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Post by northalaspectator on Jan 17, 2019 6:42:54 GMT -6
Definitely not the same Dolphins of 7 foot 2 Artis Gilmore, 7 foot Pembrook Burrows III, little Vaughn Wedeking,Rex Morgan,a 6-5 guard who averaged 27 per game and 6–10 Rod McIntyre. They made it to the National Championship game before falling to UCLA like everyone else in the nation for about 11 years. They lost by 11 but the officiating was tremendously one-sided in favor of John Wooden, as always. They were 27-2 that season. The next year they were upset by Western Kentucky in the early rounds of the NCAA and their time in the sun ended. They are no longer even a shadow of old. If dunking had been legal in those days, the Dolphins would have won back to back championships. droppingdimes.org/portfolio-item/artis-gilmore/Funny you mention that NO Dunking rule I attended a meeting in Tuscaloosa where John Wooden was speaking. He said that he ask, Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) what he thought about that rule. He said that he wish that they were put in an no dribbling rule to prevent short players from dribbling around him. Also I was able one time to go up to Bowling Green and watch that great Western Kentucky team .
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Post by rmfl1988 on Jan 17, 2019 7:49:36 GMT -6
#NoVestNation
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Post by unafied on Jan 17, 2019 7:58:31 GMT -6
Thumbs up, pal. You're prepared to die on that hill, aren't you? Haha.
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Post by unafied on Jan 17, 2019 8:02:33 GMT -6
Funny thing about Jacksonville, I had NO IDEA about their past history. A runner-up finish in 1970? I would've never guessed that. I actually read that last night though, because after the talk about their gym being so small, I went down a rabbit hole of information about their past. I definitely don't feel bad about Flowers after seeing how tiny Swisher Gymnasium is. I saw a recent article talking about how they would like to build a new arena, but just not sure they can afford it.
Apparently they only moved back to Swisher a few years ago. Before that, they spent a few decades playing in the downtown Jacksonville arena that seats 15,000... but they were drawing only ~500 per game. Yikes.
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Post by rmfl1988 on Jan 17, 2019 8:27:58 GMT -6
Thumbs up, pal. You're prepared to die on that hill, aren't you? Haha. I'm on a 3 game winning streak so i'm definitely gonna ride it out. TBH he looks goofy as hell when he wears a vest. Looks like hes in a wedding instead of a basketball coach
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Post by lions09 on Jan 17, 2019 10:37:20 GMT -6
Funny thing about Jacksonville, I had NO IDEA about their past history. A runner-up finish in 1970? I would've never guessed that. I actually read that last night though, because after the talk about their gym being so small, I went down a rabbit hole of information about their past. I definitely don't feel bad about Flowers after seeing how tiny Swisher Gymnasium is. I saw a recent article talking about how they would like to build a new arena, but just not sure they can afford it. Apparently they only moved back to Swisher a few years ago. Before that, they spent a few decades playing in the downtown Jacksonville arena that seats 15,000... but they were drawing only ~500 per game. Yikes. Looked much better on the broadcast than big gyms with a sprinkling of people, that's for sure. Didn't realize their student body is about half the size of UNA's. The draw 2500 or less at their football games.
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Post by brandon on Jan 17, 2019 11:00:59 GMT -6
Funny thing about Jacksonville, I had NO IDEA about their past history. A runner-up finish in 1970? I would've never guessed that. I actually read that last night though, because after the talk about their gym being so small, I went down a rabbit hole of information about their past. I definitely don't feel bad about Flowers after seeing how tiny Swisher Gymnasium is. I saw a recent article talking about how they would like to build a new arena, but just not sure they can afford it. Apparently they only moved back to Swisher a few years ago. Before that, they spent a few decades playing in the downtown Jacksonville arena that seats 15,000... but they were drawing only ~500 per game. Yikes. Looked much better on the broadcast than big gyms with a sprinkling of people, that's for sure. Didn't realize their student body is about half the size of UNA's. The draw 2500 or less at their football games. There also a private school. I dont know much about their financial situation,but it seems to me that with their given history, I'm sure they have some past and present pro's (not just in basketball), they have to have some pretty prominent alumni, couple that with playing some money games and NCAA/conference money and they should be able to find financing for better facilities. But like I said, I know nothing about their financial situation.
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Post by unafied on Jan 17, 2019 12:05:56 GMT -6
Funny thing about Jacksonville, I had NO IDEA about their past history. A runner-up finish in 1970? I would've never guessed that. I actually read that last night though, because after the talk about their gym being so small, I went down a rabbit hole of information about their past. I definitely don't feel bad about Flowers after seeing how tiny Swisher Gymnasium is. I saw a recent article talking about how they would like to build a new arena, but just not sure they can afford it. Apparently they only moved back to Swisher a few years ago. Before that, they spent a few decades playing in the downtown Jacksonville arena that seats 15,000... but they were drawing only ~500 per game. Yikes. Looked much better on the broadcast than big gyms with a sprinkling of people, that's for sure. Didn't realize their student body is about half the size of UNA's. The draw 2500 or less at their football games. I agree. Which makes me wonder how things would be for us if that 10,000 seat agriculture center arena were ever built and we played games there. Of course, that arena will never BE built, but I suppose that's a topic for another discussion.
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Post by lions09 on Jan 17, 2019 12:18:40 GMT -6
Looked much better on the broadcast than big gyms with a sprinkling of people, that's for sure. Didn't realize their student body is about half the size of UNA's. The draw 2500 or less at their football games. There also a private school. I dont know much about their financial situation,but it seems to me that with their given history, I'm sure they have some past and present pro's (not just in basketball), they have to have some pretty prominent alumni, couple that with playing some money games and NCAA/conference money and they should be able to find financing for better facilities. But like I said, I know nothing about their financial situation. Why? I didn't see anything wrong with their gym. Looked good on the broadcast. And, as was said, they have an alternate arena to play at.
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Post by brandon on Jan 17, 2019 13:46:49 GMT -6
There also a private school. I dont know much about their financial situation,but it seems to me that with their given history, I'm sure they have some past and present pro's (not just in basketball), they have to have some pretty prominent alumni, couple that with playing some money games and NCAA/conference money and they should be able to find financing for better facilities. But like I said, I know nothing about their financial situation. Why? I didn't see anything wrong with their gym. Looked good on the broadcast. And, as was said, they have an alternate arena to play at. I was responding to both you and unafied. He made the comment of them wanting to build a new facility but not having the money. Their gym dont bother me, but if you are recruiting players, it helps to have something more modern to bring them in. And as we all know, seems like fans want the best as well or they will not show up, or at least that's part of the excuse for Braly and Flowers.
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Post by unalions on Jan 17, 2019 14:42:05 GMT -6
I noticed their pep band, cheerleaders, and dance team had good interaction in the atmosphere in both games.
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Post by willsfc on Jan 17, 2019 21:10:59 GMT -6
aaaand MBB Post Game
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Post by brandon on Jan 17, 2019 21:27:36 GMT -6
"Would love to see a big crowd out there."
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Post by 1949lions on Jan 18, 2019 10:33:03 GMT -6
"Would love to see a big crowd out there." Dead horse.
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Post by 1949lions on Jan 18, 2019 10:33:23 GMT -6
Good wins by the Lions! Congrats to the teams and staffs.
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