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re: Coach Wade will leave if a new arena isn't built..book it
Posted on 5/29/20 at 2:50 pm to BayouRat15
Posted on 5/29/20 at 2:50 pm to BayouRat15
I don’t believe Wade cares about the arena itself as much as he wants the player and coach’s facilities to change. He is not a fan of the way the new practice facility’s layout and wants that changed first and foremost.
With that said I think getting butts in the seats and some support is more important to him when it comes to actual games. I had season tickets last year and outside of Kentucky the place was never packed and that was coming off of an sec championship season. How about let’s go to the current arena before we demand a new one.
With that said I think getting butts in the seats and some support is more important to him when it comes to actual games. I had season tickets last year and outside of Kentucky the place was never packed and that was coming off of an sec championship season. How about let’s go to the current arena before we demand a new one.
This post was edited on 5/29/20 at 2:53 pm
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Posted on 5/29/20 at 3:01 pm to geauxtigers33
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I don’t believe Wade cares about the arena itself as much as he wants the player and coach’s facilities to change. He is not a fan of the way the new practice facility’s layout and wants that changed first and foremost.
This is correct.
Posted on 5/29/20 at 3:15 pm to geauxtigers33
Agree. It is fairly common knowledge that the next big build planned for the basketball programs is an expansion and upgrade of the practice facility. Wade has "begged" to consolidate all basketball operations, offices, training, rehab, and practice under one roof. Currently, they must go to 3 or 4 different buildings for all of these activities. They literally have to drag weights and other training aids from the shared training facilities to the basketball practice facility. This is the biggest discrepancy between other comparable programs. Wade has said that VCU had a better set up for practice facility in some respects compared to LSU.
The latest update (pre Covid 19) that I heard from my TAF rep. was that Woodward was obtaining outside consultations. These were in regards to this practice facility as well as the PMAC to coordinate long term facility upgrade planning. There were some plans for the practice facility upgrade being done when Alleva was here. But, this will be a big dollar upgrade and Woodward wanted to ensure things would be done correctly.
Although funding would be done predominately through TAF, who knows how the Covid 19 pandemic and the oil price volatility will affect donations. As we know, state fiscal issues does have effects on athletic department plans even if funding is through TAF.
Nothing will happen soon, IMO.
The latest update (pre Covid 19) that I heard from my TAF rep. was that Woodward was obtaining outside consultations. These were in regards to this practice facility as well as the PMAC to coordinate long term facility upgrade planning. There were some plans for the practice facility upgrade being done when Alleva was here. But, this will be a big dollar upgrade and Woodward wanted to ensure things would be done correctly.
Although funding would be done predominately through TAF, who knows how the Covid 19 pandemic and the oil price volatility will affect donations. As we know, state fiscal issues does have effects on athletic department plans even if funding is through TAF.
Nothing will happen soon, IMO.
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