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Johnny Jones DOES make good adjustments
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:52 pm
The first half of the season, I never once saw him "get on" or casually yell to one of his players. I have seen him jump on Mickey when it looks like he is being lazy and he seems to get his point across. I have also seen how he gave Josh Gray chance after chance and after finally realizing that Gray was struggling, Johnny put in Patterson. He has also given his players the green light to shoot and ad lib in the offense. This team is so close to being something special. Togetherness and team chemistry have a lot to do with having a good/great team and I really feel that these players will each tell you that they love playing for Johnny Jones. I am glad the LSU athletic department finally hired one of OUR own. The best is yet to come and the future looks great.
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Posted on 3/4/15 at 3:54 pm to Mie2cents
Meh
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:00 pm to Mie2cents
He has never had any problems making adjustments in game. His decision to pressure Ole Miss on defense late in the first half sped the game up, forced them out of their zone, and allowed LSU to start getting baskets. His problem has been failing to address issues like TOs, situational shot selection, inbounding, offensive sets against zone defenses, from game to game. Those problems continue to show up game after game.
This LSU team is good. They could be even better if they just put more emphasis on sound play all the time
This LSU team is good. They could be even better if they just put more emphasis on sound play all the time
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:34 pm to Alt26
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His problem has been failing to address issues like TOs, situational shot selection, inbounding, offensive sets against zone defenses, from game to game. Those problems continue to show up game after game.
And, these "problems" are ones that our expert fans have self-diagnosed and repeated ad nauseum, thus making them seem like valid critiques. Watch other coaches of other teams and you'll see similiar "problems". Now, either these are not really "problems" or most of the coaches in college basketball are inferior to the non-coaching fans we have on the Rant. (I don't expect the experts on this site to yield any degree of expertise to the real coaches.)
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:40 pm to Eternally Undefeated
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And, these "problems" are ones that our expert fans have self-diagnosed and repeated ad nauseum, thus making them seem like valid critiques.
Not really.
It's not like he made some stupid blanket "JOHNNY SUX AT X&O's!!!" statement. I think his critiques are valid and completely fair and ones that I and many other have put forward.
That said, I agree with OP. He does make good in-game adjustments. And I've never bought into this notion that he's emotionless or whatever some people say in reaction to seeing him not jumping up and down and screaming all game.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:47 pm to Alt26
Nah, his inbound play where the inbounder throws the ball across half court works almost every time...why do you need adjustments?
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:47 pm to lsu2006
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him not jumping up and down and screaming all game.
They just mad we fired Brady, because that's basically who you described and I personally HATED it (especially when he'd get stupid Techs that cost us)
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:58 pm to Mie2cents
The fact that we still can't inbound a basketball this late into this season is pretty embarrassing
More than likey tonight there will be a time where have to chunk the ball halfway across the court to get the ball in
More than likey tonight there will be a time where have to chunk the ball halfway across the court to get the ball in
Posted on 3/4/15 at 4:58 pm to UserName69
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Nah, his inbound play where the inbounder throws the ball across half court works almost every time...why do you need adjustments?
How about the inbound play we scored on and also ran two variations of that lead to two wide open shots? That was in the Ole Miss game on Saturday, but continue on.
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The fact that we still can't inbound a basketball this late into this season is pretty embarrassing
At what point could we not inbound the basketball this past weekend? Or the game last week for that matter?
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:01 pm to UserName69
How is that on him when the players don't execute? They usually run some kind of play, and either the guys don't get it in or it's read by the defense.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:01 pm to oauron
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At what point could we not inbound the basketball this past weekend? Or the game last week for that matter?
Do you not remember when TQ had to throw a Hail Mary across the court to get the ball in because no one could make separation? It happens nearly every game and will more than likely happen again tonight.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:02 pm to GCTiger11
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because no one could make separation
So Johnny's on the court playing too? Because that sounds like an execution issue, not a play call issue
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:03 pm to lsu2006
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And I've never bought into this notion that he's emotionless or whatever some people say in reaction to seeing him not jumping up and down and screaming all game
Nobody wants JJ to be a raging lunatic on the sidelines. But how can you say he's not emotionless? He just is, and I'd love to see some more emotion from him.
Maybe the fire is burning inside and he can get that through to the team, but he just looks dead during games. A bit more energy from JJ would positively translate to the team.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:04 pm to Tigerfan7218
quote:Well in my post, I really didn't actually blame Jones. Just think it's sad we're still having to do that this late into the season.
So Johnny's on the court playing too? Because that sounds like an execution issue, not a play call issue
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:05 pm to oauron
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At what point could we not inbound the basketball this past weekend? Or the game last week for that matter?
I love the timeout brigade failing to realize that Johnny not having a timeout in Auburn pt. 1 cost us the game as we didn't adjust to the 7 footer guarding the inbound. Way to use ALL THE TIMEOUTS, Johnny. Get over the timeout thing. It is a coach preference thing and despite what you see others do, Jones is a lot like Phil Jackson in that regard.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:06 pm to GCTiger11
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Do you not remember when TQ had to throw a Hail Mary across the court to get the ball in because no one could make separation? It happens nearly every game and will more than likely happen again tonight.
He threw it up for Martin to catch the ball over a guard. While TQ threw it too far, that's on him not on the play. Still wasn't a problem and we still inbounded the ball. On every in-bound play in existence, you throw the ball back if none of the other options are there. I don't see how throwing back out once is a major problem.
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:07 pm to Tigerfan7218
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So Johnny's on the court playing too? Because that sounds like an execution issue, not a play call issue
No, it's coaching.
Coaches are supposed to spend some of their practice time designing offensive and defensive sets and plays, specifically designed with our next opponent in mind.
Inbounding the ball, whether it's against a press, from the sidelines, or under the basket, all require different sets and motion that are designed to get guys open.
It's fricking Basketball 101. And I see very little from us in terms of good inbound sets. Sorry, but that's coaching.
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:11 pm to Mie2cents
I've read complaints about Jones' use of timeouts, or lack thereof. I'm not going to question his strategic use of timeouts except to ask if maybe the three or four timeouts LSU seemingly has left at the end of every game could be used to get the players rest given the team's lack of depth and propensity to play fast? Any thoughts?
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:11 pm to oauron
quote:it happens more often than not. Your guys can't create separation and you're left with no choice but chunking the ball to the ball back to the backcourt? Fine. But I've lost count on how many times we've had to do it. I've literally never seen a basketball team struggle so much inbounding the ball
On every in-bound play in existence, you throw the ball back if none of the other options are there
This post was edited on 3/4/15 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 3/4/15 at 5:15 pm to Mie2cents
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am glad the LSU athletic department finally hired one of OUR own
I agree with a lot of your post, but I never understand this logic.
That logic is why everyone has so much disdain for Alleva. LSU is absolutely killing it in the spring sports, but there's no credit given to alleva, even though he deserves it. Radakovich is doing pretty poorly at Clemson and left Georgia Tech a mess, but some fans would rather have him because he's "one of us".
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