re: What was the point of blowing up the basketball program?

There is obviously much pro and anti Wade/Woodward/NCAA sentiment on this board. Regardless of your position on this; there is one probability that will not go away: we will be fielding a men's BB team full of 2 star or lower rated players that will absolutely struggle to win any SEC games over the next several years. I heard CMM's comments about building a program and all the sound bites/cliches about working hard; but he has never recruited a top 100 player in his career and now has to try and do that under the shroud of sanctions while competing against SEC programs which will offer much more. I don't see many LSU BB fans hanging out in PMAC to see a last place team which will be the laughing stock of the SEC. Yes I know Auburn and Baylor rebounded quickly but there is a huge difference between Bruce Pearl/Scott Drew's ability to draw recruits and our new coach. Hoping I am dead wrong, but we will see. By the way, not an encouraging start by losing Murray to the portal today.

A show cause includes two things:

1) A specific and detailed account of what the receiver is allowed to do and prohibited from doing while under the employment of an NCAA institution. Usually, this is involves a prohibition on the receiver being involved in any recruiting activities for the time specified. However, it can involve more: see the link to the punishment for Donnie Tyndall, who is totally prohibited from coaching at an NCAA institution for 10 years (expiring in 2026), and being suspended for half-a-season at any NCAA coaching job he might take after 2026.

2) The school must report to the NCAA every six months showing the "proof of good reason" as to why they should be considered in good compliance for the entire duration of the show-cause sanction. In other words, the school has to show that the coach in question is abiding by the terms of their penalties.

Wikipedia article on Show Cause Penalty, including specific historic cases.

Now, I don't think Wade's sanction will be as bad as Tyndall's, as there is no mention of academic fraud in the NCAA case against Wade. But, I do fully expect Wade to be prohibited from any recruiting activity, and I expect the show-cause to be at least 5 years long.

That's 5 years of not talking to recruits.
That's 5 years of not going to games to watch recruits.
That's 5 years of not being able to host recruits on visits.
That's 5 years of not being involved in any basketball camp LSU might put on for high school players.

No school would keep a coach who couldn't do those things. Nor should they. And, this applies to any school Wade tries to work with.

LSU can still try to argue that since the FBI was involved, Wade lawyered up and that prevented LSU from knowing the extent of his activity. That's their best defense against the accusations of lack of institutional control: When they heard about the tape, they forced Wade to take a new contract that opened the door for LSU to fire him quickly. I do not know whether that will work.

Either way, LSU had no choice but to fire Wade in a timely manner. It will be a long time before Will Wade coaches another college basketball game for any school.

GEAUX TIGERS!

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You have to fire a cheating coach. It's really that simple, and it's not optional. Dumb thread is dumb.

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Lol like Kansas???? Or Duke???? LMMFAO

Why don't you ask WW? He lit the fuze.

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LSU is looking at potentially not having any or very few scholarship players next year, which will have a more devastating effect than missing a post season tournament or 2.

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The NCAA is going to take away all of LSU’s basketball scholarships? That seems pretty harsh. I’m going to go out in a limb and say that doesn’t happen.

It’s hilarious to me that they did this to Wade but not Orgeron

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Tate absolutely hates Wade

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This was Woodard the natural born Louisiana politician.