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re: Expectations of Will Wade coming to LSU?
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:51 pm to Adam Banks
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:51 pm to Adam Banks
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The damage Scott did is sickening
a case can be made for one of our worst ADs ever due. He nearly sank football and basketball with his hubris. At least alleva's frick ups were easier to get out of.
If not for the dumb arse contract he gave to McMahon the dude is fired last week, possibly last year.
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Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:53 pm to Madking
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Yes a sport that is profitable is more valuable than one that loses a ton of money.
profit is extremely moderate especially if you compare to true cost of the totality of money spent on teams now.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:53 pm to BilJ
Woody thought he was the principal at Catholic High
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:56 pm to Chad504boy
The SEC teams all turned a profit last season in MBB and pulled in over $70 million from the NCAA tourney. Every WBB program loses a ton and WBB pulled a grand total of $7.6 million from the NCAA tourney.
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 3/18/26 at 1:59 pm to Madking
LSU makes money off the conferences' success of teams entering the tournament.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:00 pm to Chad504boy
And would make a ton more if they actually participated in it
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:03 pm to Madking
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And would make a ton more if they actually participated in it
not convinced that's really true or not. Seems like team's units earned goes to a pool for the conference to be split.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:04 pm to BilJ
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well its even weirder because the crowd that wants to give Mcdipshit more time will shite on wade's resume. Like.....what? "McMahon inherited a bad situation!' uhhh so did wade when he got here. Fielded a competitive team in year one and then had 4 straight NCAAT teams (going to project the COVID season team as in but if you want to remove that one fine)
The funny thing is if I play their game of “if xyz doesn’t get hurt the we yada yada yada”
LSU was ranked number 21 beat number 16 UK and 18 Tennessee and 14-1 with the one loss to number 11 Auburn on the road.
We were I believe number 3 in ken Pom. We got bumped to 12 in the ap after that.
The problem was Xavier pinson slipped on the slick PMAC floor which Wade had been vocal about which embarrassed Scott.
From there on the team was completely different.
I could say without pinsons injury an a healthy Adam miller that’s another SEC championship and final four team and be more realistic than the projections that the mcmen do
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:06 pm to Chad504boy
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but you have to tie in the premise with at what cost are we willing to spend a coaching budget and nil budget that is high end only to achieve mediocrity in the sport.
So what do you suggest LSU do?
Continue on with the worst coach in program history?
Hire a mid-major coach with no resume of success at the major conf. level?
Pretend this is football and LSU can simply make a big offer to lure away the HC of one of the top 10 or so seeds in the tournament?
If Dan Hurley says today, "I really hate it in Connecticut. I'd like to move to Baton Rouge.", the I will be the FIRST one on the train saying "forget Wade. Bring in Hurley."
But that isn't going to happen. So LSU is left trying to make the best decision with the information on hand and with the options available. I am very sure there is a guy at a mid-major school, right now, who is going to make the jump and be really good. Maybe even great. Just look at Golden, May and others. Unfortunately, I can't tell you who that is going to be. There are also multiple guys at mid-major schools right now who will get a major conf job and fade off into obscurity...like McMahon. That is the MORE likely outcome.
So if I have an option of a guy who I have seen win at my school. I've seen never have a losing record. I've seen consistently reach the NCAA Tournament, I'm going to take it and hope that he can build upon that success. Kelvin Sampson coached for 11 years at major conf. programs before he even won his first NCAA Tournament game. He's since been to multiple Final Fours.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:15 pm to SemiNoblePursuit
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If our administrators had any intention of firing literally the worst coach in the history of our basketball program, it would’ve happened. He’s staying another season to shave a few more million off his buyout.
It doesn't take a genius to figure this out.
If McMahon was definitely staying, somebody would have said something by now.
If McMahon was definitely leaving, somebody would have said something by now.
LSU obviously has a couple of people in mind and is waiting to see if one of those comes through. If they don't land who they are looking for, then McMahon stays.
And I get it...worst % ever, etc etc etc. But you don't fire McMahon now because what if you can't land one of your top targets? Then you are stuck not only paying McMahon not to coach, but you are also throwing money at some other coach that may not be any better.
Point being...you don't fire McMahon "just for the sake of firing him". You fire him if you definitely have who you want ready to take over. Yeah, I can hear the "nothing can be worse than what we have right now" posts firing up already. And I get it. But if you don't get Wade and whoever else you might be pursuing, hiring another mediocre coach will continue to set you back and continue the death spiral.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:19 pm to LSUGrad9295
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at some other coach that may not be any better.
Point being...you don't fire McMahon "just for the sake of firing him
if MM were doing anything of relevance in his time here you could say this, but we have a large enough sample size to definitively say he aint it. So you aren't firing a guy for the sake of firing him. You're firing him because of a total inability to achieve even the most modest of expectations.
So the bar is so low that its tough to argue any hire could do much worse than a guy losing at a historically bad rate
This post was edited on 3/18/26 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:20 pm to Alt26
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So what do you suggest LSU do?
winning baseball and football natties makes me pretty happy.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:22 pm to Chad504boy
if you want niche sports like baseball to continue winning in this era, the more profitable your two biggest revenue makers are the more there is to spend on baseball, gymnastics etc.
rising tide and such
its a business now and the old model is dead.
rising tide and such
its a business now and the old model is dead.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:25 pm to Chad504boy
It is
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:27 pm to Alt26
There was a narrative introduced by a mcmen a month ago that losing is actually more profitable than winning. As usual this cancer seems to be spreading.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:28 pm to Chad504boy
If all that money is being spent to can Mcmahon and get him, we better dang well be in serious championship conversation.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:33 pm to Chad504boy
Bless your heart little Chad...is every one named Chad equally ignorant?
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:33 pm to Chad504boy
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winning baseball and football natties makes me pretty happy.
Then who cares about your opinion when it comes to basketball? Personally, I couldn't give any less of a shite about LSU baseball. I'm happy when they win. I'm glad they are winning championships. But I'm not jumping into threads giving my ignorant opinion as to what the program should or should not do.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:34 pm to Randythetiger
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Bless your heart little Chad...is every one named Chad equally ignorant?
calling someone ignorant for a question posed? are you taht sensitive little RandytheTiger? You aren't really a fricking Tiger Randy. FYI.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 2:34 pm to The Pirate King
Oh look here’s the guy who introduced it. Winning is really losing and losing is really winning. Rosy Finch cuck logic
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