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re: Why Can't We Consistently Have a Better Basketball Team?
Posted on 2/12/24 at 3:21 pm to Ampipe96
Posted on 2/12/24 at 3:21 pm to Ampipe96
And like you say people who don’t follow basketball, outside of watching LSU conf games, don’t realize that the HS rankings in states like ours are skewed because we don’t have the prep pipeline recruiting sites follow to rank their players. Our guys are always underrated but they’re getting to the NBA so it isn’t a talent issue.
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Posted on 2/12/24 at 3:25 pm to Madking
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And like you say people who don’t follow basketball, outside of watching LSU conf games, don’t realize that the HS rankings in states like ours are skewed because we don’t have the prep pipeline recruiting sites follow to rank their players.
So now the recruiting rankings are fallible? I was told they were a completely accurate reflection of the amount of talent a program pulls in
Posted on 2/12/24 at 3:29 pm to Corner Pocket
No you weren’t, I gave you a national standard to compare by, I never said they were infallible.
This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:01 pm to LSUfanaddict
Because they hire shithead coaches. They are either too lazy to recruit. Can’t actually coach or they are so stupid they do the cheating themselves instead of having a low level staffer do it.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:06 pm to DhanTigers212
Bill Self wasn't dumb enough to get caught paying a player's girlfriend with his own checkbook... dumb arse of the year nominee
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:08 pm to OldManHenry
LSU could become a blue blood in mens basketball. They choose not to be because the football mansion gets the most paint and upkeep. Not enough dollars to go around.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:18 pm to Klingler7
There is plenty of dollars to go around.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:19 pm to Zander Kelley
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Bill Self wasn't dumb enough to get caught paying a player's girlfriend with his own checkbook... dumb arse of the year nominee
Or maybe its because weak kneed Admin put no emphasis on winners in Basketball.
Name a top Basketball Coach that we have attempted to compete to sign.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:28 pm to Madking
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You don’t have to buy it, it’s fact…. My bad, Louisiana is #2 now in NBA players per capita
Share your source since you’re so confident in Louisiana being a basketball rich state
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:31 pm to Zander Kelley
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Bill Self wasn't dumb enough to get caught paying a player's girlfriend with his own checkbook... dumb arse of the year nominee
Where were the LSU boosters? Why didn’t they step up and take care of this? Duke boosters gave Zion Willamson’s parents a $450,000 home. LSU couldn’t find someone to send this former girlfriend away happy?
Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:35 pm to turnpiketiger
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:21 pm to Recoveringcajun
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WW was nowhere near an elite hire. Dude couldn’t even make the elite 8 and was cheating the whole way. He caused a ton of bad press through his stupidity. Glad he’s McNeese’s problem now.
Couldn’t agree more! Wade was Dale Brown 2.0. Excellent recruiter but terrible x and o coach while here. Too careless with his recruiting “efforts” too. Of course all schools were cheating, but how many head coaches were dumb enough to use their wife’s checking account to pay out of or be caught on a wire exposing his methods. Don’t you have people for that like every other school did!
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:30 pm to LSUfanaddict
Well we had one until we decided we don’t care about basketball and fired Will Wade
So I wouldn’t say we “can’t”
So I wouldn’t say we “can’t”
This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 2/12/24 at 6:49 pm to LSUfanaddict
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Why is our basketball program so up and down?
It's definitely not due to a lack of crying about Will Wade. We have that in spades around here.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 7:07 pm to DhanTigers212
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We were on our way to having a legit elite basketball program
Y’all are legit extremely mentally ill. Will Wade had us completely maxed out on talent and we were never even close to consistently elite. fricking delusional
Posted on 2/12/24 at 8:02 pm to Madking
It seems that the ranking has slipped in recent years. LINK
15th overall in 2023, but that should be close to top 5 in per capita.
15th overall in 2023, but that should be close to top 5 in per capita.
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Thaddeus Young, De'Aaron Fox, Kelly Oubre Jr., Garrett Temple, Robert Williams III, Aaron Holiday, Damian Jones, Skylar Mays, Jared Butler and Amari Bailey
This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 2/12/24 at 9:10 pm to Forever
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Will Wade had us completely maxed out on talent
That’s not true. He reeled in some high ranking recruits, but we rarely had depth. Especially big men. His first year was decent and 18-19 was good.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 9:15 pm to Forever
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We were on our way to having a legit elite basketball program
Y’all are legit extremely mentally ill. Will Wade had us completely maxed out on talent and we were never even close to consistently elite. fricking delusional
I think it's allocation of resources based on a simple "if we gave you everything you wanted, how good can you be in 3 years" formula.
Wade basically demonstrated under that, LSU basketball's ceiling is 20ish wins and an NCAA appearance. He hit that, and for several years afterwards, he didn't improve. In fact, he kinda settled back a bit; at one point LSU was better than Alabama basketball. Then they brought in Oats and he kicked Wade's arse on the regular.
Other LSU programs= we know football CAN win national titles.
We know baseball still can, too.
We also learned women's basketball can, too.
I get the sense that men's basketball doesn't offer the return of investment required to "fix" it. We're still gonna get TV money, and half the crowd will still swap over to baseball once it kicks in, no matter what.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 9:29 pm to Scoob
If you allocated the resources basketball would make a killing financially. The tournament revenue more than makes up for the investment. Each tourney win is worth $2 million over 6 years or $337k/ year. You start winning 2 to 3 games each tournament and you have a huge influx in capital
Posted on 2/12/24 at 9:54 pm to LSUfanaddict
Not going to happen. Same with football with the likes of bk. He and these types are not winners
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