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Regardless of the why LSU depended on 5 players with very little experience. Fact,. That made a huge difference especially in this years SEC. Won't be the case this year. Collins hardly played in those 58 games. Fountain played and did nothing and was hurt for a while. The only players with solid playing experience were Cam, Sears, and Bailey and to a certain extent Williams.That's it.You can spin it any way you want. And most of the teams they played didn't even have a freshman in the rotation much less 4. And Collins was a jr in name only.

That is a viable criticism of Mcmahon last season not playing Williams earlier. I think he was trying to let his freshman PG develop as Williams was a 2 not a PG but Givens wasn't physically ready for the SEC. I admired Williams for keeping his head up and stepping in when he was called upon instead of moping and being unprepared. Ithink if Ward had that same mentality he could have resumed his position as a starter but I wasn't at the early practices so I can't comment on what was the deciding factor to play Bailey but there is no doubt in my mind that Ward would have had starter minutes and been in the games late just for his offense. If he can't handle a little adversity he won't be successful anywhere.

I think he was the beneficiary of playing on a loaded all star team where he had 4 studs including Cooper Flagg playing with him. He lacked the physical mentality that was needed in the SEC and he struggled to make even wide open 3's. He may develop into that and was hoping he stayed and improved but I guess he felt he was worth more than he was and decided to walk.

Chester is interesting. Who chooses this the players or the coaches?

Just think how miserable someone's life has to be to be on here making negative comments about a basketball coach during the offseason. Pretty pathetic. You really gotta have absolutely nothing else going on in your life.

Givens heard that Miller's deal was upped because Indiana was trying to get him to leave LSU. So he decided he also deserved a better deal only MM didn't see it that way and he's leaving. That plus seeing Thomas and some other guards being signed or being recruited. Anyone putting this on the coach is clueless. Players are leaving all over the place. And no there is no excuse anymore. Either MM figures it out and gets the talent he needs or he's gone. So no year 0 anymore. Every year is going to be year 0 in NCAA basketball from now on for just about everyone..

Skylar mays was TO machine as a Freshman and couldn't finish a layup but developed over time and became an NBA player. It can happen.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Listed as a Forward but plays like a guard. Still has to see if it translates to SEC but he has a number of weapons and the right mentality. Might not require that much NIL.

I'm just looking at his skill set as a freshman. He is way farther along than Collins was as a Jr and has multiple ways of scoring inside and out. Also has great vision. Has a scorers mentality.

Never said Mcmahon was above criticism for some coaching decisions and I'm an LSU fan not a coach fan. And the fact is those bigs in 2018 were more talented than Chest and Collins. Period. The whole team was more talented which is why when the offense broke down, as it did a lot, they would resort to "street ball" but had the talent to beat their man one on one so it worked. And the fact that there are those on here who struggle to read an 8 sentence paragraph sys all I need to know.