Per Democrat-Gazette writer's twitter account.

Shields had his time in the sun, but this is probably the right move. Sometimes good coaches can just get stale and the game passes them by in certain respects. It's no indictment on his career, but for UALR it's time for new blood. This is akin to Ronnie Arrow at USA; he was/is a great coach, but his coaching style doesn't mesh well with the mindset of today's players and we were stagnant at best.

I would do just about anything to go back to the good days of CRA!!!!

Arrow is a bobcat. Though he never coached here.

Way to go UALR.....dang it.[/font]

As the carousel turns there will be some decent names and good coaches available. Don't count out guys like Anthony Grant that was fired at Alabama on Monday. He's a good coach that was very successful at the mid-major level.

I thought this was going to be something about Trojans

I thought there was another protest.

http://michaelspappysualrblog.blogspot.c...d-run.html

(03-18-2015 07:33 PM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  http://michaelspappysualrblog.blogspot.c...d-run.html

Steve always got the most out of the talent we had. Some believe someone else can come in a recruit better talent to Little Rock. I guess we'll find out. I do think the new coach will have pretty good talent coming back- few will be in a position to transfer either because they are seniors or already have had a redshirt year.

It was time. Steve just ran out of steam. In the wn years we under produced and it just kept falling off.

Best of luck in future to what seemed like a very good person!!!

He is a great person, no doubt whatsoever about that. He is a good, good man but a change was desperately needed.

Isn't this "great person" Steve Shields the same person who went into the stands at South Alabama to fight a student who was heckling him?

(03-19-2015 11:29 AM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  Isn't this "great person" Steve Shields the same person who went into the stands at South Alabama to fight a student who was heckling him?

Like everyone, he had some good points and some bad. He did have a way to get maximum effort out of players with average talent.

(03-19-2015 11:29 AM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  Isn't this "great person" Steve Shields the same person who went into the stands at South Alabama to fight a student who was heckling him?

Wait, that happened there and at A-State? WTF?

Steve had some issues, got them addressed and was a pretty good citizen afterwards. Ain't gonna dog him for that, the man who refuses to see a problem or refuses to change is the one I don't care for.

(03-19-2015 03:24 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  

(03-19-2015 11:29 AM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  Isn't this "great person" Steve Shields the same person who went into the stands at South Alabama to fight a student who was heckling him?

Wait, that happened there and at A-State? WTF?

Yes it did. Haha

Personally i liked steve a lot.

Ualr needs to step and commit to being the flagship basketball program of the sbc.

Every school in the sbc should have that goal and try to hire the people that can make it happen.


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