re: Do the right thing Verge and keep McMahon

MacMan will be back because the budget doesn’t lie. Lsu went all in on football and the big casualty is that men’s basketball has to remain static.

You mean a sport that makes a profit even when they are terrible? You’re not very financially smart are you?

Rudy Macklin gives his take:

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“He had to put together a team in about 30 days when he first took the job,” Macklin noted. Against those odds, McMahon did exactly what LSU hired him to do: stabilize a program in free fall. “Yes, he stabilized the program,” Macklin affirmed.

But once probation lifted, LSU still refused to open its wallet – relatively speaking.

“When probation ended, they still didn’t give him the money he needed to go into the portal and get the type of players he needed,” Macklin pointed out. In the NIL era, roster investment isn’t optional—it dictates your ceiling. Programs like Arkansas, Alabama and Florida are believed to spend $12 million to $18 million annually on NIL and transfer portal packages. Meanwhile, LSU lags far behind. Even Will Wade—the fan-favorite many long to see back in Baton Rouge—is reportedly demanding roughly $15 million a year just to assemble a competitive roster in the SEC.

“It takes elite talent—and elite talent costs money,” Macklin said.

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"If LSU had the money to go get a big-name coach, then yes, business-wise you should go after one. But give him one more year and give him the money to go get the players. He knows what he’s doing. The players play hard for him. He just doesn’t have the talent.”

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