re: Will wade interview up on wafb website

a very interesting thing wade discussed was transfer portal and ideal player retention strategy. before i had the impression that wade wanted to always be moving players through and out, always improving the group with upgrades and a new team each year. and he has said things like that in the past, but I think that might be largely a function of mcneese being more of a stepping stone to a bigger school, where an SEC school is the final stop before pro ball.

I had the impression that wade thought mcmahon's ideas about long term building the system, the program, the culture, were unsophisticated and behind the times. you cant build culture, you have a whole new team every year. but now wade says he thinks you should try to be keeping 3 starters or so each year and having some level of continuity. again, this has to be viewed through different lenses depending on if you are at mcneese or at LSU.

that said, I think your core at LSU is clearly Williams and ward and reed, those guys need to stay. augmented by incoming freshmen Miller and givens, and a few experienced transfers.