re: Anti-Pears: Asking for logic

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I asked FIRST 12 YEARS of their career. It's not "kinda random'' THAT IS HOW LONG WADE HAS BEEN A HEAD COACH. You can only FAIRLY compare Wade to the first 12 years of a career.

After next year, you can only compare the first 13 years of a career. It's not difficult to understand.

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It's dumb to only compare the last 12 years. A coach can suck, and get much better, especially as the game has changed. In addition, some of the elite coaches haven't coached for 12 years yet. If Wade coaches for 60 years, are we only supposed to compare him against coaches that have coached for 60 years to determine whether he is among the elite? At that point you may not be able to find ANY coach that has coached 60 years and that has a better record simply because no one has ever coached that long. Once you have coached for at least 5 years, you have enough of a record to make an assessment, so using the exact number of years that Wade has coached is a ridiculous metric. Regardless, the list is essentially the same. 10 have way more than 12 years, and Nate Oats has 10 years. Does that mean Nate isn't as good as Wade?

John Calipari - over 30 years
Bill Self - over 25 years
Rick Petino - about 50 years
Randy Bennett - 25 years
Tom Izzo - about 30 years
John Becker - 14 years
Sean Miller - 21 years
Kelvin Sampson - over 25 years
Nate Oats - 10 years
Matt Painter - over 20 years
Thad Matta - over 25 years

I didn't add many of the other elite coaches that I gave earlier that don't meet the metric, because when they are added, the list is about doubled. None of this means that Wade isn't a good coach, but I think a lot more goes into a coach's record, besides how good of a coach he is. I don't think Wade is an elite game coach, but he is very talented at recruiting and creating excitement.

Oates has clearly achieved more than Wade in his 10 years than Will has in 12. The coaches don't have to have the exact same years served for a comparison, if you've ALREADY surpassed that coach's achievements in fewer years. Hell, Steve Fisher at Michigan achieved more in ONE NCAA tournament than Wade has in 12 years as a HC.

It's just absolutely unfair to compare Wade to any coach with more than 12 years, UNLESS you just take the coach that your comparing Wade to in his first 12 years. I don't understand how you fail to see this. Wade or anybody else can't make time move faster or slower.

You also made the statement that after 5 years as a HC you have enough of a record. Check out coach K's first 5 years as a HC and compare it to Wade's first 5.

I’m glad LSU got Wade back but my main concern was seeing McMahon gone..hearing SEC & ESPN brag & lie on this bum thinking he was a great fit for LSU basketball and stating how many times he went to the NCAA tourney blah, blah, blah, never stating it wasn’t with LSU other than an NIT Appearance in one yr out of four all becuz he sucked and they wanted LSU to continue to suck..Good Riddance…let’s get the Wade party started…

I think you are trying to create animosity where there is none. There are very few people who do not think this is an exceptional hire.

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Something more than dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble...... ISO, shoot, one and done, rinse and repeat.

A little ball movement would be nice.

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You don't get extra credit for the amount of passes you make, nor an assist on a made basket. Ask Minnesota. They led the nation this year in highest rate of assists per made basket. They finished 15-17 with the 85th rank offense

Putting the ball in the basket and not turning it over are the two most important things. Until 2022, Wade's LSU teams did that better than 90% of the country. This year NC State was the 23rd most efficient offense.

Offense has RARELY been the issue for Wade. It's more often been the defense...which has generally made his team imbalanced...which is why there has been a cap on the success. Balance is the key to greatness. Look at the 8 teams still playing. They are ALL ranked in the top 40 on offense and defense.

To his credit, McMahon recognized balance was key. And his LSU teams were, in fact, often balanced. Unfortunately, that balance was they sucked equally on BOTH ends of the floor.

Shut your mouth, we could’ve got a mid-major Coach that won 56 games in 2 years and coached a future NBA MVP- oh that’s a great idea
This should work out Wunderful

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He brought this all on himself and is not a martyr
He's a good, not great coach
LSU likely couldn't get a better coach in the market
I never thought he'd be back for a host of reasons
I'm glad he's back
NIL has changed things, the SEC is insanely competitive, and i think it will be difficult for him to repeat the success he had earlier at LSU, but i hope he does

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Absolutely nailed it. Was a lazy hire but wish him the best. I guess great recruiter,average x and o guy is better than what we had.

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Was a lazy hire but wish him the best.

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Dishonest, flip flopping, cuck