Before We Completely Melt, Let's Take A Look At Recent Basketball Rosters

We use our bench less this year than in any of those other years.

Last night when Martin got into foul trouble Jones brought in Bridgewater to play as a plodding 6'4" PF, leaving Mickey as a skinny 6'8" center having a sub-par night. 3 7-footers left on the bench. Instead we get killed in the paint.

This was the most frustrating game of the year to watch. Especially when the best run by LSU was when M&M were on the bench in the first half.

12/13 had a decent roster...should have done better

we all realize JJ has improved our talent level (although this year we're not deep).

But that's only half of it. JJ has to actually coach the talent he has and maximize our production on the floor. This is where he's failing.

Three years in and with the players we have, we should make the tournament. The bad losses to lesser teams are what is so infuriating.

Fans need to melt sometimes. It's good therapy and occasionally it's completely called for and prevents the fan base from becoming apathetic.

Can we divide the Rant into the "Fans Who Care Enough to Melt" and "Stuart Smalley, Casper Milktoast" boards? For the latter can there be rainbow and butterfly emoticons?

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Yeah, Jones is not the best in-game coach. He drives me absolutely nuts more times than not, however, a quick view over the LSU Tigers basketball roster from recent years shows just how far we have come. We have gotten somewhat spoiled actually having a group of players worth a shite.

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Yet we are getting the same results, an NIT team.

True but still dropped a few winnable games. Started 0-4 in conf play IIRC

then it was next year...then next year...now its next year again. These guys need to quit doing this to themselves. No business losing to state, mizzou, aggies twice.

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Fans need to melt sometimes. It's good therapy and occasionally it's completely called for and prevents the fan base from becoming apathetic.

Can we divide the Rant into the "Fans Who Care Enough to Melt" and "Stuart Smalley, Casper Milktoast" boards? For the latter can there be rainbow and butterfly emoticons?

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How are old rosters relevant to how we are performing now? We are playing far below our potential now.

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This is a great post. The greatest three year period of LSU basketball was 1979 to 1981. The 1978 team had a season much like this year's team. Great performances and some victories against strong teams and then an inexplicable loss to a less talented team at the bottom half of the SEC. Its all in the process and development, we just have to be patient. The advantage back then was that players rarely left early for the NBA. Johnny Obryant would still be at LSU if the that mindset still existed. LSU lost only three players to early entry to the NBA from 1976 to 1989 Dewayne Scales Junior year 1980 Ice Reynolds Junior year 1985 John Williams Sophomore year 1986

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To compare any team today with the teams of the 80's is down right not apples to apples. If that were the case think about the talent Brady lost to the NBA how good those teams would have been. You may be able to develop a good college bb player, but in this day and time you have to have a couple of pros. Building programs is an NIT trait, to get to the Final Four you have to have some talent. Go back and look at the rosters of the teams in the Final Four, Look at UCLA in 06 along with us, just about every player is playing somewhere making a living. The four year player or the program player better get an education. Every kid wants to play in the league and the second someone says he will get drafted he is gone. Simmons will be one and done, Martin and Mickey I guarantee you have people telling them they can play at the next level. We sweated these two leaving last year, I'll bet one if not both will be gone no matter what we think. Then we are really stuck. Cause we have a one and done coming. This team if it does not make the tourney will be a complete failure with this talent.