To all the Johnny Jones haters..

Pointing out obvious weaknesses does not make a poster a "hater".
Your own post seems to agree with the common assessment, and I trust you do not consider yourself to be in that category.

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Reading the article on his lack of coaching ability, you have to really wonder just how stupid a writer can be. Even if Johnny Jones is one of the worst tacticians of all time, we went out and got an assistant who is known to be a very tactical guy.
The best coaches are the ones who see their weaknesses and adjust. Has he not done that? And has he not consistantly made this team better over 3 years?

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CJJ is a terrible coach. I hope he hands the clipboard to his assistant if he is indeed a "very tactical guy."

No, the team has not gotten better over the last three years.

If CJJ was a great coach, he would have pulled Jordan Mickey who is a good player but turned into a complete basket case after missing five straight free throws, two field goals (including a lay-up) and he gave up the game-winning shot. He should have pulled him after the fifth missed free throw. Demons were in that poor kids head. Even the announcers could see it. Not CJJ, of course.

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No, the team has not gotten better over the last three years.

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I don't have a problem with someone saying that we should have been better with our talent( I personally believe this), but this statement is idiotic.

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No, the team has not gotten better over the last three years.

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Well, this is just as stupid as the above mentioned blogger.

LSU has improved every year under CJJ - in overall record, conference record, in postseason bids, in recruiting. It's ridiculous to say the team hasn't gotten better.

The 3 seasons prior to CJJ LSU was:
11-20 (2-14)
11-21 (3-13)
18-15 (7-9) (NIT)

LSU has since gone:
19-12 (9-9)
20-14 (9-9) (NIT)
22-11 (11-7) (NCAA)

I don't understand how LSU fans thought Coack K was hired at LSU.

It's truly mystifying. I was as frustrated as anyone with some of our losses and some of Jones' in game decisions throughout the year, but we finished almost exactly where I and countless others expected. It's funny how people say we were loaded with talent and then laugh at the notion of Mickey and Martin going pro. And if you aren't excited about the obvious direction of the program you either aren't paying attention or you are completely miserable.

All of that aside, people seem to be losing sight of just how idiotic that blogger's assertion truly was.

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has he not consist[e]ntly made this team better over 3 years?

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Through recruiting, yes. There is no difference other than we now have much better bodies on the floor. It's better than nothing, but no reasonable person would gauge his in-game coaching as acceptable.

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The haters are so sensitive to legitimate criticism. They act like its freaking treason.

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FIFY

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The pumpers are so sensitive to legitimate criticism. They act like its freaking treason.

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that's such a croc. Most understand constructive criticism, but an absurd amount of posters on here think Jones is a a slight notch above a biddy ball coach.

the false sense of entitlement of thinking LSU is above Jones' first three seasons (the winningest in school history) is even more astounding.

I go over to the SEC Rant and see Carolina fans fapping their brains out over Frank Martin finally getting a winning season in YEAR 3. Seeing Arkansas fans be satisfied over Anderson getting Arkansas to the NIT in year three also puts things into perspective.


Finally, the misconception that LSU was so loaded team last year is so bizarre. At times you'd think LSU was the '96 Bulls but Jones screwed it up. It's like no one watches college basketball not on the SECN

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Pointing out obvious weaknesses does not make a poster a "hater".

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If the only commentary you have to add is criticism (founded or not), then yes, that does make you a hater.

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If you want to compare the 2012 NIT finish with the 2015 NCAA First Round choke job and tell me LSU is light years better with CJJ, the answer to that is an emphatic HELL NO.

Slightly better...okay fine. Not much, though.

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Wait, what?!? Did you even read what I posted? I never compared choke jobs. LSU basketball has a history of them under many coaches.

I also never said the program is light years better under CJJ. What I did is shine light on before and after. I continuously find myself in the awkward position as a CJJ knight when all I do is point out facts. The fact being that LSU has improved under CJJ - something you stated was untrue. The fact that LSU is relevant again in basketball and making national noise - hence SF bloggers taking shots. The fact the LSU was lock to make the NCAAT when many keyboard jockeys were saying NIT.

It's quite interesting the results that are expected taking over a broken program and with that the disdain for the results that have taken place. You can't say we need to get better but completely ignore that we have. What type of expectations did you have for CJJ? And on top of that, what type of expectations do you have for LSU basketball?

I say let it play out, CJJ has done enough in 3 years to warrant an optimistic view, not a negative one.