Tas could probably coach this bball team to the tournament

Put Mitchell and Thornton as the head coaching this team and they may actually win something.

They're clearly not winning anything with the current head coach. That was made clear two years ago. Mitchell and Thornton can't do any worse.

I'm not defending the current coach. I'm just saying we aren't going to be relevant in men's basketball until/if we ever decide to get serious about it. Not many universities can be good in all sports, and LSU is pumping a lot of the "basketball" money to Kim. There are a few exceptions as Florida has been pretty good in the 3 major sports if you look at overall results this century....with a couple football titles, deep runs in baseball, and a couple of basketball championships. I don't have the answer and not debating whether those two are good coaches...just the fact we aren't going to spend enough. I believe that this team was a competitive team if you had both Reed and DJ...but certainly not championship type.

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I'm just saying we aren't going to be relevant in men's basketball until/if we ever decide to get serious about it.

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What does "getting serious" entail, exactly?

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LSU is pumping a lot of the "basketball" money to Kim

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LSU is not pumping a lot of the basketball money to Kim. She's going out and getting the money. She's working the donors. She knows what it takes on that front. There have been 2 men's coaches in the last 20 year who had zero enthusiasm or interest in working the donor network....Johnson and McMahon. It's NO coincidence they collectively have 4 of the worst seasons in program history in the last 25 years.

From a salary standpoint I'm certain LSU would pay big money for a mult-championship winning HC who happens to be from Louisiana and had a child who was a prominent athlete at LSU...if that person existed in men's basketball. Unfortunately, he doesn't.

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There are a few exceptions as Florida has been pretty good in the 3 major sports if you look at overall results this century....with a couple football titles, deep runs in baseball, and a couple of basketball championships. I don't have the answer and not debating whether those two are good coaches...just the fact we aren't going to spend enough.

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Florida has been relatively "cheap" in their coaching hires. In fact, when Golden was hired his contract (averaged out to annual salary) was virtually the same as McMahon's...who was hired that same year. Florida didn't grossly outspend everyone on the recruiting trail during Golden's 3 seasons. He strategically used the portal to sign a LOT of mid-major players and developed multiple 3 star HS recruits into a National Championship winning program.

LSU's PR department did a good job last season hoodwinking the gullible into believing McMahon's total lack of success was because LSU "wasn't serious" instead of what has been obvious since year 1...he's a terrible major conf. coach. But if you are someone searching for an excuse to fit a preconceived notion, that excuse was as good as any...and there have been MANY over the course of (now) 100+ games.