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Did you like the Trent Johnson hire?
Posted on 10/18/21 at 8:57 am
Posted on 10/18/21 at 8:57 am
In 2008 before he ended up failing of course.
I loved it. He made the Sweet 16 at Nevada. He made the Sweet 16 at Stanford. He started off great with one of LSU’s best post Dale Brown era teams in 2009.
Trent Johnson was the first black head coach in any sport in LSU history. Was there a pushback from the racist fans of a team in the deep South? No. People liked him because he won games at his previous stops.
The pushback to Mel Tucker is his .500 head coaching record.
I loved it. He made the Sweet 16 at Nevada. He made the Sweet 16 at Stanford. He started off great with one of LSU’s best post Dale Brown era teams in 2009.
Trent Johnson was the first black head coach in any sport in LSU history. Was there a pushback from the racist fans of a team in the deep South? No. People liked him because he won games at his previous stops.
The pushback to Mel Tucker is his .500 head coaching record.
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Posted on 10/18/21 at 8:59 am to The Boat
Loved the Trent hire, hated the Johnny Jones hire.
They both sucked.
They both sucked.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 8:59 am to The Boat
I hate the practice of hiring coaches based on arbitrary things such as skin color or what state they were in when they popped out of their mommas. Hiring a candidate based on skin color is as stupid as people defending O because “he’s a Louisiana guy.” Go get the best candidate even if that guy is a green skinned alien with 4 legs from Mars. Just go get the best guy.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:04 am to The Boat
His 2008-2009 LSU team (13-3 in the SEC) got hosed with seeding and having to play #1 seed North Carolina in the 2nd round of the tourney. LSU gave Carolina its toughest game of the tourney.
This post was edited on 10/18/21 at 9:05 am
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:05 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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Loved the Trent hire, hated the Johnny Jones hire.
They both sucked.
Many players wanted Johnny...
it is what it is
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:06 am to The Boat
I didn't love it, but I also didn't hate it. I was willing to give him a shot and he had decent credentials. I hated the Jones hire.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:07 am to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:
Loved the Trent hire, hated the Johnny Jones hire.
They both sucked.
this
Trent's main issue was more he didn't want to accept the reality of the what college basketball recruiting is
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:07 am to The Boat
It looked great on paper
Jones was an early season episode of “Joe gets cucked”
Jones was an early season episode of “Joe gets cucked”
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:07 am to spslayto
That team could have made the Final Four with a better draw.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:08 am to JiminyCricket
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I hate the practice of hiring coaches based on arbitrary things such as skin color or what state they were in when they popped out of their mommas. Hiring a candidate based on skin color is as stupid as people defending O because “he’s a Louisiana guy.” Go get the best candidate even if that guy is a green skinned alien with 4 legs from Mars. Just go get the best guy
Neither Johnson nor Jones were hired based on skin color, though. Your premelt is showing.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:10 am to spslayto
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His 2008-2009 LSU team (13-3 in the SEC) got hosed with seeding and having to play #1 seed North Carolina in the 2nd round of the tourney. LSU gave Carolina its toughest game of the tourney.
That was some BS right there. It seems we always get screwed over in these tournament games.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:13 am to The Boat
Absolutely not. Did up a thread when he was hired and you’ll find me complaining. He turned a perennial top 10 Stanford program into garbage. He had 1 good season at Stanford when he had the Lopez twins.
He’s actually very similar to Mel Tucker. He was a bad head coach who had 1 good season so everybody though he was great.
He’s actually very similar to Mel Tucker. He was a bad head coach who had 1 good season so everybody though he was great.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:14 am to MetArl15
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That team could have made the Final Four with a better draw.
And if Anthony Randolph wasn’t a one and done in 2008. All 2009 was missing was post play and they still would have made the final four if they weren’t hosed with their seed. That’s how good the guard play was on that team.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:15 am to The Boat
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:16 am to ApexTiger
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Many players wanted Johnny...
it is what it is
Never, ever, ever let players give suggestions on the next head coach.
And I did like the Trent Johnson hire. Thought he would do well. Then realized after about 3 years that he had far too much integrity to be a good college basketball coach. He wouldn't get down in the mud and get involved in the dirty world of college basketball recruiting. But X's and O's, and running the program, he was a good coach.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:17 am to T
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. He had 1 good season at Stanford when he had the Lopez twins.
He got Nevada into the Sweet 16 as well. He also had one good year at LSU - mainly due to Marcus Thornton. That team played UNC, the eventual national champion, better than anyone.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:17 am to MetArl15
Johnson inherited great players
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:19 am to The Boat
I thought it was odd how elated Stanford fans were for Trent to leave. From what I know about tony Bennett wanting the job it’s a textbook blunder on alleva’s part, but to be fair Trent was solid on paper
I would be okay with Mel if the right guys turned down the job. He shouldn’t be a top 5 candidate right now though
I would be okay with Mel if the right guys turned down the job. He shouldn’t be a top 5 candidate right now though
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:19 am to T
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He’s actually very similar to Mel Tucker. He was a bad head coach who had 1 good season so everybody though he was great.
He made the sweet 16 at Nevada before making the Sweet 16 at Stanford
Mel Tucker hasn’t finished a season over .500 yet at three different stops.
Posted on 10/18/21 at 9:20 am to Galactic Inquisitor
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Neither Johnson nor Jones were hired based on skin color, though. Your premelt is showing
Yeah. But CRTate is trying to make this football hire about race.
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