re: Nikki has to go

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The class she has coming in next year isn't that great either

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It's not horrible....13th best forward and 25th best point guard, plus a 6'5 kid from Canada. And LSU will have the transfers who sat out this year ready for next year.

I am not a Fargas apologist by any means and I am not taking sides at all, but the rational facts are these, and I have said it before: She isn't going anywhere after this season. She will get next year to try to figure it out. There will be enough talent here next year to get back to the NCAA's. Moncrief and Ayana Mitchell will be healthy and Chloe Jackson and Tatum Neubert will be eligible. That should be 4 starters right there. The players who are getting minutes this year will return to their regularly scheduled spots on the bench and will be role players like they were supposed to be in the first place. I don't think anyone on the current active roster starts next year, with the possible exception of Rina Hill, who will be a senior point guard.

It is hard to take down a coach who has been to the NCAA tournament all 4 of her previous years and who has lost the 3 best players on the team this year, plus a key post reserve.

I am not saying that the recruiting has been great and I am not saying that I totally agree with relying on so many transfers. I am just saying that she won't get axed this year and will get next year to try to rebuild the team's record and the fanbase with what should be a much more talented team that what we see right now.

I have also seen the argument that "Caldwell has totally demolished what Sue and Pokey built". Um, no...she didn't inherit what they built....she inherited what Van Chancellor left her, which was a decent program, but not an elite one. It has been a 2-stage demolition....

I am not arguing for or against....and I am not happy with where the program is, but I think the coach gets next year based on the talent that will be here, and no NCAA = new coach in 2017.