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re: IF Will Wade Returns, What Are Our REASONABLE Expectations?
Posted on 3/24/26 at 2:13 pm to ronniep1
Posted on 3/24/26 at 2:13 pm to ronniep1
Tournament appearance in his first season back.
SEC regular season or tournament championship in year 2 with an NCAA tournament win.
Sweet 16 appearance by year 3.
Never missing an NCAA tournament for the duration of his stay.
SEC regular season or tournament championship in year 2 with an NCAA tournament win.
Sweet 16 appearance by year 3.
Never missing an NCAA tournament for the duration of his stay.
This post was edited on 3/24/26 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 3/24/26 at 3:05 pm to Madking
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That’s not only a deflection it’s a total misrepresentation of what I’ve said and my “perspective” on McMahon or Wade. Making straw men and twisting a total collapse of the program into yet another excuse is exactly why someone like you can’t be taken seriously. My expectations have always been the same, make the tourney every year because that’s how you build a lasting winner and elevate the program.
I was talking about you? Wild, I even said you/y'all. Generally speaking and did that because I didn't know where you stood on it...kind of why I did that, but a fair assumption. If that's your expectations, its reasonable. We can agree on that. I don't need anyone to take me seriously, this would be the last place I would seek validity from.
This post was edited on 3/24/26 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 3/24/26 at 3:25 pm to JWill409
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I was talking about you?
Yes
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You are proving my point for me, I actually can do that based on your lack of perspective for McMahon.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 3:51 pm to Regit424
Guaranteed final four first year or fire him.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 4:08 pm to JWill409
For clarity
- Wade or whoever it is needs to make the tourney
The double standard you guys display is this
- Wade wouldn’t be given a year of grace (nor should he imo)
- if it’s any other coach he would be
- McMahon has been given 4 years of grace with zero improvement or indication of improvement
If we’re improving, regardless of the hire that standard should be upheld WW or otherwise. Giving another coach grace you wouldn’t give him while continually questioning his ability is hypocritical. Thats where the separation is with normal fans and those of you with WDS
- Wade or whoever it is needs to make the tourney
The double standard you guys display is this
- Wade wouldn’t be given a year of grace (nor should he imo)
- if it’s any other coach he would be
- McMahon has been given 4 years of grace with zero improvement or indication of improvement
If we’re improving, regardless of the hire that standard should be upheld WW or otherwise. Giving another coach grace you wouldn’t give him while continually questioning his ability is hypocritical. Thats where the separation is with normal fans and those of you with WDS
Posted on 3/24/26 at 4:09 pm to Lester Earl
quote:If he made the tourney in year 1 with this shite show program then he's literally one of the best coaches in the country.
making the tournament in year 1 is what good coaches do we're told, so i assume that would be the expectation.
Growth is my expectation.
Don't finish at the bottom of the SEC, make me excited about the future and show me a team and program I can believe in.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 4:21 pm to PoBoy1
They will get it from excited basketball boosters if WW returns, if McCantWin stays he’ll get exactly what Charlie Brown got every Halloween- A bag of rocks.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 4:45 pm to ronniep1
Because the program has been allowed to flounder, a reasonable expectation would be to repeat his success from his first season post-Johnny Jones. Show growth and progress from the start of the season to the end, pull off an upset or two along the way that shows the program is trending upward and advance to the NCAA tournament or host an NIT home game or two. Other programs have done more in a coach's first season than that, but given that LSU has been in the crapper so long that it might take one season to get rid of the stench.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 5:11 pm to ronniep1
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If lightning does strike though, and Wade returns, what are reasonable expectations for his (second) first year?
Wade pulls off his biggest recruitment heist ever and retains McMahon as his assistant coach. McMahon goes down as a cult hero for being the bigger person. Roster cohesion.
Wade teaches McMahon how to coach basketball. McMahon rehabs his basketball coaching rep as national champion associate head coach. He helps Wade go full keto. Wade fully shredded by summer 2027 following national championship run. Win win win.
Posted on 3/24/26 at 7:53 pm to tigertracts
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Top 5 in the SEC and 9th seed in the dance. Might win a first round game.
Seriously? There are 4 SEC teams but only one ACC program in the Sweet 16.
The current SEC is brutal. I am sure Wade will turn it around but he didn't finish in the Top 6 in the ACC. However he could definitely make the tourney in year 1 if he lands the right players in the portal.
That's assuming he even returns. There are a lot of confident folks on the Rant and the relationships he has with Rousse etc makes it plausible but
I'm still skeptical. Never count your chickens ...
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:34 am to Madking
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Why do you pretend to be an LSU fan?
I would respectfully suggest that the so-called "LSU fans" who her worship an ex-coach who was run off from the program are the ones who are pretending to be LSU fans.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 8:21 am to chinhoyang
So again you described be yourself and you didn’t answer…. Dishonest like always
Posted on 3/25/26 at 8:24 am to ronniep1
The same as his first tenure.
Significant improvement and NIT / NCAA bubble team in year 1 and then NCAA tournament every year after.
Significant improvement and NIT / NCAA bubble team in year 1 and then NCAA tournament every year after.
This post was edited on 3/25/26 at 8:25 am
Posted on 3/25/26 at 8:48 am to chinhoyang
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I would respectfully suggest that the so-called "LSU fans" who her worship an ex-coach who was run off from the program are the ones who are pretending to be LSU fans.
Didnt you “worship” johnny frickin jones?
Hypocrite.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 9:12 am to Recognizable Poster
quote:I'll have my crow blackened with a side of extra crow. Didn't think it would happen.
My reasonable expectation is that he will not be our next head basketball coach.
Not a big basketball fan, but it will be nice to have some energy back in the program. Look forward to seeing better attendance numbers at the PMAC and a hopefully competitive team that can at least make the tournament consistently...
Posted on 3/25/26 at 9:20 am to Madking
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Yes
Whatever you want it to be man, you said you weren't in that group, now you are. Strange. Do you understand what a / is? Surely we don't have to go that route. Anyways.
quote:
- Wade or whoever it is needs to make the tourney
Yes, but you/fans screaming about hating living in mediocrity can't settle for just making the tournament, it's a contradiction.
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Wade wouldn’t be given a year of grace (nor should he imo)
He shouldn't because of all the examples(others have used against other coaches) having success in year 1 with transfer portal and the agility to rebuild a roster in a year. If he's the most successful coache we've had and he's made the tournament year 1 with 2 different teams in the NIL era, he should make it with LSU....unless he doesn't get the funding to buy players...which would make my other point valid about McMahon.
quote:
if it’s any other coach he would be
Nope
quote:
If we’re improving, regardless of the hire that standard should be upheld WW or otherwise. Giving another coach grace you wouldn’t give him while continually questioning his ability is hypocritical. Thats where the separation is with normal fans and those of you with WDS
Again, the ones supporting McMahon on here have been giving him grace. Alot of fans have not, as soon as when he stepped foot on campus because they were sour we let Wade go. If Wade struggles, it is clear that we don't have the commitment from an NIL standpoint. You/Y'all can't use things in an argument like first year head coach success, and then it not apply to a first year coach over here LOL
Posted on 3/25/26 at 9:26 am to JWill409
Everything in your post is false, even contradicting your own statements In the post. You were wrong, you’re still wrong and you’re dishonest but again you’re deranged so it tracks.
This post was edited on 3/25/26 at 9:27 am
Posted on 3/25/26 at 9:30 am to Madking
If he comes back, does NC St have any dudes that are worth bringing along?
Posted on 3/25/26 at 9:41 am to Shaq4prez
Step 1: Bring in Paul McNeil and Matt Able.
Step 2: Keep Dedan or Reece
Step 3: Bring In Allen Graves (Marshall Graves brother from Santa Clara) And Larry Johnson From McNeese.
tAlignment We always heard about.
Step 2: Keep Dedan or Reece
Step 3: Bring In Allen Graves (Marshall Graves brother from Santa Clara) And Larry Johnson From McNeese.
tAlignment We always heard about.
Posted on 3/25/26 at 9:42 am to Shaq4prez
According to the Wadeites he is the second coming of John Wooden, so he must win every game by at least 10 points and win the Natty every year.
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