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Yes, I did. She’s handled it in a mature fashion. I’m sure Kim gave some solid direction. It was just the taunting part that was wrong, and she realizes now that it was unnecessary. But that’s what kids do from the playground up these days- they taunt.

Kim Mulkey will eventually beat South Carolina. Book it. Possibly in the SEC or NCAA tourney this year.

These three should be included:

Tremont Waters

DeWayne "the Astronaut" Scales

John Williams

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Gee whiz, to forget Bert Jones, a great NFL quarterback, and Y.A. Tittle, a Pro Football Hall of Fame QB, is ridiculous! Tittle once threw 7 TDs in an NFL game! It seems like this list is for those born around 1980. If anybody had a Rushmore-like career, it was Tittle. From the NFL Hall of Fame site:

Y.A. Tittle:

Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1971
Louisiana State University, 1944-47
Baltimore Colts, 1948-50
San Francisco 49ers, 1951-60
New York Giants, 1961-64

"A native of Marshall, Texas, Yelberton Abraham Tittle played four seasons at LSU, including an MVP performance in the 1947 Cotton Bowl. He made an immediate impact with the Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference as he earned AAFC Rookie of the Year honors. He joined San Francisco in 1951 and played 10 seasons for the 49ers before leading the New York Giants to three division titles between 1961 and 1964. He was a three-time All-Pro and played in seven Pro Bowls and he was selected as the NFL’s Most Valuable Player three times."

You also forgot David Woodley, who had a good NFL career with the Dolphins and actually led them to the Super Bowl. At LSU he was good- he split time with Ensminger at QB. Woodley should be higher up that list than some of those guys.

CORRECTION: Upon further review, the original poster here did not forget Tittle, but the lists from some of the other posters here did omit him.

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U will probably play in the next one Bella

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Don't know if this was meant for me, but I'm not Bella. Just a big LSU women's basketball fan who's pretty objective, I think.

In Kim's prior seasons she didn't really have almost a complete roster overhaul that hadn't played a game for her like she's facing this year. Really only three players (not counting KG) from last year's roster returning. That's a lot of new faces.

So I understand the need for her to see what each player could offer and which combos best worked for the team unit in certain situations. She gave everyone an equal chance and "learned" her team, as she said, in the pre-conference. This should pay dividends around tourney time.

However, the schedule obviously didn't prepare her girls for tough SEC play, ie. how you can't just show up and drive to the hoop at will or maneuver in the post and outjump tall teams like Kentucky for rebounds like you did against SE Louisiana. You can't get away with the constant careless and risky passes against Vandy like you did against Houston Christian, especially when they're looking for them. And you can't bank on every possession being a fast-break layup and rarely playing a contested possession where you don't have to rely on making your 3s.

Although they play really hard and with maximum effort, the team does look tired at the end. Was it wise to play the likes of MW and MF only half of each game in the pre-conference? Can they really suddenly "get in shape" in the next few weeks to pay off at the end? That seems like a lot of sacrificing of SEC games against good teams, and their psyche and attitude could suffer in suddenly losing when they're accustomed to winning and winning easily. Kim was planning that the reduced playing time early would result in less wear and tear on the key bodies down the stretch.

I do disagree with her not playing Bella Hines in the first two games. Why not? She proved herself in my opinion in the preseason. She always brought a spark and hustle and a high basketball IQ. She's tenacious defensively. It would give MW, MF, or FJ a much-needed rest.

Also, the easy scoring resulted in getting into the habit of street ball on offense- they noticeably shared the ball and reversed the ball less in critical situations like the other teams, relying more on MW to make it happen on her own.

In the big picture, it's still early with only two close losses against two really good basketball teams who are Top Ten worthy. But I hope Kim hasn't put her team behind the eight ball too soon where they can't recover in time. They still have Texas twice, Oklahoma on the road, and South Carolina, which looks like it's still rolling despite the injuries. They have Ole Miss on the road and Tennessee.

I think we can kiss the SEC regular season title goodbye and realistically look at a 3 seed, maybe a 4 for the NCAA. If Kim pulls off better than that and win the SEC tourney or make the Final Four, I would have to say that would be one helluva coaching job, especially with brand new players making up 75 percent of the roster. We shall see.

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She grew 3 inches in a month. Lol. I always got a kick out of exaggerating measurables.

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Check out her highlight tape. She looks about 6-7 to me.
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If LSU gets one or two more bigs this cycle (portal and/or Okeke), they can move Zakiyah Johnson back to her natural position at the 3 where she'll make up for not signing Jerzy. Talk about a versatile lineup, having Zakiyah with the flexibility to put her at the 3 or 4.