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re: Anyone else somehow actually more pissed about the Wade situation now?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 4:07 pm to mmcgrath
Posted on 4/15/19 at 4:07 pm to mmcgrath
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No. It looks like we got through it unscathed and the team played as well as they would have with Will Wade, so no damage there.
I'm not sure that's accurate. Would Wade have been the difference between winning or losing to Michigan State a few weeks ago? Almost definitely not. But he might've made a difference in the overtime loss to UF in the SEC Tournament, and if LSU plays better in the SEC Tourney we would've ended up seeded differently, and then who knows?
LSU beat 2 of the teams that made it to the Elite 8 this year, so it's not at all obvious that the Sweet 16 was the absolute ceiling for this team.
And that's not even considering the potential damage done to recruiting (or retaining the current players). LSU's 2020 basketball team will almost certainly be worse than it would've been had LSU handled this differently.
There is no bonus for being aggressively cautious about NCAA compliance, and surely no one other than Joe Alleva thinks this whole saga has increased LSU's reputation as a rule-follower.
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Posted on 4/15/19 at 6:02 pm to studentsect
quote:I just didnt see a difference in how the team played in any of the games, including against Florida. I think they elevated their play in the NCAA tournament, which they would have done under Wade. Luckily LSU has an amazing floor leader in Skylar Mays and emotional leaders like Emmitt Williams which made the transition easier than most teams. Wade's work was done during the season in establishing how they play.
I'm not sure that's accurate. Would Wade have been the difference between winning or losing to Michigan State a few weeks ago? Almost definitely not. But he might've made a difference in the overtime loss to UF in the SEC Tournament, and if LSU plays better in the SEC Tourney we would've ended up seeded differently, and then who knows?
LSU beat 2 of the teams that made it to the Elite 8 this year, so it's not at all obvious that the Sweet 16 was the absolute ceiling for this team.
And that's not even considering the potential damage done to recruiting (or retaining the current players). LSU's 2020 basketball team will almost certainly be worse than it would've been had LSU handled this differently.
There is no bonus for being aggressively cautious about NCAA compliance, and surely no one other than Joe Alleva thinks this whole saga has increased LSU's reputation as a rule-follower.
The only thing I would have argued for would be that Graves play in the first half of some games when they couldn't hit threes and that Taylor should have started against MSU. But Wade never played Graves and I bet Wade had a hand in the starting lineup change.
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