re: Will LSU ever really invest in a basketball coach?

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I continue to support the Tigers and don't boycott games because of the coach!

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Then you're part of the problem.

PMAC will have to be virtually empty (1000 or less) for Alleva to take notice.

People want to be entertained and they're not. LSUAD just doesn't "Get It." They seem totally oblivious to what people want. (Have to listen to that obnoxious music before the game too, like in Tiger Stadium)

Gymnastics now outdraws Basketball. Think about that...................

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Until he is gone, LSU will be a bottom-dweller in arguably the easiest of the Power 5 conferences.

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It might help if you got your facts straight before you start becoming a basketball prophet. Here is Jones SEC record year by year:

2012-13 9-9 SEC 8th place out of 14 teams
2013-14 9-9 SEC 6th place
2014-15 11-7 SEC 3rd. Place
2015-16 11-7 SEC 3rd. place

So out of 14 teams he has never finished lower than 8th place which was in his first season before he had a chance to recruit. So LSU has not exactly been a "bottom dweller" since he has been here.

Everybody wants to win championships and go to the NCAA tournament but if you ask me whether I would rather have a team that finished in 3rd place in conference or one that truly did finish in the bottom. Well it seems self evident to me.

Yes, I understand how bad a taste last year's team left in everyone's mouth because of all the bad publicity and not making the tournament. But this year's team was written off last year before they even played an exhibition game. Now they are 5-2 and have done fairly well except for the blowout against Wichita State.

Perhaps they will not play well after the exam break but who knows? Give them a chance and let's see how they do. I do know that CJJ has managed to get some talented players here which is not an easy task. Reath, Victor, Blakeney, Sampson, Epps and others on the team have ability. Basketball is a crazy game which is why it can be so exciting at times.

Sometimes the shots just won't fall or the ball bounces the wrong way. But sometimes things go right and you have another win. I will hope for that even if the rest of you just want to fire the coach.

Fans need to start Packing The PMAC again

Who is this guy Sandsbury or who ever and why does he want to coach LSU. Would he be a good replacement?

Who in their right mind wants Alleva making another coaching hire?

Let's get him out of there and find a great AD first.

LSU really needs a visionary like Emmert at President first and foremost.

The entire administration is a disgrace at LSU from the BOS on down the ladder.

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Here is Jones SEC record year by year:

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There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Numbers don't tell the whole picture. Look at thr actual product on the court.

You probably wish Les Miles was still here, too, what with his stats and all.

We had a coach who was fired 10 years ago 18 months after he was in the final four with his best two players hurt the whole season. 10 years later the best year we have had since was with his healthy players. Kermit Davis would be a perfect fit here at LSU next year. I was pulling for JJ and thought he would be good here, but like Les was and is to hard headed to accept help from the bench coach. All things equal in the conference with exception of Kentucky, it comes down to coaching. We will see how this season works out, but up to this point looks like the same verse as before. Lots of talent with no defense and rebounding. Lets see

No I was just pointing out an inaccurate statement and suggesting it could be worse. I was an LSU basketball fan in Trent's 2nd. and 3rd. years. People tend to forget how bad it had gotten.

Do I want better? You bet. Do you think the fans of the 9 or 10 SEC teams that had a worse record want better? If the product on the court was so bad, how did we win all of those games? Like the football team we prevailed because we had good players that were poorly coached?

Who brought those players here? And unlike football, Louisiana is not a hotbed of basketball talent that can produce great players every year. Trent was probably a better game day coach than Johnny but he couldn't recruit to save his you know.

I think it's been proven that a team of good players poorly coached can beat a team of poor players who are coached better.

I'm just trying to bring some fairness to the discussion. If CJJ falls on his butt this year then he will probably be fired and I will support it. Just give him a chance until that happens.