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re: Ben Simmons has tallied a triple-double through 3 quarters

Posted on 1/6/19 at 5:49 am to
Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 1/6/19 at 5:49 am to
Personally I don't understand the fascination with his association with LSU which amounted to dropping by for a cup of coffee. I don't think he gives much thought to being at LSU or identifies as being a Tiger.
LSU was a marginal team during his year and would have been awful without him but so what?
There is no halo effect from Simmons year in Baton Rouge. It didn't raise the stature of the program.
He's a rare talent. Agreed
He loves LSU. Not so much
Posted by TexasTiger80
Texas
Member since Apr 2018
2396 posts
Posted on 1/6/19 at 9:37 pm to
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Personally I don't understand the fascination with his association with LSU which amounted to dropping by for a cup of coffee. I don't think he gives much thought to being at LSU or identifies as being a Tiger. 
LSU was a marginal team during his year and would have been awful without him but so what? 
There is no halo effect from Simmons year in Baton Rouge. It didn't raise the stature of the program. 
He's a rare talent. Agreed 
He loves LSU. Not so much


I think you hit the nail on the head of why many LSU fans don't like him. Pretty sure Simmons doesn't give a flying frick about LSU so why should we care about him? He would have never come to LSU had he been able to go pro. And when he did come to LSU, I heard he hated it. Has he ever been back?

And no he did not turn the program around.
This post was edited on 1/6/19 at 9:38 pm
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