Men’s basketball team outplayed, out-coached
I realize tonight was just the second game of the season for a young team, but the fans who make an effort to attend men’s basketball games deserve better.
What concerned me most was not that LSU was outplayed, it was that LSU was unequivocally out-coached.
 When Nicholls State had the ball, there was constant motion on offense.
The ball hardly touched the floor, and a player never hesitated to make a decision.
When LSU had the ball, it was stagnant and players seemed to wait around hoping someone else would take some initiative.
 ”I’ve never been concerned about the offensive side because we have some guys who can shoot the ball, and we have some guys who can pass,” said Trent Johnson, LSU men’s basketball head coach, following the win over Northwestern State.
Well Trent, quite frankly it looked like this team had never concerned itself with offense tonight.
Nicholls State was a team and LSU was a collection of individuals. I hardly even saw a screen being set.
It makes me seriously wonder what exactly Johnson is getting paid over $1 million dollars to do.
It makes me wonder if it was not for Nick Fazekas, the Lopez twins, and Marcus Thornton, would Trent Johnson be earning a salary over fifteen times that of the average University professor?
 There are viable excuses as to why LSU would lose a game like this. The team had to start over from scratch essentially last year, lost its two leading scorers from last year’s team, and plays three true freshman significant minutes.
There is no excuse as to why LSU would be dominated in every facet of the game by an in-state school a quarter of its size.
This was not just NBA prospect Anatoly Bose playing his brains out. This was a comprehensive annihilation in every facet of the game.
I hope we see some improvement or else I fear the small crowds will get even smaller as time passes.
Steve Wolf
mass communication senior
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