Re: LSU Discussion thread

[Clarett's Folly]

Maryland switched from a man-to-man defense to a zone and, for 15 minutes of game time, LSU didn't adjust. During that time Maryland erased a 15 point margin and took the lead for a while.
LSU is a poorly coached team.

[WhiteBoyHatcher]

I watched one half of basketball. There was not a ton of evidence either way. It was my impression that they were not a team that runs offensive sets or that had any real plan on offense, and the coach basically admitted that their plan was to give it to their PG and let him go to work for the last play.

Comparoni does a really good job into getting into film of tourney opponents. Legit looking forward to reading this when he comes out with it. I'll let you know what he says, he knows a lot more than any of us. (aside from Nigel)

[WhiteBoyHatcher]

Maryland switched from a man-to-man defense to a zone and, for 15 minutes of game time, LSU didn't adjust. During that time Maryland erased a 15 point margin and took the lead for a while.
LSU is a poorly coached team.

Yes, this is exactly what I saw, as well.

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

Where’s the poorly coached narrative being built? A few guys who post on a message board?

Do you think MSU is a well coached team?

Next question.

[Cameron]

Fuck LSU.

[steveschneider]

Maryland switched from a man-to-man defense to a zone and, for 15 minutes of game time, LSU didn't adjust. During that time Maryland erased a 15 point margin and took the lead for a while.
LSU is a poorly coached team.

Yes, this is exactly what I saw, as well.

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2019/03/23/lsu-maryland-tremont-waters-march-madness-will-wade

Just read that and it has the same view as Clarett Folley.

***Sarcasm warning*** I know Dwane Stephens went out and studied the zone in the off season. Maybe we should throw it at them this weekend.

[steveschneider]

Fuck LSU.

No you are talking my language.

[NigelUno]

Yes, this is exactly what I saw, as well.

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2019/03/23/lsu-maryland-tremont-waters-march-madness-will-wade

Just read that and it has the same view as Clarett Folley.

***Sarcasm warning*** I know Dwane Stephens went out and studied the zone in the off season. Maybe we should throw it at them this weekend.

The writer said LSU couldn't solve a zone all season. Maybe Maryland should have played zone from the start...

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

Let me be the first to say that there is zero fucking chance we play zone. I know no one really said that we would, just saying. Water is also wet. Or makes things wet

[Clarett's Folly]

Let me be the first to say that there is zero fucking chance we play zone. I know no one really said that we would, just saying. Water is also wet. Or makes things wet

I think everyone here realizes that. What I do find interesting, though, is the bind LSU's coaching staff is now in. Do you spend time working on zone beaters knowing that your next opponent likely won't play one posession's worth of zone or do you ignore your most glaring weakness and hope that MSU doesn't break script and attack your Achilles heel? It would almost be better for LSU if they were about to face a zone-heavy team.

[kingstonlake]

I get the MSU will not play a zone. but if it's obvious that LSU struggles against a zone don't you maybe try it for a couple possessions just to see if they can beat it?

[Rocinante]

Water is wet whether it makes things wet or not, OTPT.

[Travis of the Cosmos]

Water is wet whether it makes things wet or not, OTPT.

Ah yes, but how do you define if something is wet Roc?

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

Water is wet whether it makes things wet or not, OTPT.

Water itself is not wet. Read a book or two.

[kingstonlake]

Water is wet whether it makes things wet or not, OTPT.

Water itself is not wet. Read a book or two.

This be true ya'll

[Watch Out Pylon!]

This is what makes tSwill great.

[Rocinante]

Does sunshine have no energy if it doesn’t hit something? Does a sound not exist if you don’t hear it? Man you guys are morons.

[Senior Dickfist]

Water is wet whether it makes things wet or not, OTPT.

Water itself is not wet. Read a book or two.

noun
noun: wet

   1.
   liquid that makes something damp.

Edited to add; I've read lots of books.  Chemistry, physics, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, etc.

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

Water itself is not wet. Read a book or two.

noun
noun: wet

   1.
   liquid that makes something damp.

Edited to add; I've read lots of books.  Chemistry, physics, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, etc.

Did you forget to read your definition that you posted while buried in those books? Makes something damp. Is not damp itself.

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zzC1mp5MJhc

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zzC1mp5MJhc

Cash admits some ncaa violations here. Great.

[Tim Wakefield]

I watched one half of basketball. There was not a ton of evidence either way. It was my impression that they were not a team that runs offensive sets or that had any real plan on offense, and the coach basically admitted that their plan was to give it to their PG and let him go to work for the last play.

My favorite year of basketball was in 7th grade when our coach told us we'd run a grand total of 0 plays all year. Just go out there and play. Lost 1 game all year. RIP Mr Reed

[kingstonlake]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zzC1mp5MJhc

Cash admits some ncaa violations here. Great.

OTPT is a wet/damp blanket!

[AvgMSUJoe]

I watched one half of basketball. There was not a ton of evidence either way. It was my impression that they were not a team that runs offensive sets or that had any real plan on offense, and the coach basically admitted that their plan was to give it to their PG and let him go to work for the last play.

My favorite year of basketball was in 7th grade when our coach told us we'd run a grand total of 0 plays all year. Just go out there and play. Lost 1 game all year. RIP Mr Reed

My kid's JV team didn't run a play all year... Won 1 game. They suck ass. Ball hog point guard, a stretch 3 who thought he was Iverson because he shot 15% (put up 30 shots) BUT HE WAS HIGH SCORER! my kid says, like a dumbass...
Couldn't team defend to save their lives. The point and the HIGH SCORER were both lazy defenders and left everyone scurrying around trying to cover for their ass...

All this said to prove, coaching matters, even if don't have a "play".

(And 1 simple successful switch on a pick... which Izzo demands... on that last play, and we are prepping to DESTROY Maryland again.)

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2019/03/27/michigan-state-basketball-sweet-16/3287757002/

And it may yet still — assuming MSU gets the chance in the first place. But in this year’s bracket, staring down those ghostly tormentors isn’t what unsettles. It’s the potential game after, in the semifinals, where — gasp! — the rivals down the road might await.  

It’s a matchup that Michigan fans would crave while MSU fans would dread. Not that beating U-M again wouldn’t be thrilling.  

But a loss in that moment, after slaying the mighty Coach K? That would give any Wolverine a generation’s worth of smack talk — especially if U-M won the title — and the most meaningful win in either football or basketball in the last 30 years.  

MSU might have to close. Izzo might have to drive up to Iron Mountain to find space to howl, and then build a cabin in the woods, then never leave.  

However unlikely the scenario — both teams will be underdogs in the regional final; and they have to win tough regional semifinal games first — you can feel a stir in the psychic continuum of this rivalry.  

Is this guy on meth?

Or has he just been reading duffy's posts on swill?

[Clarett's Folly]

It’s a matchup that Michigan fans would crave while MSU fans would dread.

Uh... no, I can't think of a scenario I'd want more than playing a team we've already beaten three times.

[WhiteBoyHatcher]

Who is the author of that trash?

I'm guessing Seidel or Monarezz

[WhiteBoyHatcher]

Perhaps Drew from beyond the grave?

[Watch Out Pylon!]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2019/03/27/michigan-state-basketball-sweet-16/3287757002/

And it may yet still — assuming MSU gets the chance in the first place. But in this year’s bracket, staring down those ghostly tormentors isn’t what unsettles. It’s the potential game after, in the semifinals, where — gasp! — the rivals down the road might await.  

It’s a matchup that Michigan fans would crave while MSU fans would dread. Not that beating U-M again wouldn’t be thrilling.  

But a loss in that moment, after slaying the mighty Coach K? That would give any Wolverine a generation’s worth of smack talk — especially if U-M won the title — and the most meaningful win in either football or basketball in the last 30 years.  

MSU might have to close. Izzo might have to drive up to Iron Mountain to find space to howl, and then build a cabin in the woods, then never leave.  

However unlikely the scenario — both teams will be underdogs in the regional final; and they have to win tough regional semifinal games first — you can feel a stir in the psychic continuum of this rivalry.  

Is this guy on meth?

Or has he just been reading duffy's posts on swill?

I get why the Detroit rags have to put all of these articles through a UM prism, but it gets real fucking old sometimes.

[Rocinante]

It’s a matchup that Michigan fans would crave while MSU fans would dread.

Uh... no, I can't think of a scenario I'd want more than playing a team we've already beaten three times.

YES. Who is this idiot.

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

Who is the author of that trash?

I'm guessing Seidel or Monarezz

Windsor? I thought that was a place in Canada i went to get drunk and gamble as a teen.

[Nordic]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zzC1mp5MJhc

Cash admits some ncaa violations here. Great.

Izzo picked Wakefield up from Rick's one night, we're good

[Clarett's Folly]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2019/03/27/michigan-state-basketball-sweet-16/3287757002/

And it may yet still — assuming MSU gets the chance in the first place. But in this year’s bracket, staring down those ghostly tormentors isn’t what unsettles. It’s the potential game after, in the semifinals, where — gasp! — the rivals down the road might await.  

It’s a matchup that Michigan fans would crave while MSU fans would dread. Not that beating U-M again wouldn’t be thrilling.  

But a loss in that moment, after slaying the mighty Coach K? That would give any Wolverine a generation’s worth of smack talk — especially if U-M won the title — and the most meaningful win in either football or basketball in the last 30 years.  

MSU might have to close. Izzo might have to drive up to Iron Mountain to find space to howl, and then build a cabin in the woods, then never leave.  

However unlikely the scenario — both teams will be underdogs in the regional final; and they have to win tough regional semifinal games first — you can feel a stir in the psychic continuum of this rivalry.  

Is this guy on meth?

Or has he just been reading duffy's posts on swill?

Thank goodness I can set aside this existential terror for the rest of the season.

[Other Teams Pursuing That]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2019/03/27/michigan-state-basketball-sweet-16/3287757002/


Is this guy on meth?

Or has he just been reading duffy's posts on swill?

Thank goodness I can set aside this existential terror for the rest of the season.

I am still shaking in my boots.

[NigelUno]

Whew. Howling in the woods is on hold.

[Watch Out Pylon!]

That story aged well.

[Senior Dickfist]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2019/03/27/michigan-state-basketball-sweet-16/3287757002/

And it may yet still — assuming MSU gets the chance in the first place. But in this year’s bracket, staring down those ghostly tormentors isn’t what unsettles. It’s the potential game after, in the semifinals, where — gasp! — the rivals down the road might await.  

It’s a matchup that Michigan fans would crave while MSU fans would dread. Not that beating U-M again wouldn’t be thrilling.  

But a loss in that moment, after slaying the mighty Coach K? That would give any Wolverine a generation’s worth of smack talk — especially if U-M won the title — and the most meaningful win in either football or basketball in the last 30 years.  

MSU might have to close. Izzo might have to drive up to Iron Mountain to find space to howl, and then build a cabin in the woods, then never leave.  

However unlikely the scenario — both teams will be underdogs in the regional final; and they have to win tough regional semifinal games first — you can feel a stir in the psychic continuum of this rivalry.  

Is this guy on meth?

Or has he just been reading duffy's posts on swill?

OTPT, to answer your first question; undoubtedly.

[AvgMSUJoe]

That story aged well.

Now Windsor is sad he still has to cover the tourney.

Minuswell just end the whole thing after last night.

[Clarett's Folly]

That story aged well.

I've had the pleasure of living in a number of college towns in my life and I have to say that the U-M writers tend to engage in the "imagine if..." storylines far more than any I have ever seen.

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