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I know I say this every time Trent comes up in one of these threads, but it's because it still shocks me. I can't believe how he never bothered to use all of his coaching staff spots or all of the allotted scholarships. It's like he was intentionally handicapping himself.

No doubt, and most of the assistants he had (Guerrinoni, Scott, Robinson) came with little to no past experience in college coaching. From the outside looking in, it almost seemed like Trent underestimated how difficult this job would be.

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Posted by ProjectP2294

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Posted on 11/16/12 at 10:54 am to b rod lsu

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Robinson

Started his HC career with a 103-65 loss to Gonzaga last Friday. He's at Southern Utah, which can't be an easy place to win. They play Wisconsin-Green Bay tonight.

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Posted by floridatigah

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Posted on 11/16/12 at 12:59 pm to b rod lsu

He came from a school that recruits for itself outside of the basketball court. Maybe Alleva viewed that as a positive with our APR problems, thinking he could connect with players and their families who are searching for a coach who places academics as a high priority. Only problem is there aren't too many of those kids looking to play basketball in the SEC and LSU isn't Stanford. And beyond that Trent didn't seem interested in doing the song and dance for any recruits and wouldn't hire assistants with southern ties to do it for him. It is puzzling and frustrating to look back at it, glad we have come out all right so quickly.

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