re: How exactly would Wade cheat at recruiting?

sp, finally a legitimate answer to my question. If what you say is what is going on (and it may well be) is Alleva going to be blindsided by this, or does he know what is going on and just "letting it happen?"

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My opening post presented the only possibilities I could think of that would be realistic for a brand new coach to come in and cheat at LSU. As stated multiple times, I don't think Wade is cheating. Maybe somebody smarter than I (sure there are many) can enlighten me on how this cheating would be done instead of hurling insults.

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Google "aau and college basketball recruiting". I'm too busy to do it for you.

I'm just going to assume that Wade's only "transgression" was pissing of some blue blood programs as the young hot shot coming in and snatching up their recruits. The UNC, Georgetown, Kansas programs of the world don't take kindly to that. The guy's enthusiasm is infectious. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that we don't probably bend the rules to an extent, but Wade strikes me as a guy that has an incredible knack of selling to players and families exactly what he's starting here and what they have to gain from coming on board. It worked for me and thousands of other LSU fans from day 1.

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Take the blinders off, it's been goin on forever.

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No shite. My point is that the old guard doesn't take kindly to new guys coming in and beating them at their own game. I don't doubt that we bend or likely break rules, but I can't get behind the notion that we're somehow more egregious in our actions than anyone else - especially when you consider the gestapo style in which our compliance office seems to operate. And Wade doesn't strike me as someone that would be flagrant in his rule bending/breaking. I think the guy is too savvy to not cross all his t's and dot all his i's.

Hopefully it amounts to nothing.

Take in consideration it started with Ja'vonte Smart. He is a Louisiana kid who is right there in BR. Would it be mysterious for him to love LSU and stay home to Play?

Naz Reid has his girlfriend playing for the lady Tigers. Wouls it be mysterious for him to play for the Tigers to be near his girlfriend? Is there a rule against it?

As far as the other 2 players at least one is good friends with the first 2. So what could be so damaging I would like to know? Shoe deal? Must be those 300 dollar shoes that wear out after the first practice or it must be cool to wear them in the eyes of their women. Yea the money part could buy dozens of them.

If Wade cheated, I think sp hit what happened the closest. Some shoe company identifies Wade as a hot up and coming coach, lets him know when he gets a big job at one of their shoe's schools, he has a "backer" to steer these kids to his new school. Alleva, having already screwed the pooch on trent, johnny, and most importantly the shrimp boat captain, KNOWS he needs a homerun hire, and Wade is a good young coach and on the down low it is known he has a MAJOR shoe company that will steer kids to the school he goes to. Lets hope this is wrong.

Details will be posted at 3:37 am tomorrow morning and will remain posted for 18 seconds.

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Maybe somebody smarter than I (sure there are many) can enlighten me on how this cheating would be done instead of hurling insults.

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Maybe someone smarter than you could either help you articulate more clearly without the need for multiple follow ups explaining yourself, or even better convince you to stop posting at all, since all this thread really accomplishes is to promote the idea that Wade is cheating, for which there is currently no credible evidence supporting it.

Pete Thamel.......? Is that you?