A (perhaps) different basketball perspective

prepare to be destroyed

OH DEAR GOD

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"this is LSU not ND"

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i remember that. it made me IRL

Um, in Maineri's third year at LSU he won the National Title.

In Johnson's third year he is producing the worst team in the SEC.

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A disappointing program where the players show little improvement and some become malcontents. Little hope for getting back on top and a coach, who aside from becoming unpopular, looks like he is moving in the wrong direction. The coach has won many games at other places but doesn't seem to get the LSU culture. I'm obviously talking about basketball, right?

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That goes both ways. You throw out the not getting the LSU culture stuff and you could also be talking about Smoke Laval.

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It took Mainieri a season and a half to rebuild. So by this Trent's time is up.

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How about this one...Coach K's 3rd year 11-17 overall and 3-13 in the ACC....38-47 in his first three years at Duke having taken over for a team that won 24 games the year before he got there and played in the national title game two years previous.

Bobby Knight's boy forced on us by the General with no clue of the ACC brand of hoops.

We could throw out the cute anologies all day an make them sing...bottom line Trent's gonna have to show something next year or I can't see him continuing...and that's fair. I personally hope he shows something. I want him to succeed. But I also want basketball to be relevant again here.

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So by this Trent's time is up.

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I wasn't serious about that.. I couldn't tell if you thought I was or not.

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You'll get your wish because all three can play.

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Man, I hope you're right Randy...cause I heard the same about White and Dotson and it wasn't true.

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O'Bryant is a big strong kid who will bang inside with the best in the SEC.

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I've seen some tape. He's athletic but raw, but even if all he does is block shots and rebound I'll take it.

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Hamilton played very well at ISU against the great front-courts of Kansas and Oklahoma.

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His numbers on a bad ISU team look to similar to White's so I'm from Missouri on this one.

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Isaac is a kid who will surprise some folks because he committed very early, got injured and has flown under the radar nationally.

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I've heard good things about him from folks not associated with LSU and in games where he's played up in competition. This is an example of a kid who hasn't been hyped who I think is gonna be a keeper.

Still need a PG...poor Stringer just can't dribble. I've heard mixed reports on whether we are trying to get a JUCO point. I hate JUCO's as much as the next guy but with the offense Trent runs we hav no choice IMHO.

no need to stress- Tj will be back next year, we have more talent coming in and this conversation will be more appropriate next year

IMO until we get a new coach we are not going anywhere. I watched the demeanor on the bench the other night vs. bama and it was terrible. Our guys look beat before we even start. No pep, everyone is slouched, TJ whines about every call, sits there with his arms crossed with a look of disgust on his face. Anthony Grant on the other hand was coaching every play. On another note I saw and SEC official in the airport the other day and talked to him at length about the SEC and LSU. He's been officiating college bb for 26 years, and has been to four final fours. He has refereed all over the country this year and told me the SEC is not what it was five years ago. He told me LSU is the most unatheletic team he could ever remember, and certainly the worst he has ever seen at LSU. The talk amongst the officials on TJ is he's a whiner who thinks every call is wrong and not very well respected. He didn't have a whole lot of good things to say about TJ. It was interesting getting his opinion cause this guy was a character. For what it's worth.