Every game I wonder how good this team could have been with Calvin Godfrey

If we would've had Odoh and Godfrey eligible we'd be 5-1 or 4-2 in the SEC right now

You're exactly right and why I give this season a complete pass. Next year is gonna be fun

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Losing Godfrey due to grades before the season even started really hurt. With Grodfrey this is a bubble NCAA tourney team.

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It's always a roll of the dice with these transfers, and especially Godfrey given his baggage.

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This is why I dont blame CJJ, winning any SEC game with only one true SEC caliber postt player is damn near impossible. Can almost gurantee you LSU is 5-1 in SEC and only one loss to Boise in non-conference.

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For me CJJ doesn't get a pass here. South Carolina, Georgia and Auburn aren't oozing with inside presence...unless you want to call the big white kid from Auburn a force.

Those are manageable games even given our present state of the union and I think expecting two wins in that stretch is not at all unreasonable.

And seeing the way we played yesterday even convinced me more of that fact.

Let's hope we can play more the way we played yesterday in the more winnable games we have down the stretch.

I think the NIT was a reasonable goal going into the season and it's now a real long-shot given the missed opportunities we let go by.

But excited at the prospect of continuing this type of play, rather than that of the early SEC season.

Geaux Tigers!!

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Who is Calvin Godfrey?

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peopleschamp

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Go figure.

Transfers generally don't pan out, but the ISU boards were pretty bummed he was gone. Said he oozed talent. The only thing this LSU team is sorely missing is another post player to play with JOB. Godfrey would have been it.

he'd be our best finisher no doubt

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Transfers generally don't pan out

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We did pretty good with Hamilton.

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i remember the transfer market was pretty bare as far as post players. most of the hs guys had already signed.

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I guess that's why we went MS. State there and took a big chance. I don't think we'll need to do that down the line but it was obvious before and is even more obvious now how much one more guy to just board and defend a little would help us.

Especially as down as the SEC is. Hell man, we IMHO should be 3-3 right now in conference even without him.

Not saying I totally disagree but the same could be said for the other teams we play as well. It would've been nice to find out though.

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True, but for every Hamilton you have a Terry Martin, Courtney Trask, Dameon Mason, etc...

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I agree. Transfers are not a long term solution, but I think CJJ had to roll the dice in this case.

Now he had the benefit of a good some good recruiting circumstances this year in that Baton Rouge had two very highly rated recruits this year and another highly recruited kid whose brother played football at LSU.

He also has an in for future quality recruits with his son playing at U-High.

So he won't have to roll the dice down the road and he and his staff are good enough recruiters to get the kids we should get in here.

I think we'll get the talent in here in the years to come. Let's see what Johnny can do with them.

Geaux Tigers!!