re: Kam Williams to Kentucky

Where would you encourage your son to go play?

Look guys, I wanna believe like you guys do that increases NIL is gonna help, and I get that losing out to Unc , Duke or Kentucky is nothing to be ashamed of, but explain to me how we are suppose to get competitive players when the only high caliber ones are going to better schools? It’s no different from last year. The problem seems to be identifying players that fit the system rather than the money. I’d rather us hire an assistant or consultant to help identify what we need rather gamble on a guy that ya hope fits, if that’s even a thing lmao. Convince me how a big NIL is gonna change the caliber of player we get plz, I’m just not seeing it, but I wanna believe

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I'd say with a certain degree of belief that if LSU offered 10-15% more in NIL than Kentucky, he still would have chosen UK.

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what "certain level of belief"? somewhere around totally clueless to baseless speculation? what does that mean?

you don't know this person. you don't know the priorities. I read the same article you did, he wanted to sign with KY before someone else took that spot.

for the foreseeable future LSU will lose players to blue bloods. they have more money and prestige. but I dunno if they are gonna pass up an extra 100K to do so. I don't have "a certain level of belief" about it, whatever that means.

this whole thread is stupid. you are trying to be critical of McMahon for losing a player to Kentucky. everyone loses players to Kentucky.

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Jesus dude.

I didn't say we offered more. I said if the hypothetical scenario existed that we offered more, that I believe he still would have chosen Kentucky due to other factors more important than 10-15% more in NIL.

It's not that difficult to comprehend. Or shouldn't be.

And I am not being critical of CoachMc for losing out on a potential transfer. I am critical over CoachMc due to his coaching and the state of the program.

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people who said more money is going to get the best recruits

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nobody said that

Yup, money has incentive but the root of the problem is identifying players when ya don’t have a system.

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Funny watching the same people who said more money is going to get the best recruits now say “oh well we’re not gonna get the best players because the blue bloods will” after they argued against that very idea for weeks.

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(1) LSU needs to spend more on basketball, specifically NIL for basketball

(2) Money alone is never going to get you the kind of talent you need to make a deep run in the tournament.

Both are true.

This recruiting class and next year's basketball season will likely solidify whether this coach has what it takes to produce a winning program despite the current evidence (overwhelming, some would say) to the contrary. I am not particularly hopeful but at least other coaches will see LSU has addressed at least one of the things that may cause hesitation for high-quality coaches coming to LSU.

I’ve talked about building a foundation to your roster with local players ad nauseam on this board for years.

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I’ve talked about building a foundation to your roster with local players

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there is not enough talent in this state

For what?

My thoughts on the foundation theory, First off, many on here say that ya only need 8-9 players to compete, so offering the top two players can’t hurt right? If they happen to hit iits lagniappe. Second, at least it gives some push back to the teams like Baylor, Houston, A and M who often times grab one out of Louisiana, granite they are niche players who fit their system. Third, there are a few schools that put out a really good player every few years, so maybe it opens up the possibility of building a connection with those coaches who could possibly steer them our way. This theory only holds true if ya believe that ya only need 7-8 good players to be competitive on a 14 man roster. Btw, it’s just a theory