re: Looks like Matt McMahon has a choice to make

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I’m just sick of the urban legend that is Woodward.

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I still think Woodward is a good AD. I do believe that there is a portion on the rant that are extremely overvaluing him. Mainly because I think they overvalue the AD position in general when it comes to actual wins and losses.

Agreed and they overvalue the hiring process and ability to hire when again, he’s throwing around huge amounts of money.

Huge amounts of money and bad contract terms for the school.

The O national title raise had to be done but it could have easily been structured in better favor for LSU. His approving the Bo contract was insane when we look at all the facts at the timing of it.

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I think he went after Riley, they didn’t just make all of that up.

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I agree.

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I also don’t believe Jay Johnson was his first choice.

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Also agree. O'Sullivan was his first choice well before it was made public Paul was retiring.

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All the bullshite about Woody don’t fire someone without a big fish on the line is bullshite too, I’m sorry but the dude has big pockets of other people’s money. It’s easy to make hires when you know you are throwing around a large amount of cash, you always have the security of knowing someone will bite.

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I don't disagree. But, he does get the money people to give him the money necessary to bring in the big names. So there is some credit given for that.

IMO, this basketball hire is the toughest one he's had to make yet. In baseball LSU is one of the few programs nationally that invests heavily in the sport. That means they don't have a ton of competition in the marketplace when it comes to hiring a new HC.

In football, LSU is one of the top ten jobs in the nation. Maybe top 5 if you consider the program has won 3 NC's and played for a 4th over the last 20 years...with three different HC's. If a coach wants to win a NC there are very few programs you can look at and say "you can absolutely win one there". LSU is on that short list. Kelly came as a surprise because everyone thought "why would someone leave Notre Dame to go to LSU?". Well, that would have been a very valid question 30-40 years ago. Now, I think most would agree LSU has been the better program over the last two decades. Kelly reached the BCS/CFP three times. And all three times he was simply overmatched by the talent on the other side. It wasn't just the money LSU offered. It was the knowledge he could get the talent here were he wouldn't be overmatched in those games.

It was a big surprise Mulkey would leave her Baylor program while she, and it, were still at the top of their game. But she had a strong connection to the state. Born here. Raised here. Went to school here. Had a child that played for LSU.

With the basketball job there is no top tier HC out there with a strong connection to LA. The program, unlike baseball and football, doesn't carry the national clout those two do. It is not a "destination" job. So getting a huge name would seem to be very difficult.

STILL, hiring the Murray St. coach is not, IMO, the ideal choice.

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It’s out of us and South Carolina supposedly.

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As of yesterday S. Carolina wants McMahon, but he wants LSU. No offer had been extended from LSU yet.

You make a valid point. The man don’t care about money. Look at Fisher’s contract! I know A&M has the money, but that’s not the point.

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You do realize that Wade hung himself

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I realize Coach Wade made an awful mistake "allegedly" but I also realize that he did that with ZERO Administrative backing from Alleva or Woodward.

Wade invested his own salary and had to do things his own way because our admins simply don't give a shite about Basketball despite the potential for a massive return on investment. Wade had no backing from admins, boosters, and other people of influence (Dale Brown, Collis Temple, etc). He fricked up but he saw the potential here that apparently our admins don't see or give a frick about.

Woody never shows his hand, so this is all a bunch of bullshite guessing.

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I think he went after Riley, they didn’t just make all of that up.

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Who is “they”? The media? Yea, they wouldn’t just make something up.