AJ25

Everyone begged for a big change to be made, for the team to go younger, etc... Well, it's has happened finally. With that being done, expect some lumps. They could end up making a push this season, but I really look for them to be serious contenders within the next 2 years.

[quote name="True Blue" post="991210" timestamp="1301616745"] [quote author=AJ25 link=topic=82509.msg991199#msg991199 date=1301614696] Crash: Well, Nuke's scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man's here. We need a live... is it a live rooster? We need a live rooster to take the curse off Jose's glove and nobody seems to know what to get Millie or Jimmy for their wedding present. Is that about right? ... We're dealing with a lot of sh*t. Larry: Okay, well, uh... candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she's registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. Okay, let's get two! Go get 'em. [/quote] OK.... thats pretty scary , that you know that whole scene :o But what scares me more is that I know that your right  :o [/quote] Haha i can quote it for a while, best baseball movie of all time.

[quote name="adminbaberuth" post="991220" timestamp="1301618528"] [quote author=beechnut link=topic=82462.msg991213#msg991213 date=1301617075] I see the [b]belt kid from Hudson[/b] is starting for the giants at first. Got my tickets for the astros opener and bosox series. just hope mclain is gone by year end. [/quote] got a hit in his 1st ab. [/quote] I thought he was from Nac??

[quote name="UNLV" post="991190" timestamp="1301613317"] Tom, nobody cares about Terry.  >:( >:( [/quote] Who the heck is Tom?

Crash: Well, Nuke's scared because his eyelids are jammed and his old man's here. We need a live... is it a live rooster? We need a live rooster to take the curse off Jose's glove and nobody seems to know what to get Millie or Jimmy for their wedding present. Is that about right? ... We're dealing with a lot of sh*t. Larry: Okay, well, uh... candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she's registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. Okay, let's get two! Go get 'em.

[quote name="UNLV" post="991180" timestamp="1301611022"] Anyone see Tom on campus?  maybe shaking hands with Tidwell?  maybe wearing a Lamar shirt? Anyone? [/quote] Tom? or Terry?

Heyward hit a homerun in his first at bat of the season again this year making it two years straight.. It'll make for an interesting story this time next year.

[quote name="adminbaberuth" post="990320" timestamp="1301459972"] [quote author=Yearof thePat! link=topic=82453.msg990226#msg990226 date=1301453370] [Hidden Content] [/quote] sweet box [/quote] That's great for a high school game.

[quote name="pirate supporter" post="990244" timestamp="1301454725"] just heard on the news that lumberton is going to possibly be letting 40 teachers go. Class sizes going on and this can't be good for teachers / coaches/ or students [/quote] Lumberton will be laying off over 70 teachers total..

[quote name="UNLV" post="990135" timestamp="1301449295"] [quote author=SabineRavine link=topic=82332.msg990043#msg990043 date=1301444669] [quote author=UNLV link=topic=82332.msg990019#msg990019 date=1301443105] Ok you want to take it there. I'll take it there. Lets talk about dumb for 22 years. Lamar has picked coaches using this forum mentality. He is such and such son, he was assitant under X, he is from this area, he has a great record coaching sub DI, a great record vs piney tree college, he played for Lamar. Now that is dumb. No one is talking true coaching skills. We can debate Abatemarco coaching skills all day and disagree. But here is what my man brings to the table NYIT Iona Davidson St John under Lou Carnesecca North Carolina st under Jim Valvano...1983 National Championship Lamar Drake Sac st Colorado Virginia Tech Maryland under Lefty Driesell Utah Rutgers NBA-DL WNBA NBA I call that EXPERIENCE. Abatemarco would bring to Lamar that east coast style that got Butler and VCU to the final four. Abatemarco could bring NBA tactics that would kill all SLC or challenge USU in the WAC. What your guy has? [/quote] OK, I'll bite. NYIT, Iona, Davidson, St. Johns, Virginia Tech, Maryland, and NC State were all prior his first stint at LU, so that pretty much excludes them as all that "experience" showed no effect when he was at LU. You mentioned that he coached under Lou Carnesecca and Jim Valvano, but in your description of this forum's mentality, one of the problems with previous coaching hires is that "he was assitant under X".  So those two points you emphasize are by your own admission a reason against hiring him.  Sac State and Drake . . . .well . . . That leaves CU, a year at Utah, and Rutgers for college experience.  Middle-of-the-pack finishes at best. NBA-DL as an assistant, WNBA, and management in the NBA.  Could easily be said he wasn't sure exactly what he wanted to do. I have to agree, I think you fail to make a compelling argument as to why this is supposed to be the guy.  I would bet there are 100 college assistants with more experience.    [/quote]Which one of those 100 is in LU list? [/quote] I'd be lying if I said I knew much about Division 1 assistant coaches.. Or any levels coaches for that matter, but there are a few impressive schools on this list. Marquette, Hawaii, Houston, etc... Those guys must know what they are doing. I for one am really excited to see what happens with the Cross situation. I know JUCO sports very well, and most of the JUCO teams in Region 14 can compete with some of these mid-level Southland schools. If Cross can win in Region 14 and continue to succeed in the post season, he can make a winner at LU.

[quote name="puddin tane" post="989953" timestamp="1301436738"] [quote author=UNLV link=topic=82332.msg989719#msg989719 date=1301416743] [quote author=stevenash link=topic=82332.msg989672#msg989672 date=1301409020] [quote author=UNLV link=topic=82332.msg989651#msg989651 date=1301407471] [quote author=badndn link=topic=82332.msg989397#msg989397 date=1301340879] [quote author=UNLV link=topic=82332.msg989283#msg989283 date=1301328279]That is not true. Caldwell and Jackson were Abatemarco recruits. [b]Lamar ran him out of town following a 20-11 season. [/b] Drake ran him out before he could rebuild a bad program. It was over for him when he got to Sac st. He did it to himself. However holding a grudge does not make good business sense and won't get LU wins.[/quote] Pretty sure he left on his own accord. Didn't he jump to Drake because he thought it was a better opportunity? [/quote]He did but it was a mob at his door. He won't get hired but I put him as my pick if I was boss. [/quote] Sure- and is it because he is such an X & O genius?  Or is it his communication skills? [/quote]Because LU don't have the umph to bet big. I lived in Las Vegas many years. It is the small time betters that built that city. The big betters are the big winners. [/quote] las Vegas..?? arent they number 1...in home foreclosures 4 yrs running? [/quote] I actually just read that. Doesn't sound like the best place to live to say the least.

Live [b]re-draft[/b] this Wednesday at 9 PM

[quote name="ST11" post="987431" timestamp="1300902044"] [quote author=adminbaberuth link=topic=1740.msg8140#msg8140 date=1142134837] [b]Pro[/b] PNG's [b]Lew Ford[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Hardin-Jefferson's [b]Ben Broussard[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] WOS's [b]John Patterson[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Nederland’s [b]Brian Sanches[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] PNG’s[b] Kyle Stutes[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Nederland’s [b]Brad Sullivan[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Nederland’s [b]Jesse Floyd[/b][url=[Hidden Content]] Lumberton’s [b]Clay Bucholz[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] PNG’s [b]Ben Weber[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Westbrook’s [b]Jason Tyner[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] [Hidden Content][/url] Westbrook’s [b]Chip Ambres[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] LCM’s[b] Beau Hale[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Westbrook's [b]Jay Bruce[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] [b]College[/b] Lamar Buna's [b]Collin Delome[/b], Kelly's [b]William Henderson[/b], Jasper's [b]CJ Ebard[/b], WOS's [b]Chad Barbre[/b], Lumberton's [b]Andrew Gay[/b], West Brook's [b]Derrick Gordon[/b], PNG's [b]Allen Harrington[/b], Nederland's [b]William Delage[/b], Nederland's [b]Justin Walker[/b], LCM's [b]Matt Gore[/b], Hardin-Jefferson [b]Tim Erickson[/b], [size=9px][url=[Hidden Content]] Centenary Westbrook's [b]Justin Huff[/b] [size=9px][url=[Hidden Content]] ETBU LCM’s [b]Luke McFarland[/b], PNG’s [b]Aubrey Cook[/b], HF’s [b]Matt Hebert [/b]and [b]Lance Elizondo[/b], PNG’s [b]Chris Wood[/b],LCM’s [b]Seth Gamblin[/b][url=[Hidden Content]] Tyler Nederland’s [b]Brock Lemire[/b], LCM’s [b]Derek Tilley[/b], Kountze [b]Matt Phillips[/b][url=[Hidden Content]] [Hidden Content] [/url] Panola Nederland’s [b]Cody Deitz [/b]and Jasper’s [b]Josie Parker[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Hill Nederland’s[b] Ryan Brauninger  [/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Texas Tech LCM’s [b]Tyler Reeves [/b]and Lumberton's [b]Aaron Odom [/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Wake Forest Nederland’s [b]Dustin Hood [/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Texas A&M PNG’s [b]Josh Stinson [/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] South Carolina Buna's [b]Chase Tucker[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]]  [Hidden Content]] McNeese Nederland [b]Ryan Frantz[/b], LCM's [b]Shon Landry[/b], BC's [b]Hunter Hayes[/b] and [b]Derek Blacksher[/b], Kelly's [b]Alex Dugas[/b][url=[Hidden Content]] Alvin PNG's[b] Chad Hebert [/b]and [b]Jason Stutes[/b], Barber Hill's [b]Aaron Bazan[/b][url=[Hidden Content]] Northwestern LCM's [b]Derek Cloeren [/b]and [b]Knox McCorqudale[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Arkansas Westbrook's [b]James Ewing[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Kansas Barbers Hill's [b]Chase Mitchell[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Angelina Ozen's [b]Kevin Cooper[/b], PNG's [b]Darrel Bass[/b], West Brook's [b]Brandon Castolina[/b], Deweyville's [b]Zane Williams[/b], Buna's [b]David Forsmo [/b][url=[Hidden Content]] North Central Texas WOS [b]Brad Becker[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Southern Mississippi West Brook's [b]Michael Ewing[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] UALR Bridge City's [b]Shane Landry[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] [Hidden Content][/url] Prairie View A&M Ozen's [b]Wrandal Taylor[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Texas Southern LCM's[b] Wayne Guillory[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] San Jac Woodville's [b]Chad Beck [/b]and WOS [b]Jordan Thibodeaux[/b] [url=[Hidden Content]] Middlebury College Ned's[b] Joe Ramoin[/b][url=[Hidden Content]] [/quote] BC's Jaden Dillon ---> McNesse [/quote] Check Pg. 40

[quote name="UNLV" post="985975" timestamp="1300642971"] Basketball season is over. It is time for LU to move to the WAC. After announcing the WAC move, this should attract a higher caliber of coaches applying for the MBB job. It would also help in finding a good WBB coach if Tidwell step down. Get right Lamar. [/quote] I'm sure they're letting whatever coach they are trying to hire know that they should be moving to the WAC. That should attract a higher caliber coach.

LCM and Ned gotta be 1-2

[quote name="ForeverADog" post="985871" timestamp="1300594381"] I can't remember the lines at Ned but center is 370 [/quote] 318 down the lines at the best field in SETX[quote author=Allen Gamble link=topic=82007.msg985955#msg985955 date=1300639141] I believe HF's is 325 down left field line 375 power alleys 407 dead center and 265 right field line [/quote] Don't forget about the 30 foot wall in right though

Lumberton I believe is 315 down the lines, 370 to dead center, and 380 in the power alleys.

I don't care if he's purple, the best coach available should get the job.

[quote name="NDN99" post="983981" timestamp="1300316282"] This list is very outdated Lew is overseas Floyd doesn't play Harrington is listed as college? He's allready been to the minors and gave up the game due to his arm ???? [/quote] Check page 40

[quote name="Walk-off" post="983660" timestamp="1300252839"] Just amazes me when these division 1 guys makes a play,they're all-world, but when they make an error, they're just kids.......... [/quote] Pretty sure professionals make errors.. He's in HS.. I think he has some room to do so.

[quote name="MrUmp1" post="983655" timestamp="1300252253"] [quote author=AJ25 link=topic=81724.msg983427#msg983427 date=1300242768] [quote author=1696dogs link=topic=81724.msg983413#msg983413 date=1300242365] This is the worst calling I've ever seen! And I'm talking about calls on both sides!!! [/quote] They're HS umps for a reason.. Umps are just like players, the better you are.. The higher level you're at. [/quote] I was not at this game or know anything about it but...  your comment is wrong about the better umpire you are the higher level you call. I know plenty of guys that do not have the time to commit to calling college ball but are plenty good enough to do it. If your day job pays you well and all the benefits that go with it, you don't screw that up taking off work to go call college ball. And yes, I have done both but only call high school anymore and it was my choice no one elses. [/quote] I know that's the case with some.. A lot of umpires work there way up though. Which again, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.

[quote name="adminbaberuth" post="983631" timestamp="1300249227"] Tip my hat to the Pirates. Dogs jump out 4-0, but a huge 7 run inning dooms the Dogs. Bubba Maxwell of Vidor had a heck of a game, error free at SS and closed the game for the save. [/quote] The kid certainly is a player.

[quote name="lefty3162" post="983613" timestamp="1300247987"] Maybe so,But he gets the W. [/quote] All that matters.

5 spots remaining in this year's league. Draft is This Sunday, March 20th. 9:00 pm

[quote name="vpride" post="983467" timestamp="1300243683"] Way to go Pirates!  Did we pitch Hagler or save him for the Lumberton Raiders on Friday? [/quote] Is Maxwell a reliever?