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re: John Brady under appreciated per Mark Gottfried
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:00 pm to The Boat
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:00 pm to The Boat
yea it would have been interesting given how dried up the talent got in state between '08 and '12, trent's weird arse recruiting strategy didn't help.
the 07/08 team was hurt by injuries but you could just sense that brady didnt have that fire anymore, that team basically quit defensively and thats usually the sign that the coach has lost the team.
i LOL'd when someone earlier ITT called brady a great x&o guy, sure, maybe in terms of defense and rebounding but he was just as bad if not worse than trent when it came to offense, though he had a better staff to help with that than trent.
he just seemed like a different coach after the final four, i remember seeing butch and all the guys over the summer having workouts and about 30 minutes later saw brady and mist at wal marks buying a big arse tv
the 07/08 team was hurt by injuries but you could just sense that brady didnt have that fire anymore, that team basically quit defensively and thats usually the sign that the coach has lost the team.
i LOL'd when someone earlier ITT called brady a great x&o guy, sure, maybe in terms of defense and rebounding but he was just as bad if not worse than trent when it came to offense, though he had a better staff to help with that than trent.
he just seemed like a different coach after the final four, i remember seeing butch and all the guys over the summer having workouts and about 30 minutes later saw brady and mist at wal marks buying a big arse tv
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Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:12 pm to S
Brady's style of play was boring, which means you have to win. This is especially true at a place like LSU, where football is first and baseball has passed basketball for second because basketball has been irrelevant for most of the last 20 years. Win or be entertaining in defeat. Watching Brady's teams on offense was like watching paint dry, even in the Big Baby years.
My biggest gripe was that almost from the beginning Brady latched on to the fact that LSU was on probation when he took the job and never failed to remind people of that for about five years. Others are allowed to point out you're on probation, but the head coach is not. The head coach is expected to put his head down, do his job and do the best he can to overcome the limitations. Nothing was ever his fault, according to him.
And if he had an iota of PR skill (otherwise known as being nice to people), most folks would have given him a pass on the struggles of the first few years. But when you get fired not two complete seasons after getting to a Final Four, you've pissed off a lot of people. If he had been a decent dude, he would have had a lot more leeway.
My biggest gripe was that almost from the beginning Brady latched on to the fact that LSU was on probation when he took the job and never failed to remind people of that for about five years. Others are allowed to point out you're on probation, but the head coach is not. The head coach is expected to put his head down, do his job and do the best he can to overcome the limitations. Nothing was ever his fault, according to him.
And if he had an iota of PR skill (otherwise known as being nice to people), most folks would have given him a pass on the struggles of the first few years. But when you get fired not two complete seasons after getting to a Final Four, you've pissed off a lot of people. If he had been a decent dude, he would have had a lot more leeway.
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:21 pm to S
Those were some ugly offenses. But Brady could coach defense like a son of a bitch.
Just look at the NCAA tournament run in 2006. 58-57 against A&M, 62-54 against Duke, 52-52 in regulation against Texas, and they scored 45 against UCLA and they don't get out of the 30s without Tasmin going on a one man run in the last two minutes.
They bludgeoned their way though the tournament.
Just look at the NCAA tournament run in 2006. 58-57 against A&M, 62-54 against Duke, 52-52 in regulation against Texas, and they scored 45 against UCLA and they don't get out of the 30s without Tasmin going on a one man run in the last two minutes.
They bludgeoned their way though the tournament.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:48 pm to S
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the 07/08 team was hurt by injuries but you could just sense that brady didnt have that fire anymore, that team basically quit defensively and thats usually the sign that the coach has lost the team.
He got frustrated with the administration for not building the practice facility as promised and he made some untoward comments about football getting anything they wanted, Then a losing streak caused to some estent by injuries was the final straw.
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