re: Do we have any basketball insiders on this board?

For anyone who is doubting he will be fired. He is 100% fired this season. Quite literally the only way he comes back is if LSU gets in the NCAA Tournament which is almost impossible at this point.

quote:

---

It was a bad idea to give CMM a 7 year contract, but that's the reality. If it was my money, I wouldn't pay the $10M buyout. I would use that money to get the best talent, and I would still save millions.

---

Not liking the 7 year term brings in a bit of hindsight bias. LSU was under investigation at the time AND MM had other options....which means he had some degree of leverage on those negotiations. That was probably a compromise within the negotiations.

quote:

---

but 1 more year would reduce the buyout to about $5M, because several of the assistants' contracts expire in 2027

---

Dupree's and Patrick's contracts expire in June of '28. Long and Walden expire this year. William's contract is the only one that expires in '27. So if you keep MM for another season he is going to have to either renew the contract for the 2 expiring assistants or hire new ones. What caliber assistants do you think will come to LSU on a 1 year (likely) lame duck deal?

Basically, kicking the can down the road saves about $2M on MM's buyout and roughly $1.5M in not having to buyout the other assistants of don't have expiring contracts....ALL to bring back a HC with the worst 4 year record in the league during that period under the baseless assumption (hope) he's going to be great with a different roster.

quote:

---

I would use that money to get the best talent, and I would still save millions.

---

Purportedly, LSU spent significantly more money on the roster this year. That's what LSU said it was going to do. That's why they kept MM. That's what the MM fan club said happened. In the offseason this was the best roster in MM's tenure (for the 3rd year in a row, mind you)!! Yet again, for the 3rd time in 4 years, LSU sits at 1-7 in SEC play.

So the solution is to give the HC who has never won in four seasons even MORE money?! To what end? That he'll be able to get 8, 9, 10 SEC wins with a ridiculously expensive roster?

If takes having zero adversity AND a payroll comparable to the NY Knicks just for a HC to make the NCAA Tournament...don't think maybe a better ROI would be just to replace the HC?

Is Bryce drew an option? I see his contract is affordable and has small Louisiana ties.

Well guess what, if we hire a competent coach and go on a run in the NCAAT it pays for itself

Lap you aren't getting it, if you gave this guy 15 mill in NIL a year.... he aint winning. He is no good. It happens. Any money spent with him will be waisted money.


Its like you hire a maid and she doesn't know how to mop, but to fix that you buy her a new car.

Its nonsense my friend!

Bruce Pearl doesn’t want to coach again. If he did he would have never left Auburn.

It’s looking less and less likely Wade will leave a school where basketball is #1 on the totem pole.

Beard won’t pull a Kiffin.

Id go find an energetic young guy that can excite and recruit but also be a great X’s and O’s guy.


McMahon is about as exciting as mushy white rice

quote:

---

The decision to keep or fire CMM should not be based on the buyout. Essentially, we would have a lame -duck coach that nobody, including the players, would respect or have any confidence in. In my opinion, this is a no-brainer to let him go. The conversation then shifts to getting the right coach in place who may potentially take less up front and allow for a strong NIL budget to kick start his season. It can be structured with lots of incentives to make up for it. Especially if the new coach is BFFs with the LSU President and Gov Landry...these conversations are already taking place. The General is coming back.

---

If a coach takes less NIL upfront, then he won’t get any talent. That gives up on next season. When CMM had better talent at Murray St, he dominated the league. He has won some games with comparable talent. He hasn’t done well at LSU, and I would like to replace him too, but the buyout is a real obstacle that will affect us negatively unless we find benefactors. If those benefactors exist, where have they been?

He wouldn’t be a lame duck next year unless he kept losing.

quote:

---

For a fraction of the buyout, say $4M more NIL, we could get 2 more star players to play along with DJ.

---

Didn’t the AD and Woodward float the NIL excuse this time last year and it was supposedly solved to the level deemed acceptable financially? If we were at our willing limit to upgrade last year, why would they spend more this year? The record is the same so the problem wasn’t solved although we were told it was

I think this team is McMahons strongest yet and I believe they can win. I also believe they are disorganized and poorly/inconsistently motivated and so they are not playing to their potential. The team seems affected by an inability to win/self sabotage. The reason isn’t the improved roster isn’t good enough. The reason is McMahon appears to be outclassed consistently by other coaches, has poor feel for game decision making, is uninspiring or unable to motivate his players appropriately. I thought this was the year. The problem is McMahon doesn’t have the stuff. Maybe he is capable and lost his mojo, but him losing this year suggests he’ll Never win here. Put him out of his misery and let him go somewhere else. He’s probably depressed with how much of a failure he’s been with high expectations for success. He probably wants out of here as much as the fans want him gone.

Dearest Down Voters:
I am a WW fan. Great coach! Great promotor of the game. Would love for him to come back BUT I do not see it happening. Why? 1. requires big roster budget bump 2. requires significant buyout if happens end of season 3. requires much bigger coach admin and staff investment and 4. LSU will never commit that much $ to men's hoops. Sad facts and I hope I am wrong. Priorities are: football, baseball, wbb (any $8m annual budget drain) then mbb.