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re: McMahon quote after Texas Tech loss
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:04 pm to ChestRockwell
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:04 pm to ChestRockwell
quote:
They don't have any players. The university is not investing as it should in basketball. Cant be good in all 3
I'm so tired of hearing this pathetic excuse.
The players are paid through NIL funds...which is private money. LSU is not paying the players directly (or at least haven't been). Certainly, the collectives can allocate money however they see fit, but there is nothing stopping a HC from going out and fundraising to pay his players. That's how things worked for a LONG time throughout major college basketball. The HC would buddy up with wealthy boosters to get the money necessary to buy blue chip players (unless you are one of those naive souls who believe Wade was the only coach in the history of CBB to ever pay players).
On that note, if you believe Wade was paying players at LSU (and he was), then that big money to buy true blue chip guys was coming from somewhere. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't out of his own pocket. For the first few months after getting the LSU job he went all over the state meeting and speaking with wealthy booster and potential boosters. The reason was to raise the money necessary he knew he needed to compete on the recruiting trail. He did the same thing when he got the McNeese job. The first order of business was meeting with the necessary businesspeople and wealthy donors in the area to get them on board to fund the team. It worked. McNeese basketball had more interest and money flowing in than ever before.
McMahon is like Trent Johnson. He's never really wanted to do any of that. He's not barnstorming to generate the money to go after blue chip guys. He doesn't want to get deep in the mud of basketball recruiting, which is a murky, cutthroat landscape. So to a large degree the reason he doesn't have the funding is because he doesn't want to make a great effort to get it. When you combine that with struggles as an on the floor coach, you get the results we've seen over the last 3 seasons.
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Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:30 pm to Alt26
Name one major school who has a top mens basketball, football, and baseball program all at the same time? There isnt one. Its not economically feasible.
This post was edited on 12/9/25 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:34 pm to mhc4tigers
quote:Yes, it was an all around bad game on offense in the 1st half for LSU. Nwoko had his worst half of the season, but recovered in the 2nd.
It is true. But they had many possessions at put backs or layups under pressure and made very few. Probably still lose but not by 25. The rim had a lid on it for our bigs. The SEC is won and lost on those close range under pressure shots. And the three point line. Have to,shoot well enough from three to be competitive. Then have to win inside battle
I still think Max starts the next game, but he will be on a very short leash. Basically he has to be a positive or get pulled after 3-4 minutes. If he starts off 2 for 3 from 3 and solid defense, he gets more time.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:34 pm to nicholastiger
We don’t have much to lose by playing miller over tamba and another guard, either king or possibly even zipper, over mackinnon.
Tamba isn’t a threat offensively and mackinnon can work in his hot and cold streaks from the bench
Tamba isn’t a threat offensively and mackinnon can work in his hot and cold streaks from the bench
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:35 pm to nicholastiger
With woody gone he’ll definitely be fired after this season
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:40 pm to TigerDCC11
quote:He is good from 3. Still shooting 40%. But luckily we have a ton of depth at shooting guard, so if he slumps we have King, Carter, Zipper, and Mosley behind him.
This Max guy. I thought he was sooo good from the 3? Looks like he can't handle the pressure of SEC basketball and we haven't even started the SEC schedule.
After the 3rd game, I said, "This guy is the Nussmeier of LSU basketball."
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:43 pm to ChatGPT of LA
Once again, LSU was outrebounded related to offensive misses with TT having more chances when they had the ball also. So being outrebounded at both ends of the court and losing total rebounds by a lot (45 to 32) tells me LSU is going to have trouble rebounding in the SEC also. This team has been living off a cupcake schedule. Even teams like DePaul and Boston College who USED to be decent apparently aren't any more by their records. This season is going to similar to the last 3 which is why LSU was picked next to last in the SEC by the media.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:46 pm to nicholastiger
It struck me after the BC game, and he kept harping on how proud he was of the team for bouncing back from adversity - and while I get it - I had kinda come out of that game disappointed in blowing that big first half lead and the offense going AWOL the whole second half. He glossed over that part and that offensive swoon continued.
I'm going to give him a bad game Sunday. All teams have them. But the signs I've seen before from CMM's teams, man....I'm seeing them again. Hope I'm wrong, I really don't like watching us look bad...I wish it were not so.
I'm going to give him a bad game Sunday. All teams have them. But the signs I've seen before from CMM's teams, man....I'm seeing them again. Hope I'm wrong, I really don't like watching us look bad...I wish it were not so.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:46 pm to StGeorgeTiger
" MM blows WW out the water"
signed,
shooter
when will we shitcan this clown coach?
signed,
shooter
when will we shitcan this clown coach?
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:55 pm to Fat Bastard
Can we just go ahead and opt out of the NCAA tournament for this year, now? that way when we don't make it then it looks like it was our choice not to go due to the extenuating circumstances of having to start a coaching search.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:58 pm to WaydownSouth
quote:
That would be 8-10, not 10-8
With the SEC not as strong after team 5/6 and the weak non conference schedule, it will take 9-10 wins and a win over SMU to get in.
Beating Miss St, Georgia, Aggie x2, Mizzou, Oklahoma, and South Carolina won't be enough.
Should have worded it different clarified. Miss State x2, A&M x2, and South Carolina x2, Mizzou, OU, Georgia, +1 = 10-8.
But also, like I said, this is the absolute ceiling imo. That's if everyone stays healthy and LSU sweeps the other bottom SEC teams.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 1:59 pm to nicholastiger
The reason they lost is the reason he sucks as a coach….doesn’t know how to scheme people open on offense, allows sloppy offense and bad, rushed shots, and has the worst approach to defensive detail I’ve seen at LSU in a long time
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:00 pm to mmcgrath
quote:
He is good from 3. Still shooting 40%.
Ok, I'll take your word for it, but - other than the first game - everytime I've watched he misses a WIDE open 3. Granted, I've watched about half of the games.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:08 pm to ChestRockwell
quote:
Name one major school who has a top mens basketball, football, and baseball program all at the same time?
Tennessee has been ranked #1 in all 3 at some point in the past 3 years. Michigan has played for the natty in all 3 in the last decade. Bama, Duke, Florida and Virginia have been good at all 3 simultaneously. I’m not asking for us to be a top 10 team in basketball but it shouldn’t be too much to ask to make a fricking 64 team tournament in year 4 of Matt McMahon’s tenure here.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:18 pm to lsudave1
quote:
make a fricking 64 team tournament in year 4 of Matt McMahon’s tenure here.
4 years in. how many years did loser scott give this turd? 7?
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:19 pm to NotaStarGazer
I don't dispute any thoughts you have.....I am pointing out that piss porridge shooting leads to more rebounds for the other team.
In NO WAY am I saying they dont suck arse, and this coach is lost
In NO WAY am I saying they dont suck arse, and this coach is lost
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:24 pm to PurpleSingularity
quote:Did you watch the games? They had open shots, just missed them.
.doesn’t know how to scheme people open on offense, allows sloppy offense and bad, rushed shots, and has the worst approach to defensive detail I’ve seen at LSU in a long time
The offense wasn't sloppy, the 1st half to's were just individual bad mistakes. Overall 9 to's on the game with that happening. TO's have not been a problem this year.
Shots weren't rushed.
Defense had some missed assignments, but wasn't bad. We defended well on Toppin. The only bad i can think of was handling Toppin on the pick and roll. We sagged too much and left the guard open. On his post ups we did a nice job of doubling then recovering.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:26 pm to tigerfoot
The motherflucker we had coaching us before this moron had ZERO problem finding guys that could put the ball in the basket.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:35 pm to ChestRockwell
99% of major schools don't give a fluck about baseball. LSU is one of the rare major schools that think winning the tallest midget award actually means ANYTHING.
Doubt me??? Look at Bama, Auburn, and Tennessee. They care more about and are currently more successful than us in basketball.
If they happen to win in baseball, great. But they don't go balls to the wall trying to do it.
Doubt me??? Look at Bama, Auburn, and Tennessee. They care more about and are currently more successful than us in basketball.
If they happen to win in baseball, great. But they don't go balls to the wall trying to do it.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 2:42 pm to iamandykeim
quote:
I mean not sure how you can disagree with the statement. They shot the lights out, we couldn't get anything to fall. I didn't think we were getting bad looks, either.
What troubled me is that while Tech shot better than their average and we shot below, Tech has 2 players that shoot nearly 45%, so we should’ve focused on them. Max also shoots over 40%, and I think Tech made it hard for him to get open looks.
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