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Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:12 pm
Posted by lsutiger2
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2008
6499 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:12 pm
Says McMahon is a good basketball coach. Maybe he is?
This post was edited on 1/17/24 at 9:15 pm
Posted by Shooter
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
7122 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:14 pm to
But the Rantards said he wasn't! Who do we believe?
Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
10067 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:15 pm to
But he took over a team with zero scholarship players and had a bad team in year 1! Who could have seen that coming
Posted by DeathByTossDive225
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2019
4679 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:18 pm to
If he continues to trend up in recruiting…
It’s easy to spot a well-coached roundball team, you don’t need to be an expert.
Posted by JWill409
Beaumont, TX
Member since Sep 2010
1209 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:49 pm to
I will not let you baws down!
Posted by FriscoTiger
Frisco, TX
Member since Aug 2005
3688 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:52 pm to
Can’t be true. Last year Madking said he was the worse….LOL
Posted by ellessuuuu
Member since Sep 2004
8571 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:54 pm to
quote:

Says McMahon is a good basketball coach. Maybe he is?


Such as?

Almost every coach at this level is a “good basketball coach”. The question is can they be successful in the SEC? There is a huge difference between being a good coach, and competing at the top of this conference.

In addition to being a good coach, you have to be able to manage a roster and deal with turnover every year, have to promote your program, have to be able to recruit - which is more than throwing money at players because they’re all getting paid. The question is can he do all of those things in addition to being a good basketball coach. There are a lot of question marks at this point. He’s got momentum and needs to string a few wins together. Beating A&M at home will build some consistency.
Posted by Menatiger
Mena, Arkanss
Member since Sep 2018
1161 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 10:01 pm to
All I had to say in the past I’ll say again. Let coach do his thing and when his contact is almost done let it rip one way or the other.

Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
Ms Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2004
19030 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 10:02 pm to
He became a heck of a lot better coach when Cook became eligible.
Posted by ellessuuuu
Member since Sep 2004
8571 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 10:05 pm to
Why did it take home a 1.5 years to go get a PG. should have spent every available NIL dollar to get one last year. Instead he brought two mid major PG’s with him.
Posted by TigersJump
In a land far far away
Member since Feb 2018
2213 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 10:15 pm to
quote:

Why did it take home a 1.5 years to go get a PG. should have spent every available NIL dollar to get one last year. Instead he brought two mid major PG’s with him.


Again change your user name. And your pussy is showing. Might want to cover it up.
Posted by ellessuuuu
Member since Sep 2004
8571 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 10:17 pm to
quote:

Again change your user name. And your pussy is showing. Might want to cover it up.


Again, you afraid to engage in an actual discussion so you resort to calling me a pussy. You make yourself look very intelligent and reasonable with these well thought out rational posts.

Crickets….
This post was edited on 1/17/24 at 10:20 pm
Posted by Redhead57
Member since Dec 2021
170 posts
Posted on 1/17/24 at 10:48 pm to
Tigersjump has a point.
Posted by 1984Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Apr 2006
7413 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 6:51 am to
I used to think ellessuuu was a McMahon hater but he (she?) is really a Woodward hater because Woodward fired his boy Wade. Now he has to be critical of everything McMahon does, in order to warrant his view of Woodward. The more improvement LSU shows on the court, the more it looks like McMahon may have been a good hire by Woodward. If McMahon wins, ellessuuuu loses. Probably should jut go ahead and change the name to wwwaaadddeee. I still think he’s either Wade’s lawyer or lover. Go Tigers.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
268678 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 6:52 am to
Tiger fans are low IQ. Nothing new.

Unreal expectations, too much loyalty to old coaches....

Posted by reynard
Dallas
Member since Sep 2022
161 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 7:00 am to
There was a pretty great sound bite from Bruce Pearl a few years ago when CMM was still at MS when they played AU. Bruce Pearl sang his praises as a coach in the post game conference.


Posted by Screaming Viking
Member since Jul 2013
4925 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 7:02 am to
quote:

In addition to being a good coach, you have to be able to manage a roster and deal with turnover every year, have to promote your program, have to be able to recruit - which is more than throwing money at players because they’re all getting paid. The question is can he do all of those things in addition to being a good basketball coach.


Of course this is all correct. But he does not have to actually do most of that. If he is aware of weaknesses, or knows what he loves to do vs. what he hates to do, he can have staff around him to handle much of what you say.

I am not defending Mac or hating on him. Just saying that he does not have to do all of those things.
Posted by ellessuuuu
Member since Sep 2004
8571 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 7:06 am to
Haha. Wrong again. Just a long time LSU basketball fan. Sat through a lot of rollercoaster coaching tenures. Found consistency and then we blew it up. That decision has set us back several years. That decision seemed to have been driven by things other than the investigation.

Woodward overall has been unbelievably good as an AD. But look at his track record, he struggles to hire good men’s basketball coaches.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
57706 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 7:10 am to
We had no choice to fire Wade.

Woody saved the program.

Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
33342 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 7:17 am to
quote:

Why did it take home a 1.5 years to go get a PG.


There are point guards and there are really good point guards.

Cook is really good when he's not going full retard.

Traer Hannibal is a point guard who occasionally has very good games when he goes full Tasmanian devil and stops passing to the other team.

He has always had a point guard and he expected cooks transfer to get approved as the NCAA had always done.

Whether LSU fans want to believe it or not, prospective recruits and their families did believe LSU was facing sanctions so there was a little difficulty attracting top talent.

There are still a lot of question marks about McMahon at this level but those were never likely to be answered last season. We can get some perspective this season, though. ANd if it were bad enough, a fireable season, IMO. It looks like this season will be good enough to keep McMahon unless the wheels fly off unexpectedly. If we win the next two SEC games, he is staying, IMO.

Let's see how it plays out. Next season will absolutely be a determinable season, no excuses.
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