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Imagine a coach leaving LSU for TCU
Posted on 4/7/12 at 6:54 am
Posted on 4/7/12 at 6:54 am
Isn't this a slap in our face? An indictment of where basketball stands in the pecking order at LSU?
Football
Spring football
recruiting for football
Baseball
and then somewhere down there basketball.
I mean, if basketball is so unimportant, how can we get a nationally known quality coach who can recruit? Do we need to get a hot shot young guy and over pay?
Football
Spring football
recruiting for football
Baseball
and then somewhere down there basketball.
I mean, if basketball is so unimportant, how can we get a nationally known quality coach who can recruit? Do we need to get a hot shot young guy and over pay?
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Posted on 4/7/12 at 6:59 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Part of the problem is that Johnson didn't do anything to help the basketball improve. Without a winner, fans are not going to flock to the arena. Remember the glory days when Dal Brown was winning, the arena was a alive. Now you have a new practice facility and an improved arena. We need more Louisiana flavor on staff. Johnson wasn't the man for this job when Alleva hired him.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:00 am to Slim
I was at LSU when Dale had the place rocking (73-79). Hell I was the first student on line many times. We need someone who can deliver the goods on the court and off.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:05 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
he's ditching us for job security jeaux, not because he thinks TCU is a better job.
slap in the face? TCU just bailed us out
slap in the face? TCU just bailed us out
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:09 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
I've said this for the last two years. Johnson did not want to be at LSU. Now that he knows that his employment would last just one more season if things didn't drastically change, he's getting out while he can. The man showed NO emotion during games, he didn't recruit and really the last 3 years the team barely improved. He was just going through the motions at LSU. Johnson and LSU were not a good fit and personally, I'm glad to see him go. He's been at LSU for four years and we are worse now than when he arrived. Adios Trent, don't let the door hit you in the arse.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:16 am to Daigeaux
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Football
Spring football
recruiting for football
Baseball
Mo Isom trying out for football
Bitching about ever-changing parking regulations
Men's Basketball
FIFY
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[Trent Johnson has] been at LSU for four years and we are worse now than when he arrived
Can't disagree. Adios, Trent.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:16 am to Daigeaux
maybe behind the scenes he was feeling the pressure to move on instead of being fired in public. Looks better for both sides.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:25 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
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Isn't this a slap in our face?
If LSU wants to keep Trent Johnson from going to TCU it should make him a counter offer with a long term contract. Hypothetically speaking, if Johnson were to then turn down that counter offer from LSU then, yes, it would be a slap in the face. As things stand now, a move by Johnson to TCU appears to be in the best interests of both parties.
This post was edited on 4/7/12 at 8:14 am
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:29 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
You mean sort of like a guy named Paul Bryant leaving UK for aTm because Basketball was THE sport and football wasn't emphasized as much?
As for pressure on Trent to resign... IDK ... But having only 1 recruit committed couldn't help.
As for all the Tim Floyd "fans".... Get real, that would have been a good hire 20 years ago, but not today.
As for pressure on Trent to resign... IDK ... But having only 1 recruit committed couldn't help.
As for all the Tim Floyd "fans".... Get real, that would have been a good hire 20 years ago, but not today.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:30 am to boxcar willie
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maybe behind the scenes he was feeling the pressure to move on instead of being fired in public. Looks better for both sides.
This could well be the case. Alleva isn't blind. He saw the product on the court and 8,000 empty seats. I mean, he would have to be blind not to have seen it. Whether LSU is a basketball school or not, it should be self sustaining, not a drain on football and baseball. Hell, he saw there were more people in the PMAC for the women's games than the men's. One more year would have hurt more in the long run, it would have only delayed the inevitable. Get a coach that wants to be at LSU and make it his team.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:30 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
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Do we need to get a hot shot young guy and over pay?
I think I see where you are going with this....
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and now introducing your new LSU Tigers head basketball coach, standing at 7'-1" coming from Newark, New Jersey, SSSSSHHHHHHAQUIIIILLLLLLE OOOOOOOO'NEEEEAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!
This post was edited on 4/7/12 at 7:31 am
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:31 am to BilJ
quote:My thoughts as well. For whatever reasons Trent didn't work out here and suspect he's escaping to a more secure position.
TCU just bailed us out
Posted on 4/7/12 at 7:33 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
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We need someone who can deliver the goods on the court and off.
:inb4complianceoffice:
Posted on 4/7/12 at 8:05 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
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Imagine a coach leaving LSU for TCU
Ok I'm imagining it and it's AWESOME
Posted on 4/7/12 at 8:11 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Almost as bad as having your offensive coordinator leave for Maryland, of all places.
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
Posted on 4/7/12 at 8:19 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
I can't believe Doug Mallory left LSU for New Mexico. What a slap in the face to les miles and it really shows what kind of state our football program is in.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 8:20 am to BilJ
I'll take Bilj ftw. This is it plain and simple.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 8:23 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
I havn't seen LSU fans support a basketball coach in generations. Dale Brown and John Brady both had success, and neither one recieved support, relative to other good baseketball programs.
Why would a great coach want the LSU job based on the lack of support by the fan base. This is not a flame, it is been said by others in the college basketball business.
I remember when Tim Brando had his radio show on in BR. He said the same thing and got run out of town. The truth hurts.
Why would a great coach want the LSU job based on the lack of support by the fan base. This is not a flame, it is been said by others in the college basketball business.
I remember when Tim Brando had his radio show on in BR. He said the same thing and got run out of town. The truth hurts.
Posted on 4/7/12 at 8:24 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
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TCU
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