re: Another big pickup for Men’s Basketball

My goodness this comes across as unhinged. Almost like battered wife syndrome.

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There is nothing hyperbole about saying Jordan Sears is a good pickup.

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The title of the thread is "Another big pickup for Men’s Basketball". Who knows if it is a "big" pick up? He could be the best PG to ever play for LSU...or the worst. But NO ONE can know until he actually plays for LSU. Point is he may or may not be a "big" pickup. But rather than make any definitive statements of that sort, let's just see him play for LSU first.

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The fact that people find the need to "temper" expectations is ridiculous. What expectations? That we might be better next year? We shouldn't have that type of expectation? That's the stupidity of all of this.

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Feel free to have whatever expectations you'd like. No one can stop you. I'm just commenting on the OP. No one can know if the pickup is "big" or not until he actually plays. So in that regard I'll reserve judgement on the impact or not until then.

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And the reason Wade is brought up is because these calls for "tempered" expectations or negativity come from The Wade cult so of course he's brought up.

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Quite literally nowhere in my post did I mention Wade. Nothing about Wade was even implied. You brought him up.

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So we should automatically say he won't be successful because of where he played even though he averaged 20 ppg against SEC teams?

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No. But you shouldn't automatically say he WILL be successful on that basis either.

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How about the Wade cult "temper" their expectations about Mcmahon sucking next year. There's a novel idea. Because they continue to say he'll suck no matter who he signs. This is a one sided argument.

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He's 31-35 (11-25) at LSU. There's not a lot to base a huge sense of optimism upon. That's not to say he can't and won't win next season. If you are an LSU fan you hope he does. But I can understand why many (myself included) are taking a wait-and-see/"show me" outlook.

When Ed Oregeron was hired many were, understandably, skeptical given his only major conf. head coaching experience at Ole Miss was a disaster. Then he went 9-4...then 10-3...then 15-0. After that you stopped hearing about Ole Miss and the skepticism melted away because he had actually PRODUCED at LSU (at least until he program tanked immediately thereafter) . If/when McMahon produces they same will apply to him. But until then most fans will remain skeptical.

In essence it boils down to this...don't TELL me how good you are going to be. SHOW me. When McMahon does that he'll get the credit. But you're admonishing people for not believing in a guy that has given them very little reason to believe in him.