re: Hunt Palmer "not losing sleep over guys leaving in the Transfer Portal".

This is the epitome of an LSU basketball fan

Look, most of the roster could be replaced. Chest was one of the few "dudes" that we had and was worth keeping. I don't know if they told him to test the market, but my feelings wouldn't be hurt if they found a spot for him back on our team.

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Anybody with even the smallest amount of basketball sense

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I believe the fans here like to claim to be more sophisticated than they are about understanding X's and O's and the inner workings of the team and players.

for example, you don't know if player X is uncoachable. you don't know what plays were called and not run.

now, you can say "well if the players are uncoachable idiots, that's the coaches fault". and that would be true. but the elephant in the room is whether coach could afford the players he wanted.

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How does it make financial sense to have donors pump money into a coach who extremely likely to get fired next season

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if you pump money in and the money causes the team to win, he wont get fired.

you guys seem to think that McMahon is so terrible that no amount of money could help him win.

the reports that say there is more money available, I am in no position to say those reports are false. I also think that all other things being equal, having more money than less is a positive. I can't rule out that mcmahon plus more money equals more wins. and the goal is wins.

I find it amusing people complain about the product on the floor, but they also complain when those same guys that couldn't get it done leave. There are maybe 4 players I'd consider paying to keep.

We have gone pretty far from the "This team with Ward and Reed would have been good" to now

"None of these kids can pull their pants up we have to replace everyone!"


I was hoping we could keep 5 kids that can develop together then supplement them with some 4 good transfers. but now idk.

I can’t even decide if I think the millions in increased NIL is real.

Should find out soon, I guess.

With the WW debacle LSU lost the entire roster. Near death penalty. Year two certainly the recruiting part of year two LSU BB still had the probation over hang.

LSU was 9 and 9 in a very tough SEC last year.

SEC got better. LSU poor voted it.

Avg NIL in the SEC was $750k per starter. LSU was at $250k. Whether MM is the guy or not. Those dynamics weren’t going to,bring winning basketball. The Cenac kid from New Orleans got $4 million to go to Houston LSU BB was recruiting and paying at a mid major level.

If Jalen Reid does not get hurt you probably win 2 or 3 more games and make the tournament.

None of this means that MM is the guy… but there are/were a lot more issues than just the coach.

No coach we want will come here without a much larger budget.

Wow