re: How can anyone defend this basketball product?

Lsu brass did not get to make this hire. Collins Temple and the basketball alumni took this hire out of Joe Alleva's hands. Johnny was their boy, and they made sure that we hired him.

Alleva actually went out and got a real coach to be the "bench" coach, you know, the man really doing the coaching. But JJ wouldn't let take advice and that guy bolted leaving us with absolutely zero sideline coaching.