re: Matt Trent on WW

And O got a national championship in 3 years. You know how that worked out.

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I think you're the one with the comprehension problem.

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You’re an idiot, but you know my original post was referring to pre-season expectations. An interim
Bracketology seed projection isn’t the same fricking thing as season expectations.

Yeah. That 2018-19 team went 16-2 in the league on their own talent. Surely all those guys got drafted…

Oh wait, you mean only one guy got drafted off that team that year.

But the rant told me he only won because he had better talent than everyone else in the SEC.

Kentucky had 3 taken in the first round,
Tennessee had multiple players taken, Arkansas, Miss St. and Vandy had the exact same number of players drafted as LSU in 2019.

There are some really stupid people hanging around lately. Is he in a tough stretch, absolutely. He’s a 39 year old coach probably going through his toughest stretch yet, kind of like Bruce Pearl going through a similar stretch in 2019 and again last. Does that mean he needs to get better, of course. Does that mean he’s a terrible coach all the sudden, hell no.

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This team when fully healthy was on track to have the best defensive season of ANY team in the last 10 years. Your starting PG goes down and then a few other players get injured and the productivity goes way down, its not like we got magically worse.

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True. But they fact is they got even better defensively following the loss of Pinson. I'm not saying they got better BECAUSE of his loss. Just that the defense did not immediately fall off once he went down.

The drop off began slowly with the second Tennessee game. Perhaps, not so coincidentally, they were the first opponent to play LSU twice this season. That may have given others the blue print to attack LSU and LSU hasn't adjusted.

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Losses to Ole Miss and Vandy were definitely worrisome but lets not jump off a cliff here people. You don't just randomly go from historically elite to average all of a suddent.

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That is kind of exactly what is happening. TCU, Ole Miss and Vandy were ALL sub-100 offenses. LSU went from not having a 100+ defensive rating all season (the lower the number the better) to suddenly having three straight vs. TCU, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. NONE of those teams have been good this year offensively. Even against just average defensive teams. In the span of 2 weeks they have gone from allowing the fewest adjusted points per 100 possessions in 20 years to now 3rd in the nation in that category with seemingly no end to the drop in sight. The point is that they were still playing good defense even after Pinson went down. The last three games have been well below average (not just LSU's average).

It is more than just injuries suddenly catching up to LSU. One game can be an anomaly. Two is a bit concerning. Three is a trend. That is what is happening now and it will continue if the team doesn't make some adjustments soon.

i think this team is mentally exhausted from the struggles recently. i believe the 2nd half of arkansas game is where the wheels started to lose their lug nuts.

Pinson was a calming presence on the court for the team. Days can only do so much as the senior leader since he doesn’t run the offense.

He constantly trashes all LSU sports. When I see his face I change the channel. The rest of you should too.

I agree totally, this team isn’t very good, but by no means is our Basketball Program in a dumpster, this team fading, program is alright. This is not football, just go look at ydays & Saturday scores. It’s a long season made longer by this skid, but a run is not out of the ?

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Wade took over a team that was at the VERY bottom of the SEC

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How many more years will this be a good excuse for you? His recruiting rankings since arriving average among the best in the country!

Also, he has won fewer conference games each year since 2019 and obviously that trend will continue this year.

I think it's telling that Will Wade's comments indicate he's throwing in the towel. Not very confidence-inspiring.

Multiple top 10 recruiting classes..."wait til next year though!"

Grade I MCL injury difficult to come back quick with such limited lateral movement and high risk to reinjure in basketball, tennis, stand up martial arts,etc