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re: MBB Offseason '25 Transfer Portal Tracker
Posted on 5/5/25 at 4:41 pm to tigersham
Posted on 5/5/25 at 4:41 pm to tigersham
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it’s been a fun offseason boys
Yea thanks for doing the most in this thread, the info is appreciated since barely anyone covers the basketball program.
I like the transfer class, like someone mentioned we probably need one of these guys to out perform to make some noise but the lineup doesn't look bad.
Side note if you are on twitter Toyloy Brown from the Advocate has done a good job covering the basketball off-season.
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Posted on 5/5/25 at 4:51 pm to Tigershine
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Damn AAlt26, now you've done it. You wrote a post I agreed with and had to upvote.
We still remember what you posted on Friday.
Posted on 5/5/25 at 11:34 pm to Circle K Beggar
Yeah? and I guess you didn't see where I erased that remark, as well as apologized? Or maybe you just don't believe in forgiving. Whatever, you be you.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:26 am to tigersham
Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:35 am to tigersham
Turnovers were a big issue early but they reduced later in the season as Givens played more. Hopefully Thomas and Reece can continue that trend. Also size can make a difference in rebounding. I do agree attitude and want is a big part but Chest and Collins were so easily pushed around due to their thin frames. Will see how it all works out but on paper looks like a better lineup offensively than last year.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:07 pm to mcspufftiger7
His numbers will not have to be much better at his new school, that's for sure
Posted on 5/6/25 at 9:08 pm to tigersham
Miami just got a good point guard from Michigan I believe. I guess CG3 is looking to be a well paid backup.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:06 am to OGtigerfan87
The simple answer to your question is there are very immature individuals on this site. They wanted their guy to be the coach. That would be the former coach Pear, or a different one than McMahon. When their guy is not the coach, McMahon started getting attacked from the get go, not withstandiing the negative effects ths can have on recruiting, and it DOES negatively affect recruiting.
The bottom line, is you are correct, this is THE year, but I fear regardless the results of the upcoming season, it won't e enough for these negs. He's not their guy.
The bottom line, is you are correct, this is THE year, but I fear regardless the results of the upcoming season, it won't e enough for these negs. He's not their guy.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:10 am to OGtigerfan87
I was heading off at the pass the bullshite pre excuse of the poster I responded to.
He insinuated that "hey, we're gonna be good this year unless Zipper gets hurt".
I merely pointed out that EVERYTHING positive or negative that happens in the program is the HEAD COACH'S RESPONSIBILITY!!
It's amazing how the good coaches overcome the bumps in the road and remain successful, and the mediocre at best coaches make excuses and/or have them made on their behalf.
I've seen LSU when we were truly elite. I'm talking about roughly half of the Dale days and ever so briefly under Brady. Wade had us headed there again, and he will demonstrate where LSU would have been (if our administration had a spine like COUNTLESS others do in regard to the weak assed NCAA) with what he does at NC State.
I'm just sick of having a second or third rate program when we should be at the top quarter of the league when we have the correct coach here.
And this really nice guy (is that better ???) can shut me right on up by returning us to and keeping us at the top quarter of the SEC.
I do believe you and I know that's a pipe dream with this really nice guy (is that better???) though, don't we?
He insinuated that "hey, we're gonna be good this year unless Zipper gets hurt".
I merely pointed out that EVERYTHING positive or negative that happens in the program is the HEAD COACH'S RESPONSIBILITY!!
It's amazing how the good coaches overcome the bumps in the road and remain successful, and the mediocre at best coaches make excuses and/or have them made on their behalf.
I've seen LSU when we were truly elite. I'm talking about roughly half of the Dale days and ever so briefly under Brady. Wade had us headed there again, and he will demonstrate where LSU would have been (if our administration had a spine like COUNTLESS others do in regard to the weak assed NCAA) with what he does at NC State.
I'm just sick of having a second or third rate program when we should be at the top quarter of the league when we have the correct coach here.
And this really nice guy (is that better ???) can shut me right on up by returning us to and keeping us at the top quarter of the SEC.
I do believe you and I know that's a pipe dream with this really nice guy (is that better???) though, don't we?
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:15 am to Tigershine
If McMahon performs equal to or better than Wade, he'll be my guy faster than you and others can write more bullshite posts about how sucking hind tit at basketball is ok at LSU.
I don't care who the coach is. I want us to win. It ain't happening with this really nice guy and I can't possibly put into words how DESPERATE I am to be wrong about this really nice guy.
I AM BEGGING him to prove me wrong so I can gobble down a trash can full of crow, and more importantly, we will be WINNING.
I don't care who the coach is. I want us to win. It ain't happening with this really nice guy and I can't possibly put into words how DESPERATE I am to be wrong about this really nice guy.
I AM BEGGING him to prove me wrong so I can gobble down a trash can full of crow, and more importantly, we will be WINNING.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:27 am to tigahlovah
That is good to hear. There seem to be others who are not so open.
The fact is March Madness has always been my favorite time of year, even more so than the Super Bowl. I've been really disappointed the lst few years with the lack of success, but I am seeing what I believe to be progress in recruiting now and hope to see it translate on the court. But I also remember the shythole Wade left us in and McMahon had to dig out of.
I can be patient and hopeful at the same time.
The fact is March Madness has always been my favorite time of year, even more so than the Super Bowl. I've been really disappointed the lst few years with the lack of success, but I am seeing what I believe to be progress in recruiting now and hope to see it translate on the court. But I also remember the shythole Wade left us in and McMahon had to dig out of.
I can be patient and hopeful at the same time.
This post was edited on 5/7/25 at 10:35 am
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:42 am to tigahlovah
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I was heading off at the pass the bullshite pre excuse of the poster I responded to.
He insinuated that "hey, we're gonna be good this year unless Zipper gets hurt".
I wasnt making any excuse for anything. Other than stating we have no idea how an international player will definitely translate year 1. He's an older guy who SHOULD be pretty good in year 1, so it shouldnt be as much of an issue. Zipper was a productive player in a solid pro league with some former very high end college talent playing there. There's no real good reason he shouldnt be a similar player over here year 1 other than the fact it IS a different game than international ball slightly, and that can take adjusting to (things like touching the ball while on the rim, how we do offense here, etc).
Trust me, I've been one of McMahon's biggest criticizers, so you're barking up the completely wrong tree there.
It's put up (NCAAT appearance) or GTFO for McMahon without any doubt in my mind this season.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 10:49 am to OGtigerfan87
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First off why the immature personal attack on the coach and should that be allowed on this board?
I don't think many of the criticisms of McMahon has been in his personal capacity. No one is saying things like he's a jerk, or a bad father/husband, or generally just a bad person. It's ALL been in his professional capacity as LSU's HC
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Secondly saying that he hasn't had any positive results is objectively false. The significant improvement from year 1 to year 2 was undeniably positive.
This is what I like to refer to as the Sharon Weston-Broome bar for success. Her first year as mayor of EBR the parish had the most homicides in history. The next year there were fewer, which technically was improvement, but still in the top 5 for the most homicides in the prior 25 years. The point is "improvement" doesn't always = "good".
Yes, McMahon did improve from an awful first season. But that improvement was a 17-16 (9-9) record and never being a part of the NCAA Tournament discussion. Overall, there hasn't been much, if anything, "positive" about his tenure at LSU. His 45 wins (overall) and 14 wins (conf. regular season) have been the fewest for any SEC school in the three years he's been at LSU. Not surprisingly, LSU is the ONLY SEC school (including Texas and Oklahoma whose first year in the league was last season) to not reach the NCAA Tournament during that time period. That's not baseless personal attacks. That's simply just the facts.
From my POV, being a fan doesn't mean just blindly supporting the HC simply because he is the HC. It's wanting the program to have success and it's reasonable to criticize the HC when it doesn't. For 3 years the program hasn't had success and apathy has set in. I know, I've been among the crowds of 3,000 - 4,000 in the PMAC watching LSU lose dozens of games.
I guess what annoys me is the constant justifications/excuses from some for the objectively poor results. McMahon has sucked at LSU. Hell, I think even he would agree with that. That doesn't mean next year will be bad, but I understand why few have any confidence/optimism it will be much different from last 3 seasons.
Make fans believe...don't just ridicule them because they don't.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 11:33 am to Alt26
So you just ignored the post I responded to with the clear personal attack? He called the coach a clown, what would you call that? Try to keep up if you are gonna jump into other posters interactions and don't use hard to understand terms like "ALL" if they are beyond your understanding.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 11:41 am to thunderbird1100
I thought you had made the statement if Zipper gets hurt, we may not be that good or something similar. If not, I stand corrected.
Also, I don't understand how ANYBODY with a functioning brain who has been paying attention can have any inkling of hope McMahon will get us where we should be.
We dropped the ball with Wade, and now we get to watch his arse turn NC State into what we should have been. Great times ahead!!!!
Also, I don't understand how ANYBODY with a functioning brain who has been paying attention can have any inkling of hope McMahon will get us where we should be.
We dropped the ball with Wade, and now we get to watch his arse turn NC State into what we should have been. Great times ahead!!!!
Posted on 5/7/25 at 12:03 pm to tigahlovah
Nobody is defending McMahon or predicting he will turn it all around. We simply accept that he is here another year and are trying to be objective about what the roster looks like while wanting to be a little hopeful. Trolling every thread with how bad he sucks and insulting him is just grown posters throwing temper tantrums because he didn't get fired. On Wade if there are posters who didn't want to keep him they can be counted on one hand. He had us where we wanted to be every year. We all wish that crap didn't happen but he gets some if not the majority of the blame. He admits he screwed up. It isn't all on LSU he absolutely fricked up big time, a lot of it before he even coached here. He admits this but some posters here can't, it's laughable
This post was edited on 5/7/25 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 5/7/25 at 12:20 pm to OGtigerfan87
Be careful. Apparently it's verboten to be optimistic or even hopeful with anything regarding CMM. That'll just get downvoted into oblivion.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 12:50 pm to OGtigerfan87
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So you just ignored the post I responded to with the clear personal attack? He called the coach a clown, what would you call that? Try to keep up if you are gonna jump into other posters interactions and don't use hard to understand terms like "ALL" if they are beyond your understanding.
I would say calling him a "clown", while maybe not the adjective I would use, was an attack within the context of his professional capacity as a coach. Semantics, I suppose. But no one has really knocked McMahon as being a bad guy in general...just a bad coach.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 1:47 pm to Alt26
Coaches can learn and improve just as players can. Mcmahon didn't win 31 games and beat Todd Golden in the NCAA tournament because he can't coach. SEC is definitely a different animal especially this year but nothing wrong with saying he has a more balanced, experienced and talented roster this year and maybe that combined with a less competitive league helps him make some strides this year. But the constant insulting and ranting with every announcement is juvenile. I loved Wade but I didn't start sh*ittng on Mcmahon the day he got here like a lot of these yahoos did wanting him fired after the first year. If Mcmahon doesn't turn it around this year he's gone. That simple.There are 2 camps. The LSU basketball fans that want a successful program thus want Mcmahon to be successful this year and the haters that want him to lose and be fired and crap on every single thing that is posted about the program.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 2:05 pm to Tigershine
It has been “player X isn’t good, player Y isn’t good, this transfer class is so mediocre, international player with no American experience won’t do much, we have less talent than last year…”
Then it is “McMahon with this roster has ZERO excuse not to go to the tourney.”…what? Do we suck or not? I’m so confused. So the roster has no talent, but they have enough for McMahon to get to the tourney. So if we miss it he sucks and if he makes it still sucks but the talent was good.
I don’t know how anyone can be a fan ridiculing every player we get and bashing the coach nonstop. It is McMahon’s last chance. I don’t think anyone will remotely disagree. We had 2 shite years and 1 year showing promise. It is WILD to me that so many are clearly hoping for us to suck, but they will try to say they aren’t even though post after post after post it is obvious. What a miserable way to be
If McMahon doesn’t do it this year, I will help him pack his bags. But when November comes, I will watch every second of every game and root like Hell for us to win.
Then it is “McMahon with this roster has ZERO excuse not to go to the tourney.”…what? Do we suck or not? I’m so confused. So the roster has no talent, but they have enough for McMahon to get to the tourney. So if we miss it he sucks and if he makes it still sucks but the talent was good.
I don’t know how anyone can be a fan ridiculing every player we get and bashing the coach nonstop. It is McMahon’s last chance. I don’t think anyone will remotely disagree. We had 2 shite years and 1 year showing promise. It is WILD to me that so many are clearly hoping for us to suck, but they will try to say they aren’t even though post after post after post it is obvious. What a miserable way to be
If McMahon doesn’t do it this year, I will help him pack his bags. But when November comes, I will watch every second of every game and root like Hell for us to win.
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