Half Baked, Half Cooked

It’s really simple. LSU ain’t good enough. Period.

No matter how many points he can score, at some point you have to play defense. That’s why Dean played most of the second half. All cook cares about is getting his points. Defense optional.

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Excuse the title, but why is it that we can’t get Baker and Cook to show up for a full game? When Baker is on, Cook is off and vice versa. If they would both show up together, we might have something.

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I think CMM is trying to get Cook to commit to playing defense and cut down on the hero ball, but sitting him more...and it's had uneven results.

Baker you pick your poison - the last 4 games he has been resurgent on offense...his 4 best offensive games of the year honestly. We had seen nothing of the sort in the first 6 SEC games honestly.

But he is such a liability on defense unfortunately, if you watch the game it's all too apparent, and he can't grab and hold a rebound...man - even if you are scoring 20 points a game that's still really hard to overcome...I mean I have to think that's why he sat much of the second half, and the defense was the most effective it's been in a long time...yeah, I know we went zone, but I think CMM probably knows his defensive issues are not related to whether it's zone or man.

When Cook is on the floor, ball movement stops. Baker’s game is pop and shoot, which requires ball movement. Until Cook grasps the concept of team ball, this will always be the case.