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longtimetechsterfan
chris long has plenty of experience. we see where that's gotten us. just how many of these experienced, great coaches do you think are lining up to take tech's peanuts? no, what's more important than anything for the techsters is getting PLAYERS. i really don't see where people like you, sharky, expect to get PLAYERS without a coach that anyone wants to play for. we can discuss everything under the sun from facilities, to budget to whether or not kids want to live in ruston and all of those issues have ALREADY been addressed. but you seem to love to just wait until something goes wrong to come in here like you're some sort of fortune teller and coaching expert, just so you can repeat everything you've already said.
i have repeatedly said i don't agree with making spoon the head coach right now. but that doesn't mean she's not the biggest advantage we've had in YEARS. you'd have to be stupid to not see that as a cause for hope. tech is getting in living rooms we would have NEVER gotten in without spoon. louisiana tech was never getting mentioned or discussed on the major websites, message boards and blogs except to be laughed at for not realizing that it's no longer 1988, now even they're admitting what an asset we have.
spoon has been here since june. wtf kind of miracles do you expect from the woman? she had no hand in bringing in these players. even if she was pat summitt reincarnated, what, did you expect tech would all of a sudden go undefeated? even still, who do you think has been called directly responsible (along with shanavia) for shanavia's development? have you not noticed the change in attitude and discipline among this team? those are the types of things you can change in a matter of months and months is all that spoon's been around. you can't overhaul an entire roster or go out there and give players talent they don't have. you complain that fans give spoon too much credit, but in a different way, SO DO YOU.
do you think cece harper made a visit because ruston is a great metropolis? no, she was here because spoon is here. do you even know who cece harper is? do you know who we're competing against for her? half of the big 12 including baylor and texas and 1/3 of the sec including tennessee. when's the last time louisiana tech was ever able to say that? have you ever heard of charmaine tay? i bet not. she's one of the best guards in the country, is from new jersey and probably never even heard of ruston before spoon came back. her aau teammate, china crosby, is also one of the best guards in the country and is going to virginia next year. crosby, according to the wbb boards all over considers spoon family. do you think she wouldn't have considered tech had spoon been here a year or two ago? did it ever occur to you that when a kid from outside of louisiana/mississippi/alabama gets hesitant about moving here, that maybe spoon, who has lived all over the country, and notoriously liked living in ny and la for their extracurricular activities, is probably a better saleswoman for ruston living than anyone just by her presence here? who do you think was re-assuring lenita sanford?
did you even pay attention to spoon's career after she graduated? if you did you'd know that kids splattered across division 1 basketball consider her a mentor. these are kids that play for the likes of virginia, rutgers, uconn, syracuse, tennessee, st. john's, duke, texas, ohio state and on and on. you'd know that she has contacts all over the country with aau coaches, tournament directors and high school coaches. THAT'S what we need. all of the experience in the world means absolutely nothing without PLAYERS and TALENT. you can complain about the in-game coaching all you want to. there's only so much you can do with a team of midgets. THAT has hurt us this year far more than long's inability to make adjustments ever has.
sure, we're a mid-major in a weak conference, but that hasn't seemed to stop OTHER mid-majors in similar situations with similar budgets from PASSING US BY. why? because while we're constantly complaining about who and what we used to be, acting like we're entitled for things we did years ago and envying baylor, other mid-majors have begun to build their programs, accept their status, try to dominate their conference and recruit instead of whining. the depth of talent is far greater in girls high school basketball than it was even 5 years ago. there's no way you can convince anyone with half a brain that a tech program with it's stuff together (including a coach with a personality) couldn't bring in the players. let's not act like they're all still going to the same 5 programs.
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