re: I do not dislike Coach Mc in any way, but he's in over his head...

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explain "fun" because there isn't top level talent walking through

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You are watching a team grow from absolute zero. The existing players will develop and assuradly new and better players will come in. We just need to get the sanctions out of the way.

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You are watching a team grow from absolute zero.

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i'm watching a team that shoots 29% from the floor.

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The existing players will develop

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they are all of a sudden going to be better shooters and more talented?

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and assuredly new and better players will come in.

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We just need to get the sanctions out of the way.

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who knows what will happen here. there may not even be sanctions with the firing of wade.

if there's sanctions you hope for a "ban" this year where LSU isn't even making the NIT

Wrong!

I agree Drizz, I think he’s a middling coach at best who’s going to run a clean program and keep the athletic department out of trouble - and that’s all they care about. Will Wade was a chance at greatness for LSU basketball, McMahon is here to be clean and protect the dept as a whole from the NCAA. He’s not flashy and he’s not going to elevate this program. This program will go back to mediocrity near the bottom of the SEC and hope to sustain itself on easy out of conference wins. The dept didn’t care about winning with this hire bc it won’t matter, we’ll be held down by the NCAA if we do well for the next few years

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Yes he’s had 44 starts for winning LSU teams prior to this season.

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He's a great bench player and should be. Spare me his 3pt %. those are corner set shots. He's not off the dribble or hard cutting off screens. Stats are meant to be skewed to serve your narrative. so if you reply (I suggest you dont), dont give me an BS stats.

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Not every player is a star, there are plenty of ranked recruits who don’t avg 20 and 10 but are key role players on winning teams.

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No doubt. but not every role player is a starter. you have anything beyond stats to support what you are saying? my guess is no

And who are you to determine if he's not up to the task? Are you a coach of some kind?
Your opinion is just that...yours!
GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE!

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yall need to chill.. we had 0 players a year ago, the guy built murry state into a contender... give him 3 years..

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It really is laughable how many people come on here and confidently state obviously clueless positions . McMahon didn't "build Murray St. into a contender". Not even close. It was a successful program LONG before McMahon took over.

McMahon became the MSU coach for the 2015-2016 season. This was after Steve Prohm was hired by Iowa St. after winning the OVC with a 29-6 (16-0) record. In Prom's 4 seasons MSU either won the conference or finished first in their division all 4 seasons. This was after taking over for Billy Kennedy, who had won the OVC two straight season with a combined 54-14 record in those two seasons, after he was hired by Texas A&M.

In the 20 years prior to McMahon taking over, MSU had reached the NCAA Tournament 9 times. McMahon added to that with 3 NCAAT appearances of his own, but he did not "build MSU into a contender". It had already been one of the better mid-major programs in the country for over two decades when he was hired there.

In fact, that was one of the concerns I had early on with the McMahon hire. It was pretty commonplace to see MSU coaches get power conf. jobs:

Mark Gottfried to Alabama
Mick Cronin to Cincinnati
Billy Kennedy to A&M
Steve Prohm to Iowa St.

The success level of those previous coaches at major conf. jobs ranged from good (Cronin) to ok but inconsistent (Gottfried and Kennedy) to downright horrible (Prohm). That led to the obvious question -- was it the coaches that made MSU good? Or was it the program that made the coaches seem better than they are? Of course, the exact same thing could have been said for Wade when he came over from a VCU program with a long history of success spanning multiple coaches.

And you don’t think we need shooting? Do you understand that a high% 3pt shooter creates space on the floor? And I see you elected to ignore that he’s not only one of our best defenders but his size on the wing creates better matchups for us defensively and on the boards. The SEC POTY has been a defensive player multiple times and the guy who won it a couple years ago averaged about 6ppg before his Sr. Season. And BTW what’s our record been without him?

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And you don’t think we need shooting? Do you understand that a high% 3pt shooter creates space on the floor?

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Dude. Your antagonistic approach is really bullshite. You try this bullshite with everybody. Of course the team needs shooters genius. Stand in the corner and wait for the ball because I can't do anything offensively shooters are not the type we need. The team needs a point guard like smart that can get into the paint..... And 2 guards like Antonio blakeney that can elevate off the dribble and release over defenders. Not somebody who stands in the corner and waits for the ball like they are at a BREC pick up game. I actually like Wilkinson....and his defense. But you are way off. Learn when to take your Ls. You have a lot of them