re: T or F- Basketball Fan Support Will be at an All Time Low Entering Next Season

PG: Hickey
G: Stringer
G: Turner
F: JOB
F: Hamilton

If he gets Hammink & Coleman along with Morgan, he would probably run a 3 guard offense. Hell, Turner is a G and not a SF.

Hammink, Coleman and Morgan will be subs for Stringer and Turner.
Stringer will probably be the backup to Hickey unless one of the 3 coming in can prove they can run the point.
Courtney needs to add some weight to be a relief for JOB and Hamilton.
Ludwig will help give the post players a breather as well.
TJ played Isaac a lot so he will be in the mix somewhere as well.

We really need to add another bigger body to sub JOB and Hamilton, IMO. Pelle could be a coup if he qualifies and signs.

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coleman's ability to get to the rim is needed.

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This. We don't have that in anyone right now.

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Galloway at St Joseph's is the only one he didn't get prior to this season who is doing well.

Markel Brown and Brian Williams are doing alright at Oklahoma State, but not setting the world on fire.

Gathers appears to be a blow, but this kid, IMO, wanted to leave the state.

Morgan is a better player than Ricardo.

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What about the guys that were at LSU that left. Matt D who was a Guard. I am forgetting some others. Also, if they are not in LA, then he needs to go elsewhere. Name me players that TJ recruited that were drafted in the NBA? I can't think of one.

I think they ought to put them in the Parker Ag Coliseum. When they start winning, then they can go back to PMAC.

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Okay, I meant to say that played at LSU.

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JOB eventually and will Hamilton count in 2013 since he convinced him to transfer here?

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JOB eventually and will Hamilton count in 2013 since he convinced him to transfer here?

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I guess that is my point. Two guys in what, five years, not very good. I don't expect us to be kentucky, but we need to start getting guys here. Can't win long term without talent.

if they win a few OOC games to start the season, people will have hope.

if they struggle early against the Coastal Carolinas and NW State
then yes, all time low will set in.

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Consistent winners will turn fans out, not coaching changes

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depends on who the coach is. trent just isnt a very exciting guy so yea he needs to win and win big with exciting players to get fan support.

you get a young coach that connects with the fans and has a personality and people might get excited with improvement being shown. trent being a dead fish in the personality department does him no favors on top of his lack of getting enough talent to win and his lack of coaching skill the last few years.

brady did alienate the fans at the end but i haven't seen trent drum up any support at all.

when you are the coach of a program that needs support you need to be doing everything you can to get out and get the fans excited along with pulling in talent.

hickey,hamilton and job 3 are a start on talent but we need more.

Hard to predict, given the limited numbers and fickleness of the LSU basketball fanbase. By any reasonable measure, this year's team was substantially improved, and showed every promise of continued improvement over the next couple of years. Yet fan support was pitiful. The team's effort in New Orleans was certainly much greater than the boycotting fanbase deserved.

No reasonable person can expect our program to be competitive when recruits compare the Dead Dome to venues with actual basketball fans. But I guess that's why they're called Rantards.