GeauxToBed

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Let's not fault Demps and Gentry too quickly

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Can't blame Gentry for trying to advance his career.

Demps on the other hand is fully to blame for firing a coach who wanted a say on player personnel, hiring a beta who won't challenge him, and a beta with a long and established record as a loser. He hired the career loser despite several proven winners being available at the time the hire was made.

He could have hired a better coach, but hiring somebody who would defer to him was the bigger priority.

Demps got his yes man, and we got a 7-18 team through 25 games as a result.

Epps has been coming on strong of late. He was very active rebounding the ball against GW.

I have no problem rewarding him for that effort and making the point to everyone else that guys who rebound and play D will start and/or see more minutes.

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Its like some gumps go out of their way to rub your nose in something. they need to be euthanized or at the very least neutered.

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Fixed it for you.

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As bad as their defense was in the second half their halfcourt offense may have been worse. They literally do nothing on the offensive end with regard to off ball screening, movement, etc. The isolate one player and most of the time that player leaves his feet before deciding to pass or shoot....kiss of death.

The only thing they do is run on ball screens. It's almost as if JJ locks them in a room and shows old game footage of the '98 Utah Jazz.

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I'm assuming the two people who downvoted this comment haven't seen LSU play the past few years.

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I thought he turned down the Florida job last year

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No. Foley (Florida's AD) badmouthing him is the reason he hasn't landed a better job yet. Foley trashes him to anyone who will listen.

There's apparently some pretty bad blood between the two from when Mullen was at UF.

I sincerely hope they don't fire Rumlin. As much as I enjoy the dumpster fire that is Texas A&M football, I'd love to see him be given another year - especially under these circumstances.

Their soap opera makes our program appear stable by comparison.

Plus, Les owns Sumlin. It's always nice when you can circle an SEC West opponent as a "win" each year.

Free throw shooting aside, Victor's play was the biggest bright spot I took from the game.

He boxed out, he got an offensive rebound, he positioned himself to take a charge (it wasn't called, but at least he tried --- how many other guys have done that this year?), and he brought a physical style of play that this team was sorely lacking.

His toughness seemed to be contagious. Epps had his best game as a Tiger, and I don't think it was coincidence that the game he decided to start fighting for rebounds was the game Victor made his debut.

The free throws need to be corrected though, not just with Craig but the whole team Hornsby aside.

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Why doesn’t he go somewhere else if he is so miserable? Perhaps because nobody will pay him $120,000-plus to teach two classes a semester and write his blog and Facebook posts all day. The LSU athletic department is run as a business, and a profitable one at that. The academic side of the university is not run like a business. It’s a bloated bureaucracy and is filled with these faculty types like Mann who believe they’re entitled to something the hard-working people in this state who pay his salary are not. LSU is a very poorly run investment for this state and that’s why our tax dollars are being wasted, paying for blowhards like this dude. Bob Mann is a whiner and a hypocrite of the highest order and his schtick makes him a first-class boor who is wasting MY tax dollars. People who disagree with him are called bigots or worse. He doesn’t allow any dissenting views on his website and blog, yet he relies on his free speech right to belittle LSU and its administrators

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:bow: :bow: :bow:

So true.

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1-10 free throws? WTF is that?

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In fairness, Victor was very good in every other phase of the game. He actually boxes out, got at least one, maybe two offensive rebounds, and attempted to position himself to take a charge on defense.

He played tough and physical, and his play seemed to be contagious - at least for Epps. Epps seemed to feed off of Victor's energy and had his best rebounding game of his career.

1-10 is inexcusable though.

They played okay in the first half.

Street ball seems to be the default though, and I was disappointed to see the team revert to that in the second half and almost let an awful team back into the game.

Free throw shooting doomed us against NC State in the tournament last year, has cost us two games this year (along with shite defense and rebounding), and will cost several more before the season is over.

When I was in high school, our coach wouldn't let anyone leave practice until someone hit 10 straight free throws. As a result, we were better from the free throw line than this year's LSU team. Sad....