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Post by LIONS90045 on Feb 8, 2019 16:38:15 GMT -5
Pinkens email is on the Lions website:
Craig Pintens
Title Athletic Director
Email craig.pintens@lmu.edu
Phone (310) 338-5940
Twitter lmupintens
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Post by nbdlion22 on Feb 8, 2019 17:03:36 GMT -5
Gracias!
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Post by lmu2015 on Feb 8, 2019 17:51:23 GMT -5
a year ago i never would have thought that a 16-8 record would feel meh, would have thought it would be celebratory. I think a lot of people have realized that the ceiling with our program with CMD as our coach is pretty low. Another season of him would definitely be disappointing, although i would expect it to go the same as this one, where we go into league with a solid record, then hit a slump, only to come out of it the last few games of the season to provide some optimism going into the following year. Douglas and Scott definitely have the potential to be a pretty good wing duo for us the next 2 years, hopefully we can take advantage of that.
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Post by pumpfake on Feb 8, 2019 19:58:27 GMT -5
Another bright spot last night was Jordan Bell. He is going to be a solid contributor in the future. I thought McClendon and Quintana played lousy last night. I like both of them but they frustrated me last night.
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Post by lmuseniorfan on Feb 8, 2019 20:53:09 GMT -5
I think we're beginning to suffer from some type of a group metaphorical lynching of Dunlap. Yes, his team finished the last 2 minutes of last night's game very ineptly; yes, the second half of the BYU game was downright ugly; yes, it seems that Hermann should have been playing all year. In fact, after the BYU game I expressed my displeasure with the direction and leadership of the BB program. But consider where the program is this year compared to its almost 30-year history. Here are the records from 1990-91 to the end go Good's tenure in 2013-14: 16-15; 15-13; 7-20; 6-21; 13-15; 18-11; 7-21; 7-20; 11-16; 2-26; 9-19; 9-20; 11-20; 15-14; 11-17; 12-18; 13-18; 5-26; 3-28; 18-16; 11-21; 21-13; 11-23; 13-19. This year we are 16-8. I acknowledge that two of the wins are against lower division teams but in the 18-11 season of 95-96 we played Sonoma State and Seattle (at the time Div 2) and in the 21-13 season of 11-12, we played La Sierra and Vanguard.
I am not sure Dunlap is the right coach for here. I suspect that at times he toys with the emotions of certain players. But I am also a fact driven guy. Unless the season turns real sour from here on, we'll have a pretty good record, almost as good as any in the last 28 years. If a replacement for Batemon is found, we could be even better next year with the return of improved Scott, Douglas, Quintanna, and Markusson (and maybe even Bell, Williams and Alipiev). You people calling for Dunlap's head are ignoring the glaring reality of LMU basketball --- it has a history of being awful, and any coach will need considerable time to overcome that past. It just seems crazy to me that after enduring losing records year after year, we should want to fire a coach who finally produces a winning record. If I were a casual observer somewhere who saw our history along with this year's record, I could not imagine why anyone would want to fire the coach.
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Post by thx4leavinjimlynam on Feb 8, 2019 23:27:47 GMT -5
I heard Dunlap interviewed on the KXLU pregame show last night and he specifically said he was going to use a deeper rotation against San Diego because he felt it would bring more defensive intensity and on offense the players would be cutting more often and moving without the ball.
So, to follow up on some of the earlier posts, Dunlap went in with a game plan and stuck with it regardless of who was playing well and what they had just done in the previous play, for example Herman stealing the ball and dunking and then coming out at the next dead ball.
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Post by nbdlion22 on Feb 9, 2019 0:15:21 GMT -5
How do you “stick to a game plan” when you have players that are playing well?
You HAVE to learn to be flexible, not only in basketball but in life. Goodness gracious
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Post by ironlion on Feb 9, 2019 11:35:35 GMT -5
We have Bill Husak to thank for 20 years of mismanagement and ineptitude. The fact that he wasn’t fired early in his tenure is mind boggling.
Looking solely at WCC play we should be better in year 5 of CMD tenure. I really like this team and how hard they play. I hope we pick up some more wins to end with a respectable WCC record.
The future to me seems a bit ominous.Fan apathy is at a all time low. Look at the court side seats all except one long time fan have not renewed- people that held those seats for 25 and 30 years.
Batemon and McClendon will be very hard to replace and I don’t see us getting any better next season. I also believe Pintens won’t sign off on a cupcake non conference schedule to pad the record next year.
Pintens needs to raise money for a new arena and for this needs promise of any exciting brand of basketball and coach. During SD game I saw a fan literally asleep in his chair during halftime.
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Post by husky on Feb 9, 2019 17:13:57 GMT -5
I have been apathetically quiet the past couple of weeks. I had a feeling our conference showing would be similar to past seasons. We experienced quite a bit of preseason luck scheduling Division 1 opponents having down years and/or, with a couple of exceptions, losing records. Then stretching our win column to 16 by including the slaughtering of a couple of cub scout dens.
Still discounting the non-division 1 wins we are in fact 14-8. It is safe to assume we will win 3 more conference games (Portland, Pacific, and Santa Clara) projecting a 17-11 record. We could also score another win over Portland, Pacific or Santa Clara in the WCC Tourney: 18-12. Then include the wins over the cub scouts and Viola, we do have a 20 win season. Dunlap is not going anywhere until the end of his contract, if then. In fact, I fear this 20 win season may garner him another extension along with a handsome raise.
I have decided to try again to go with the flow. I'm not sure what we can attribute to the horrible attendance and general Malaise. Maybe if Dunlap could pull down a couple of signature wins, finally. Unexpected wins are few and far between these days.
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Post by oldestlion on Feb 9, 2019 18:00:57 GMT -5
We have Bill Husak to thank for 20 years of mismanagement and ineptitude. The fact that he wasn’t fired early in his tenure is mind boggling. Looking solely at WCC play we should be better in year 5 of CMD tenure. I really like this team and how hard they play. I hope we pick up some more wins to end with a respectable WCC record. The future to me seems a bit ominous.Fan apathy is at a all time low. Look at the court side seats all except one long time fan have not renewed- people that held those seats for 25 and 30 years. Batemon and McClendon will be very hard to replace and I don’t see us getting any better next season. I also believe Pintens won’t sign off on a cupcake non conference schedule to pad the record next year. Pintens needs to raise money for a new arena and for this needs promise of any exciting brand of basketball and coach. During SD game I saw fan literally asleep in his chair during halftime.
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Post by LIONS90045 on Feb 9, 2019 18:14:24 GMT -5
Oldest - did you have something to say?
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Post by oldestlion on Feb 9, 2019 18:39:49 GMT -5
Iron - I've been with you since the beginning and am really dismayed that you can't see the problem clearly. Look at the common denominator; It's not Bill Husak or any other current or past AD. It's not current or former coaches or facilities. Instead, the only constant that has affected the dismal performance of LMU basketball except for a couple of years has been a secession of university presidents who have talked a good game, a Board of Regents who do not hold athletics as important to the university, and an administration that has not been told that they will support athletics or else. It is easy to talk a good game but not deliver. We have seen it over and over again by presidents (including our current leader) who profess to see the value of athletics but who refuse to go out on a limb with the Board and do something. The AD, coaches, and staff are powerless. The only thing that will move the Board is MONEY, or more importantly, the lack of it, brought about by the refusal of donors to attend athletic events or make contributions to athletics. If LMU were a corporation, based on continuous lack of return on investment, the President would be fired and the investment would be cancelled until a plan were presented that could initiate success. Until that happens, we can unfortunately expect more of the same.
Why should any successful coach or players who could be developed into a winning team and program even consider for a moment coming to LMU? We are a coaches' and players' death trap and don't think for a moment that competing coaches, recruiters and publicists don't know that and use it against us. The current status of basketball is a detriment to university growth and excellence. Investment in basketball with a negative return is hurting all of us. It's time it stopped.
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