re: Hate McMahon all you want…if you can’t see the improvement you’re blind

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No one at lsu was ever on the trajectory he was on that early in their career at lsu. If it wasn’t for covid he would have had 4 straight tourney appearances out of his first 5 years as the coach. That has not happened before?

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Okay. First five year trajectory. Congrats.

While his first five years weren’t tournament seasons, I would argue that what Dale Brown did was every bit as impressive or moreso. LSU basketball when he arrived was as much of an afterthought as LSU baseball was when Skip arrived. Not only that, but football was the ONLY sport in town, and the mentality in Baton Rouge was 100% football ONLY. That was a massive uphill climb he faced. He busted his arse and traveled the state, handing out nets and stopping everywhere to introduce himself for a sport that no one gave a shite about. Within seven years, he built the program to a consistent tournament team throughout the 80’s and the second best team in the conference behind Kentucky. Until Billy Donovan‘s run at Florida LSU was probably the overall second best basketball program in the history of the conference behind Kentucky.

Dale Brown went to multiple sweet 16s, elite 8s and final fours. Perhaps Wade would’ve eventually had the same achievements but to say he had accomplished things that had never been done at LSU before is a bit absurd.

What Will Wade did in his first five years, while impressive, pales in comparison to what Dale Brown did.