re: One thing that the McMen cannot deny is that excitement around the program is non existent

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Well, to be completely accurate, McMahon didn't sign 5 gives out of HS either.

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Never said he did or should have. Figure of speech

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let's, again, look at reality

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In reality, those are two different levels of programs. Why didn't Boston College sign as many blue chip football recruits as Michigan. According to your line of reasoning, it's because their coach sucks? You're comparing a program that hasn't made a final 4 in nearly 20 years to Baylor, UConn, Nova, and Houston, all of which have made the final 4/won the tournament in the last 3 years. If you can't see how these scenarios are different, you're being purposefully dense

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The argument was that McMahon could not recruit good players to LSU because of the "looming sanctions"

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Never once said this, and I too think that is a ridiculous stance to take

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Good enough that there was a lot of very reasonable optimism going into last season (feel free to go look at the basketball posts from the summer/early fall of 2022).

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Anybody who thought that team last year was going to be good was kidding themselves or didn't have a clue what they were talking about. LSU's starting lineup last season was 3 guys from murray st., a guy who hadn't played competitive basketball in 2 years, and a guy who averaged under 2 ppg in the SEC the previous year. I can't fathom how someone could have thought that team would compete in the SEC