re: Smoke coming out the WBB Program over the last week!

It's time for Alleva to take a page from Mississippi State, do his research and find the next Vic Shaeffer. If Mississippi State can do it, than anyone with greater resources and tradition, should be able to do it. It just takes a little work.

From what I was told, Tasha Butts is the only likable coach on staff and that players connected well with her. That statement comes from multiple former players. Not sure if people know but she is by far the hardest worker on staff. I honestly don't blame her specifically for the recruiting because Nikki instructs her to recruit specific players and she isn't allowed to reach outside unless allowed by Nikki. The other assistants and Nikki were not respected and well thought of at all by the players. Everyone did like Demoss but I am referring to all other past and current assistants.

I've had some connection with the WBB program from 2010-2014 ish. I met Nikki when she was first hired and she was thirsty to win and to build a special program and recruit the best. I think the fact that she is a mother now took some of the edge off of it but thats not the main reason. Multiple years in a row early at LSU, she whiffed at multiple top prospects and ended up leftover scraps. She continuously pissed on a lot of the boosters over the years because of the criticism she received. At some point by 2013-2014 she literally was checked out in many areas. She would show up to practices late many times, not bother to even contact recruits (both locally and nationally)

What really has come to bit her in the arse was her ego. She does know basketball really well, she's not dumb at all. But ever since a coach at UCLA, she had a chip on her shoulders like she was way above people. Some think its because she was from the Summitt bloodline. She has an arrogant demeanor that rubs off in a bad way. People who played under her can tell you she was a hothead and did not know how to control herself at times when stuff didn't go her way. She apparently had a major fight with a mom of a top recruit in 2014 because LSU wasn't picked. I think it was because the mom played a major role in that but its crazy behavior that I can believe lead to negative recruiting at LSU.

But at this point of time its now pure laziness. Some players on roster have no business with a scholarship to an SEC school. She recruits all these wings/ combo guards who can't shoot or rebound, just for defensive purposes. The fact that she hasn't reached out to the best player in the state multiple years in a row is unacceptable and shows how she really feels and cares about this program.