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Kim Mulkey would build a championship program here
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:03 am
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:03 am
She will build a championship program the right way. She will fill the arena. And bring revenue to pay for whatever she demands and for her program. If she is able to accomplish what she has at Baylor she will build a new stadium at her retire it will be known as the Maravich-Mulkey arena. Hire this women. It would be a step in the right direction for several obvious reasons.
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 9:06 am
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:06 am to ulmtiger
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It would be a step in the right direction for several obvious reasons.
Spending seven figures on a coach in a non-revenue women’s sport is the wrong decision for several bad reasons.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:08 am to Indefatigable
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Spending seven figures on a coach in a non-revenue women’s sport is the wrong decision for several bad reasons
The Joe Dean faction is still alive and well at LSU.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:15 am to Indefatigable
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Spending seven figures on a coach in a non-revenue women’s sport is the wrong decision for several bad reasons.
Such a loser mentality.
WBB isn’t something we can just do away with. I’d rather LSU spend 7 figures on a proven winner and see LSU nationally relevant than spend 6 figures to lose.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:21 am to Indefatigable
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non-revenue women’s sport
Are all WBB programs financial losers? Honest question.
Or is there potential to make money?
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:23 am to Screaming Viking
Woody needs to make this happen
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:25 am to ulmtiger
As a fan of all LSU sports I would love to see her at LSU but she’s 58 years old, has been at Baylor for a long time. I would be surprised if she left Baylor.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:30 am to Screaming Viking
I’ll admit I don’t know jack about women’s basketball. But when I was growing up I seem to remember LSU women’s games being popular under pokey. Maybe I’m recalling incorrectly, but I feel like it could generate a little money.
Regardless, in today’s climate you may as well commit to it. It’s not going anywhere.
Regardless, in today’s climate you may as well commit to it. It’s not going anywhere.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:30 am to Screaming Viking
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Are all WBB programs financial losers? Honest question.
Or is there potential to make money?
I believe women's BBall is very similar to baseball, could be wrong, but there's basically very very few programs who turn any profit, then basically 98-99% lose money.
That being said, Mulkey could build a multiple national title winner here and the program would still absolutely lose money if we're paying her in the mid 2 mil range per year. The fact of the matter is this school can barely support a winning men's program, there should be no expectation we would suddenly support in mass a winning women's program.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:30 am to Septiger
Posturing for a big Baylor payday
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:31 am to ulmtiger
Did you know she is Kramer’s mom???
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:32 am to Swagga
Why does it matter to you if the program makes money? We have a whole list of programs that lose money. At least WBB has a strong national TV presence, especially the tournament.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:32 am to Indefatigable
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Spending seven figures on a coach in a non-revenue women’s sport is the wrong decision for several bad reasons.
The positive effect someone like Kim Mulkey would have on the public perception of your athletic program far exceeds her salary.
Let me tell you something. Our athletic department, despite a 2019 football season for the ages, has flatlined when it comes to its overall image.
For starters, Covid has sucked all the fan experience out of everything for more than a year now.
The football team followed 2019 with a turd in the punch bowl for 2020. They gave a new meaning to the term “championship hangover.” I understand why/how. But that happened. The football world laughed their arse off at us last year.
Baseball is mired in mediocrity. Again.
Men’s Basketball, like it or not, can’t even play a tournament game without ESPN telling recruits not to come here. That literally happened.
No one has been to a women’s basketball game for close to a decade. This is a program that was for a brief period a national power that made multiple final fours and actually drew great crowds. That used to happen here. Not anymore.
Then there’s the Title IX stuff that has reporters, local and national, keeping our program in the headlines for the wrong reasons. They won’t let go, by the way. They get too much personal reward from a story that never ends.
The athletic department needs something big and good to happen sooner rather than later to help turn its image around. It will cost a lot of money, but we all need to understand that LSU’s athletic brand is garbage right now. Straight garbage.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:34 am to Geauxldilocks
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The Joe Dean faction is still alive and well at LSU.
Joe Dean limited the return by being unable to see potential.
I don’t think this is the same thing. Women’s basketball is a financial loser...with or without Mulkey.
If you decide to invest this much you are simply deciding that a winning program is worth the loss you are going to take.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:34 am to Indefatigable
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Spending seven figures on a coach in a non-revenue women’s sport is the wrong decision for several bad reasons.
Seems like it worked pretty good for UConn...
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:36 am to ibldprplgld
quote:She'll win an SEC Championship in year 2 and National in year 3. (As I've been saying for several years on here)
I’d rather LSU spend 7 figures on a proven winner and see LSU nationally relevant than spend 6 figures to lose.
The time has come for Kim and Will Double Headers.
If Gangsta Pear can find a defensive coach that can elevate the program into the Top 10, the PMAC will be full and rockin once again!
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:36 am to Screaming Viking
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Are all WBB programs financial losers? Honest question.
Or is there potential to make money?
I remember reading an article a few years back saying that only 3-5 women's basketball teams make a profit. All were less than $500K. And, most importantly, those numbers were very suspect because of accounting irregularities that shifted football revenues to women's basketball.
Here's LSU in 2017-2018 -
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:39 am to MMauler
WBB loses 4 million a year??????? Women’s sports should receive less money, not more. Go hire a high school coach and be done with it.
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 7:40 am
Posted on 4/19/21 at 7:49 am to Septiger
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As a fan of all LSU sports I would love to see her at LSU but she’s 58 years old, has been at Baylor for a long time. I would be surprised if she left Baylor.
Me2, but you gotta make her say no. Even if she came to LSU for 3 or 4 years, we’d be nationally relevant again. Her track record speaks for itself.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 8:04 am to Swagga
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LSU women’s games being popular under pokey. Maybe I’m recalling incorrectly, but I feel like it could generate a little money.
There was definitely more excitement than there is now and more people cared but they still only sold out two games a year. The Pack the PMAC game and whenever they played Tennessee. That was it.
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