Pat Knight....Id Like To Play All D1's

[KFDM COOP]

http://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/inthecards/2011/04/06/pat-knight-id-like-to-play-all-division-is/

[AggiesAreWe]

I'll be keeping my season tickets now. ;D

[the sports guy]

Play well or get pounded.

[NorthoftheBorder]

Got to think big to be big!

[BLUEDOVE3]

All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.

[ForeverADog]

I agree Dove. He is doing all the right things so far. Which is absolutely great! He has a buzz going around Lamar basketball again. He just needs to WIN!!!!! WIN!

[WOS95]

i thought all we had to do was bring in the big names to draw crowds...now we actually have to win too?  :'(

[BLUEDOVE3]

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i thought all we had to do was bring in the big names to draw crowds...now we actually have to win too?  :'(
[/quote]YES!  The cold startling reality of it all. :'(

[BLUEDOVE3]

deja vu

[NorthoftheBorder]

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All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.

[BLUEDOVE3]

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[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82825.msg994227#msg994227 date=1302190367]
All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.
[/quote]Forgot about Grey. Where is he now?

[stevenash]

Pat Foster also had very little to say.  However, he was, by far, the most productive LU coach I ever saw.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

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[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82825.msg994227#msg994227 date=1302190367]
All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.
[/quote]Forgot about Grey. Where is he now?
[/quote]he's at a D3 school i believe

[BLUEDOVE3]

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[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82825.msg994227#msg994227 date=1302190367]
All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.
[/quote]Forgot about Grey. Where is he now?
[/quote]he's at a D3 school i believe
[/quote]Coaching at LU will send you to the coach's graveyard shift.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

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[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82825.msg994227#msg994227 date=1302190367]
All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.
[/quote]Forgot about Grey. Where is he now?
[/quote]he's at a D3 school i believe
[/quote]Coaching at LU will send you to the coach's graveyard shift.
[/quote]where's Newell at?  :D

[Ruckdad]

Giovanne is at Augustana -last I heard - and last I heard he was pretty successful there and also coaching the Golf team.

[BLUEDOVE3]

[quote name="Ruckdad" post="994305" timestamp="1302198480"]
Giovanne is at Augustana -last I heard - and last I heard he was pretty successful there and also coaching the Golf team.
[/quote]And there go those infamous words about ex-LU coaches, " last I heard." ;D

[Guest tigersvoice]

[quote name="Ruckdad" post="994305" timestamp="1302198480"]
Giovanne is at Augustana -last I heard - and last I heard he was pretty successful there and also coaching the Golf team.
[/quote]

Giovanne is at Augustana.  Has compiled a record there of 199 - 89 = .691.  He has had 4 conference championships in his 11 seasons there with three of them in a row '06-'07-'08.  Augustana is a NCAA DIV III college.

At Lamar Grey's 6 season record was 80 - 85 = .485.

In his 17 year career as a "Head" his record is 279 - 174 = .615

And he does coach golf when it is is season.

Sounds (and looks) to me like he is enjoying what he's doing and where he's doing it.

[NorthoftheBorder]

[quote name="tigersvoice" post="994340" timestamp="1302203121"]
[quote author=Ruckdad link=topic=82825.msg994305#msg994305 date=1302198480]
Giovanne is at Augustana -last I heard - and last I heard he was pretty successful there and also coaching the Golf team.
[/quote]

Giovanne is at Augustana.  Has compiled a record there of 199 - 89 = .691.  He has had 4 conference championships in his 11 seasons there with three of them in a row '06-'07-'08.  Augustana is a NCAA DIV III college.

At Lamar Grey's 6 season record was 80 - 85 = .485.

In his 17 year career as a "Head" his record is 279 - 174 = .615

And he does coach golf when it is is season.

Sounds (and looks) to me like he is enjoying what he's doing and where he's doing it.
[/quote]

And he is really a great guy!!! No kidding!  Probably the best overall person we have had on the LU coaching staff.  Tubbs is still my favorite coach at LU! :)

[becktobigs]

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[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82825.msg994227#msg994227 date=1302190367]
All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.
[/quote]Forgot about Grey. Where is he now?
[/quote]he's at a D3 school i believe
[/quote]Coaching at LU will send you to the coach's graveyard shift.
[/quote]where's Newell at?  :D
[/quote]Dare I say "last I heard" he had resigned after the 2009-2010 as head coach of Arkansas Monticello Boll Weavils (D2 -UCA's old conference).  His star player for part of that time was Nate Newell--remember him?  He was just over .500 while there.

[westendfirst]

[quote name="NorthoftheBorder" post="994256" timestamp="1302192629"]
[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82825.msg994227#msg994227 date=1302190367]
All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.
[/quote]

Oh man, I didn't realize anyone else remembered that!!  He loved to set the bar low!!  He thought it was awesome if he had a .500 record in conference!

[shovel]

I know y'all are skeptical, and rightfully so, BUT: I like his swagger. I want to see LU play all D-1 schools too. A win (or worse, a loss!) against a Central Nowhere State or Wossamotta U doesn't do anything for the program.  Playing D-1 schools will help fill seats, win or lose.

[westendfirst]

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[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82825.msg994227#msg994227 date=1302190367]
All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.
[/quote]Forgot about Grey. Where is he now?
[/quote]he's at a D3 school i believe
[/quote]Coaching at LU will send you to the coach's graveyard shift.
[/quote]

No, being a bad coach will send you there.

[westendfirst]

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[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=82825.msg994227#msg994227 date=1302190367]
All the new coaches come in saying things we like to hear.
[/quote]

I will give you that, with one caveat, I don't remember Grey Giovanni talking big.  He was pretty much small time.  Great guy though.  Liked him a lot.
[/quote]Forgot about Grey. Where is he now?
[/quote]he's at a D3 school i believe
[/quote]Coaching at LU will send you to the coach's graveyard shift.
[/quote]where's Newell at?  :D
[/quote]

Actually, Newell is probably the only good coach we hired since Foster (other than Tubbs).  The guy could definitely recruit.  So what if he left a player somewhere...the kid should have been on the bus!

http://www.uamont.edu/athletics/mens%20basketball/staff/newell.htm

[CThoops]

This is a great thing for Lamar, especially if he can get two-for-ones with power conference teams. I can bet Lamar gets plenty of people in the stands and just imagine if they find a way to win one of those games? You have a better chance to beat these teams by actually scheduling them, rather than not playing them at all ;)

Good luck to Pat Knight, and I hope this all works out for him