Working for The Advocate and here, I have talked to Travis Jewett, Nicholls State's basketball coach, Willie Fritz, Cam Sample and Shae Wyatt today for various stories that will appear in the next few days. Amazingly, not one of the calls conflicted with another,. With the obvious exception of the Nicholls coach, all of that material will make its way to this site, but here are news tidbits from Fritz.
1) Tulane's spring practice will begin March 2 and run through April 3 with Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday practices all the way through. Fritz does not expect the final practice to be open to the public due to continuing coronavirus restrictions. The tentative date for Pro Day is Tuesday, March 30, and it will take place at Tulane since the Saints indoor facility will not be available.
2) Joey Claybrook did have surgery on his knee and will miss spring drills. I do not know the exact injury because Fritz is not comfortable revealing that info, but he said Claybrook would be recovered in six weeks and although he will not be allowed to practice in the spring, certainly will be 100 percent for the summer conditioning workouts.
3) Fritz said he is 99-percent certain Corey Dauphine's career is over. Dauphine is eligible for an unprecedented seventh year, but married and with a chid, he is ready to move on and become a teacher and coach after his Achllles injury last summer.
4) Tulane's class is probably done. Fritz said they were looking a a couple more players but nothing was imminent. There is a better possibility of another transfer or two coming in, but there is nothing definitive there, either.
5) The decision for Cam Sample not to play in the Potato Bowl was mutual. Fritz said if it had been a normal year rather than a crazy COVID season, he would have expected Sample to play in that game and Sample would have played, but it just did not make a lot of sense considering the circumstances.
1) Tulane's spring practice will begin March 2 and run through April 3 with Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday practices all the way through. Fritz does not expect the final practice to be open to the public due to continuing coronavirus restrictions. The tentative date for Pro Day is Tuesday, March 30, and it will take place at Tulane since the Saints indoor facility will not be available.
2) Joey Claybrook did have surgery on his knee and will miss spring drills. I do not know the exact injury because Fritz is not comfortable revealing that info, but he said Claybrook would be recovered in six weeks and although he will not be allowed to practice in the spring, certainly will be 100 percent for the summer conditioning workouts.
3) Fritz said he is 99-percent certain Corey Dauphine's career is over. Dauphine is eligible for an unprecedented seventh year, but married and with a chid, he is ready to move on and become a teacher and coach after his Achllles injury last summer.
4) Tulane's class is probably done. Fritz said they were looking a a couple more players but nothing was imminent. There is a better possibility of another transfer or two coming in, but there is nothing definitive there, either.
5) The decision for Cam Sample not to play in the Potato Bowl was mutual. Fritz said if it had been a normal year rather than a crazy COVID season, he would have expected Sample to play in that game and Sample would have played, but it just did not make a lot of sense considering the circumstances.
