re: JJ is a mediocre coach

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Mediocre is too high. The guy is an excellent recruiter and a bad coach. I totally agree with the free lancing comment. There is no emphasis on defense. This is a team that will get some good wins because they will shoot well (just like last year) and lose a lot of winnable games because they are not a team that emphasizes much els

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Exactly. I'm also glad to see that some are starting to realize that LSU's "short guards" weren't the problem on defense last year. It's a systemic problem for this coaching staff. Jones can say all he wants, but the on court play shows there is very little emphasis on the defensive side of the ball. Far too often LSU looks like an AAU team on the court with no discernible plan of attack. To his credit Jones will adjust "in game", but it is adjusting to fix the same deficiencies that happen game after game.

I thought tha addition of Musselman would bring more emphasis on structure and execution, so far it hasn't. Yes, it's just game 3. But it is unsettling to see the same issues last year start to plague this team already this year.