What’s the real reason for the national hate for what Wade is doing?

Shuuu is totally right but more than beating out the blue bloods. It’s the fact that it’s Wade who didn’t come up like most any other coach. He is not out to make friends and go on the circuit and glad hand reporters and when he sees other high major coaches have that “we have condos next to each other on the beach mentality”. He also not only beat them out for one or two for all of them he and they wanted. Instead of him dipping his toe in the water he just said f it and jumped in. He is not going to listen or care what some hack national cbb reporter thinks about “building” or leading a team the right way or bs like that. He is here to win. They tried in no uncertain terms to end his college coaching career, not just what he represents but what he did the first time at LSU. A lot of the EUrOs that have come over had either already been stateside and were more or less kind of doing it the old high school way. Wade literally went and called teams currently in their playoffs and asked if certain guys wanted to get paid and would they be available. Basically just ripping the band aid off this charade of amateurism.

I really think also and it can’t go unmentioned the toxic and controlling college basketball media feel completely not only left out but relegated to what they are useless hacks that were bought and sold a long time ago by coaches and programs that gave them a 30 second interview, a handshake, and a subway sandwich after games.

He’s too good!

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ETA: No one was up in arms when these very players were linked to Kansas, Kentucky, UNC, Arizona and Texas Tech. But how dare Wade and LSU get in on it.

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Exactly, everyone was gushing last year at this time when they thought Kansas was bringing Dessert over.

Niang has been linked to Duke, UNC, AZ
Dessert - AZ, Tx Tech, Kansas
Santos - UK

These are just the schools I know have been linked to these guys. And I don’t recall seeing the nearly universal negative spin on it until now. But LSU is the odd man in the group pursuing these guys.

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But LSU is the odd man in the group pursuing these guys.

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Because they treated the process like adults and professionals.

All of the age old this is what we can do for you bullshite, you will fit in, calling about how they are doing. They are pros, LSU said hey is this guy available if so what do you want. And do they wanna come play for this amount. End of story. They didn’t go and tell 10 beat reporters they went radio silent for a reason.

Indiana was not a football blue blood. LSU isn't a basketball blue blood. the whole system is being dismantled. Duke and Kentucky cant just take the top 10 high school players every year and win. everything is being reshuffled and people don't like it

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I wish for one day I could get a media pass or have somebody ask Mark Pope about Santos.

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Pope is dead man walking at Kentucky. Apparently, he put no effort into his portal class during the season and just thought that rolling up once the Portal opened and saying, "Come play for Kentucky," would be enough. He got outworked big time. Also, it's been reported that things are so bad that many backers reduced or pulled NIL commitments.

Wade was in the same boat, but because he changed schools on very short notice. Portal recruiting is closer to HS recruiting now than it was in the Portal's early Wild West days. Many schools are working the agents of potential top portal guys during the season now. The national media knows this; they know that Wade's only legit option was the path he is currently pursuing. Yet, they act offended that he is doing it.

LSU is the reason.