Skinny1 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Men’s Basketball game tonight. Marco usually attends, but was absent at Friday’s game versus Rice and not at the WBB game on Sunday against Denver. Wonder if he is laying low in public to avoid all the questions associated with the FB coaching hire. Will see if he shows tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecker_LU Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 The more I think about it, the more Walden intrigues me. Hopefully Born will do his due diligence and see who in the coaching community give him references. Hell, he might be a great OC choice for UT! He might be the next Joe Brady!! Scott Walden needs to be the next Head Coach at Lamar, not someone that coached at Colorado School of Mines. Scott Walden as a 26 year old put together the most prolific offense in D3 College Football. Also as a 26 year old had a winning season in his first season. The ceiling is wide open with Walden but I think at least the floor is Eric Morris. It’s an experiment for Lamar but it’s not a bad one. If all else fails, we could bring in Brent Dearmon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachacola Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 We are forgetting about stitt that coached at Montana. Guy was a good head coach for many years at Colorado school of mines. He had a bad go at Texas state but who doesn’t The same can be said for retread coaches that LU tends to hire. Short term Born will probably hire a good coach. My concern is can LU break the cycle of hiring multiple bad coaches for each good coach they hire? In both football and basketball they've been doing this for years, which kills support for the programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertobutler Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I would take either Beck or Walden based on what I know and have read, but my practical side tells me that Beck isn't coming to LU for $250k when he was making $800k at UT. Walden may be the next Lincoln Riley. I don't know that he will, but from what I have read, he may be just what I posted earlier, the young "fire in his gut" coach who comes to LU and the job is his launching pad to stardom!! If we get 4-5 great years with him, going his last 2-3 years deep into the FCS playoffs, then that is what I think we would all want. I think LU could put 15k+ fans in the stands in Frisco for a FCS championship game!! Absolutely - well said. I'm really excited about this guy. Walden gets my vote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecker_LU Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Absolutely - well said. I'm really excited about this guy. Walden gets my vote! Not only to me does Walden seem like the guy to get people in the stands but the guy to keep them there. Once Dodd left, there wasn’t a game where the stands weren’t 75% empty from the beginning of a game to the end durning the Schultz era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachacola Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Jalen Wells announced on twitter that he will not transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsGuy Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Hope Walden is the guy. Seems like he’d generate a lot more excitement than Tim Beck, who’s offense underperformed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckEm Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 UTSA hired Jeff Traylor within a week of firing Coach Wilson. So, it doesn't take three weeks to hire someone. True. Maybe that's why they hired the wrong guy? :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddin tane Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Im guessing tomorrow, we will be going "who???" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckEm Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Scott Walden needs to be the next Head Coach at Lamar, not someone that coached at Colorado School of Mines. Scott Walden as a 26 year old put together the most prolific offense in D3 College Football. Also as a 26 year old had a winning season in his first season. The ceiling is wide open with Walden but I think at least the floor is Eric Morris. It’s an experiment for Lamar but it’s not a bad one. If all else fails, we could bring in Brent Dearmon. Cool, a couple of new names...I'd be fine with Morris. Dearmon, OC at a Big 12 school...would likely have to take a paycut, not gonna happen. Wait, I just checked he's "only" making $250,000. Would be a stretch but who knows. Kind of interesting the disparity of pay for assistant coaches at the FBS level: https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/assistant (poor Aggies, they need a refund...lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthoftheBorder Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Jalen Wells announced on twitter that he will not transfer. I am going to take that as a positive sign!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckEm Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Im guessing tomorrow, we will be going "who???" Are you going to go out on a limb and say who you want? Walden, Beck, Briles, Morris, none of the above. (Although, I haven't heard Morris is even in the mix). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthoftheBorder Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Are you going to go out on a limb and say who you want? Walden, Beck, Briles, Morris, none of the above. (Although, I haven't heard Morris is even in the mix). Morris just took the OC job at a power 5 school, but i just can't remember which one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracula Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Traylor may be run first, but he has not been a head coach at the college level. He had 2 powerhouse 4A state championship teams at Gilmer and he made deep runs in the playoffs pretty consistently during his time their. I think he can coach. Not saying that he was the best choice for LU, but we will see what he does at UTSA. We may have regrets. I'm tired of run first. I want a tater chunker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFAN Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Dracula. I agree completely. Want some fun offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckEm Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 We are forgetting about stitt that coached at Montana. Guy was a good head coach for many years at Colorado school of mines. He had a bad go at Texas state but who doesn’t True, I did forget about him. He may be a good option as well. hmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthoftheBorder Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I'm tired of run first. I want a tater chunker. Regrets would come only if we bungle this hire and Traylor takes UTSA to a top Group of 5 team. Right now I am on the Walden train. Thinking he has enormous upside!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecker_LU Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Are you going to go out on a limb and say who you want? Walden, Beck, Briles, Morris, none of the above. (Although, I haven't heard Morris is even in the mix). I didn’t mean actual Morris, just a Morris like impact. I like Walden and I meant that his floor will be that he’s another Eric Morris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckEm Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Jalen Wells announced on twitter that he will not transfer. Also, Michael Lawson's says he hasn't made a decision. Maybe the original reaction was just based on emotion and he wants to wait and see..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoonbill Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Also, Michael Lawson's says he hasn't made a decision. Maybe the original reaction was just based on emotion and he wants to wait and see..?They need to make a damn decision. Lawson was one of if not THE best defensive player on the team. Great news that he's reconsidering. The last two years we've wasted the skill position talent we've had on offense. Bring in someone who wants to chunk it. He needs to bring a QB with him btw. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckEm Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I didn’t mean actual Morris, just a Morris like impact. I like Walden and I meant that his floor will be that he’s another Eric Morris. Gotcha, sorry...I'm a lil slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFAN Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 One of my employees kid is Troy Youman from Westbrook’s father. He is a great passer. Need to offer him ASAP. Best passer in our area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldwin1970 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Why a no on Major Applewhite or Fedora both pretty big names we need s drawing card stands are less full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachacola Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 One of my employees kid is Troy Youman from Westbrook’s father. I don't understand. Who is Westbrook? Is your employee married to his father? Does that make Westbrook and Troy Youman brothers? :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFAN Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Sorry I was typing in line at the store. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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