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It’s a good get, but let’s hope we’re still in the mix with Jefferson, who by his numbers seems to be able to impact a game defensively as much as offensively.

We need some defensive firepower just like we need shooters on the offensive end.

The link says Honor Huff is 5’10”, 162 pounds. I wonder if that size would hinder his ability to hit threes in the SEC. I haven’t seen him play, but I suspect it could be a problem

In other news, A&M is gearing up for Bucky Ball. That’ll be interesting to see how the Aggies’ identity changes with a new coach

Fifteen scholarships, does anyone else think that even 13 barring no injuries is pushing it? We had difficulties assembling a 13-person roster, it’ll be fun to see how it goes with 15

Pettway’s numbers according to Evan Miya are quite poor. I fear if we get him it will be more of the same failure that could be a piece that shows McMahon the door. Just speculation; I’ve never seen him play, but I’m not sure that we should seriously target him.

White has good offensive numbers on that site but mediocre if not underwhelming defensive numbers.

Again, it’s just one set of measurements or one guy’s perspective, but neither Pettway nor White seem like they’d get McMahon out of suckville.

Of course, there might not be too many in the portal who could do that. Right now, exiting suckville for LSU basketball seems like trying to exit a black hole

I’m seeing the stats on espn. We are good at allowing layups and three pointers. It says in fact it’s all layups and 3s by A&M.

Last game was the same way. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that

Someone earlier mentioned Sanford coach Bucky McMillan. He might be worth considering. He’s turned around a smaller program quickly and before that was a dominant high school coach. Supposedly ‘Buckyball’ is an uptempo style, and he’s a pretty young guy.

Wouldn’t hurt to look into though I’ll be honest I’ve never seen them play. But his resume at least looks pretty solid so far

I agree with you there but that’s an entirely different issue—a very important one to be sure…

Good shooting is no doubt important, but I think rebounding and great defense can take some pressure off the shoulders of shooters who have off nights, especially by creating more chances via second-chance points and turnovers

My issues with the team…

-Sears is too short to be a great perimeter defender and too inconsistent to be relied on from 3. He also has bad turnovers way too often.
-Carter can score but also turns it over too often.
-Collins is athletic but not physical enough to compete in sec play.
-Chest can rebound (see first half of bama game) but can also disappear (see second half of bama game).
-Bailey is not prolific enough to start—he just doesn’t try to score (or isn’t athletic enough to do so consistently).

Miller and Reed are injured compounding the above, numerous problems.

To me, the biggest issue might be the recruitment and performance of sears. He’s more of a player who should be a good second string guard who is forced to start—we have no sec-caliber PG right now. This is a player problem but it’s more of a coaching problem.

If we can’t locate the players (esp. transfers) we need and continue to incorrectly evaluate them, we’ll continue to go nowhere.

This isn’t even mentioning the challenges with designing good plays or the Xs and Os aspects of coaching, of which I also can see the reasons to be frustrated, nor is it mentioning the fact that we can’t land the big fish that we need to be competitive, e.g. the Cenacs of the world.

All around, there are numerous challenges the LSU team has to overcome—from players’, coaches’ and from the standpoint of recruiting—but it is seeming to be a very large hurdle, perhaps too large, for this staff to clear.

And the rest of the SEC is leaving us behind… making those hurdles seem even more insurmountable

I believe we need a FS. Toviano should improve but struggled in the bowl game in his chance to show out. Gilbert might have been hurt this year but wasn’t great in the bowl game—I’m specifically thinking of one tackle attempt in a long play in the game. It was bad…

Perkins might be a Star. Maybe play spears at strong, but we still need an impact player at free. We can’t count on Gilbert and toviano right now. They’ve had chances, will no doubt have more, but they’ve been mediocre at best.

They might plan to play delane at FS, but we don’t know for sure…. I still think one more safety is a good bet that we’ll be looking for