This thread personifies this board. Just fricking awful.

1. We know he won't get drafted. Why opposing fanbases post this like it's some sort of slight on our team is beyond me. The fact of the matter is that we're returning an All-SEC guy that averaged around 14 and 9 last year.

2. Eight pages littered with attempts to downgrade our recruiting class. But but but Alabama had a good class once and it turned out to be mediocre so LSU's good class is just a total uncertainty because of that.

Give me a fricking break. This isn't football recruiting where a top class is still largely a total crapshoot from the recruiting ranking standpoint and it's rare to have a ton of immediate contributors. This is basketball. These players contribute immediately. These players are ranked against each other based on years of summer ball. The rankings, by in large, reflect where they truly stand against everyone in the class. Sure, I don't know how these guys are going to be. But on paper it's the best class we've ever had.

3. It's a contrived statement on this board but the fact that this thread is filled with largely negative comments from opposing fanbases is a mere attempt to marginalize what our coach has done in a short amount of time.

4. We will be good and we will challenge for the SEC title next year. Whether that happens remains to be seen but we're going to be a very improved next year, and we weren't half bad this year.