Am I wrong for not putting this failure of a season all on JJ?

JJ isn't a coach who commands respect. You think coach Cal or coach K wouldn't have this team unified and clicking on all cylinders? It's a coaching problem.

Dude needs to man up like he did on Blakeney against Mississippi state and bench a mother fricker. Quarterman shouldnt sniff a minute of play time until he learns to quit being so selfish.

Oh and the players are clearly VERY tired which has a ton to do with JJ's poor rotations. That's 100% on him.

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quarterman going AWOL

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His play the last few games has been flat out awful. He was always capable of the occasional bad play here or there, but this has been all bad with zero good. What in the world has happened to him?

All?, probably... Every team has unique dynamics and IMO we've got a 'once in a lifetime' type scenario going on. JJ hasn't managed it well (I.e., Simmons shutting down when he should take over, intense defense and press, game clock/timeouts, and basic heat of the moment/during game strategy).

Ben is the leader with no leader qualities. So sad these kids can just go off in a year. He's going to have a lot of problems.

I think these guys lost the intesnity and Johnny was/is not capable of bringing it back.

Last year they would lose but bounce back this year they have gone on 2 3 game losing skids.

Yes.

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Some of the players just don't have any heart. Including Simmons. He clearly has a foot out the door.

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I said this in another thread and I'll say it again:

I think it is pretty undeniable that Ben Simmons did more to help LSU win than any player on the roster this season.

If you want to say he doesn't play up to his own potential, that is on him, but he is doing more for LSU basketball this year than any other player on this team.

People have these crushes on Victor or Hornsby because they'll be here for 3-4 years, so rather than lay the fault of this season at the feet of the guys coming back, they create some sort of disdain for Simmons.

This is a 100% guaranteed fact: If BS was coming back next year, this board would fricking love him. People are basically butthurt that he is leaving LSU.

Haven't we said the same about football? Lose to bama then just give up. These are kids. Most have to be disciplined so being a nice guy doesn't always work. I am not in the locker room so both les and Johnny maybe on these guys asses.

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Some of the players just don't have any heart. Including Simmons.

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I think allowing an environment that accepts anything like that is on the head coach. And I'm afraid CJJ has allowed an environment that does not demand consistent accountability for four years, starting from year one when he couldn't or wouldn't stop JOB3 from jacking perimeter jumpers and other things.