I'm happy people are upset about MBB

FWIW, I'm happy and relieved that people are upset about the state of the MBB program. It shows people still care. With a good team, MBB can be one of the most exciting college sports to support. We finally got a taste of what that's like with Wade after so many dark years post-Brady with Johnson and Jones.

It's okay to be upset about how the Wade thing was handled by the administration- it personally felt like a stab in the back. I was at that Iowa St. first round loss and it was truly depressing knowing what was to come.

I think we need to make sure our anger and disappointment aren't misplaced, though. It's okay to be mad about the Wade firing while appreciating McMahon and the current players. In the grand scheme of things, we now know that the program got away relatively unscathed but at the time, the severity being discussed was akin to the SMU death penalty. Nobody wanted to touch LSU MBB with a stick. This was clear with the entire roster (initially) hitting the portal. I think we should appreciate the risk McMahon took in coming here and especially the players that stayed or came in. I'm disappointed at the NIT (especially a first round loss) and this shouldn't be the goal, but understand this is progress and a rebuild from essentially nothing. I'm waiting to see what McMahon does in make-or-break year 3 before deciding if he's the man for the job but the program has trended positively and it deserves a chance.

*braces for downvotes*