re: Rudy Macklin said it best

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trent's biggest hit this year came when k.c. ross miller was ruled ineligible. he was the true point guard to run this team. something we haven't had in 10-15 years.

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Will this kid be elgible at LSU next year?

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Will this kid be elgible at LSU next year?

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do not know. i know they are watching his grades at u.n.o. if he makes them, i think we get him back.

EXCUSES..EXCUSES, GIVE ME A BREAK We all know why Rudy Macklin is taking up for this tj. bama had 15,000 people there at home, when is the last time we were sold out. Patience my arse. These are all bullshite excuses. No talent in his third year is the coaches fault, when you get blown out like we are getting blown out it's on the coach. It's amazing people are still taking up for this guy. He is a west coast guy with west coast ideas that do not work here. It's time to cut bait.

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1) It's not like trent isn't recruiting the state's best talent. He has and is. Ludwig, darenbecker, and Issac are the three top players in louisiana the past three years.

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markel brown, brian williams, langston galloway

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markel brown, brian williams, langston galloway

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First of all, the post you reference mentions three players from three different years. The players you list are all from the same year.

LSU signed Derenbecker and Turner, both rated higher than the three you mention, and at the same positions. How many wings would you have LSU sign? Nothing any of the players have done this year indicates they are better than the ones LSU signed.

And Brian Williams? Give me a break. He hasn't played a single minute this year.

I would rather hear what Rudy Macklin had to say in person about the situation and not what he had to say on the radio for all to hear (including LSU).

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2)"he has no big's that can play" he's recruited o'bryant and hamilton to come in.

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storm warren and malcom white have regressed since their last seasons on an SEC court. is that a good thing?

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4)he has to recruit program players.

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if you cant win, this is irrelevant. You'll get laughed out of town if you keep recruiting program players with no results. You don't build a foundation with "program players".

you have to get out and put more effort in getting some more talented players. Bottom line. Then you can start recruiting program players.

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i think brown will become a good player, he's starting to come into his own a little bit with more minutes. i'd rather turner + derenbecker though. we'll see about williams, galloway was basically never coming here as has been talked about tons on here and the recruiting board.

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I hope they all turn out to be great players. I just get sick of people who know nothing about the situation spouting off names.

In a year when the top 4 players in the state were wings, along with major out-of-state interest from Turner, someone is going to get left out. I have watched them all play this year, except Williams who is redshirting, and I think TJ made the right personnel call in this situation.

I'm not ready to give up on Trent Johnson yet. It's a rebuilding process, and I'm ok with that if it makes us better. I knew last year would be bad (it was worse than I thought) but I thought this year would be a little better, but it's really not. Hamilton and O'Bryant better be as good as advertised and not just another M. White who is just terrible.

I'm all for giving Trent the rest of this year and all of next year, but I expect to see signifigant improvement next year. And I mean signifigant improvement.

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storm warren and malcom white have regressed since their last seasons on an SEC court. is that a good thing?

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oh dear lord, regressed? yep, trent coached that Achilles strain storm has. his best years have come under trent, have they not? so trent can improve storm from frosh to soph but makes him regress as a jr. that makes sense.

white, check the numbers. he's still a 6 and 6 guy. the same guy.

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if you cant win, this is irrelevant. You'll get laughed out of town if you keep recruiting program players with no results. You don't build a foundation with "program players".

you have to get out and put more effort in getting some more talented players. Bottom line. Then you can start recruiting program player

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really, butler, george mason, san diego st, byu, gonzaga, all disagree.

the problem is you have to wait 3 or four years for them to mature and come together. however, if you recruit program guys, then when they graduate, you have mature guys replacing them.

you build a "program" with program guys. you build a "team" with one and done guys.