Hello There, Guest! (LoginRegister)

Post Reply 
Spiral goes deeper, LU 48 - Campbell 53
Author Message
Bookmark and Share
NewTimes Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,107
Joined: May 2012
Reputation: 95
I Root For: Flames & Canes
Location: Rome, GA
Post: #1
Spiral goes deeper, LU 48 - Campbell 53
Made commitments to the wife today and missed the Liberty MBB game against Campbell today. Just saw the score. What a woeful game for both teams. LU shoots 30% on field goal made and Campbell at 28%. That must have been some low brow play. I'm beginning to think some of the high school teams playing in the Arby's Classic tournament in Johnson City, TN could play with, and likely beat these two D1 schools. AD Barber, make the change now, please. 48 points Jeff, 48 poinuts on 30% shooting.
(This post was last modified: 12-31-2014 07:10 PM by NewTimes.)
12-31-2014 07:03 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Advertisement


GE and MTS Offline
Moderator
*

Posts: 3,656
Joined: Apr 2012
Reputation: 83
I Root For: Liberty/Penn St
Location: FBS!!!
Post: #2
RE: Spiral goes deeper, LU 48 - Campbell 53
Chris Lang's tweets weren't very encouraging before the game. He said that Liberty wasn't a bad team but turned it over too much and if they cut down the turnovers then they'd be competitive and winning more. Is that a coaching problem or are the players not listening? Either way it's just terrible and unacceptable.

Liberty was the defending Big South champs who returned almost all of their players last year and finished 11-21 overall, 5-11 in the regular season of the Big South and losing in the first round of the conference tournament. We lost many of the team to graduation and had to "rebuild" this season but we won't even get better than the 11-21 record of last year. It is sad to see how far we've fallen from our NCAA tourney appearance.
12-31-2014 10:51 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
army56mike Online
Moderator
*

Posts: 11,994
Joined: Mar 2004
Reputation: 380
I Root For: Liberty & UofL
Location: Shepherdsville, KY
Post: #3
RE: Spiral goes deeper, LU 48 - Campbell 53
I'll admit, I've grown to the point of apathy regarding the men's basketball team. The play is so bad that I am not even interested in following the team anymore. That is a dangerous place for the LU fan base to be and hurts our desire for big time athletics. I really don't believe Barber is going to fire Layer. I don't think Layer is going to do the right thing and resign. I think we'll be stuck with the downward spiral of LU basketball until his contract runs out. Then we will start from scratch and it will be a long road back to success.
01-02-2015 02:18 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
NewTimes Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,107
Joined: May 2012
Reputation: 95
I Root For: Flames & Canes
Location: Rome, GA
Post: #4
RE: Spiral goes deeper, LU 48 - Campbell 53
(01-02-2015 02:18 PM)army56mike Wrote:  I'll admit, I've grown to the point of apathy regarding the men's basketball team. The play is so bad that I am not even interested in following the team anymore. That is a dangerous place for the LU fan base to be and hurts our desire for big time athletics. I really don't believe Barber is going to fire Layer. I don't think Layer is going to do the right thing and resign. I think we'll be stuck with the downward spiral of LU basketball until his contract runs out. Then we will start from scratch and it will be a long road back to success.
The only good thing about our current position is that we cannot sink any lower. Do the right thing AD Barber. Let coach Layer go and wish him well. The time is now, not after the season.
01-02-2015 04:44 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Advertisement


GE and MTS Offline
Moderator
*

Posts: 3,656
Joined: Apr 2012
Reputation: 83
I Root For: Liberty/Penn St
Location: FBS!!!
Post: #5
RE: Spiral goes deeper, LU 48 - Campbell 53
I don't see why it can't wait until after the season. Do we have an assistant capable of coaching the rest of the year?

Does anyone know how many years are left on Layer's contract? I would be very surprised of Layer turns it around and/or stays on as the coach. But even so, if he only has one year remaining then it's almost guaranteed he will not be back in my opinion. You can't have a lame duck coach in college. Either extend him or fire him if he has one year left because recruits and assistant coaches won't come here if the coach may not last the season.
01-02-2015 05:34 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
NewTimes Offline
All American
*

Posts: 3,107
Joined: May 2012
Reputation: 95
I Root For: Flames & Canes
Location: Rome, GA
Post: #6
RE: Spiral goes deeper, LU 48 - Campbell 53
(01-02-2015 05:34 PM)GE and MTS Wrote:  I don't see why it can't wait until after the season. Do we have an assistant capable of coaching the rest of the year?

Does anyone know how many years are left on Layer's contract? I would be very surprised of Layer turns it around and/or stays on as the coach. But even so, if he only has one year remaining then it's almost guaranteed he will not be back in my opinion. You can't have a lame duck coach in college. Either extend him or fire him if he has one year left because recruits and assistant coaches won't come here if the coach may not last the season.
The record Layer has achieved, with the exception of one year is enough. This hard decision must be made on record and merit rather than personality and likeability. This must be the hardest decisions for ADs and school admins. I see your points on retaining Layer till the end. The easier decision is yours. The harder one mine. Which will benefit the school and program the most. As Army Mike started, can we let the dwindling fan base become apathetic like AM and myself? If a sniff of this has any implication for FBS consideration then the decision had already been made.
01-02-2015 06:10 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
army56mike Online
Moderator
*

Posts: 11,994
Joined: Mar 2004
Reputation: 380
I Root For: Liberty & UofL
Location: Shepherdsville, KY
Post: #7
RE: Spiral goes deeper, LU 48 - Campbell 53
I don't think it serves a good purpose to fire Coach Layer mid-season. I don't think it would be a wise move by the University.
01-03-2015 03:14 PM
Find all posts by this user Quote this message in a reply
Post Reply 




User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)


Copyright © 2002-2024 Collegiate Sports Nation Bulletin Board System (CSNbbs), All Rights Reserved.
CSNbbs is an independent fan site and is in no way affiliated to the NCAA or any of the schools and conferences it represents.
This site monetizes links. FTC Disclosure.
We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our web site. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit http://www.networkadvertising.org.
Powered By MyBB, © 2002-2024 MyBB Group.