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Lewis Preston = BAD HIRE!
For about 10 days I have sat back & read all of the basketball "dribble" (no pun intended) that has been posted here & other message boards, and I stand by my initial thought.

LEWIS PRESTON WAS BAD HIRE!

HE WILL FAIL & THEN BAIL ON KENNESAW THE 1ST CHANCE HE GETS.

Billy Donovan is on record calling him "Lazy"

Dont believe me?? Watch & see.

For you doubters out there. Fun fact for you...Preston has been fired as an ASSISTANT COACH, not Head Coach, from 2 of his last 3 schools.

1. Notre Dame - got on at Florida before it went public why he was fired
2. Florida - fired immediatley after the National Championship

WOW!! Great choice Papp & Williams
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Time will tell but this was smarter than hiring a high school or A-sun coach
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Here's a novel idea - how about giving him a chance?
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(04-29-2011 04:03 PM)kennesaw.owls Wrote:  LEWIS PRESTON WAS BAD HIRE!

HE WILL FAIL & THEN BAIL ON KENNESAW THE 1ST CHANCE HE GETS.

Troll alert. 05-stirthepot
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(04-29-2011 04:03 PM)kennesaw.owls Wrote:  For about 10 days I have sat back & read all of the basketball "dribble" (no pun intended) that has been posted here & other message boards, and I stand by my initial thought.

LEWIS PRESTON WAS BAD HIRE!

HE WILL FAIL & THEN BAIL ON KENNESAW THE 1ST CHANCE HE GETS.

Billy Donovan is on record calling him "Lazy"

Dont believe me?? Watch & see.

For you doubters out there. Fun fact for you...Preston has been fired as an ASSISTANT COACH, not Head Coach, from 2 of his last 3 schools.

1. Notre Dame - got on at Florida before it went public why he was fired
2. Florida - fired immediatley after the National Championship

WOW!! Great choice Papp & Williams

Makes a lot of sense that he would be getting fired from Notre Dame and then to be hired by the defending National Champions. Doesn't make a lot of sense does it?
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(04-30-2011 07:35 AM)ksuowlsfan Wrote:  
(04-29-2011 04:03 PM)kennesaw.owls Wrote:  LEWIS PRESTON WAS BAD HIRE!

HE WILL FAIL & THEN BAIL ON KENNESAW THE 1ST CHANCE HE GETS.

Troll alert. 05-stirthepot

HA! Read for yourself my man...

"Preston was the worst hire of the BD era....what a debacle...dude hated to recruit...lol"

"How many failed asst coaches make good head coaches?

How many lazy people in highly competitive fields are successful? Preston was extremely lazy while at UF and you think that make up makes for giving the guy a chance
? "

Read more: http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/sho...z1L1HmwJ8c


Read more: http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/sho...z1L1HNwPBx
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(04-30-2011 10:27 AM)kennesaw.owls Wrote:  
(04-30-2011 07:35 AM)ksuowlsfan Wrote:  
(04-29-2011 04:03 PM)kennesaw.owls Wrote:  LEWIS PRESTON WAS BAD HIRE!

HE WILL FAIL & THEN BAIL ON KENNESAW THE 1ST CHANCE HE GETS.

Troll alert. 05-stirthepot

HA! Read for yourself my man...

"Preston was the worst hire of the BD era....what a debacle...dude hated to recruit...lol"

"How many failed asst coaches make good head coaches?

How many lazy people in highly competitive fields are successful? Preston was extremely lazy while at UF and you think that make up makes for giving the guy a chance
? "

Read more: http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/sho...z1L1HmwJ8c


Read more: http://www.gatorcountry.com/swampgas/sho...z1L1HNwPBx

I already read those when the hire was announced. I'm really thrilled to read three Florida fans' impressions of him.

My point, if you missed it the first time, is that your very first post to this board was of a particularly negative tone. That, my friend, is trolling.
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There is nothing wrong with ringing the warning bell when it is warranted. I'm not certain it's warranted here...but that's not something we will know for at least a year. My feeling is that this was an excellent hire given the realities Kennesaw faces. However, taking on the opposite view does not equal trolling.
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Penn State fans seem to be fairly appreciative of him, and are wishing him well from what I've read.

Frankly I could not give a toss what a bunch of Gator fans have to say, the majority of them are idiots.
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Keep it tame in here kennesaw.owls. We can express our opinions without getting personal.
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(05-01-2011 09:11 PM)KennesawBasketball Wrote:  Keep it tame in here ksuowlsfan. We can express our opinions without getting personal.

Seriously? Someone's first post to the boards is an all-out attack on the new coach, I call him on it and I'm the one asked to keep it tame?

Unbelievable. Decide who you'd like to keep around here, KB.
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(05-02-2011 06:07 AM)ksuowlsfan Wrote:  
(05-01-2011 09:11 PM)KennesawBasketball Wrote:  Keep it tame in here ksuowlsfan. We can express our opinions without getting personal.

Seriously? Someone's first post to the boards is an all-out attack on the new coach, I call him on it and I'm the one asked to keep it tame?

Unbelievable. Decide who you'd like to keep around here, KB.

+1 KSUOwlsFan

This thread should be closed as flamebait.
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(05-01-2011 09:11 PM)KennesawBasketball Wrote:  Keep it tame in here ksuowlsfan. We can express our opinions without getting personal.

Thank you KB.

Thought the purpose of this site was for fans. I am a fan, just like all of you. As a fan, I have my right to voice my thoughts, even if they don't agree with yours.

I stand by what I started this thread with:

LEWIS PRESTON IS A BAD HIRE

Of course I hope I am wrong! But right now I feel he was not th best candidate for the job. Dont fall in love with a press conference set up here. He is already using a quote Tony Ingle did for years..."You attitude determines your alitiude."

These players have heard all of this before. A change had to be made. I just personally would of liked a better choice. Hardly makes me a "troll"
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(05-01-2011 09:11 PM)KennesawBasketball Wrote:  Keep it tame in here ksuowlsfan. We can express our opinions without getting personal.

C'mon mate, the OP is the one in the wrong here.
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Whhoooops. Meant to type kennesaw.owls.

My apologies ksuowlsfan. You did nothing wrong. I just happened to scroll up to type in kennesaw.owls into my message, and accidentally stopped on your name without double checking.

Kennesaw.owls needs to keep himself in check. I will start editing unless you tone it down a bit.
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(05-02-2011 09:57 PM)KennesawBasketball Wrote:  Whhoooops. Meant to type kennesaw.owls.

My apologies ksuowlsfan. You did nothing wrong. I just happened to scroll up to type in kennesaw.owls into my message, and accidentally stopped on your name without double checking.

Kennesaw.owls needs to keep himself in check. I will start editing unless you tone it down a bit.

Well what if he's right? Keep in mind I don't think he is. But I've been around these forums long enough to know that popular opinion is not always the correct opinion.

My personal opinion is the hiring of the AD and Head Coach was the one two punch Kennesaw desperately needed. I can report that Ed Dechellis of Penn State is the real deal. He came in and totally rebuilt a devestated and completely depleted ETSU then left behind Scott Wagers who is the only saving grace of the current ETSU coaching staff. I don't buy the Lewis Preston is lazy charge from Billy Donovan. I can't see a lazy coach cutting it on a Dechellis staff. I could be wrong but these are my impressions from seeing Dechellis first hand at ETSU. Dechellis was far and away one of the top three coaches in ETSU history.

I know nothing about the guy but given that he comes from a Dechellis staff I suspect he will be very defensive minded. In my opinion this is the kind of hire you make if you are trying to grow your program. You don't hire a high school basketball coach. Although hiring Belmont's Alexander would of been an interesting choice....I think this was a better choice. But that's just my personal opinion. Time will tell and kennesaw.owls could be totally right and I could be dead wrong. But I don't think so.
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We all thought KSU would be bowling over the ASun by now. Didn't know the toll the transition period would make and hindsight is 20/20.

You have to think about giving this guy a chance at building a program from scratch which is something he hasn't done before before we start asking for his resignation. If he's built two crappy programs and they've failed, then it might be a bad hire but that's just not the case.
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(05-03-2011 02:04 PM)Goldfinger Wrote:  
(05-02-2011 09:57 PM)KennesawBasketball Wrote:  Whhoooops. Meant to type kennesaw.owls.

My apologies ksuowlsfan. You did nothing wrong. I just happened to scroll up to type in kennesaw.owls into my message, and accidentally stopped on your name without double checking.

Kennesaw.owls needs to keep himself in check. I will start editing unless you tone it down a bit.

Well what if he's right? Keep in mind I don't think he is. But I've been around these forums long enough to know that popular opinion is not always the correct opinion.

My personal opinion is the hiring of the AD and Head Coach was the one two punch Kennesaw desperately needed. I can report that Ed Dechellis of Penn State is the real deal. He came in and totally rebuilt a devestated and completely depleted ETSU then left behind Scott Wagers who is the only saving grace of the current ETSU coaching staff. I don't buy the Lewis Preston is lazy charge from Billy Donovan. I can't see a lazy coach cutting it on a Dechellis staff. I could be wrong but these are my impressions from seeing Dechellis first hand at ETSU. Dechellis was far and away one of the top three coaches in ETSU history.

I know nothing about the guy but given that he comes from a Dechellis staff I suspect he will be very defensive minded. In my opinion this is the kind of hire you make if you are trying to grow your program. You don't hire a high school basketball coach. Although hiring Belmont's Alexander would of been an interesting choice....I think this was a better choice. But that's just my personal opinion. Time will tell and kennesaw.owls could be totally right and I could be dead wrong. But I don't think so.

Gold is correct.. I watched DeChellis build the ETSU program, and he did a great job..he got ETSU back to the NCAA tournament after a long dry spell.. but one thing Owl fans need to know is it took him seven years to do it..not many college administrations would give a coach that long to produce..but there was obvious improvement each year.. you guys need to give the new coach a chance..a coach facing a ground up build needs a minimum of four years to get his program going.. relax and see how much fun it can be to watch and be part of the process.
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Gold - I didn't say that kennesaw.owls was wrong, just to keep it civil. He clearly came in here with an agenda which isn't all that terrible. Hopefully he will join the community and not just come in here to flame away against Preston. Preston could be a terrible hire, but it is pretty early in the game to tell that.

It certainly was interesting reading the Gator board about Preston though. Wonder where the riff started between him and the fans. Very unusual for an assistant to have negative or positive feelings either way from a fan base.
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Bucsfan1968 is correct concerning the usual minimum of four years required in turning a team around to the point where they are legitimately competing for an NCAA birth. However, it should also be pointed out that Preston will be walking into better talent than Dechellis did at ETSU. When Dechellis arrived at ETSU Leforce had literally left him nothing. For A-sun play...there is some talent on this Kennesaw team in which Preston is about to inherit. The question is, as many long time KSU fans have pointed out, can Preston overcome attitudes and create a cohesive unit? There's no way to know. I do not expect Kennesaw to suddenly become a contender over night....but I do expect a noticeable improvement.
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