McMahon's Only Hope

Does the band have any really tall Tuba players??

This roster was talented enough to perform better than 14-19 (3-17 including SECT), most of those 14 wins coming against the weakest non-conf. schedule among SEC teams. So it is going to take MUCH more than just an improved roster. McMahon got a crash course and arse-kicking in power conf. basketball this year. If he doesn't significantly adjust his in-game approach next season a "more talented" roster isn't going to produce significantly better results on its own. This season's roster was mid-tier SEC talent. The atrocious coaching made it a bottom of the league team.

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I have my doubts though if any amount of money can salvage what Scott hath wrought.

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I appreciate you openly admitting you are an irrational thinker.

Well you're a Southeastern fan, so....

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What Scott hath wrought

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Scott hired our new coach, but our old coach is the one who decided to play the part of an arrogant fool and laid our basketball program open to 5 level one charges. That doesn’t even take into consideration his failure to be willing to even meet with the LSU administration and tell them what was going on.

I’m just so shocked LSU decided to fire him. lol

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This season's roster was mid-tier SEC talent

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You must literally have brain damage if you believe this

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Returned 3 players from the previous year. Landed a 5*, top 50 recruit, and another top 100 recruit. Brought his best player and a 2nd team all conference player from his previous team

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The returning players were shite. A freshman center isn’t going to do anything in the SEC unless he’s a complete freak and he wasn’t taking minutes from KJ anyway. And are you really listing Justice Hill like he’s someone noteworthy?

That leaves Tyrell Ward, Jalen Reed, and KJ Williams. Sorry bud, KJ, 2 highly rated freshman recruits, and a bunch of garbage can horrible players aren’t a “middle of the pack SEC roster” no matter how much y’all try to spin it

One of the returning players was a starter on 2 tournament teams. Another started for a final 4 team and was supposed to start last year. Justice Hill, the guy McMohan developed, brought over to LSU and played 30 mpg… who does that fall on?

I don’t get why people like you keep trying to act like everyone else is crazy while defending a 2-16 season. The coaches in the SEC even thought LSU was middle of the pack. They predicted them to finish 8th. If everyone knew this team was going to be a shite show on hardwood, why does the current coach not take any blame?

season's roster was mid-tier SEC talent. The atrocious coaching made it a bottom of the league team.




How can you say mid tier?

Maybe 2 players would start on other sec teams.

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I don’t get why people like you keep trying to act like everyone else is crazy while defending a 2-16 season.

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I don't think it is a matter of defending a 2-16 season, everyone will agree that it was horrendous, as much as pointing out that this was not an overly talented roster at this point in time.

Take a look at the transfers:

On how many SEC teams would Fountain start? Average 20+ minutes a game? He may be a rotational piece on several teams, but not a starter.

Do the same for Hill and Hannibal. Would either start for any other SEC team?

Coleman was not SEC material.

KJ and Cam Hayes would at a minimum be rotational pieces at almost all of the SEC schools. KJ would start at most SEC schools (more than half of SEC schools) and Hayes maybe would start at several SEC schools.

One of the three returning players and one of the incoming recruits were injured and missed most or all of the season.

Of the other two returning players, would Miller or Justice Williams start at any of the other SEC schools? Miller maybe a few, a solid rotational player at the minimum at most SEC schools. Williams (a reclass to the 2021 class) and the other three freshman are in the developmental phases of their careers, both mentally and physically. Saw some flashes and then saw a lot of freshman from them. Ward seemed to make the most progress during his freshman season. But, at this point in their development they would not be starting at other SEC schools.

I am not saying the team is totally devoid of talent, just that in aggregate at this point in time it was not middle of the pack SEC talent.

Nor am I absolving the coaching staff for the SEC results on the court this season.

But, to try and place all of the blame for said SEC results on either one or the other is short-sighted. It was a combination of both and both had ramifications that lead to the results this season.