re: Most embarrassing defeat in LSU basketball since>

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I wasn't a big Brady fan but I knew when Butch Pierre left LSU, we were in for some lean recruiting years. TJ coming from the NE doesn't help either. He has to establish himself and that will take some time. But no doubt about it, like Brady or not, him and Butch recruited some talent and we were at least competitive

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I agree with you. Losing BP was a huge hit. Butch's greatest advantage was his long history in LA(not just with LSU) He knew the hot spots, coaches, and they knew him. Also BP had the luxury of a very fertile recruiting ground, now Brent Scott and TJ do. I had the privilege of talking to Coach Brent Scott at a recruits game a couple nights ago. He's night and day different then BP. Could be good, could be bad. BP usually showed up to the gym in slacks(not always) ....Scott showed up in LSU sweatpants and LSU sweatshirt with a hoodie. Just looked old school. Had a great personality, joking around a lot. Don't underestimate Keith Richard's value either. It's definitely going to be interesting to see how long it takes for the staff to lock up the state schools.