re: Battle 4 Atlantis brackets are out

People in this thread are literally pathetic.

Jones does better with a lesser team that he can get to play hard. He is a mediocre coach who could not handle the personalities last year.

With that said, LSU won't be NEARLY as bad as some of you think. It's addition by subtraction losing Quarterman and Gray. I loved Gray, but you never knew what you would get. No matter TQ's abilities, his cons outweighed the pros last year and really hurt us...his defense was soooo atrocious.

We didn't have Hornsby most of the year so he's not even a loss. Obviously losing Simmons will be a killer, but it'll allow the team to play exactly like that...a TEAM. Last year, it was stand around and let TQ do something or stand around and let Simmons do something.

Sampson, Blakeney, and Victor will all be better. One would have to assume Epps will get better and Robinson can give a few solid minutes.

Personally, I think Reath and Jenkins will come in and be PERFECT fits for what we want to do. I fully expect an 9-9 or 8-10 SEC record and be a bubble NIT team. Is it good? No, but it will NOT be as bad as many people think. LSU should beat Wichita State without Van Fleet and Baker. They will always be difficult, but they had an amazing 4 years spearheaded by the dynamic duo. They had role players everywhere then 2 studs...they will be a shell of their former selves.