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"all of his players seemed to like him."

I've heard contrary.

Either way...I wouldn't be too disappointed with a Lavin hire. I'd definitely want him over Whittenberg and Belein right now. And if he can collect a good group of assistants, then that will be even better.

And we need to fucking hire someone now and get on the recruiting trails.

4/23/2006 5:50:47 PM

so...

I wonder when we can expect to hear something one way or the other.

4/23/2006 5:55:36 PM

ya I heard baron davis disliked him, but baron is a bitch anyway.

4/23/2006 5:56:16 PM

baron hates every team he's ever been on.

And he's sucked the last couple of years and still doesnt realize it.

4/23/2006 6:05:40 PM

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"I wonder when we can expect to hear something one way or the other."

well, since nothing is being leaked out about it, especially considering how close Lavin is with ESPN and brodcasting, it just does not feel like a hire right now.

4/23/2006 6:08:17 PM

^^^^Tomorrow or Tuesday. I've heard that he's in Raleigh today. But with the shit that went on with this coaching search...I'd take that info with a grain of salt.

Hey rally, how would you feel with a Belein Hire??

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 6:09 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2006 6:08:50 PM

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"And he's sucked the last couple of years and still doesnt realize it."

While I do agree that he consistently grumbles no matter the team....

18 points, 5 boards, 9 assists, 2 steals and 2 threes a game isnt really too shabby.

WHEN HEALTHY, he is a beast and one of the best point guards in the league.

4/23/2006 6:11:39 PM

how does nobody know when he is going to announce or any news? we were tracking freaking planes earlier....somebody should just shadow fowler all day.

4/23/2006 6:14:03 PM

didnt we offer the job to him like 3 days ago?

This dude has had plenty of time to decide.

Fowler is waiting at the altar as we speak.....

with no bride.

4/23/2006 6:17:47 PM

^^^

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"If one more media person claims that Baron Davis is a "tough omission" from the 2006 All-Star team, I'm going to throw up all over my Zarko Cabarkapa. Watch G-State some time -- they have some nice pieces (Murphy, Biedrins, Richardson, Fisher, Pietrus, Diogu), but there's Baron dribbling the ball for 20 seconds, hoisting bad 3s and single-handedly killing them in close games. It's like somebody shrunk Antoine Walker and gave him his own team. If you're wondering why the Warriors went 8-19 before winning their last two games, look no further. I'd rather have Speedy Claxton for one-fourth the price."

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 6:19 PM. Reason : a]


^^^^ I dont think Beilein is a realistic hire with his buyout clause and similar style so I dont have a strong opinion either way really.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 6:20 PM. Reason : a]

4/23/2006 6:19:29 PM

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"how does nobody know when he is going to announce or any news? we were tracking freaking planes earlier....somebody should just shadow fowler all day."

How does tracking one's flight correlate to when an AD is going to make a press conference? Look noone knows when a conference is going to be made or who is going to be hired. The decision could be made hour prior to the conference for who will be hired. For all we know Fowler is juggling thre or four candidates at a time. During the Calipari and Barnes situation, it was clear that they were the single person persued at the time.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 6:22 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2006 6:21:44 PM

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"It's like somebody shrunk Antoine Walker and gave him his own team. "

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

That's a perfect description of Baron Davis. That was great.

4/23/2006 6:22:26 PM

^^^they listed biedrins before dunleavy jr.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 6:54 PM. Reason : /]

4/23/2006 6:54:34 PM

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"congrats to the Warriors for giving Mike Dunleavy Jr. an inexplicable $45 million contract extension that doesn't kick in until next July ... and then watching him stink the joint out so violently that they had to bench him last week. Now that's comedy. The thing is, Isiah Thomas and Rob Babcock knocked our "Wow, what a terrible GM!" senses so out of whack that the Dunleavy extension doesn't seem so bad by comparison. But it was mind-blowingly bad."

4/23/2006 6:59:22 PM

yeah i agree with that...he has been much worse than i thought he would be...luol deng is already a better pro than dunleavy and they both have similar styles...imo...

4/23/2006 7:14:16 PM

they wouldnt have a press conference on a weekend

itll be tomorrow

4/23/2006 7:17:07 PM

i refuse to get my hopes up for another press conference until i see it officially posted...thank you john calipari for that...

4/23/2006 7:20:46 PM

it would make good sense though that he is calling up these guys and gettin his AC staff together before he makes an announcement to say he is completely ready to take this job over full steam ahead. Hopefully a press conference tomorrow.

and for the record, I Love Lavins potential and said him early on as my top candidate.

4/23/2006 7:43:13 PM

^Agreed. The ‘fact’ that we offered him the job and he hasn’t said “no” makes it seem like something is in the works.

I think Lavin would give State a lot of attention -> great recruits.

4/23/2006 7:50:38 PM

I am really in favor of Lavin.

He is way better than anything we are even thinking about.

Bring him to Raleigh.

4/23/2006 8:25:21 PM

If this is true, I just hope he has learned something about coaching in those years of commentating, as in "hey it actually pays off when the coach doesn't just sit there like a moron and actually tries to coach"

4/23/2006 8:31:03 PM

someone prolly said it already but....here comes the punchline.....he's prolly just waitin to get his raise from espn...llolololoi

4/23/2006 8:50:51 PM

haha the baron davis ripping in this thread is right on par with the way i feel about him... he used to be my boy back when he was with the bugs, but no longer

i have the slam magazine from when he made the cover, i remember how cool i thought it was when somebody wearing 'Charlotte' on their chest was on the cover for the first time since probably LJ...

he's such a sellout

4/23/2006 8:54:05 PM

haha.....


before the other teams make fun of him for it, we need to take all of those red wigs and slick back the hair with gel...give him a little hell/support while we're at it. All in good fun.


I'll buy one and do it...everyone else follow suit.

4/23/2006 8:57:55 PM

its official: Lavin receives raise, will become panelist on ATH next season

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 9:05 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2006 9:05:42 PM

http://u.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E23148%257E1231259,00.html

Talk about fucking bizzare

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"The game is up By Billy Witz Staff Writer It started with whispers. Then there was snickering. Soon the word spread around the summer recruiting circuit, where gossip and you-gotta-hear-this stories fly through the air like basketballs. At Highline Community College in suburban Seattle last July, about 30 college coaches and scouts were seated along the baseline of two courts, keeping their eyes on some of the best players in the Northwest. Steve Lavin was there to keep an eye on a top-flight point guard. While other coaches were taking notes or looking at rosters to match a name with a face, Lavin was off in the corner of the circular gym pumping away furiously on an exercise bike. Fans, recognizing him in the UCLA cap and shirt, stopped to chat, but nothing could slow him down, not even the giggling of his peers. Soon, sweat was pouring down his face and soaking through his shirt. "I'm watching the games," said one scout, "and I hear other guys saying, 'Is he going to the airport like that? Is he going to take a shower?' I turned around to see what everybody was talking about, and I couldn't believe it. "It was so unprofessional. I'm sure in a court of law he would say he was watching the games and that may true, but can you imagine Roy Williams, Lute Olson or Mike Montgomery getting on an exercise bike?" To many in the coaching industry, it is the quintessential Lavin story. It, as well as anything, explains why UCLA's 38-year-old head coach -- whose teams had won 20 games in each of his six seasons prior to this one and had reached the Sweet Sixteen in five of those years -- will be fired as soon as today. "

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"When a team has the same amount of talent as you, it comes down to X's and O's, and we never had an X-and-O game. You can get away with it against Oregon State, Washington State and SC, or in a one-game situation, but teams like Arizona and Stanford that are just as talented, you have to beat them with execution down the stretch."

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" A prep All-American, Bozeman was so highly thought of by Lavin as a point guard -- a position he rarely played in high school -- that the only other player Lavin signed at that position was Ryan Walcott, who had no other offers and the coaches hadn't evaluated in person. As Bozeman has struggled the past two years, there have been few options. Next year's roster will be littered with players who either had scholarship offers from lower-level schools or not at all: Walcott, Josiah Johnson, Jon Crispin, Matt McKinney, Brian Morrison and Ryan Hollins. "Steve is a phenomenal recruiter but a terrible evaluator," one scout said. "If he had somebody who could point him at a guy and say, 'Go get him,' he'd be fine. But he doesn't have anybody that can do that. That's why they end up with a roster full of guys who are either McDonald's All-Americans or can't play." This, those in the recruiting business say, is why UCLA is in the fix it is."

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 9:18 PM. Reason : jebus]

4/23/2006 9:09:32 PM

WELL WHO THE FUCK ELSE COULD WE GET NOW THATS BETTER?

dont delay, hire him today!

4/23/2006 9:19:15 PM

due to age

4/23/2006 9:24:07 PM

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"If he had somebody who could point him at a guy and say, 'Go get him,' he'd be fine."

Archie?

4/23/2006 9:29:10 PM

ya, sounds like he just needs some good asst. coaches

4/23/2006 9:39:01 PM

liiiike...whittenburg i guess

4/23/2006 9:42:51 PM

Haha. Lavin's a dumbass. This should be fun.

I'm actually excited about him coming in just because it would be entertaining for a couple years. Whether Herb was winning or losing, he was still boring. If Lavin gets in here, we'll have an interesting few years...win or lose.

4/23/2006 9:44:06 PM

i dont really know if whitt is a good recruiter but i would love to have him as an asst. coach


not that that would happen though

4/23/2006 9:46:50 PM

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"well, since nothing is being leaked out about it, especially considering how close Lavin is with ESPN and brodcasting, it just does not feel like a hire right now."

If he has a personal relationship with ESPN, then that makes them more likely to respect his want for privacy during this time and work with him to make sure nothing leaks and he can pursue this position without it falling apart due to media pressures. ESPN stands to make alottof $$ off of this if he goes back to coaching.

A successful ex-broadcaster now a successful college basketball coach would be very positive for the network. I bet they are working behind the scenes to film the whole process and make a mini-series outtof it. TALK ABOUT GOOD PRESS!

4/23/2006 9:48:44 PM

^delusional much?

4/23/2006 9:49:30 PM

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"respect his want for privacy"

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"film the whole process"

4/23/2006 9:50:17 PM

Is whimsical humor outlawed on this board?

4/23/2006 9:50:19 PM

i'm sorry. it's just that people might actually believe silly shit like that. there's been far too much optimism in these threads for anyone's good.

4/23/2006 9:51:37 PM

Yeah, I know. I just want to have a coach too. But hey if I'm right about this one, ya owe me a forty ounce malt liquor beverage of my choosing.

4/23/2006 9:52:50 PM

you're big on that unrealistic optimism, eh? ha.

4/23/2006 9:53:38 PM

yeha. sure am.

My big thing with the Lavin ordeal is wondering how ESPN will treat it.
Realistically it could be very positive for us as far as getting back into the national spotlight.
It could be negative eventually but this is all heresay anyways, right?

Herb never had that kindof star power, though i will root for mouseman @ ASU.

4/23/2006 9:57:07 PM

As long as we are on the topic of unrealistic optimism, I found this on packpride...

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"Monday by 2 pm NC State will have a new coach."

...

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"Im not going in to any details simply because I don't have any. Here is what I've got. A family friend of W.Murph told my dad tonight on the phone to expect an announcement by tomorrow. Could be BS and with all the crap Ive read over the last week I wouldnt doubt it. But Im gonna be excited anyways until I hear different."

4/23/2006 10:13:38 PM

God damn those mother fuckers are delusional. I can't count the number of times I've seen that kind of shit on PP over the past few weeks.

Every single last one of them are bat shit crazy. The mods included, James, etc...

I bought a 1mo subscription right when Herb left--biggest fucking waste of money.
nobody should ever buy a subscription, all they do (mostly) is link to other articles and make up some wild ass theories.

Every week I have heard them say "we'll know something in the next two days".."expect a presser.. ".... "Hey good news "

Then someone will be like "Hey James gave a smiley WOOT!"

FUCKING IDIOTS.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 10:21 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2006 10:15:57 PM

watching football scouting videos is the only semi worthwile part of the subscription

4/23/2006 10:27:18 PM

they have good info over there contrary to your beliefs.

4/23/2006 10:29:14 PM

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"Rumors and bullshit"

4/23/2006 10:29:50 PM

^^^thats why I want a subscription...but i'm too poor and I dont need to waste anymore of my time.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 11:14 PM. Reason : ]

4/23/2006 11:13:56 PM

our new coach

4/23/2006 11:17:14 PM

^^ ya we have a WR coming in that has some sick punt return clips

4/23/2006 11:18:31 PM

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"watching football scouting videos is the only semi worthwile part of the subscription"

yeah,I just watched some of those. Pretty good.

4/23/2006 11:21:30 PM