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105-51…..4 straight NCAA Tournament appearances….Sweet 16

Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:16 pm
Posted by NCaddoTigerfan
Member since Aug 2021
623 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:16 pm
I miss those days, love him or hate him the man was building his brand at LSU and basketball was fun to watch.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
52850 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:17 pm to
This post was edited on 1/7/25 at 9:18 pm
Posted by Stevo
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2004
12087 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:19 pm to
Agree. Shame he got recorded saying what he said. Put LSU in tough position, and not just for basketball. Wish him nothing but the best.
Posted by WaydownSouth
Stratton Oakmont
Member since Nov 2018
9663 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:19 pm to
Member when we beat Tennessee and nasty Rick Barnes?

They may beat us by 60 this year
Posted by Jizzy08
Member since Aug 2008
11971 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:22 pm to
Should’ve told them to frick off. He was pulling recruits from the blue bloods and disrupting the order of things.
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
34741 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:22 pm to
And that was with the dreaded “cloud of negativity” over the program


Just think what could have happened if the media didn’t have it out for the guy starting midway through the 2019 season?


Bill Self had just as incriminating texts as the phone transcripts were but you barely heard about them.
Posted by Old Money
LSU
Member since Sep 2012
39675 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:32 pm to
We will get our baw back. All part of tPlan
Posted by NCaddoTigerfan
Member since Aug 2021
623 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:34 pm to
Vitale constantly ran him down at every opportunity on TV, where was Will Smith when we needed him. The caliber of recruits that Wade had recruited to LSU had that Dawg in them. Freaking miss that.
Posted by ellessuuuu
Member since Sep 2004
8883 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:38 pm to
The only cloud of negativity now is the product on the court. Glad we are able to take the moral high ground….
Posted by Juan Betanzos
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2005
3092 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:42 pm to
Dale Brown 2.0

I.e., NO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP with him, either. Face it…. LSU MBB will not win a championship - until it hires a coach & staff that has been in the finals and/ or won the whole damn thing —— cheating or not
Posted by robertgamb
Member since Jan 2015
747 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:48 pm to
How about a coach that at least can get the team better by year 3 instead of going the other way!
Posted by NCaddoTigerfan
Member since Aug 2021
623 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:50 pm to
LSU isn’t a basketball blue bloods, getting a young up and coming coach and riding that wave was the right move. Getting in the tournament and having a shot every year what you want. Winning a title would be awesome but you gotta get in to have a chance.
Posted by EastWestConnection
Denver/Shenzhen/Belfast
Member since Jul 2024
231 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:51 pm to
face it, theres 3 sports more important to LSU than MBB, maybe even four. It isnt happening. Theyll never win shite
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
13217 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:53 pm to
What do we have now? What can we hang our hat on? 1 NIT bid in 3 years, lol
This post was edited on 1/8/25 at 8:37 pm
Posted by Swamp Frog x
Member since Nov 2024
336 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:54 pm to
Really does suck what has transpired with LSU basketball. I’m a casual college basketball fan and really got into it in the Wade years. Went to my first LSU basketball game when he was coach, have not been back since he was fired.

He was the perfect coach for LSU. I don’t know what all options Woodward had in front of him at the time, but getting rid of Wade was a massive frick up.
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
17151 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:55 pm to
I would rather have Wade, “cheat”, and have a chance to enjoy good basketball and consistently make the tournament, than kneecap the basketball program, hire a by the book guy, and suck forever.
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
17151 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:58 pm to
quote:

LSU MBB will not win a championship - until it hires a coach & staff that has been in the finals and/ or won the whole damn thing —— cheating or not
Last time I checked neither Bruce Pearl nor Nate Oats had been to a Final Four before their respective stops and LSU sure as hell has a better basketball history than Auburn or Alabama.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
38336 posts
Posted on 1/7/25 at 10:03 pm to
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Agree. Shame he got recorded saying what he said. Put LSU in tough position, and not just for basketball. Wish him nothing but the best.



Exactly. It's amazing the folks who refuse to admit this. You can like the product Wade put on the court and wish we still had it and still admit he put LSU in a position where they had little choice but to let him go and hire a squeaky-clean coach. This won't last much longer, either McMahon miraculously turns this around or he will be out. The only question is will he have one more season to try to turn it around if something does not happen this season(and nothing suggests it will)?
Posted by Juan Betanzos
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2005
3092 posts
Posted on 1/8/25 at 10:26 am to
quote:

quote: LSU MBB will not win a championship - until it hires a coach & staff that has been in the finals and/ or won the whole damn thing —— cheating or not

Last time I checked neither Bruce Pearl nor Nate Oats had been to a Final Four before their respective stops and LSU sure as hell has a better basketball history than Auburn or Alabama


And Bruce Pearl is a confirmed cheater —- so maybe he will win the whole thing one day. Oats….i wouldn’t doubt it…Dale was a cheater, T-Pear, again, a cheater….. Brady (via Colis Temple) cheated, as well. CMM hasn’t cheated (as far as we know)…. So I doubt he gets us to the F4 anytime soon.

LSU $$$ concentrates on Football & Baseball & WBB ——- bc they’ve won championships.
Posted by Kool Kaliper
Mansfield, TX
Member since Nov 2018
1834 posts
Posted on 1/8/25 at 10:27 am to
Losing is not fun, who told you that??
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