I think the biggest question is where do we draw the line? This is Caldwell's 4th year. These are her players. She does well when she has had talent (Even at UCLA). She just cannot seem to bring talent here to LSU. This is the major issue. Like I said half the players on the roster shouldn't even be playing for a school like LSU. That being said. This year is only going to get uglier. When we play much more physical and talented teams, we will get embarrassed. We only have one player for this recruiting class that is again... subpar... Things do not look much better here. Why do people expect next year to be so much better? The reality is everyone knows next year will be pretty bad as well. If she isn't bringing a group of talent, why are we going to escalate the situation? I am a Caldwell supporter, but if things continue to be horrible this year. She NEEDS to be fired. You can't wait another year. This will make the issue much more difficult to fix and it will take longer. Idk how someone who took UCLA and turned it into a powerhouse, then came to LSU and is now driving the program into the ground. I care a lot about WBB. I just think the program can keep going. This season is pretty embarrassing,the teams we have lost to are pretty bad. We almost lost to Jackson state. Either Caldwell hires a top notch recruiter and brings in some serious talent, if not she needs to hit the road. She has had plenty of time to bring in her players. Now we have her players. Moncrief seems to be going backwards. Although she literally has to carry the team. I think something needs to happen soon, but the program cannot continue at this rate, its embarrassing

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Posted by lsucoonass

shreveport and east texas

Member since Nov 2003

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Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:07 pm to Tigerbait357

So fire her after one bad season?

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Posted by saintsfan22

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Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:14 pm to Tigerbait357

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. Why do people expect next year to be so much better?

It's not about that, it's about at least giving her an opportunity to fix it.

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The reality is everyone knows next year will be pretty bad as well.

We don't really know anything because we aren't there. I mean at one point a couple years ago it looked like we didn't have anything to replace Barrett because Plaisance had done nothing in her career to show she was capable of that.

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Posted by lsualum96

Los Angeles, CA

Member since Nov 2005

3089 posts

Posted on 12/17/14 at 5:52 pm to Tigerbait357

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I think the biggest question is where do we draw the line? This is Caldwell's 4th year. These are her players. She does well when she has had talent (Even at UCLA). She just cannot seem to bring talent here to LSU. This is the major issue. Like I said half the players on the roster shouldn't even be playing for a school like LSU. That being said. This year is only going to get uglier. When we play much more physical and talented teams, we will get embarrassed. We only have one player for this recruiting class that is again... subpar... Things do not look much better here. Why do people expect next year to be so much better? The reality is everyone knows next year will be pretty bad as well. If she isn't bringing a group of talent, why are we going to escalate the situation? I am a Caldwell supporter, but if things continue to be horrible this year. She NEEDS to be fired. You can't wait another year. This will make the issue much more difficult to fix and it will take longer. Idk how someone who took UCLA and turned it into a powerhouse, then came to LSU and is now driving the program into the ground. I care a lot about WBB. I just think the program can keep going. This season is pretty embarrassing,the teams we have lost to are pretty bad. We almost lost to Jackson state. Either Caldwell hires a top notch recruiter and brings in some serious talent, if not she needs to hit the road. She has had plenty of time to bring in her players. Now we have her players. Moncrief seems to be going backwards. Although she literally has to carry the team. I think something needs to happen soon, but the program cannot continue at this rate, its embarrassing

I've been a fan of this program for going on twenty years now. How many of you all remember the 1994-95 season? The team finished 7-20 in what was the third losing season in a row. The AD was ready to fire coach Gunter but, decided to give her one more season. That next season she went out and recruited a bunch of JC All Americans (Toni Gross, Elaine Powell, Pietra Gay) and proceeded to finish 21-11 and started the uptrend of Lady Tiger basketball........eventually "crescendo-ing" in those consecutive final four appearances a few years later. The point being, although some of you all hate the fact that we're losing and apparently devoid of top level talent, the bottom line is that it is still just ONE losing season. If we fire any coaches based on one season, we'll quickly become a place not many top level coaches will want to take a chance on. Yes, it sucks watching the team in its current state. But, we're going to have to at least give coach Caldwell a chance to turn it around. Firing her this season is complete lunacy.