Disagree on this. Our talent is not on par with what we have had in the past or with the top SEC teams. Besides Barrett and Jones (who has become much more consistent this year), I don't think we have the players to compete with UK, UT, UGA, etc. We have no real consistent scoring threat, no consistent outside shooters, and no aggressive defenders. Forthan will be a very good player with more experience. What I don't understand is why Nikki refuses to come out of the zone when teams are killing us with 3 point shooting. The strategy over the past 5 or 6 games from opponents has been to put all the shooters on the court and bomb away from the perimeter pressure LSU up the court and get turnovers, and it's worked. Arkansas hit 8 3s, ETSU hit 10, Florida hit 7 the first game and 6 last night. There seems to be very little fight or toughness in this team at all.

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Posted by LSUGrad9295

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Posted on 2/3/12 at 10:23 am to lsursb

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What I don't understand is why Nikki refuses to come out of the zone when teams are killing us with 3 point shooting. The strategy over the past 5 or 6 games from opponents has been to put all the shooters on the court and bomb away from the perimeter pressure LSU up the court and get turnovers, and it's worked. Arkansas hit 8 3s, ETSU hit 10, Florida hit 7 the first game and 6 last night. There seems to be very little fight or toughness in this team at all

Agree with all. I would like to see us go a little more man-to-man defense...but I defer to the coach who knows her personnel. I commend the Arkansas and Florida coaches for their game plans vs. us. Both coaches did a good job of scouting our weaknesses without Hughes and then exploiting the crap out of those weaknesses.

The lack of toughness from this particular group is the most depressing part...and like i mentioned in the last post, those kids have been that way all 4 years, under both coaching staffs. Nikki has talked many times in interviews and on her weekly radio show about trying to get the team to be tough and wanting them to outscrap the other opponent...so she understands what is needed...it just isn't happening. I think there just comes a time where you blame the players. It isn't always the coach's fault.

This post was edited on 2/3/12 at 10:25 am

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