Question for the armchair coaches

I just tire of the coaching criticism of some of these slappies on here.

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Will Wade is absolutely the best HC LSUMBB could have at this point. He has made us an SEC top 4 team for three straight years.

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sadly most LSU fans are not very educated when it comes to hoops. Baseball and football? They can tell you anything and everything. Basketball, it just isn’t there.

Now that he's decided to coach some D and inbounding the ball...

Yep this place resembles a bipolar convention minus medication.

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Last week he needed to be fired

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This board really thought all chances at the tourney were shot. fricking retards.

Only the true tards believe ww should be fired. Practice defense more. This team is fun to watch when they decide to play defense.

i think he keeps proving himself to be a good coach. javonte is an incredible bball player but just isn't a consistently good passer and often is careless or sloppy with the ball. he's just not a textbook cbb point guard. having said that, wade has adjusted this team's complexion to be a iso offense and it has absolutely worked spectacularly. 2 years ago, lsu was more of a 2 man game with the high screen. the guy knows offense as good as anyone.

certainly, his teams haven't been ranked high defensively but, he once again found a formula that works for this team's makeup - steals. lsu doesn't have the big bodies in the paint so he stretches the d out and uses the team's athleticism and they've been one of the better teams in the country in steals. it's absolutely complimented the offensive style.

he's not viewed as one of the best in the conference because lsu isn't ranked and doesn't have some high profile wins this season and because of the fbi nonsense. but he absolutely is a top coach in the sec.

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certainly, his teams haven't been ranked high defensively but, he once again found a formula that works for this team's makeup - steals. lsu doesn't have the big bodies in the paint so he stretches the d out and uses the team's athleticism and they've been one of the better teams in the country in steals. it's absolutely complimented the offensive style.

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I wouldn't say the defensive approach "works". LSU is long and athletic enough to defend in the half court...when they want to. The problem is they have some guys (primarily Watford and Thomas) who have very little interest in defending. Neither hustles back in transition (where teams can beat LSU) and most of the time they stand around in the half-court just freelancing hoping to get a steal totally oblivious as to where the man they are supposed to be watching is located.

Yes, Wade believes very much in creating turnovers. But I think he puts far too much emphasis on that single aspect. And for the record, LSU was among the nation's leaders in steals when they DID have the big bodies inside (KBW and Reid). So it's not just a personnel necessity. Maybe the most frustrating part is that LSU seems to lock in on defense ONLY when they feel it is absolutely necessary. They played great and engaged defense vs. Texas Tech. They played engaged (for the most part) yesterday...but then you'll watch them in the next game go out and not give a shite on defense.

Like Jimmy Dykes said yesterday, there is NO reason this group can't be good defensively. It's just a matter of them actually WANTING to be good defensively. Hopefully this past week will provide some confidence and motivation. When this group is engaged they are a top 25 TEAM. When they revert to just individual pieces trying to make plays they can lose to anyone.

Didn’t mean it as a knock. I’ll take his net positive from his offense any day because he’s that good. Just pointing out the collective lack of defense as a team due to each individual player.

Cam has absolutely improved as the season has progressed. He is driving a lot more and starting to look for open perimeter players if he doesn’t have a lane.