realgreggym

I've never lived there but there is a great non profit called Cal Farley's Boys and Girls Ranch. Given them money when possible since the early 70s. They do a great job with at risk kids. As a matter of fact, there was a big kid from there that played football for Baylor a few years ago. Its tough to root for Baylor but I did for that young man.

I would like to believe this but we were told the same thing about the Drum. 5 years later, everything was ready to go.

Thats the greggym option since 1970.

You don't get it. Have a great day.

The G league is no guarantee.

In my opinion, if he wants to get to the league, he needs to be back 100%. Taking an extra year is not a big deal if it gives him a better chance to make the league. He's 20.

12, I am speaking as a former letterman and a cancer survivor. I realize that I was older than Andrew when I went through my treatments. While going through some nasty treatments, I was out running everyday but I wasn't the same and I doubt he is either. If he wants to go pro, his body needs time to recover. He can still have a normal life by going to class and going to practice but not necessarily competing. I get it about the doctors but I am looking longer term and not just this season.

Good post.

He needs to redshirt this year.

If DKR was still AD, that would probably happen. Although being on/close to campus is no guarantee of student attendance, its even less likely that students will get in their cars or take some type of transportation to a game.

You can have 16k seats but you have to have the right configuration. In the day, the Marriott at Center at BYU was the largest gym in the country at roughly 22k but if I remember correctly, it was one level and the slope was so gradual , the gym wasn't nearly as loud as it should have been. Have as many fans as is possible as close to the floor as you can and you'll have a great atmosphere. Just don't build a gym that is everything to everyone. You build it for hoops and if you want concerts there, its in a hoops configuration.

I would love to see about 10k seats at Gregory. The problem is that its an old building and you would need to do a big remodel. For example, our locker rooms are now offices and because the structure is old, I am not sure it would work. They can tear it down and build a similar structure but not until I am dead and buried.

You want the gym as close to campus as possible. However even then, there is no guarantee that students will show but at least its a better option.

I need to lend him my burnt orange tie.

Of course it is but I blame it on The Schwartz.

Mel definitely had character issues.

café, since you seem to remember those prehistoric times, here's something that shows how strange recruiting can be. As mentioned Larry played at Hobbs NM which was a national power back in the day. Coaches from all over the country descended on Hobbs but not to see Larry. Hobbs had a 6'9 white kid I think his name was Kyle Williams who every one wanted. Our coaches go to see Kyle and they see this skinny black kid who was unstoppable. All the other coaches were infatuated by Williams. Our coaches started recruiting Larry and since I believe he was born in Lampasas, he had no problem coming to Austin. Kyle wound up going to Kansas State and played for the legendary Jack Hartman. Johnny Moore is another great story.

I am good with that as long as Barry isn't in one of them.

café, Larry's freshman team had better attendance than the varsity did.. There were a couple of other kids on that frosh team that left school or the team would have been even better. Very few know that freshman were not eligible to play varsity until 72. I would have loved to see Larry's high school team in Hobbs play the Wheatley teams in those years. No 3 point shot and no shot clock and yet those teams felt bad if they didn't score at least 100 every game.

Your Dad is correct. He should have a lot of stories since he was part of the sports media back then. Larry was drafted I believe in the 5th round but was the last cut because he had bad knees. He hurt his knee in our last non conference game against OU and missed his entire JR conference year. Came back the next year and was conference MVP. He was probably the best player in the SWC in the 70s. We recruited his brother Ronnie but ultimately he went to NMSU because he didn't want to be known as Larry's little brother. He did go to Sweden and as of a couple of years ago, he was still there and I hope that has lived and will continue to live a great life. He's a good guy. As far as the UH story goes, that was the first round of the NCAAs and that game was in Las Cruces. That was literally a 1-16 battle. We had to win a playoff game I think against SMU to win the conference. UH was considered to be a final four team in Los Angeles I believe that year.. They had Dwight Jones and Dwight Davis who were both NBA lottery picks. The game started and we couldn't break their press. Jimmy Blacklock was our starting point guard but couldn't break their trap. We were down by something like 11 points and Coach Black called a time out and put in Larrabee. Harry was probably 5'10 and slow as molasses but UH couldn't contain him. We fought our way back and near the end of the game if I remember, we took the lead. Near the end, there was a jump ball between Harry and either David or Jones. and damn if Harry doesn't get the tip. Robinson came up huge that game and out played the entire UH frontcourt on one leg. The rest is also true. I remember the media telling us that if we didn't go and just forfeited the game, the final score would be 2-0 instead of the ass whipping that UH was going to give us. The lesson to be learned is that can never count out any team or any player because you don't know his heart . Any team on any given day can beat any other team and thats why you don't sell any opponent short. Thats what UH did and they paid a big price.

café, great question. Our slow start didn't play into this. We played one of the toughest non conference schedules in the country and with a couple of exceptions, most of the games were extremely competitive. The problem was DKR. He was a great football coach but as an AD, he could care less about us. He probably wouldn't have known that we were conference champs until the next morning when he went into his office.

I'm not being rude to you but let me tell you what depressing really is. Its winning the conference the last game of the season, getting back to campus around midnight and the tower wasn't even lit. A couple of parents were so upset that they called DKR at home and demanded that the tower be lit orange. About 20 minutes later it was. That's depressing. Not some exhibition on a Wednesday when most students are focused on the football team having the season thats developing. BTW, I just rechecked the email that the T Association had sent me an others and it said that only the first 3000 in line when the doors opened would be admitted on a first come basis. FWTW,

Some kids sadly are just bad kids. Some bad kids desperately need guidance and can turn their life around. If its the former, no thanks. If its the latter, maybe. I suspect the coaches know the situation.

No, the main difference in us is that you don't know nearly as much as you believe you do and when everyone tells you that you're wrong either you keep thinking that everyone is wrong but you or all of a sudden you change your tune as if you always felt that way. You said that Jericho would be a JAG because of his freshman stats. You're the king of taking cheap shots at the kids. End of discussion. I knew Coach Barnes a lot better than you but sometimes it best for both sides to follow other opportunities. And I care far more about the kids than any of the meaningless nonsense you fret over.