Jon Rothstein interview with Coach McMahon

always appreciate a link to stuff like this

Thanks for that will definitely listen, and will be posting a State of the Program II on monday. Been really impressed so far. Love his approach to team building as it is different than Wade's whose was also very effective and great, but this will be more appealing to Tiger basketball fans.

Also something I did not expect was the season tickets have not dropped off as much as I thought they would and I think by SEC play could be equal or better than pre Wade levels. As with the economy going the way it is, when LSU basketball is good the cost of tickets is a very good bargain.

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when LSU basketball is good the cost of tickets is a very good bargain.

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Relative to all of the other sports it absolutely is.

I struggle every season with the decision to renew my football tickets. $1,500 for 7 games...3 of which (Southern, UAB, New Mexico this year) I really couldn't care less if I attended or not. The hassle of doing so it not that much different than attending a SEC game.

With basketball, even when LSU plays lesser teams, I leave my house/office 30 minutes before tipoff and still get to campus, park, and be in my seat for the beginning of the game. After the game there is no hassle in getting home. All for what equates to (for me) ~$18.00 per game. Plus, basketball games are pretty consistent in their time frame. Approx. 2 hours. Compare that to baseball. While the tickets aren't terribly expensive, it's not uncommon to have games lasting over 3 hours...sometimes 4. That's just not feasible on a weekday for most people.

Rothstein blocked me. I think he's a skell.

Matt McMahon. The commish.