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Ernie Baer

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  1. 1. Rebounder. 227th in the nation in rebounding rate isn't going to get it done. I'm not thoroughly convinced the newcomers (especially Papa) are going to be enough to help Whaley. Adding a Moses Scurry/Warren Rosegreen type would be a big help. 2. Two perimeter shooters. 215th in the nation in three point field goal percentage likewise isn't getting it done. They need at least two guys who can shoot in the high 30 - low 40% from behind the arch. That is going to help Thomas Jr. get in the paint easier and be more productive as opponents won't be able to help as easy. Will also help open up the inside game from double teams. 3. Back up point guard. Can't have Thomas extending himself the way he was. Looked gassed late in the SDSU game. Need a Stacey C. type back up to spot him some minutes. 4. Another person who can create off the dribble. Thomas is outstanding but another person who can create would really put a lot of pressure on the defense. Not thoroughly convinced Hicks or Evans are going to be helpful enough in this area.
  2. Agree. Think they need to beat SDSU, possibly even make the MWC tourney finals, to be comfortably in the NIT.
  3. Useless trivia, but after leaving Reno, Carey went on to become the head coach at Garden City CC in KS. While he was there he coached Keith Smart and future rebel George Ackles. Future Reno coached Mark Fox also played for him.
  4. Had a chance to interact with him several times when he was at Maryland and JMU. He and Jerry Tarkanian were close friends. Two of the original Nike coaches. Lefty had a place on the water in either Norfolk or Virginia Beach Virginia and occasionally Jerry and Lois would go there to stay and visit. He had an amazing personality. He was one of those people who could sell ice to eskimos. One story I remember was the 91 game between UNLV and JMU was supposed to be played at the Capital Center in D.C. instead on JMU's campus in Harrisonburg. That summer Jerry got a call from Lefty, "Tawk (southern drawl) my old friend we got a little problem. There is a scheduling conflict and the game is going to have to be moved to our gym on campus." The call went on and Lefty got him so sidetracked and laughing about things it wasn't until Jerry got off the phone he realized about the game being moved, becoming tougher. One of my favorite NCAA tournament memories was the 86 game which would be Lefty's last at Maryland and unfortunately Len Bias's last official basketball game. The media event the day before was on the Queen Mary. The two of them were swapping great stories, arguing over who discovered Armon Gilliam first, it was a great time.
  5. 20 assists to 10 turnovers. With the exception of the last few minutes of the first half, the ball movement for the Rebels was solid.
  6. Huggins and Wright are fantasies. Things were going well with Pitino in 01 until the admin/certain BOR members got involved. When he saw what a mess UNLV was he couldn’t run to Louisville fast enough. Howland was a done deal in 15, Tina had signed off on it but the higher ups caved when the pitchforks and tiki torches came out.
  7. Thanks for the laughs
  8. Hard to win being outrebounded 68-33. Surprised the game was as close as it was.
  9. It's not just they are poor defending the three point line. They are 296th in defensive efficiency, 336th in defensive field goal % and 287th in opponent assist to turnover ratio. Crazy to see how philosophically different Kevin is to his dad.
  10. Turner is going to be the new Bob Williams.
  11. George was definitely interested at that point in time (the time when Lon was hired has always been exaggerated). The problem was he we wanted to pump the brakes and understandably had a good amount of questions /concerns following what just went down. UNLV admin was not willing to wait as they wanted to move quickly.
  12. You can remove the sounds like part, high admin absolutely was responsible for caving on Howland. Tina was on board, ready to make the move (was going to happen with 24-48 hrs after the MWC tourney loss), but was over ruled as they caved to the pitch forks, Zimmer mom, etc. Became defcon 1 when Gerg (who never does media interviews) gave the RJ interview to generate even more support/pressure to save Dave.
  13. Offense under Lon was always hit and miss, but his last few seasons at UNLV the defense was consistently solid to very good. UNLV is currently 300th in the nation in field goal% defense and 270th in three point % defense. If that does not improve significantly it is going to be another long rough season.
  14. Oregon has had some success with Juco players like Christian Duarte and Chris Boucher who made the NBA and have put up decent numbers. But the days of building quality programs made up of a good number of Juco players like UNLV, Oklahoma and Cincinnati once did are long over. Not enough quality of talent at those ranks anymore. You can find some role players, perhaps solid contributors there, but it is hard to find too many impact players, especially year one, from the Juco level anymore.
  15. Agree that the improved depth should be beneficial, but waaaayyyy too soon to proclaim the upcoming team's chemistry is going to be great. No way of knowing until they start keeping the score for real and in particular some adversity appears. That is when everyone will find out about that important aspect.
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