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Pretty much the description of SEC positions outside of Florida and Kentucky. John Brady would have been just fine at LSU had he just established some consistency. We were pretty badass every 3-4 seasons, but between those seasons was suck

Agree - I think the expectations at Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas are pretty similar (Arkansas' are probably a bit higher). Quite frankly when Donovan retires I'm not sure Florida's will be all that much higher.

Same with Gottfried. Heck, his brand of basketball drove me nuts and you just knew we'd lose to somebody we shouldn't in the tournament, but I didn't want to fire the guy until things went south his 2nd to last season. If he'd kept doing what he was doing he'd have been here for 20 years.

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Posted by tigerbait2010

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Posted on 1/28/15 at 4:15 pm to SummerOfGeorge

Brady also had Tyrus Thomas, Garrett Temple, and Glen Davis gift-wrapped to him, so that always helps

Dixon was apparently the darkhorse for the LSU job, but Pitt gave him a fat raise before he pulled the trigger. I think the ACC parity plus Pitt's fan support might be enough to have him change things up.

And yeah, for now I'm a huge fan of the Johnny jones hire. I think you're right about connections. Pastner relies heavily on one city, while Jones has great Texas and national ties. Fans are just too impatient and want greatness early on. We've come a long way from two 5'8" guards and a tuba player getting serious PT