Small Town, Big Dreams - Roy Gallagher (CHoops 2k8)

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Sacramento State takes a stab in the dark
It isn't every day that you would see a fresh coaching prospect graduate college just in time to be hired to a collegiate head coaching job. Yet that would be the news today as the Sacramento State Hornets penned head coach Roy Gallagher to a head coaching job. The Hornets play in the small conference, the Big West which is just an association of California universities. The Hornets hope that at best he will lead them to a top half finish in the Big West. Raised in Northern Illinois, Gallagher graduated with honors from Northern Illinois University with a dual major of Coaching and Sports Management giving him the ability to not only coach but also sell the program.

Coaching skills will be gained over time, what he comes in with is persuasion skills that should give him some good influence over potential recruits which should give him a chance to lead the Hornets into a golden era of basketball. All of his other skills are considered average at best.

The 2007-2008 season will open with the Hangar challenge where the Hornets will travel to the Air Force Academy to face off against the Virginia Military Institute, the tournament should be fairly easy for the Sacramento State Hornets who will if they survive VMI, will find themselves facing off against Air Force themselves or Dartmouth.

The out of conference schedule features two ranked opponents, the 23rd ranked Oregon Ducks and the 17th ranked Marquette Golden Eagles. Besides that, the only other challenges will come from Pacific, Santa Clara and CSU Bakerfield.

Sultan Toles-Bey the senior point guard from Sacramento is the undisputed leader of this squad and will be the only senior on the starting line up. Walk on Zach Nelson should make some waves for the Hornets at the small forward position as a true junior, he will be the clear starter.

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Roy Gallagher Coaching Profile
AGE: 29
RECORD: 58-70
%: .453%

Ratings:
Offense: C-
Defense:C
Teaching:A
Recruiting:A+
Scouting:C-
Discipline:C-

Coaching History
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	Year
Sacramento State	12-19	.387	8-8	07-08
Sacramento State	9-20	.310	5-11	08-09
Sacramento State	18-15	.545	7-9	09-10
Sacramento State	19-15	.559	8-8	10-11

Roy Gallgher Coaching Pedigree
Pos	Coach	Coaching History
F	Jamie Joneliunas (C)	3 Years - SAC ST
F	Terry Battenberg (C)	2 Year - SAC ST
F	Garry Madison (C)	2 Year - SAC ST
AC	Davin Wiley (C+)	1 Year - SAC ST
AC	Darnold Fontenet (C+)	1 Year - SAC ST

Legend:
AC - Assistant Coach
F - Fired
NJ - New Job

Recruiting Class History
2007 - 3 3* 1 2*
2008 - 3 3* 1 4*
2009 - 4 3*

Awards History
07 - Duro Bjegovic (JR-PF) - All-Conference
08 - Christian Harrington (FR-PG) - Conference Freshman of the Year & All Conference
Duro Bjegovic (SR-PF) - All- Conference
Connor Betato (SR-C) - All-Conference
09 - Roosevelt Dupree (FR-SF) - Conference Freshman of the Year & All Conference
10 - Roy Gallagher - Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year (CSUS)
Christian Harrington (JR-PG) - All Conference
Aly Anthony (FR-PG) - All-Conference Freshman
Lynwood Valdez (FR-SG) - All-Conference Freshman
Chester Goral (FR-SF) - All-Conference Freshman

Tournament Appearances
2009
Sacramento State (18-15) selected as a 15 seed
Round 1: #2 Alabama Crimson Tide L 65-75
2010
Sacramento State (19-16) selected as a 15 seed
Round 1: #2 Dayton Flyers L 62-65

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Hornets Limp through 2007

Hangar Challenge 2007
11/9 - (5-6) - L 61-73
11/10 - (1-10) - W 81-64
11/14 - (6-6) - L 54-79
11/17 - (6-7) - L 48-58
11/21 @ (4-6) - L 53-70
11/25 (5-6) - L 57-69
11/27 (8-6) - L 73-76
12/11 @ 15 (9-3) L 45-67
12/14 (9-4) W 72-55
12/15 @ 8 L 54-95
12/27 (6-6) W 63-61
12/28 (6-4) L 53-69 CONF

A disappointing open to the 2007 season has many Hornet fans wondering if the new coach can even get the school to be capable of even contending in the Big Sky Conference. The Hornets only wins came from Boston U, Binghamton and Air Force, the later most, being the only surprising victory. Weak showings against beatable teams has many not excited for the upcoming conference tournament. The coaching staff has a long way to go in order to be even thinking about hitting .500, but a positive being they are on their way to recruiting the heir to Toles-Bey.

Recruiting Overview
B.B. Rose (PG) ***- Chico, Ca - 394/116 - 100% Interest - Top School
Richie Larranaga (SF) **- Sacramento, Ca - 533/102 - 71% Interest - Top School
Christian Harrington (PG) ***- Stockton, Ca - 217/38 - 71% Interest - 2nd School
Wang Coleman (PF) ***- San Mateo, Ca - 402/64 - 56% Interest - 2nd School

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Hornets make some excitement in the Big Sky, but fall short
1/3 (4-10) W 78-61
1/5 (4-12) W 74-71
1/10 (5-9) W 64-59
1/12 (6-7) W 68-55
1/15 Cal State Bakersfield (5-14) L 52-58 OOC
1/19 (10-7) W 63-59
1/23 (5-13) L 59-74
1/25 W 74-60
2/2 (17-10) W 71-67
2/7 (9-20) L 71-75
2/9 (7-20) W 66-54
2/14 (12-14) L 60-74
2/16 (13-15) L 50-70
2/19 (17-12) L 62-89
2/28 (10-18) L 46-67
3/1 (14-14) L 79-88
3/3 (13-16) L 48-64

BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
3/8 vs (13-15) W 64-59
3/11 @ (13-16) L 48-64

If the Hornets continued their sluggish pace after a 3-10 start coach Roy Gallagher would be in an a lot worse place than they are now. This season was by no means fantastic, but they finished above 10 wins and at one point were looking at a winning record. Sultan Toles-Bey could not measure up to the expectations expected from him. Expected to be a leader, the senior just could not pull anything together averaging 6.5 Points perg game and only 4 assists was poor totals. He had a great start to conference play but after suffering an injury to his leg he was not the same. He fell apart as did the Hornets who started out conference play losing only twice, but on the second cycle through would only win twice.

A small run into the tournament was nice but the Weber State squad would conclude a season sweep of the Hornets in a big way holding the Hornets to under 50 points and knocking off the Hornets. The offseason will be big and with two years left on his first contract, Gallagher will need to turn things around if he expects to retain this job.

[Getty51]

Rough First season but loving the layout, looking forward to this!

[Deuce2223]

I actually just started a closed legacy with Sac State in which I will be simming. Year 1 went 14-18 was disappointed but came away with 4 pretty solid 3* recruits. Year 2 I am 22-11 so far getting ready to sim the Big Sky Championship game against Weber State. A win and I am going to the Dance. I loss and I will be headed to the NIT.

Alpha N'Diaye and the McCarver kid have been beasts down low for me. I put McGlover as my starter PF and avg 17 PPG and 9 RPG a game this year. N'Diaye battled injuries most of the year but still put up a sold 15/7 for me.

Good luck. I don't plan on sticking around Sac State to long in fact if I get a decent job offer after the season I might jump, but looking forward to seeing what you can do with the Hornets.

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I may sub out the pictures for normal text, unless I can find a photobucket or more uniform logo source. Yahoo's are headache inducing.

Thanks for the early support, the whole legacy will not be done half and half. I can't play games without DRE's so it's pretty much simming unless I decide to take pictures later on. Once the team I'm using becomes revelant I'll put more emphasis on the Conference Tournament, OOC games and Conference games, but no point in burning myself out.

this is my first legacy here, but I'm not new to posting them, this is more for enjoyment than flair though. People enjoying it is never a bad thing though, I should knock off another season before I leave for work tonight.

[Knickerbocker91]

Quote: Originally Posted by chicagopax

I may sub out the pictures for normal text, unless I can find a photobucket or more uniform logo source. Yahoo's are headache inducing. Thanks for the early support, the whole legacy will not be done half and half. I can't play games without DRE's so it's pretty much simming unless I decide to take pictures later on. Once the team I'm using becomes revelant I'll put more emphasis on the Conference Tournament, OOC games and Conference games, but no point in burning myself out. this is my first legacy here, but I'm not new to posting them, this is more for enjoyment than flair though. People enjoying it is never a bad thing though, I should knock off another season before I leave for work tonight.

You can go here: http://dynasties.operationsports.com...php?sport=ncaa if you want to get better pictures. Just right click the image and press "view background image" to get each logo's URL.