not big time
gotta have someone who can work with smaller recruiting budgets and knows how to and is willing to search the deep dark cornrs of texas for players regardless of classification

[Guest TBonesLU]

[quote name="tamulonghorn" post="992952" timestamp="1301976354"]
mistake imo...no success to speak of
lamar gotta realize that we are not big time
gotta have someone who can work with smaller recruiting budgets and knows how to and is willing to search the deep dark cornrs of texas for players regardless of classification
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So you are saying you would like LU to stay a mid-major for the entirety of its existence? 'Forget eventually being able to consistently compete with the Big 12, etc.  We want to be little ol' Lamar.'

Is that it, tamulonghorn?

[Guest tamulonghorn]

no i want lamar to recognize what it currently is and that is a bottom feeder in one of the worst conferences in america
lamar seems to always get caught up in names in hiring and big names dont equate to success at this level

[ForeverADog]

When was the last time Lamar hired a big name?

[UNLV]

[quote name="ForeverADog" post="992962" timestamp="1301979756"]
When was the last time Lamar hired a big name?
[/quote]When Billy Tubbs was hired for the second time.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

wonder if Bob Knight will be on the staff?  :o :D  would love to see a couple of chairs thrown.

[wompaskat]

If true, this is good.  This will give us visibility on a national level because of his old man that we haven't had in a while.  Good, bad or indifferent, publicity is publicity.   

[Lazeek]

I think that this is a great thing for both parties involved!!!!  Knight needs a forum to build his name back up and LU is a great place for him to do it!!!!

[AggiesAreWe]

Done deal!!!

Look for it to be made official as early as this afternoon!

[Guest tigersvoice]

[quote name="geezer" post="992906" timestamp="1301969195"]
Let's all be honest, we will support the new coach who ever it is up until the first recruiting class is listed, the first schedule is released or the first open practice or game we see.  Then we will return to 2nd guessing the basketball brain trust at Lamar
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. :D Parade ruiner! ;D ;D