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Does WW Keep Any Current Players?

Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:16 am
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
12125 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:16 am
The most likely options to stay (no I don't think we keep them all):

1) DJ Thomas - long shot but by far our best player
2) Mike Nwoko - tough and athletic. feels like WW player.
3) Robert Miller - Big and athletic
4)Jalen Reece - Seems to have some upside

oh and of course the greatest of them all:

5) Jalen Reed
Posted by NorthTxLSU
Dallas to Austin to Houston
Member since Nov 2018
14665 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:17 am to
I won't be disappointed in the slightest if he doesn't
Posted by skullhawk
My house
Member since Nov 2007
27536 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:17 am to
I'd guess none
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
19661 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:18 am to
He'll be on the phone with Thomas day 1 to try and keep him I think. Rest of roster may be gone.
Posted by LSUtoOmaha
Nashville
Member since Apr 2004
26732 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:18 am to
Nothing against those guys, but I hope we keep 0. This program needs a 100% overhaul.
Posted by NaturalBeam
Member since Sep 2007
14959 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:27 am to
No thanks - clean house.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
45518 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:38 am to
quote:

Nothing against those guys, but I hope we keep 0. This program needs a 100% overhaul.



If you think the issue has been mostly the player talent, then you are correct. If you think it has been mostly the coach, then, if you hired a good coach, you keep the players worth keeping.

Players worth considering are Reece, Reed (if he is going to try again), DJ if you can woo him back, Robert Miller, if you think you can fix him, maybe Gilhool, no idea if he truly has talent, NWoko, if he is playing another year, Mosely looked like he had some real shooting skills.

It boils down to whether you can pick up better talent or players who fit your system better. Usually, it is easier to keep guys than to attract others.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53785 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:41 am to
Anybody from NC State that would follow? What about Arceneaux that was at Houston previously?
This post was edited on 3/26/26 at 9:42 am
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
72057 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:42 am to
Whoever Wade wants, I want

Whoever he doesnt want, will be replaceable
Posted by Cwils2222
Texas
Member since Jul 2022
615 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:47 am to
quote:

Bert Macklin FBI


Hasn’t even been officially hired and we got the FBI over here asking questions again….
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
61247 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 9:56 am to
Thomas is only true starter

Nwoko can stay if he wants to go back to being a role player.

Reed needs to go. Just too injury prone to put any eggs in his basket at the risk of not getting a big
Posted by Portcityblues
Member since Jan 2017
1471 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:05 am to
I feel like Thomas, Nwoko, and Reece can all add value and contribute. With Nwoko and Reece coming off the bench.
Posted by mightdeletelater
Member since Feb 2024
42 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:16 am to
I don't know if they'll follow, but Paul McNeil and Matt Able would be pretty big gets.
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
17524 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 10:43 am to
I don't think we've seen enough of any of the underclassmen to judge.

I don't think talent has been an issue so I doubt we see a Kiffin type processing of the roster.

Besides Mackinnon, many of the guys on the roster that didn't seem like SEC caliber players were upper classmen transfers who are out of eligibility.

A good coach would have gone a minimum 8-10 with this roster even with the Reed and Thomas injuries.
This post was edited on 3/26/26 at 10:46 am
Posted by Sissidog02
Member since Jan 2020
7180 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 11:02 am to
He will try like hell to keep Thomas, convince him that T Waters got the ball rolling for him the first time as one of the best PG in the SEC.
If he doesn’t it won’t be because of not trying, one thing WW can do is relate to today’s players. Besides he was a pioneer in NIL(nothing is legal).
After all he’s an original OG, I heard that on the infamous wire tap.
Posted by EPORE
BATON ROUGE
Member since Mar 2005
1083 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 11:04 am to
Wade is an amazing recruiter and evaluator of talent, he will keep who is able to adapt to his schemes, otherwise, it may be a completely new roster by the time he is done.
Posted by SemiNoblePursuit
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2016
2232 posts
Posted on 3/26/26 at 11:06 am to
I feel like some sort of an effort should be made to retain Thomas. Dude is a baller, it would be like Wade getting Waters to flip when he was first hired
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