re: Funny to read these McMahon/ basketball threads from a month ago....

If you’ve been a fan of LSU basketball since 1977 then you have had an opportunity to watch some good basketball. You’ve also had a chance to see a lot of mediocre to bad basketball. That means you should be adept at recognizing some of the hallmarks of both.

You’ve also seen the tenures of 6 head coaches. The most successful (to varying degrees) were Brown, Brady and Wade. The least successful? Johnson, Jones, McMahon. What is the one trait the most successful shared? Passion. What do the least successful share? A lack of passion.

It was a passion that was felt by the fans. More importantly, a passion felt by the players who played with such.

I have no doubt Johnson, Jones, McMahon work(ed) hard and want(ed) to win. But so many times both during the games and out it looked like they wanted to be anywhere else. In each instance that lack of energy permeated with the program and fanbase. The lack of results often followed. You’re seeing that again now.

As I’m sure you would agree, with age comes wisdom. We’ve seen and experienced a lot. Good and bad. And unless you are just willfully ignoring what that wisdom/experience is telling you, inside you know McMahon is unlikely to be successful here. Some of us experienced souls recognized that in year 1. And a growing number are recognizing it today. Thus begging the question “why prolong making a change when we already know what the end result will be?”