{"id":3891,"date":"2012-05-04T08:01:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T12:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2012-05-04T08:01:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T12:01:24","slug":"mickey-matthews-has-never-even-seen-a-twat-apparently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3891","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Matthews Has Never Even Seen a Twat Apparently"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Anyone who attended last night’s Coaches Caravan in Arlington expecting to be entertained by Mickey Matthews, went away pretty pleased. Coach Matthews was in rare form and he had the room chuckling with his Texas twang and Mickey-isms. And then he unleashed the big one, telling the crowd “I’ve never even seen a twat…or tweet whatever you call it.”<\/strong> It’s fair to say he brought the house down with that one little comment. He also pondered the wisdom of scheduling a game against JMU explaining how he was much more excited, BEFORE he watched the Mountaineers play Clemson. As he put it, “The numbers on the scoreboard were flipping over so fast it looked like a pinball machine.” If you put all of Mickey’s humor aside, it was clear he is really excited about this year’s team. He pumped up the younger players and the quality of the coaching staff. Hitting both points he told the crowd that he thought Defensive Backs coach Tony Lezotte (an all time great Duke) got off easy because he got to Dean Marlowe in his first coaching stint. Matthews said it made it too easy on Tony, “We should have given him some guy who was 5’7″ and ran a 4.9 40” to see if he could really coach. And after referring to Justin Thorpe’s “sabbatical” and it’s impact on the team, he informed everyone that he’s pretty confident the NCAA is going to grant Justin a 6th year of eligibility.<\/p>\n

Kenny Brooks, head coach of the women’s hoops team, was also outstanding. As an alum and former basketball player himself, Brooks definitely bleeds purple. His enthusiasm is overwhelming and his passion for taking on bigger programs (and beating them) is unmatched. He had the crowd laughing almost as much as Mickey did, particularly with his comments about scheduling. He insisted that bigger programs are on the run from JMU and that “We’ll play anyone…except UConn.”<\/p>\n

If you went to last night’s event expecting to get a bunch of facts on the state of the CAA and JMU’s conference alignment, you’d probably be disappointed. I’m sure most of you have already seen the email from AD Jeff Bourne<\/a>. Last night he essentially stuck to that script and tried to calm the masses. And honestly, I don’t know what else the man can do at this point. While he certainly didn’t say it, I don’t how he can trust any of the other CAA schools at this point. Everyone is out for their own interests and playing things close to the vest. While many fans would have loved to hear a definite plan or list of options (including yours truly), letting the cat out of the bag probably wouldn’t help behind the scenes. So we’ve got nothing really to report as far as conference alignment. It’s patently obvious that Bourne and the rest of the AD are working hard to put JMU in the best possible position going forward. We’ll need to wait and see if they’re successful.<\/p>\n