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How did we get to this point with the basketball program????
Posted on 12/21/10 at 7:38 am
Posted on 12/21/10 at 7:38 am
I've been a huge LSU basketball fan my whole life, always looking forward to the season starting and for the most part proud of the product over the last 35 yrs,,,,, I have my opinion of how we got to this point but would like to hear other opinions.
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Posted on 12/21/10 at 7:39 am to lsutigerfan66
Brady...
Posted on 12/21/10 at 7:39 am to lsutigerfan66
I would say that our program has mostly been like this my entire life. We've had some stretches of a few good years here and there but historically we suck in general.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 7:55 am to The Mick
I agree that LSU basketball just isn't as exciting as it's been in the past. I don't think it's as much to do with LSU though as the product of college basketball as a whole being watered down. The forcing of kids to play 1 year of ball at the collegiate level has hurt the game in my opinion. Either that or as I've gotten older I've realized how meaningless the regular season and even conference tournaments are and can't get excited enough to watch religiously.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 7:57 am to The Mick
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We've had some stretches of a few good years here and there but historically we suck in general.
That's insane. We made the NCAA tournament ever year from 1984 through 1993,and made the NCAA or NIT from 1979 through '93.
4 Final Fours, 10 SEC titles and 3 players on the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time team don't come from teams that "suck in general".
Posted on 12/21/10 at 7:59 am to I-59 Tiger
Maybe we werent so bad..... 
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:00 am to lsutigerfan66
... we have a basketball program ? fer real ? 
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:00 am to The Mick
quote:
I would say that our program has mostly been like this my entire life. We've had some stretches of a few good years here and there but historically we suck in general.
So you're 20 years old?
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:01 am to Alt26
quote:I'll slap your teeth out you mouth punk
So you're 20 years old?
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:02 am to The Mick
I miss daddy dale.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:04 am to Mattgobear
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Brady...
Look in the mirror.
Brady took LSU basketball from the gutter to as high as anyone in my lifetime. No one wanted the job with the contraints a new coach would have to work under. That is the reason Brady was hired. Even the Ole Miss Coach said NO!
Hopefully TJ can get it done.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:04 am to Mattgobear
quote:
Firing Brady...
fify
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:26 am to AlxTgr
No, Brady didn't recruit anyone. Look back at his last few classes.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:33 am to I-59 Tiger
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We made the NCAA tournament ever year from 1984 through 1993,and made the NCAA or NIT from 1979 through '93.
That was the only successful period of the program.
There have been a ton of lean years since with some good years in-between.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:33 am to BRUNNIN4
quote:
Brady
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:36 am to lsutigerfan66
College basketball has been ruined by the NBA. It started going down when Kevin Garnett and Kobe skipped college. The entire talent pool is watered down and there are too many college basketball programs.
Also, the athlete of today is typically a frontrunner. He likes to play on a winning team so all of the talent seems to assemble at the top programs.
Also, the athlete of today is typically a frontrunner. He likes to play on a winning team so all of the talent seems to assemble at the top programs.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:48 am to BRUNNIN4
quote:
No, Brady didn't recruit anyone. Look back at his last few classes.
OK
2003
Brandon Bass
Regis Koundjia
Tack Minor
Darnell Lazare
Ross Neltner
2004
Glen Davis
Tyrus Thomas
Garret Temple
2005
Tasmin Mitchell
Chris Johnson
Magnum Rolle
2006
Terry Martin
2007
Anthony Randolph
Marcus Thornton
Bo Spencer
Garret Green
2008
Jmison Morgan
Dennis Harris
This post was edited on 12/21/10 at 8:49 am
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:48 am to BRUNNIN4
You can't be serious. He had a top 5 class on it's way the year after he was canned. They all decommitted and went to Oklahoma and ucla. One thing you can't deny about Brady was his ability to recruit. Although pg didn't work out too well.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:56 am to Camp Randall
in the 70s and early 80s we rode the tidal wave of the rise of basketball popularity nationally, and Dale brought enthusiasm and a newness to the game that fed off the residual popularity of the superstar of my time, Pistol.
We got better each year until our first final 4.
Then we had the most incredible talent level w/ Stanley, Shaq, Chris, Blanton, etc. and when it didn't happen for us and they moved on, it was like all the air went out of the program. There was a chance for big time revival w/ Livingston and the guard from Jackson (sorry, senior moment) but Randy got hurt and Dale didn't have a backup plan and the program deteriorated.
Dale had enormous pressure to sign Lester Earl and that came back to bite the program big time. since then we've had some really good teams, but we have not had the consistency that would prop up basketball in a football town. The enthusiasm of the 70s through early 90s is gone. And i truly believe that basketball is simply not as popular as it once was nationally, and moreso here.
I like this coach and i like this team. But LSU basketball has only thrived w/ big name players winning consistently. i don't see it changing absent 3-4 years of consistent 20 win seasons and some noise in the dance.
BTW: i gave up my season tickets 2 years ago after having them since i graduated from law school in 79. When i first came to LSU in 70, i much preferred basketball to football, but that changed many years ago.
We got better each year until our first final 4.
Then we had the most incredible talent level w/ Stanley, Shaq, Chris, Blanton, etc. and when it didn't happen for us and they moved on, it was like all the air went out of the program. There was a chance for big time revival w/ Livingston and the guard from Jackson (sorry, senior moment) but Randy got hurt and Dale didn't have a backup plan and the program deteriorated.
Dale had enormous pressure to sign Lester Earl and that came back to bite the program big time. since then we've had some really good teams, but we have not had the consistency that would prop up basketball in a football town. The enthusiasm of the 70s through early 90s is gone. And i truly believe that basketball is simply not as popular as it once was nationally, and moreso here.
I like this coach and i like this team. But LSU basketball has only thrived w/ big name players winning consistently. i don't see it changing absent 3-4 years of consistent 20 win seasons and some noise in the dance.
BTW: i gave up my season tickets 2 years ago after having them since i graduated from law school in 79. When i first came to LSU in 70, i much preferred basketball to football, but that changed many years ago.
Posted on 12/21/10 at 8:58 am to The Cable Guy
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One thing you can't deny about Brady was his ability to recruit.
Getting players may have not been the problem, but I do not remember us ever having a deep team under him.
Every year, it seems as if there is no more than 11 or so scholarship players on the team.
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