re: Thoughts, Comments, Concerns with Regards to Basketball (Long)

yea Tim did the move you do when you are 8 and playing basketball in your driveway with your buddy thinking it looks cool



JUST FINISH THE DAMN BUCKET

We had JOB...other than that we didn't have anything remotely special. Then Johnny brought in Shavon. But any team that has to start a walk-on Tuba player is not very good. Our big men were ADP, JOB, Ludwig, Jalen Courtney. 3/4 are terrible. I loved Stringer, but he was very limited what he could do. He was an average SEC player, and a good 4-year guy. Hickey was a worse TQ because you never know what you would get.

Last year Auburn had Bowers (who has regressed this year, but was a double double guy last year), Harrell, Canada, Mason...if CJJ brought our 2012-13 to 9-9 in the SEC, Bruce should have done better than 4-14

But this is neither here nor there

Ben hates his left hand.

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I don't think he necessarily coaches them to do that, but he doesn't correct it either. It happens all the time.

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my point is how is he going to correct it? He has nobody to play if he benches them. He has to be as frustrated with TQ and JG as the fans are.

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What about the threes taken with 22 seconds still on the shot clock and not a single pass has been made within the framework of the offense?

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I bet 95% of those are by TQ...and yes they are terrible but I still wonder what the hell our offense is. I see AB sit in the wing/corner and never move.

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Quarterman and Gray are really the only players that have terrible basketball IQ, though.

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and they are who I am talking about. They guys who are supposed to be running our offense

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Blakeney isn't a super smart player, but I don't think he's an idiot out there. His biggest flaw might be thinking too much sometimes.

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I think he has played very smart. He rarely takes bad shots. I almost think he needs to look to get more involved b/c he can create his own shot. He gets tentative at times.

What's really concerning to me is that there is one sure win left on the schedule.

I think a lot of people are chalking up Florida as a win, but those solid half-court defensive teams are Jones' worst match-up.

Asking any team to win back to back road conference games is a lot.

I just don't understand how a single school can be so bad at FT's that it's become our identity. Can anyone tell me when LSU has finished a season with a FT% higher than 75%? Or is that just an unreasonable expectation?

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My issue is we have people on this board that do root against the team. Honestly, that is what pisses me the frick off.

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I have never...nor will I ever...pull against any team that LSU fields. I want to go dancing as much as anyone. But this program....currently....is in a perpetual state of "one step forward.....and two steps back."
I don't know....at this point.....whether its the players or coaches or a combination of both (probably this). But the bottom line is, we cant stand prosperity and its frustrating as hell.

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and they are who I am talking about. They guys who are supposed to be running our offense

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Quarterman shouldn't start.

It would be an awkward lineup without a true point guard, but I think our best starting lineup right now would be Patterson, Hornsby, Blakeney, Simmons, Victor.

Simmons can handle the ball enough to take some pressure off of our guards.

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LSUButt

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Butt, thanks for your contributions and your previews. I appreciate them and look forward to reading them weekly.

Absolutely brilliant post and spot on. Every time I've brought myself to peek in on LSU basketball they seem to suck like a Hoover. Since Trent left it has been better but still no free throw shooting is just horrible. How is it coach after coach with any number of players the same crappy FT shooting? If they shoot 80% last night it is a victory
I have NEVER seen a basketball team consistently botch shots standing UNDER the goal. It is uncanny how this happens game after game.
Simmons? Yep, he is good and probably could do better. He is the self proclaimed best player but he sure sucked last night. Of course, the whole team did.
As far as referees go - they suck every bit as badly as the FB ones do. I don't know what it is about Victor being a foul magnet! I officiated basketball 20 years and I never targeted a player because of rep, size, aggressiveness, etc. If you foul you foul! They also call too many ticky tacky fouls and destroy the rhythm of the game. I WANT to watch good basketball win or lose. It's just not very good anywhere right now. I don't think the SEC will fare well in the tournament regardless of who makes it.