This just in: LSU is really, really terrible
- Thread starter o_riverdawg
- Start date
T
Tdawg411
Guest
T
Tdawg411
Guest
I can't believe I stayed up and watched this mess. I guess I was hoping that Downey would hang 50 on 'em, but he is probably saving that for us. Ha!
He's a one man show. I thought we did a great job defensing him tonight, and then I look up and he has 25 on a night when he didn't shoot well and we kept him off his normal game.
That guy is one of the few 5-9 guys that will make a living in the NBA. One time he literally dribbled through our entire team and scored at the rim.
That guy is one of the few 5-9 guys that will make a living in the NBA. One time he literally dribbled through our entire team and scored at the rim.
He won the SEC last year with a team that was by far the most experienced in the league, when the rest of the league was as young and inexperienced as I've seen in my life.
Almost any coach in the SEC would've won the SEC with that team last year had they swapped. Hell, Jeff Lebo took a team to 10-6 in league play last year simply because he had a lot of seniors.
Almost any coach in the SEC would've won the SEC with that team last year had they swapped. Hell, Jeff Lebo took a team to 10-6 in league play last year simply because he had a lot of seniors.
Just looked at their schedule for the first time, and they played a pretty tough OOC slate. Not a whole lot of great teams, but they didn't play many gimme games and played a load of solid teams.
As someone else said though, with Archie out and that other guy booted from the team, they are driven even more by Downey than normal now. They had one guard that I thought was a decent player, and I thought that No. 44 inside was a decent player and at least was more of a low post scoring threat than either of our teams have. Both are average players at best, but they are the only players outside of Downey that looked to me like they could do anything.
As someone else said though, with Archie out and that other guy booted from the team, they are driven even more by Downey than normal now. They had one guard that I thought was a decent player, and I thought that No. 44 inside was a decent player and at least was more of a low post scoring threat than either of our teams have. Both are average players at best, but they are the only players outside of Downey that looked to me like they could do anything.
...there is no way in hell an athletics factory like LSU should be fielding a basketball team this bad.
As many have pointed out, in basketball, LSU is beyond horrible. Their players are bad & their coach is bad. LSU has made 0 effort to hire a coach who can recruit SEC talent to LSU. But I guess with all their success in football & baseball, they just don't give a ****.
If MSU had a basketball program as bad as LSU's, Stansbury would already be on his way out.
As many have pointed out, in basketball, LSU is beyond horrible. Their players are bad & their coach is bad. LSU has made 0 effort to hire a coach who can recruit SEC talent to LSU. But I guess with all their success in football & baseball, they just don't give a ****.
If MSU had a basketball program as bad as LSU's, Stansbury would already be on his way out.
in three conferences- WAC, Pac 10 and SEC. He inherited a team, last year, that had talent but he could only sign two kids for this year, and they probably shouldn't be playing. LSU has a top 10 recruiting class for next year, and they'll be much better.
Johnson is good, but even he cannot polish this turd.
Johnson is good, but even he cannot polish this turd.
Referring to how you've never said one bad thing about LSU and defend them bruiser-esque style. On the other hand, you pretty much bash state every chance you can. Facts are facts.
regardless of situation, if we were playing like LSU, and were 9-9 after 18 games, you would be so far up Stansbury's *** you'd get a look at his food before he got a chew in. Wouldn't matter if we had lost our top 10 players from the previous season and replaced them with nuns. But at LSU, they are rebuilding and need patience.
of other schools. In his case, he dreamed of going to LSU but mommy & daddy wouldn't pay for it, he couldn't afford it, he got a scholarship to State, etc. For whatever reason he was forced to attend State and his hatred for all things MSU will never be quenched since he couldn't attend his chosen school - LSU.
in 2006, after we had lost LR and crew, I said on here repeatedly that we would have to rebuild, there was no way we were making the NCAA Tourney, etc...I was met here with:
"Stansbury has been to the Tourney 4 straight years, he knows how to get it done"
"We have the our own version of the Fab 5, we will win 20 and be back in the NCAA's"
"Stansbury is building a top program, we will make it"
I was more than willing to give Stansbury a break for not making it, but you people on here were ridiculous. And then when I predicted we would start the SEC 1-7 I was raked over the coals. And then when we did start 1-7, I raked ya'lls asses over the coals.
Rebuilding happens. Its part of coaching.
UPig did it last year- Pelphrey gets no break this year.
Johnson is doing it this year- he gets no break next year</p>
I'm just being rational, which is what few of you can ever be</p>
"Stansbury has been to the Tourney 4 straight years, he knows how to get it done"
"We have the our own version of the Fab 5, we will win 20 and be back in the NCAA's"
"Stansbury is building a top program, we will make it"
I was more than willing to give Stansbury a break for not making it, but you people on here were ridiculous. And then when I predicted we would start the SEC 1-7 I was raked over the coals. And then when we did start 1-7, I raked ya'lls asses over the coals.
Rebuilding happens. Its part of coaching.
UPig did it last year- Pelphrey gets no break this year.
Johnson is doing it this year- he gets no break next year</p>
I'm just being rational, which is what few of you can ever be</p>
So tell me.....last year we lost Hansbrough, Gordon, and Rhodes while starting a freshman at point with two other starters that had never started a game prior to the season. If that wasn't rebuilding then I don't know what is. Did you expect 23 wins, an SEC tournament title, and a trip to the NCAA's?
Hanmudog said:
what we did last year "rebuilding", but we definitely fared better than expected. The easy schedule and shittiness of the SEC helped with that too. But without a doubt, we fared better than expected.
Pelphrey lost all 5 starters after his first year- had to bring in a totally new team. - thats rebuilding
Johnson lost 5 of his top 7 players- thats rebuilding
I dont see whats so hard with figuring that out. We havent had to "rebuild" since 2006