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Johnny Jones Officially fired along with assistants
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:11 am
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:11 am
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The Johnny Jones era is officially over. LSU has fired its 21st basketball coach, a source told Tiger Rag. Athletic director Joe Alleva has scheduled a press conference for 11 a.m. Friday. Jones, 56, leaves LSU as the program’s fourth-winningest head coach, posting a 90-72 record in five seasons. Those 90 wins are the most by an LSU coach in his first five seasons, as are his 42 SEC wins. The Tigers failed to qualify for postseason play in 2016 and 2017, however, and Jones’ final team finished 2-16 in league play, losing a school-record 15 straight games in the process. Taking over for Trent Johnson in 2012, Jones led LSU to seasons of 19, 20, and 22 wins in his first three seasons, respectively, with an NIT berth in 2014 and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2015. Under Jones, LSU also improved its SEC record from 7-9 the year before his arrival to 9-9, 9-9, and 11-7 from 2012-2015. A player under Dale Brown from 1980-1984, Jones began his coaching career as an assistant with LSU in 1985 and remained on Brown’s staff until his retirement in 1997. He returned to LSU in 2012 after 11 seasons at North Texas, where he won 196 games and led the Mean Green to two NCAA Tournaments. At LSU, Jones recruited five top-50 prep players and coached four NBA draft picks, including 2016 No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons and 2015 first-rounder Jarell Martin. Under his watch, LSU produced 10 All-SEC players, including Antonio Blakeney in 2016. LSU will now embark on the search for its 22nd head coach. The Tigers have not won an NCAA Tournament game since Johnson’s first season in 2009, when LSU won the SEC title and defeated Butler in the first round of the NCAA tourney.
This post was edited on 3/10/17 at 11:21 am
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:12 am to LSU12223
SEC GONNA BE STACKED IN ROUNDBALL
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:12 am to LSU12223
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Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:13 am to LSU12223
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the program’s fourth-winningest head coach
thats kinda sad
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:16 am to LSU12223
I wonder if JJ actually thought he deserved another chance
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:19 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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thats kinda sad
In fairness, Dale Brown coached here for 7348598 years
ETA: Since 1909 LSU has had 23 basketball coaches, including Butch Pierre as an interim head coach (10 games). Among those 23 there were also 2 guys that coached in 2 different tenures.
ETA2: lsufball19 got the other * to that stat below
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Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:20 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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thats kinda sad
when it's put that way, yeah it sounds sad. But when you look at in in context it's not as bad. Harry Rabenhorst coached for 27 years, winning 340 games. Dale Brown coached for 26 years, winning 448 games. John Brady coached for 10 years, winning 167 games. That's 63 years worth of basketball in just 3 coaches.
For reference, Anthony Grant is 5th all-time in victories for Alabama.
This post was edited on 3/10/17 at 11:37 am
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:24 am to LSU12223
Should have been fired last year. More inexcusable retaining him than Miles IMO after how poorly he coached with that roster.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:25 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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thats kinda sad
It is. Had he stayed for another 2-3 of seasons, he would have surpassed South Carolina's 3rd and 4th winningest coaches too, both of which coached 7 and 8 seasons, respectively.
This post was edited on 3/10/17 at 11:27 am
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:28 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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thats kinda sad
3 coaches account for 65 years of history. That's pretty impressive.
But when was the last time a South Carolina coach had 4 straight years of 19+ wins?
This post was edited on 3/10/17 at 11:29 am
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:45 am to LSU12223
Yay another coaching search headed up by Joe Alleva
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:49 am to ipodking
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Yay another coaching search headed up by Joe Alleva
Good luck hiring a washed up SEC coach. I expect it to be
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:49 am to LSU12223
So is L6U gonna let Coach 0 also coach basketball?
Just hire some good assistants to do all the work?
What a mess
Just hire some good assistants to do all the work?
What a mess
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:51 am to LSU12223
Congrats to LSU. You have done what our AD needs to do.
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:52 am to JCinBAMA
You act as though AJ has been coaching at Bama for a couple decades
Posted on 3/10/17 at 11:53 am to Dawgsontop34
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Should have been fired last year. More inexcusable retaining him than Miles IMO after how poorly he coached with that roster.
What's sad is we had people on the Rant who blamed last season on Simmons. Look at what happened to this team once Simmons left.
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