Keep the faith-It’s the darkest before the dawn.

[ironlions]

I’m doing the best to focus on what we do have as opposed to what we don’t. From everyone I have talked to the players are happy to play for Coach Good and staff and are strongly committed to LMU. As this season is slowly coming to a close I’m starting to look forward to next year and I really like what I see. Our starting five should be as follows:

PG- Larry Davis
SG- Vernon Teel
SF- Kevin Young
PF- Drew Viney
C- Edgar Garibay

That is an extremely talented team. I’m not sure how many of you have seen Larry and Drew play but they are excellent. Vernon a scoring machine, Kevin offensive game is really coming around. With some more weight Kevin will be a force. There will be little drop off coming of the bench. Jarred Dubois will get a lot of minutes. He is smart and savy and shown us how he can run a team. From what I have read about Given he seems to be very athletic. I look forward to watching him this summer. Ashley is extremely athletic and will be a tough match up. We never really got to see Ashley in action this year. The only game we really saw him was vs. ND where he scored 10 points on Haringody with a stress fracture in his back. Could have been a few more if some lay-ups went in. We really got a steal in Laron. He is tough and has some savy moves underneath the basket. Like Kevin with some more bulk he will only get better. It will great to have Timmy back to come off the bench for Garibay. He had a very solid freshman year. I’m not sure about the future of Brad and Terron. Brad works his ass off but he has zero offensive game. He gets to the line but his free throw percentage is poor. Watching Terron over the summer I just didn’t see the drive in him to improve his game. I think if we can get a talented freshman power forward or center we should go for him.

In sum, it’s a really difficult time to be a Lion fan. We will probably only get one, maybe two more wins this season. (Peppy or USF at home) Our record will be one of the worst in the nation. Don’t worry; things will look much better soon with a full talented roster.

Go Lions

[zagsfanforlife]

So is Larry Davis a true pg? I thought he was recruited out of hs as a sg? How are his handles? That would be excellent if he could play the one. Teel is much better as a sg then having to play the pg position.

[ironlions]

Hmm...I guess he is more of a SG but he might be PG for us. I guess there will some different experiments with him Teel and JD. Great handles and can really break down players. In one game pick up game I watched him this summer he was being guarded by Donnell Beverly a local kid who plays at Uconn. Larry absolute destroyed him.

[LIONS90045]

Sounds like an exciting future. I am glad to hear repeated reports that the players like Coach Good. Sometimes he seems to berate the players on the time outs after a missed play - hopefully they take it a constructive criticism. I agree that next years team will be dynamite if we keep the group together - that would be a great plus for the team, the LMU fans and the future of the program.
Any chance of adding Brandon Worthy to the coaching staff?
Go Lions!

[crazycagegirl]

B-Dubb is working his way into the NBA, last I heard.

[ironlions]

I don't see Brandon joining the coach staff any time soon. He really liked Tention and I'm sure he wasn't to happy when he was fired. Levy and Scholl are excellent, but we need another recruiter.

Go Lions

[crazycagegirl]

Besides, B-Dubb's tearing it up in Germany right now.


You know, I'm really surprised Chris Ayer is doing so well in Okinawa! I mean...he was never the greatest at LMU, but he's been in Japan ever since he graduated!

[ironlions]

I wonder how he is doing with making layups

[crazycagegirl]

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[stonewall]

"I wonder how he is doing with making layups"

Ouch! The old war wound!

Funny story: about a week after the shot-that-should-have-been, I was lifting weights in Burns Rec and I look through the window into the basketball courts and see Chris Ayer goofing around with a few people under the basket. At one point, he grabs the ball, leaps up and does a huge two-handed slam, hangs onto the rim with his feet in the air and a big smile on his face and I'm like "Laugh it up! Why couldn't you have done that when it counted??!!"

[crazycagegirl]

That missed layup haunted him for a little while, from what I was told....

[zagsfanforlife]

Dunk the ball Chris, Dunk the Ball.

Can't say I feel too sorry for him though, he was a prick.

[zagsfanforlife]

Actually,
Maybe "prick" is too harsh. Lets just say me and my buddies, along with other people who I hardly know, had some unfavorable experiences with the man.

[oldestlion]

Let the dead stay buried, Zags, and focus positively on the living.

[LIONS90045]

I'm with IRONLION here but not sure about Davis and Teel at guard. Maybe Davis and DuBois who has more control on the court and can pour in the points when his game is "on."
Coach Good mentioned after the USD game that Teel almost had a "quadruple double" in the game - points, rebounds, assists (all good) and (alas not good) turnovers!