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re: Is McMahon the worst HC in LSU sports history?
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:38 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:38 am to SportsGuyNOLA
In my lifetime(I’m 38 and I don’t count Dale because he was at the end of his career) he’s the worst Men’s Basketball coach. 1. Brady, 2. Wade, 3. Trent, 4. Jones 5. McMahon
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Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:44 am to JerryTheKingBawler
Nobody in here said Smoke was a good coach. Show me the comment that said this? All they said was you can't put him in the "worst HC in LSU sport's history" which is correct because they at least got somewhere with him. LSU had much worse through their history. The original post is ridiculous hyperbole. Nobody is defending any of the 3 coaches.
This post was edited on 2/2/25 at 11:46 am
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:54 am to Poboytom
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No McMahon inherited a team with virtually no players.
We’re still using this excuse?
Posted on 2/2/25 at 11:58 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:06 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
He’s pretty terrible
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:18 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
Not even close. His downfall is recruiting. Dale Brown once had LSU at the pinnacle of the basketball world. We have not kept pace since then.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:24 pm to LSUMJ
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Uhh trent johnson
Trent Johnson won the 2009 SEC championship.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:26 pm to geauxpurple
Recruiting has been more than adequate under McMahon he just can’t coach. The game probably passed Dale by when the 90s hit. He couldn’t manage the talent he was bringing in and could never get those teams playing with any consistency. There are similarities between the two coaches in that context only Brown could at least motivate kids and had a few tricks up his sleeve. McMahon doesn’t have Dale’s competitiveness, charisma or courage as a coach.
This post was edited on 2/2/25 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:57 pm to LSUMJ
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Uhh trent johnson
Did he ever do any recruiting? Lazy POS. Typical
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:01 pm to Domeskeller
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Trent Johnson won the 2009 SEC championship.
The SEC was pretty weak back then to be fair
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:16 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
I don’t know. Winning a national championship and then burning it down in a year to set the program back to a 5 year laughing stock is pretty bad.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:18 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
No
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:39 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
I never ever ever understood the hate for Smoke Laval what the frick?
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:43 pm to Poboytom
It’s also false. The transfer portal opened up two days after he was hired. He failed to convince them to stay.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:46 pm to Dirty30
He was better Basketball Coach than McMahon. McMahon is a solid recruiter. Very bad at all the other stuff.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:52 pm to friendlyobservation
Smoke inherited a dynasty at it’s peak and drove it straight into the ground. McMahon inherited a team with zero players and a situation that nobody wanted and his team was competitive when healthy. Totally different scenarios. Smoke deserves to be in the WOAT conversation.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:52 pm to Domeskeller
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Trent Johnson won the 2009 SEC championship
We won the SEC despite Trent Johnson. He took over a top 10 program at Stanford and had sone of there worst seasons in years and then we hired him.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 2:00 pm to JerryTheKingBawler
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Smoke absolutely belongs in the conversation. He inherited a Ferrari from Skip and drove it straight into a wall. The program was in absolute shambles when Mainieri took over.
The program was in so bad of shape from Smoke that It took Paul 2 whole years to get LSU back in the CWS, and 3 years for LSU to win their 6th National Championship. Yep, that’s complete shambles alright.
And…. No transfer portal for Paul to go grab a bunch of players back then either.
This post was edited on 2/2/25 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 2/2/25 at 2:05 pm to JerryTheKingBawler
You're just proving the point I made above. The original post is hyperbole. And no, Smoke is not in the conversation of worst of all time. Doesn't matter what you feel about the talent LSU had they still produced in a short term with him. The wheels fell off quickly. That doesn't make him the "worst of all time". I think you need you educate yourself on all LSU coaches through history.
He was a terrible coach but he's not on a shortlist of worst LSU coaches ever because they had some even worse than him.
He was a terrible coach but he's not on a shortlist of worst LSU coaches ever because they had some even worse than him.
This post was edited on 2/2/25 at 2:08 pm
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