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Good news for LSU

Good news for LSUposted: Friday, April 14, 2006 | Feedback

All is well at LSU, where John Brady is finally getting some love from the administration, Glen Davis is staying, and the Tigers are a finalist for the best player left in the class of 2006.

Brady said he met with LSU chancellor Sean O'Keefe on Wednesday for an hour, and talks will resume Monday after the Easter weekend holiday. Brady reportedly is one of the lowest-paid coaches in the SEC (in the $715,000 range) and wants to be up near the $1 million mark to join the likes of Alabama's Mark Gottfried, with whom he competes for the SEC West title on a yearly basis.

Meanwhile, Brady told ESPN.com Friday that Davis (a.k.a. Big Baby), the SEC Player of the Year, would return for his junior season. Brady said he expects redshirt freshman Tyrus Thomas to test the draft process and put his name in by the April 29 cutoff. He said Thomas wants to be a top-five pick or he might withdraw by the June 18 deadline.

However, if Thomas leaves, Brady is confident that freshman Magnum Rolle, a role player on the Final Four Tigers, can step in and replace him. Rolle, a lanky player similar to Thomas, had two key blocks in the Sweet 16 win over Duke. The 215-pound Rolle needs to add weight; Brady said the plan is for him to put on 15 pounds over the summer.

In addition, the Tigers have two transfers who have been sitting out -- athletic wings Terry Martin (from Texas Tech), who will be eligible next January, and Dameon Mason (from Marquette). The Tigers also get back point guard Tack Minor (injured for most of the season). The only player they will definitely be losing is senior lead guard Darrel Mitchell.

As for recruiting, the Tigers are a finalist for Darrell Arthur, a 6-foot-9 power forward out of Dallas.

Brady is expected to re-up with LSU, but if NC State ever made a direct play for him and offered him well over $1 million, he would have to listen. At this point, expect Brady to remain at LSU, where there is a new commitment to him, his staff and a team that could be Final Four player again in 2007.

 

Looking Like Lon Kruger Now. Wouldn't be a bad hire IMO.

 

who is that?

 

nevermind... i guess you mean this guy:

http://www.firekruger.com/

 

Hell Doesn't most every school have one of those for their coach if he hasn't won a NC in the past 10 years. I haven't even looked at the thing because this Fire Whoever.com crap has been done to death.

Hes a guy whos Been mixed up in the whole college game for a long time. Hes Competed in some pretty good conferences for some pretty good schools. I will take him any day over the "up and Comer" that would be fed to the sharks in the ACC. We will see how he does, but He Knows What hes getting into, and Hes Been there before. That being said its Not Done Yet. He may turn us down also.

 

A two-year 34-27 record at UNLV and a .577 won-loss percentage in his 4 other college job doesn't do much for me. I'd have to say he should stay in Vegas.

 

The picture on PackPride today is Gregg Marshall. Were you going to come back sometime and tell everyone is 'looks like' him?

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice that,

 

Not Saying Another Word. Carry On

 

Greg Marshall would be the perfect hire for State. He knows the area and has proven he can recruit it at a much smaller school. The problem may be that he would most likely insist on his own assistants and schools sometimes don't like that when a coach is making a big move up (this was probably one of the things that did Doherty in the most).

Plus, I really don't know that he wouldn't jump to a bigger job if one came available. I think that if you could keep him 5-7 years, he might stay there forever though. Believe it or not, you might not be able to get him to leave Winthrop.