re: Mulkey is a possibility

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Mulkey is in a great position to win a couple of National Championships over the next two yrs or so and build a Nat'l Program. She's bullet proof at Baylor and has built a great foundation.
Why would she leave that to go to LSU?

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I agree with alot of this, the turnover at LSU would scare me if I were her. She can pretty much coach the rest of her career in Waco if she so chooses. The fact that she may be considering this move is a sign that LSU may have more to offer than we recognize. Even if this is a ploy to up her current salary

Wow Joey....................good point. I had to laugh at that one!

I will by no means be angry or upset if they pay $1 million for a women's basketball coach like Mulkey, I just don't believe it's necessary.

That said, I'm not the boss... Joe Alleva is. And just like Les Miles wants to win more than any fan out there, Joe Alleva wants to increase LSU's stature and revenue more than anyone else out there, so if he thinks it's a smart move, then who am I to criticize?

Personally, I just don't think you're getting much bang for your buck with women's basketball in general, and while I cetainly am not in favor of eliminating sports that run a deficit or barely make a profit, I also don't believe it's necessary to sink tons of money into them just to get a big name and/or help LSU's brand. Just my personal opinion, but I'm sure whatever Alleva decides to do will come from the position of trying to improve LSU athletics, so it's hard to really criticize decisions that are coming from a good place. Those thoughts aside:

-We know, winning football leads to significantly increased revenue.

-We know, winning men's basketball leads to significantly increased revenue

-We know (from our 5 consecutive Final 4's), winning in women's basketball DOES NOT lead to significantly increased revenue.

All that said, maybe those in power believe that LSU can become a Uconn or Tennessee and see substantial revenue increases with a winning women's basketball team. I just don't think that can happen at LSU (I used to think it was possible, but I don't believe that anymore), and I believe we have enough evidence now to assume that LSU will never have the following in women's basketball as those aforementioned schools.

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Evidently you were not around to see the 1980-81 season.

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Please tell me you didn't just go back 30 years.

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Personally, I just don't think you're getting much bang for your buck with women's basketball in general, and while I cetainly am not in favor of eliminating sports that run a deficit or barely make a profit, I also don't believe it's necessary to sink tons of money into them just to get a big name and/or help LSU's brand. Just my personal opinion, but I'm sure whatever Alleva decides to do will come from the position of trying to improve LSU athletics, so it's hard to really criticize decisions that are coming from a good place. Those thoughts aside: -We know, winning football leads to significantly increased revenue. -We know, winning men's basketball leads to significantly increased revenue -We know (from our 5 consecutive Final 4's), winning in women's basketball DOES NOT lead to significantly increased revenue. All that said, maybe those in power believe that LSU can become a Uconn or Tennessee and see substantial revenue increases with a winning women's basketball team. I just don't think that can happen at LSU (I used to think it was possible, but I don't believe that anymore), and I believe we have enough evidence now to assume that LSU will never have the following in women's basketball as those aforementioned schools.

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Well, like King Joey illustrated, there are more benefits to having good sports programs than "revenue". Let's face it, LSU generates over $110 million dollars in revenue from sports per year. Football contributes somewhere close to $45 million of that while men's basketball contributes somewhere around $1.5 million. That's not really a "significant" increase in revenue. So really football is the engine that drives the train.

Whether LSU can become a Tennessee or UConn is hard to say. But trust me, there were folks who said that where Tennessee is today wasn't possible. The fact is, it IS possible. But you have to have a high level of success sustained over many years. Although LSU women's basketball didn't consistently draw the numbers those other programs do, they were steadily increasing in attendance up to around the time Pokey left............and had a number of games that drew over 10,000 fans. So, it CLEAR that the fanbase is there. But to get them to the level of Tennessee or UConn fans, as far as enthusiasm, would probably take as long as it took THOSE two programs to get there...............which for Tennessee is probably close to 10-15 years.

Proof?

Also, are you talking about packing the arena for EVERY game, or are you talking about packing it for ust big or important games? If it's the former I call BS. If it's the latter I'd say, yes definitely. But the same could also be said for the women's games.

Let her stay at Baylor. She's overpriced and not even that decent to look at anymore. We could probably find someone who is up and coming, costs less, and eager to make a name for themselves by making a successful program.

Sure thing, I'll tell her no dice.

I like Gestnkors. She is struggling at Texas, but recruits and play against in state rivals A&M, Baylor and Texas Tech. I think she is a great coach and possibly be interested in being the only state school.

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I like Gestnkors. She is struggling at Texas, but recruits and play against in state rivals A&M, Baylor and Texas Tech

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Texas has more resources than all three of those so her struggling against them isn't a good sign. She also makes over a million like Mulkey so again she's not a likely choice.