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re: Basketball next month
Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:09 am to Circle K Beggar
Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:09 am to Circle K Beggar
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As a diehard MBB fan, the state of the program is just sad to me. The rest of the SEC are making big strides in basketball and we’re just content being at the bottom of the barrel.
McMahon’s tenure has been a failure so far. No other way to put it. Woodward’s apathy is also troubling.
There were HUGE warning signs in year 1. That team should have never been THAT bad. Personally, I wanted LSU to be bold, can McMahon at the end of the season, and hire Chris Beard who was unexpectedly available. Not necessarily because I was certain McMahon's tenure was going to be awful. But because an unexpected opportunity arose to get a coach of Beard's quality that did not exist when McMahon was hired. Of course, that was always practically unlikely.
Realistically, LSU should have moved on after last season. Given McMahon's record in 3 seasons there was no logical reason to expect he'd ever be great at LSU. However, IMO, that was shelved to put all financial resources into this football season.
If at the end of this upcoming March LSU is, once again, nowhere in the discussion for a NCAA Tournament bid, then I can't see any remotely logical reason to keep McMahon.
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Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:10 am to Lsuismylife718
You paying the buy out?
Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:10 am to Madking
quote:Exactly. If CoachMc didn’t stub his toe celebrating the New Year, we wouldn’t be 2-9 in the SEC right now.
Yep, they’ll be created as necessary for whichever narrative they serve.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:23 am to Upperdecker
quote:I’ve watched almost every LSU MBB game I could for the last 30+ years. That includes this disastrous regime, the 5 Wade seasons, CJJ’s last season, the season before with LSU declining NIT with Ben Simmons. I could go on and on.
You’re a better fan than me. I’m going to not watch out of spite and wait for the “McMeh fired” announcement
I don’t rage watch. I’m always hopeful, but also realistic and diehard.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:24 am to drizztiger
The question is what’s going to be success this year. For normal fans it never changes, for mcmen it always changes but what is the threshold to rationalize keeping him?
Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:27 am to drizztiger
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I’ve watched almost every LSU MBB game I could for the last 30+ years. That includes this disastrous regime, the 5 Wade seasons, CJJ’s last season, the season before with LSU declining NIT with Ben Simmons. I could go on and on.
Jeez. My life LSU basketball has been absolute dog shite outside of the Will Wade years. I like to put the disastrous Ben Simmons season out of my mind, though its easier to understand now that I know how shite and overrated he’s been in the NBA too
Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:28 am to Madking
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The question is what’s going to be success this year.
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Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:37 am to Upperdecker
quote:My formulative years, LSU Basketball made 2 Final Fours and 2 Elite Eights.
Jeez. My life LSU basketball has been absolute dog shite outside of the Will Wade years.
I attended LSU with both CJ and Shaq, met both, although none of made the elite eight.
It’s also when you could just walk into TS 90-91 days and pick any seat, anywhere. Student, non student, didn’t matter.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 11:57 am to SaveFarris
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Ol Trent there is .511
At least Ol' Trent won the SEC his first year.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:01 pm to drizztiger
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Also worth noting that they wanted a good coach.
Is he good though? There's not really a sample size of him being good without paying players. Also worth noting, he's so good he's not in the top 50 in annual salary. It's a good argument from you though.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:09 pm to Lsuismylife718
Just ready for the program to turn the page and have some sort of plan and support to actually be competitive in the SEC where seemingly EVERYONE else is.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:09 pm to mdomingue
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Either you're an LSU MBB fan or you are not.
That's why. We are where we are, lets move forward. We have McMahon for this season at least, let's hope he either miraculously puts together a significant run that he can sustain for multiple seasons or so thoroughly poops the bed that we get a new coach (can I still hope for Billy Donovan?) for next season.
Well stated. Lets hope the ol head coach can figure something out this year that has alluded him the past 3 years.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:11 pm to JWill409
quote:Always the same bullshite.
Is he good though? There's not really a sample size of him being good without paying players. Also worth noting, he's so good he's not in the top 50 in annual salary. It's a good argument from you though.
Every coach was paying players... John Wooden had a handler paying players in the pyramid of success.
Coach Cal got 3 programs to the Final Four and on probation.
What's you're standard, high and mighty.
Wade lead 3 different programs to the NCAAT by the age of 40.
I dislike disingenuous people like you. You don't even mean what you say, nor do you take any ownership. Same old nonsense.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:15 pm to drizztiger
More make believe nonsense and denial of reality. Always the same tards making the same ignorant, debunked statements
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:15 pm to JWill409
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Is he good though? There's not really a sample size of him being good without paying players.
Luckily he can continue to pay players.
He immediately produced historic levels of success at McNeese.
He had the highest winning % of any LSU over the last 50+ years
He has a career winning % of over .700
He has the 9th highest career winning % among active HCs who have coached 10+ years in D-1
In 11 years as a D-1 HC, at 4 different schools, he's led his team to the NCAA Tournament 7x (would be 8 if the 2020 tournament wasn't canceled)
Then again, I guess if you ignore all of that, he's probably not a very good coach.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:19 pm to Lsuismylife718
I'll be watching but don't have super high hopes. When LSU basketball is rolling its one of my favorite things as an LSU guy and can't wait to get back to that
There shouldn't be any excuses left if we don't make the tournament McChicken has to go
There shouldn't be any excuses left if we don't make the tournament McChicken has to go
This post was edited on 10/9/25 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:22 pm to Alt26
quote:Every MBB turns into a Wade thread and ends up justifying why Wade is a very good coach.
Luckily he can continue to pay players.
He immediately produced historic levels of success at McNeese.
He had the highest winning % of any LSU over the last 50+ years
He has a career winning % of over .700
He has the 9th highest career winning % among active HCs who have coached 10+ years in D-1
In 11 years as a D-1 HC, at 4 different schools, he's led his team to the NCAA Tournament 7x (would be 8 if the 2020 tournament wasn't canceled)
Then again, I guess if you ignore all of that, he's probably not a very good coach.
But true LSU MBB fans don't start with Wade, blah blah blah... we start with wanting to win. To me, it's just trying to distract us - and we take the bait because we care about LSU MBB.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:22 pm to Madking
quote:It has to be NCAA tournament or bust. Just showing improvement and being a bubble team won't cut it in year 4
The question is what’s going to be success this year. For normal fans it never changes, for mcmen it always changes but what is the threshold to rationalize keeping him?
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:24 pm to Lsuismylife718
Can we get the coaching changes board started for the mens basketball program?
Posted on 10/9/25 at 12:25 pm to drizztiger
And it’s always the Wade haters who bring him up. It’s for a duel purpose, to avoid talking basketball or McMahon which they can’t and don’t want to since the facts make their narratives look silly and 2 as a signal to other like them to come and help create a group that offsets their poor arguments with numbers. Basically mob mentality.
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