I partially agree with both of you guy's assessment. I will say this though......

Guarding those perimeter shooters is the responsibility of the LSU guards primarily. If you noticed, when we had Webb and Barrett in there on Sunday and last night, we couldn't guard those shooters because we weren't fast enough to get to them. That wasn't happening when Hughes and Kenney were in there.

Barrett.............yep, what can you say. She is inconsistent as hell. But, playing out of position for the last two games has also affected her.

Jones used to be inconsistent. But, if you look at her play over the past two weeks or so, she's actually been the most productive player on the team. Perhaps she's turned the corner.

The shooting..............
Well, I will admit last night was horrible. But, that's not been the case over the season. Right now, LSU is the second best shooting team in the SEC right at about 45%. Last night was more of an aberration than the norm.

I think you guys are spot on when talking about the passing in general. But again, I think when a team loses both point guards, the offense in general and ball security primarily, are gonna suffer. I honestly believe that Nikki should put Lutley in at point guard and Webb at the 2-guard next game...........and let Kenney come off the bench.

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Posted by lsursb

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Posted on 1/25/12 at 12:47 pm to lsualum96

Don't want it to sound like I am bashing Nikki. She was my #1 choice and I think she will be great. I think she is going to need a few years to get some players in to match her style of play. I think we all know the "get on the Van" years took a terrible toll on the program and I think there were some recruiting mistakes made. I think she will build the program back in a few years.

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Posted by 4everfightintiger

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Posted on 1/25/12 at 3:04 pm to lsualum96

Alum I appreciate your optimistic and dedicated support of our Lady Tigers. I have to disagree with you on this one though, Kenney is our best point guard now and we need her on the floor. BL came in last night and ran the point well but she in nearly as inconsistent as LB. I like the kid and think she has shown flashes of greatness but right now we need our floor general back. I think JK at the point and BL at the 2 guard could have potential.

I do agree that CJ has been our most consistent player all year even going back into last season some. I am also impressed with the development of CF and think the sky is the limit for her.

Our biggest enemies right now are ball handling and a weak offensive scheme (or lack there of). I know CNK likes to use an aggresive defense to force turnovers and generate offense but it's not working all that great for us right now. I would like to see a bit more of an offense by design. By far the amount of turnovers is absolutely pathetic and it's been a problem all year long not just since our guards went dwon. This MUST be corrected if they want to have any shot at making a run for the conference title.

I think we have a lot of the pieces in place with hopes of adding to it in the next few years. I'm anxious to see how things develop for CNK and our Lady Tigers.

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