re: I don't like Alleva either

Because he a administrative sicafant elite who has never acted; he has only reacted after carefully considering his political position!

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As stupid as the NCAA is, LSU has to do what they say.

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You can very easily tell the NCAA you will be transparent and cooperate with any investigation but that you want to have a man to man meeting with your coach without outside parties and then go from there. That’s the professional and respectful thing to do. Not schedule that meeting then cancel it at the last minute so you can invite the world to what should be an initial conversation between employer and employee. You’re still free to request subsequent meetings.

Ok let's play it by your rules....
But listen to mine

What did LSU HAVE TO LOSE by letting Wade Still Coach...

The big thing here, is WADE Said YES to the initial meeting with JUST LSU.... They (admin) said NO, we want NCAA on the phone

Now here's my point
What did LSU have to LOSE
They have been in the BASEMENT for YEARSSSSSSS
BASEMENT... YOu know, downstairs, in a cardboard box, with DUST ON IT and NOBODY GAVE A SHITE about Basketball Since Shaq, and when they made their run with Tyrus (how long ago was that, OH WAIT... 12yrs ago)

We LEGITIMATELY had a TRUE SHOT at winning and winning deeper than the loss to MSU...
Had we allowed Coach Wade to coach, how much MORE SEVERE COULD ANY PENALTY BE from the NCAA on Basketball????
At this point, we'd be playing with House Money....

It could be another 12yrs (if Wade is fired) before LSU Basketball matters.... If Wade returns (which i now believe will happen) then LSU stands TALL and MATTERS FOR YEARS TO COME

WE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE be allowing WADE TO COACH!!!!

A strong arse offer could mean MANY THINGS....
But don't think (for one) that these kids aren't getting money or whatever (at EVERY COLLEGE) Zion Williams is going to fall as well

All i'm saying is EVEN IF THE NCAA Came down on LSU BBALL
What would it have mattered?

How many of you TRULY HAVE FOLLOWED LSU BASKETBALL before WADE's ARRIVAL.... it's been a long time

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You lied your arse off in your thread title.

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You people are so damn childish. I don't like Alleva. I've voiced that plenty times on here. I'm also an honest person. I know when it's time to take off the purple and gold glasses and see things for what they are.

If this happened to another school, you would be whining for them to suspend the coach.

He broke the first rule of regulatory compliance. Talk to your own damn employee and scope the extent of a potential issue. Throwing open the doors to the NCAA was a misguided, naive attempt to virtue signal to the NCAA.

Will Wade is LSUs employee to deal with, not the NCAAs. If he broke rules or acknowledges he broke rules, fire his arse and deal with the consequences, but to just bring in the NCAA in an unfiltered setting is just plain stupid.

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LSU has to comply with the NCAA. It's a requirement

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You are unaware of the current antitrust case?

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Why does that matter?

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It mattered for a number of reasons. Not the least of which was the stated intention to allow potentially adversarial parties to conference-in from remote unmonitored locations to a legal discussion regarding subjects of potential future Federal Court testimony.

It is simply shocking that anyone at this stage could be so seriously dense as to ask "Why does that matter?"

How many other schools, coaches, or players were implicated in the supposed scandal? Now how many of those other schools ordered their coaches to come to a meeting right before postseason play started to answer questions in front of people from the NCAA? LSU should have done like every other school and wait until after the season to deal with it, not torpedo their program's best season in 20 years right as the conference tournament was about to start.

If its discovered Wade cheated, he's fired. The NCAA drops sanctions on the basketball program. Players involved get declared ineligible. NCAA vacates all of LSU's wins from the season. Exact same penalties would have happened whether LSU handled it how they did or let Wade handle the court thing first before meeting with F King, Alleva and the NCAA.

If Wade ends up being cleared of any wrongdoing, now the administration completely ruined all the hard work that team did all year for absolutely no reason. And the incompetence of Alleva and Alexander will be used against LSU on the recruiting trail until both of them are gone.

Auburn is up to their neck in the college basketball corruption investigation, but they decided to let the investigation play out and let Bruce Pearl coach and it paid off. Win the SEC tourney. Get to the Final 4.

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Why does that matter? LSU has to comply with the NCAA. It's a requirement. As stupid as the NCAA is, LSU has to do what they say. Alleva expressed confidence in WW to have NCAA join the meeting. WW turned it down. Which is a terrible look on WILL WADE.

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It's water under the bridge at this point, but here's an idea that could have eliminated all this uncertainty.
King and Aleva could have had their meeting with Wade privately and unannounced to the public.
Publicly they could have called another meeting with the NCAA involved.
Wade could have turned down the latter meeting due to advice from his lawyer, and King and Aleva would have already had the information they needed to retain or let Wade go.
Much better scenario than this shite show they had going on for the past month.

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If later, it comes out to be true that WW committed NCAA violations, the NCAA will be softer on LSU since they suspended him.

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I can't believe people don't understand this.

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Ask Missouri and Ole Miss how that works in reality...