Captain Kangaroo Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 http://www.nba.com/pistons/features/truebluepistons_140210.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Frenchy mentioned this on WNIR this morning.Meant to post this earlier, but never got around to it. Pretty crazy, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Certainly doesn't hurt recruiting to say that a former player is an NBA head coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 And in his first game as an NBA head coach, he has the 21-29 Pistons beating up on the 37-14 San Antonio Spurs. With 2 minutes left the Pistons are winning 105-92. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 John was a really intelligent player. A good defender who didn't turn the ball over. Even then he was like a coach on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I recall John being a relatively tall (for the time), no-nonsense point guard for the Zips.ESPN has the following story:http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-140210/daily-dime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Instead of "Holy Crap...", this topic should have been titled "Take It Any Way You Can Get It". Opportunity is knocking so let's hope he takes advantage in the remaining months of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I recall John being a relatively tall (for the time), no-nonsense point guard for the Zips.ESPN has the following story:http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-140210/daily-dimeI remember him well, but just don't remember him playing the point. After we lost Merchant early in that 85-86 season, McLaughlin took over many of those duties as a freshman, along with Dowdell. And Dowling in a reserve role. Although, that was an odd team, with Huggins working his magic to make things work. We played with a 6'-3" Center that season, so it wouldn't surprise me. And that team won an OVC title. Unbelievable. A year in Zips basketball that I will never forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I remember him well, but just don't remember him playing the point. After we lost Merchant early in that 85-86 season, McLaughlin took over many of those duties as a freshman, along with Dowdell. And Dowling in a reserve role. Although, that was an odd team, with Huggins working his magic to make things work. We played with a 6'-3" Center that season, so it wouldn't surprise me. And that team won an OVC title. Unbelievable. A year in Zips basketball that I will never forget. I was a little iffy on him playing point also. Maybe he played mostly 2 but slid over to 1 on occasion? It's the Michigan tourney game where I seem to have vivid memories of him playing some point. Of course, my memory isn't what it used to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 I was a little iffy on him playing point also. Maybe he played mostly 2 but slid over to 1 on occasion? It's the Michigan tourney game where I seem to have vivid memories of him playing some point. Of course, my memory isn't what it used to be Like I said, that team was pretty unconventional. After Merchant's departure, McLaughlin became the starter at the point, and Dowdell, McLaughlin and Loyer shared most of the total guard playing time between the 3 of them. So, I'm sure they all flipped around a bit.What an unlikely run by that team. Nobody saw it coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 "https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ranking-college-basketballs-best-freshmen-purdues-fletcher-loyer-earns-freshman-of-the-week-honors/" Son of John Loyer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted December 4, 2022 Report Share Posted December 4, 2022 From PU website. Foster trying to get some of that Steph Curry magic! John would have been a great Akron coach, if the AD had accepted my advice. "Brother, Foster, played at Michigan State before transferring to Davidson before this season. Foster was Michigan's Mr. Basketball in 2018, while Fletcher was the runner-up." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 6:42 PM, ZippyRulz said: "https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ranking-college-basketballs-best-freshmen-purdues-fletcher-loyer-earns-freshman-of-the-week-honors/" Son of John Loyer. Was watching Purdue just now against New Orleans (reminding me of Quincy Diggs) when I saw Loyer and figured he had to be John's son. You of course knew this already, but eventually I catch up with the rest of you 😁 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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