Ricardo Gathers, PF - BAYLOR
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Coaster1955
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This is a hunch...a wild idea....with no basis in fact at all. With his feel for the dramatic, the show, how to seal the deal, I'm betting a $2 bill, Coach returns for the UCLA game.
cavalier86
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I really didn't want to respond to this but, unless you are sitting next to Lavin on visits how do you know what he is telling them. We are not there during team meetings so how do we know what he is telling his players. He will coach when he is physically able to. And when someones health and well being takes back seat to a game is the day I stop watching sports!
redstorm80
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I'm not so sure that Gathers will be getting as much playing time as he may think. I'll admit I dont know much about their team but they have Quincy Miller at the 4 and are bringing in 2 very good centers including the #2 player in the class. Not to mention who ever else they have who will get minutes at the 4/5. I believe he will get minutes but will be more of a role player at first
I think you need to chill out. Coach Lavin and staff have done a good job so far. Right now his health is his main priority. It takes a lot more energy and is a lot more stressful to coach than to sit in the stands observing recruits. All of us wish he was on the bench, but it is more important for him to be healthy when he does start coaching again.
I would choose St John's based on the coaching staff
http://redmen.com/forum/4-redmentalk/14733-coaching-staff-experience-and-accolades.html
Class of 72
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You know as much about Baylor as I do about astrophysics.
Regular NCAA team? In EIGHT YEARS Drew and Baylor have been to TWO NCAAs. This year will be the 3rd in nine years.
Here's a little current Baylor BB history. Nothing like a great tradition. LOL!
The 2005 Bears were hindered by only having 7 scholarship players and recorded only one win in conference play. In spite of these challenges, head coach Scott Drew was able to put together a 2005 signing class ranked No. 7 nationally by HoopScoop.
The basketball program experienced a resurgence under coach Scott Drew with an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2008 for the first time in 20 years...
The 2008-2009 team won the program's first postseason victory since 1950 in its first round NIT victory over the Georgetown Hoyas in Waco.
Prior to all this there were the years under coach Bliss, with Murder, payoffs, coverups, NCAA sanctions, etc., etc.
Have a nice day!
Class of 72
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Having been to Texas many times over the years and once assigned there for a few, I know it well.
Waco is perhaps the most depressing city in the entire Lone Star state. Baylor itself is surrounded by urban decay on a Detroit scale but with a warm climate. You don't live in Waco, you pass through it. Most of the middle class has moved to the northwestern suburbs and the rest of the city (south and east ends) are poverty-ridden.
But Gathers and other top prospects are not attracted to Waco for its culture or dusty droll Texas beauty. They are attracted by the abundant free tail available to members of the athletic teams....especially football players. Coach Drew is likely staying one step ahead of sanctions. Time will tell.
