Saw and article that talked about LSU B-ball transfers. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;...ayerswhohavetransferredf&prov=uwire&type=lgns Which transfer would you erase? I would love to say Ross, who was the perfect role player but last year we had Glen and a bunch of role players (even T mitch looked like a role player in a few games). So would Ross have helped us. Gransberry averaged 15.6 points and 11.4 rebounds and would have added muscle needed in the SEC, But with him and Glen things would have been clogged down low. Koundjia who I hated to see go and was good for a few nice dunks just never turned into the player you thought he would (I hope Rolle stops following his footsteps). Coming out of High School some people thought Koundjia was NBA ready. Remember this guy? http://sports.snu.edu/roster.asp?num=2235&id=4 Even Tim Bush put up 12 points and 5 rebounds his first season at Baylor. Well my Question is who would have helped us the most last year?
Neltner would of added most perimeter offense help for sure, I would liked to of seen what bush could of done...i saw a few baylor games and he was pretty dynamic and a better than average scorer.
i would have to see bush and gransberry play to really have an opinion. just about any post player that plays 30 min a game will get 12 & 7. none of those transfers were either playmakers or guards, so none of them would have made a significant difference. maybe neltner could have been a dependable 3pt shooter that could have won several of the close losses (om, witchst, ga, tx) or a calming influence on the chokes (om, uk). but i think neltner didnt shoot so well at vandy. then again they had other hosses. remarkable as it may sound, martin may have had more positive influence than the negative influence of any of the lost players.
Interesting article, although the real lining in there is, we went the final four. They didn't. Ross seemed to have a level head on his shoulders making this decision, Regis and Kenrell did not. What's hard to really parse out is what impact any of it had on LSU. Tyrus Thomas got to play, and go 4th in the NBA draft, and without TTrain on the floor, we probably don't go to the final four. There's no doubt that PT would have been reduced for all three transfers. So, I happen to think it's a win win for both groups. I guess you look back at this season and say, there was a depth issue down low. I think the transfer I'd "erase" would be Gransberry. He of all of the folks would have filled a need for us--defense and rebounding and interior defense. What's 20/20 hindsight of course, is that Darnell not being hurt may have also led to reduced minutes for Gransberry. True enough, his 15 points is inflated b/c he's one of the few decent players on a pretty bad squad... but he's playing against Big East competition. So, I'd say that KG was missed the most. Regis did nothing for GW and was a bust. Ross hurt for some other reasons (dependable rebounder, decent shooter), but honestly, I think Vandy was probably a better place for him (they like big men who drift outside to shoot 3s).
