re: Honestly, It's Time for a Change

I don't see Aleva or the board spending 3 mil to let TJ go- its basketball and it is not that high of a priority

Now I disagree with the above- it is a statement of reality.

Face it- if Brady had not offended the wrong people at the wrong time he would probably still be here- he was not fired for his win loss record

Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Vanderbilt and Tennesse all spent over $6 mil for basketball. LSU spent $4.1. LSU's admin has decided (at least to this point) that basketball isn't worth the extra money and risk.

To me, spend the $6 mil and get there. They will get 10k plus in the PMAC for all SEC games if the product is good.

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Until recently, none of the HS players from La were even close to being as good as Bass, Davis, Augustin, Mitchell, and Monroe, especially in the 2009 and 2011 recruiting classes.

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There's been a dip in the last few years, but there's still some great guys that we missed out on.

Javan Felix
Langston Galloway
Ricardo Gathers
Brian Williams

All great players. Players that are or will be good college players. Some of them could be NBA players.

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The bigger issue here is recruiting OOS. That is where Trent has struggled more. He has gotten what he wanted in La. for the most part. Gathers was the 1st. La player he wanted, but couldn't get.

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I respectfully disagree about the OOS recruiting. When we have won, we have been led by great players from our state. We need to get the players from Louisiana. Maybe Trent was hurt from the dip in talent we've had in the past few years. However, it's his fault for not "wanting" Galloway. I was at one of Galloway's games once. So was Trent Johnson. Galloway had 4 points in the first half. Trent left at halftime.

Galloway scored 30 in the 2nd half.

That story isn't that relevant in the grand scheme of things, but maybe Trent just can't see what is right in front of him. Admittedly, the talent hasn't been as great as it has been in the past for the last few years, but there's still been enough.

tim floyd would be a HR hire at this pont

they actually need to contact the Hornets, who sold 10k season tickets somehow when everyone knew CP3 and West were leaving.

see what they did.

but i agree, LSU basketball marketing is horrible

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but i agree, LSU basketball marketing is horrible

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It helps when the coach does some marketing himself. I'm the last guy who will ever defend Brady, but even his dumb arse did a decent job of promoting the program.

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Javan Felix
Langston Galloway
Ricardo Gathers
Brian Williams

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See, there is an inconsistency here.

You have 5 guys in 2 recruiting classes. 2010 and 2012, but nothing in 2011. You can't just settle for La. players when you have a gap like that. It may have been okay to do so from 2004 up to 2008, but not so after that.

This reminds me of that 2006 recruiting class when we did not sign anybody that year. We could have had at least had a PG that year. Despite all of the talent we still had, we still didn't do shite with it after the 2005-2006 season, mostly because we were still operating without a true PG.

yeah, thats part of it. LSU could pick up on it, even if it is on a smaller scale

and whoever said the coach needs to connect is right. That is why Pearl was so popular at Tenn.

He needs to go. pitiful coaching. worse recruiting

I had hih hopes that Trent would be able to recruit LA and get player from several regions. He has not done a good job of recruiting anywhere. JO'BJr is a great one but one isn't enough. Problem what really good & respected coach will take the job.