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re: Any Comments from the AD Ausberry on Basketball?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:09 pm to BigBinBR
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:09 pm to BigBinBR
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It would be almost impossible for them to get the money together if they just wanted to hire a random coach from a mid major team that hasn't won anything.
Then we have the wrong people in leadership. Simple as that.
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Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:10 pm to Lester Earl
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If yall want a will wade hire without a true coaching search, then this is the bed you made. You’ll just have to wait & see
It's exactly what football did with Kiffin...
The administration picked out its target, one who has an SEC conference title, has taken 4 teams to the NCAAT, and is in the top 10 winning percentage of active coaches, and is going all-in on the target.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:12 pm to Circle K Beggar
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Then we have the wrong people in leadership. Simple as that.
Leadership still has to deal with contracts from the previous AD. The AD can’t just magically come up with buyout money on his own.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:15 pm to ellessuuuu
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It's exactly what football did with Kiffin...
No it’s not. I’m not sure why anyone should have to explain the difference to you
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:20 pm to BigBinBR
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The AD can’t just magically come up with buyout money on his own.
It’s the AD’s job to raise money. If they can’t raise money and present a case as to why this 23% SEC win rate should not continue, then they need to step aside.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:21 pm to Lester Earl
What did the athletic department do different in searching for a new coach?
Understand BK was fired to start the process and in this case LSU is simply taking a shot at their target without firing the current coach.
But the idea of going all in on one guy is the exact same strategy used to get Kiffin.
Understand BK was fired to start the process and in this case LSU is simply taking a shot at their target without firing the current coach.
But the idea of going all in on one guy is the exact same strategy used to get Kiffin.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:23 pm to ellessuuuu
We interviewed a few other candidates besides Kiffin. Kiffin was way more of a wild card than Wade. That process was literally back and forth until the final day 
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:24 pm to The Pirate King
quote:Real authentic die-hard LSU fans don't like and don't accept mediocrity.
You'll continue cheering for LSU to lose because you're not a fan.
If a few loses speed up the departure of an incompetent HC, then so be it.
The health and strength of the program is a lot more important than LSU losing a few games.
Non-competitive Pumptards can't see the bigger picture. (Pirate King and all of his Cheerleading Boyfriends on the Rant) They don't care about having a strong program that wins championships, only individual W's & L's.
They're bat shite
weaklings that just can't see the Forest because of all the Trees getting in the way. 
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:25 pm to Circle K Beggar
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It’s the AD’s job to raise money. If they can’t raise money and present a case as to why this 23% SEC win rate should not continue, then they need to step aside.
You are missing the biggest part of this. You are advocating for firing a coach and then just hoping it all works out.
The AD has to present boosters with a plan on who they would realistically get if they fired him.
No booster is going to want to put up that kind of money based on “maybe” we get this person or “maybe” we are just going to have to settle for an unproven mid major.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:30 pm to LSBoosie
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Has you ever thought that maybe LSU doesn't know if McMahon will be the coach next year? Or do you think that's impossible?
Are you suggesting LSU wouldn't know because McMahon is looking to resign and/or find a new job? I suppose that is possible...but probably unlikely. If McMahon is fired he's getting ~$2.4M from LSU for the next three years. Considering he has NO major conference market whatsoever, LSU's buyout would be his highest earning potential for the foreseeable future. Even if he wants to leave and try to land a HC job at a mid-major it makes all the sense in the world to make LSU fire him before doing so.
For its part, I'm sure LSU would LOVE for McMahon to leave on his own. I think LSU would even be willing to pay a reduced buyout to make that happen given LSU would get an offset if McMahon found a new job
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:31 pm to rds dc
It’s just unreal how bad McMahon’s contract is.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:32 pm to ellessuuuu
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What did the athletic department do different in searching for a new coach?
They fired a coach making a much larger salary, and had a proper coaching search. If they didn’t land Kiffin they would have been forced to hire someone else, not just roll with Kelly.
From all info coming out, they either want to hire Wade or run it back with McMahon. This checks out because they likely would have fired him by now if they wanted to execute a proper coaching search.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:33 pm to Alt26
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Are you suggesting LSU wouldn't know because McMahon is looking to resign and/or find a new job?
Lol what? No that's not what I'm suggesting at all.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:39 pm to BigBinBR
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No booster is going to want to put up that kind of money based on “maybe” we get this person or “maybe” we are just going to have to settle for an unproven mid major.
It literally cannot get worse than what it is now. Newsflash: interest in the program is at an all time low. We have finished in the cellar three out of the last four years. When is enough enough?
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:41 pm to Lester Earl
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They fired a coach making a much larger salary, and had a proper coaching search. If they didn’t land Kiffin they would have been forced to hire someone else, not just roll with Kelly.
From all info coming out, they either want to hire Wade or run it back with McMahon. This checks out because they likely would have fired him by now if they wanted to execute a proper coaching search
We waited until two days before the portal open for Kiffin. We did not have anyone else lined up that would have been here with staff by that day.
Similar to Wade. By waiting this long to fire McMahon, we are all in on Wade.
Now the consequences are different. If we didn't land Kiffin, we just simply started (or restarted) the search. Here, we would just stick with the coach that is here.
Yes, in both cases, we identified a target and went all in on that target.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:47 pm to ellessuuuu
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Yes, in both cases, we identified a target and went all in on that target.
I’m not sure why you think this is unique. There’s always a target when you’re trying to switch coaches
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:49 pm to ellessuuuu
14 more days saves 2mill on MMs buyout and some assistant contracts run out with no buyout…. I think everyone is just gonna have to wait until April 1st…..but the Rant will ask 350 times between now and then
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:52 pm to TopWaterTiger
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Surely the powers that be at LSU can't be this short side about the whole ordeal,
Yes...they can.
Don't think for one second there isn't a HUGE political aspect to this. The primary focus of the political aspect is to get the PR (even if behind the scenes) of being the ones to give the people what they want...Wade. It's not to "fix" LSU basketball. Hell, I doubt they care about LSU basketball at all or even know who any of the secondary candidates would be.
A year ago some politically connected people were pushing hard to get Wade back to LSU...largely for the goodwill they felt it would give them. That push went all the way up to the governor. Tate and Woodward refused to even consider rehiring Wade. It was a hill they were willing to die on. It's why you got a late February story that McMahon was coming back for the season...despite being in the midst of his second horrible season in 3 years. Tate and Woodward WERE NOT going to make the LSU job open with Wade at McNeese.
Tate and Woodward did ultimately die on that hill. While it wasn't the only reason for their departures, rebuffing the political push for Wade made them political enemies of the connected Wade supporters. We've seen, not just in sports, the current political leadership can be vindictive to those they see as "enemies" and aren't afraid to push those enemies out.
With the impediments at LSU to a Wade reunion gone, he is the ONLY option for the same folks that were pushing him for him last year. The only hold up is money...buying out McMahon + giving Wade what he wants to leave NC State. If the money is there, Wade will be the next HC at LSU. If not, that political group no longer cares about LSU basketball and it won't matter to them if it continues to die on the vine with McMahon because they won't get the PR hit from any other hire.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:54 pm to ellessuuuu
I’m not sure what you don’t understand. LSU was firing Kelly whether they got Kiffin or not. It seems like that’s not the case here with McMahon and Wade. They are only going to fire McMahon if they know they have Wade. That wasn’t the case for Kelly/Kiffin.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:56 pm to Dlab2013
I am fine with waiting until after April 1. I just do not want MM back in 26-27. I prefer will Wade, but want just about anyone other than MM.
I cannot contribute big money toward doing that, but I have been a MBB season ticket holder since 1976. I care about MBB and always have.
I cannot contribute big money toward doing that, but I have been a MBB season ticket holder since 1976. I care about MBB and always have.
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 1:57 pm
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