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re: No excuse for not firing McMahon yet
Posted on 1/26/26 at 2:33 am to LSU Tiger Eyes
Posted on 1/26/26 at 2:33 am to LSU Tiger Eyes
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LSU would owe 80% of McMahon's remaining base and supplemental pay if he is fired without cause. The total amount is paid in monthly installments over the remainder of the contract, which runs through June 30, 2029.
After the 2024-25 season: $9.76 million
After the 2025-26 season: $7.44 million
After the 2026-27 season: $5.04 million
After the 2027-28 season: $2.56 million
Without Cause. What does that actually mean? Does having several years of losing seasons in a row when you are hired to win not be Cause?
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 2:34 am to cbree88
We need to have 1 bad sport. Just really not feed the nil
Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:53 am to cbree88
I think if he loses these next two games it's time to make the move
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:34 am to 1999
He’s not a bad guy. They just didn’t win enough. No reason to give him the bk treatment.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:42 am to drizztiger
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This is the epitome of moron posters, including yourself and I. Start with OP.
At least I'm in good company.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:12 am to cbree88
What is the benefit in pulling the trigger now vs at the end of the season? This isn’t football. This is basketball, which has another month of tournament play after the season. The coaches you are going to be likely to want as a replacement are coaching during at least part of that month. This isn’t a football coaching search. The timelines are different. No reason not to wait. It won’t make the difference between our team playing in the post season or not. And as others have said, it’s not like McMahon has become toxic or a distraction. Let him finish the season and wish him well at his next stop. He just wasn’t the right guy for us.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:44 am to BR Tiger
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The timelines are different. No reason not to wait. It won’t make the difference between our team playing in the post season or not. And as others have said, it’s not like McMahon has become toxic or a distraction. Let him finish the season and wish him well at his next stop. He just wasn’t the right guy for us.
exactly
Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:52 am to cbree88
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What could possibly be stopping us from looking for a new basketball coach?
You don’t think we are?
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:02 am to cbree88
You are sitting there waiting for McMahon to be fired?
Where did you get the idea it was imminent?
Wait til the end of the year.
Where did you get the idea it was imminent?
Wait til the end of the year.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:25 am to cbree88
but but but we got injuries.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:40 am to cbree88
There's not much benefit to making a change now. In fact, doing so could make things WORSE. The reason is if the interim (it would be David Patrick) had any modicum of "success" (in this instance, winning 5-6 more games) you'd have bozos on here lobbying to hire him as the permanent HC (ask Texas how that works out?). You saw it when Brady was fired midseason. Butch Pierre had a little bit of success late in the season and you had fans clamoring to make him the permanent HC. While the guy LSU ultimately hired, Johnson, didn't exactly have a great tenure at LSU outside of his first season, there is a reason Pierre never became a HC after leaving LSU. He just wasn't valued that highly in the marketplace.
McMahon was essentially done the moment Woodward was fired. The AD (if he isn't already) needs to start gathering intel and doing analysis on potential coaching hires while also, quietly, getting the money together (a) buyout McMahon's contract and (b) make a competitive offer to a new HC.
This could be a favorable hiring cycle for LSU. There does not appear to be any huge openings on the horizon and probably only one other in the SEC (Oklahoma). In 2022 there were 6 new hires in the SEC alone.
McMahon was essentially done the moment Woodward was fired. The AD (if he isn't already) needs to start gathering intel and doing analysis on potential coaching hires while also, quietly, getting the money together (a) buyout McMahon's contract and (b) make a competitive offer to a new HC.
This could be a favorable hiring cycle for LSU. There does not appear to be any huge openings on the horizon and probably only one other in the SEC (Oklahoma). In 2022 there were 6 new hires in the SEC alone.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:43 am to The Pirate King
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If you're thinking about this at 10:00 pm on a Sunday night, you need help.
Is there an acceptable time window to defend the failing coach or do absolute retards get to melt whenever they feel like?
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:45 am to LSU Tiger Eyes
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LSU would owe 80% of McMahon's remaining base and supplemental pay if he is fired without cause. The total amount is paid in monthly installments over the remainder of the contract, which runs through June 30, 2029.
After the 2024-25 season: $9.76 million
After the 2025-26 season: $7.44 million
After the 2026-27 season: $5.04 million
After the 2027-28 season: $2.56 million
Reason 100 why that clown Woodward had to go
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:46 am to jamarr
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cant fire him after he makes the tournament.
next 4 games are wins.
5-13. Book it.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:02 am to Bottom9
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Reason 100 why that clown Woodward had to go
The annual/total value of the contract isn't particularly bad. McMahon is the lowest (or at least one of the lowest) paid HCs in the SEC this season. He wasn't at the time the contract was signed. But he's done nothing to allow him to leverage a bigger contract at LSU. The 7th year is the bigger problem. However, LSU was under investigation at the time of the signing, which probably gave McMahon some leverage to get the 7th year.
Woodward's contract approach looked to be to sign "big" early, knowing market inflation would occur and he (ostensibly) would have his coach locked into a number that would get "lower" (relative to market inflation as time went on). His flaw? He didn't fully appreciate the massive market change in how college sports operate. He hired two guys (Kelly and McMahon) who were reluctant to fully embrace the "free agent" nature of college sports. As a result, they quickly got left behind.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:03 am to cbree88
Are the people downvoting the same people that wanted to retain Kelly. Kelly’s SEC record was better than McMahon and Kelly needed to be replaced. McMen still have some fans wanting to keep McMahon.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 11:47 am to cbree88
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What could possibly be stopping us from looking for a new basketball coach? Are LSU’s standards for basketball really that low?
Verge is dotting the i's and crossing the t's to be prepared to come in with the blind-side at just the right time. The plan is no mystery, but must be covertly executed.
MC wil go out and the carpet will roll out for:
THE GENERAL
TIMING is everything!
Posted on 1/26/26 at 12:08 pm to geauxpurple
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This can wait until the season is over.
The only situation that could happen is McMahon goes on some kind of a run and wins enough to make the tournament. It’s a small shot maybe 20-30% but still a chance. If he makes the tournament then he stays for another year. I’d still let him finish the year.
This post was edited on 1/26/26 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 1/26/26 at 12:12 pm to geauxpurple
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This can wait until the season is over.
Yea but the majority of this board is prone to panic attacks while waiting on a hot pocket to finish microwaving.
I think 10% of tRant might actually be homeless.
Posted on 1/26/26 at 12:14 pm to Sofaking2
quote:I already told mdom, lose out the regular season, and McMiraculously go 5-0 SEC Tourney - Boom NCAAT!!
The only situation that could happen is McMahon goes on some kind of a run and wins enough to make the tournament. It’s a small shot maybe 20-30% but still a chance. If he makes the tournament then he stays for another year. I’d still let him finish the year.
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