re: Johnny Jones Appreciation Thread

Agree with a lot that you said. I saw a lot of adjustments out there this last game both from the previous game and then at halftime. I'm sure he didn't do it because I posted it but he put Simmons down low on the block and he had a field day against smaller opponents. If we had done that previously and excecuted it as well as we did last night then we would be undefeated right now.

But in CJJ's defense, Ben has always played on the perimeter even in high school when he had an even greater height advantage. The difference is that in high school he was able to penetrate and drive with much greater effect and could pass over defenders that were 6 or 7 inches smaller.

Even then he was mostly passing the ball and not much of a scorer. Last night showed that he can be a very effective shooter if it is moves around the basket. His game is not to stay on the perimeter and bomb three's or even drive and shoot a pull up jumper. Nope, in a half court set he is what he is. A very tall, agile big man who is quick, can jump and has great moves.

Last night I even saw them post him, him pass back out and then repost. If we can play in and out like that as we did with Johnny O'Bryant, along with some decent outside shooting and running the break every chance we get, our offense will be fine.

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TQ is just a tad better now than he was as a Freshman

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And you want to insinuate that I don't know shite.

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Are you serious? Context much?

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I worked for Brady

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what did you do?

[quote]Look, I coached college basketball at the D1 level for 9 years, and I'm telling you, the guy isn't good.[/quote

Look y'all I just read this quote by a fella who has coached before, and from what he has seen, and what it appears to me the man who made this quote is correct in his assessment of JJ. Hell I thought the guy sucked as a basketball player while at LSU. Never in control.

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He has still brought in loads of talent that have made us a competitive force to be reckon with in the SEC. Each year he gets a transfer from a different school, or brings in a nice mixture of talent and program guys

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Thank you Johnny for making LSU basketball relevant again

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Results? Lsu hasn't been relevant since some of the Brady runs. Making the tournament every few years and bowing out in the 1st rd is the opposite of relevant. I was excited to see Jones come back home but it's starting to become clear why he was stranded at UNT for so long and it wasn't because he was holding out for Lsu.

I had high hopes for this team and there is still a chance for them to do something. However, the math is starting to work against them

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That's a real thing, podnuh. If you can't look at Sampson and Blakeney and say "those dudes are making freshman mistakes"

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"One and done" or at the most, two-and-gone is the new norm in college basketball, at least for perennial tourney teams.

If "those dudes are making freshman mistakes," then JJ needs to coach them up damn quick, or recruit freshmen who don't make those mistakes. Other teams a lot worse than Kentucky and Duke do that routinely.

JJ has one shot to make sugar out of what so far has been a shite show. We are losing from this team:

Simmons
Hornsby
Gray
Quarterman
Blakeney
Sampson (likely)

Next year will be starting over. Then I guess your JJ excuse is, "Oh, he's rebuilding." You have your head stuck in the sand--you post like you think these guys will be here four years.

I'm amazed you don't see how tired, feeble, and just plain dumbass stupid the "we're young" excuse sounds for a college basketball team.

It's dumb as hell to use for Les and football and even dumber and stupider to use for JJ and basketball.

I have never see such a lack of fire by a coach. The players give such a lack of effort, and Johnny just sits and watches like nothing is going. This is one of the most athletic teams in the NCAA and the worst defensively. All attributed to lack of effort. He has to demand more from his players, or put someone out there who actually cares about defense.

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At this point, Blakeney and Sampson are likely staying. If they arent, it means we've turned everything around

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I think they're gone because the NBA drafts on athleticism, physical tools, and upside, which both these long and athletic guys have in abundance. Sure, Blakeney is throwing up bricks, but that will change. He's still a natural shooter.

I assure you, NBA scouts aren't repelled from these guys' potential just because they are in JJ's shite-show offense.

We are losing from this team:

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Blakeney

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Prior to this season I would have been inclined to agree with you that Blakeney would be here for just one season. But what have you seen from him thus far that makes you think an NBA scout would give the green light on him?

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Sampson (likely)

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I think he has a much higher ceiling than Blakeney, but Sampson was never going to be a one-and-done.

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I have never seen such a lack of fire by a coach

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That's an LSU staple. Miles stares and looks confused, Jones blankly stares, and Manieri rings his hands and looks like he's about to cry.

I mean, a Muschamp freak out isnt good either, but shite, at least go off every once and a while. These are kids. Sometimes they need their asses kicked, figuratively speaking.