re: Will the Trent Johnson Bromance continue..

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disagree. He's proven he can win at 2 other schools.

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proven what? He was marginally successful. I could really care less what he did at Stanford or Nevada, recruiting kids in that part of the country is completely different than here. He is the wrong guy for LSU. I have question his real plan here ever since he got here. I was amazed he didn't recruit his first two years here, that is unheard of an now we are seeing the result of it. He is now in full blown panic mode abandoning his original plan of no juco's. Wasting schollies on bass and ludwig was and is a joke. He should have signed juco's his first year here when he could have sold this program easier.

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from 1980 til Arkansas entered the conference LSU was traditionally the 2nd best basketball school in the SEC(after UK)

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Truth. Someone said it was Tennessee, but go look at the history- UT didn't make the sweet 16 until very recently. LSU was the only team besides UK to consistently win 20 games or make runs in the NCAA out of the SEC. Other teams would occasionally challenge us for #2 (UGA, MSU, etc) but then fade away after that class left, and LSU would have another group playing good ball.

That is overall, and you do have to factor in the probation years. But Brady, who was admittedly a shmuck, still had rebuilt the program to where we consistently had all-conference players and were a challenge to beat. Now, the talent level is about equal to a mediocre Sun Belt team. I don't see how another year will improve things that much.

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proven what? He was marginally successful. I could really care less what he did at Stanford or Nevada, recruiting kids in that part of the country is completely different than here.

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just stop.

we understand you don't like the coach and it doesn't matter what anyone says. we get it. you don't like him.

you are just making yourself look ignorant with your reasoning. just state you don't like him and keep it at that. stay away from the "recruiting kids in that part of the country is completely different than here" and "proven what? He was marginally successful"

1) trent johnson's record at nevada, year by year. he built that program from the ground up. they got better each year.

1999–2000 Nevada 9–20 6–10 T–3rd (East)
Nevada (WAC) (2000–2004)
2000–2001 Nevada 10–18 3–13 9th
2001–2002 Nevada 17–13 9–9 T–5th
2002–2003 Nevada 18–14 10–6 T–3rd NIT First Round
2003–2004 Nevada 25–9 13–5 T–1st NCAA Sweet 16

Stanford

11–7 T–3rd NCAA First Round
2005–2006 Stanford 16–14 11–7 T–4th NIT Second Round
2006–2007 Stanford 18–13 10–8 6th NCAA First Round
2007–2008 Stanford 28–8 13–5 2nd NCAA Sweet 16

2) coaches who recruited different parts of the country with success.

1) Billy Donovan- Marshall and florida
2) steve Fisher- michigan and san diego state
3) Roy Williams- Kansas and U.N.C.
4) Ben Howland- Pitt and u.c.l.a.
5) John Calipari- UMass, Memphis, Kentucky

just to name a few.

just stick to what you know.

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Stanford

11–7 T–3rd NCAA First Round
2005–2006 Stanford 16–14 11–7 T–4th NIT Second Round
2006–2007 Stanford 18–13 10–8 6th NCAA First Round
2007–2008 Stanford 28–8 13–5 2nd NCAA Sweet 16

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His time at Stanford was marginally successful.

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just stick to what you know.

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I know he has had three 20 win seasons in 12 years. I'd call that marginal at best. I could have won 20 games with the team he inherited here. It's not personal, it's all about results. he makes 1.5 mill a year for this mess he has created.

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I know he has had three 20 win seasons in 12 years. I'd call that marginal at best.

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Kinda sad. Billy Donovan has 13 of 15 20+ win seasons. Good thing Florida is a "Basketball School".