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re: SEC ESPN host Peter Burns makes the case for retaining Matt McMahon at LSU

Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:46 am to
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
172210 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:46 am to
quote:

Going through the motions and partially funding a program that will never compete on a national stage is flushing money down the drain.


You: “We don’t give him enough money to spend! No fairrrr waaaaaahhh!”

Also you: “Give it up guys we’re never going to win anything. Why spend the money?”

Just go away. You aren’t a real fan.

Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
14692 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:55 am to
ESPN Hates LSU?


That ranks with Jordan Rogers' predicting that T A&M QB, Kellen Mond, would have a better Sr season than Joe Burrow.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68331 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:32 am to
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ESPN Hates LSU?


Peter Burns is a Baton Rouge native that loves LSU. I would say in general as a host, he's pretty conservative about hiring and firing coaches, which I get with his job at the SEC Network and ESPN.
Posted by Sissidog02
Member since Jan 2020
7392 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:40 am to
Come on now that’s ridiculous, he is the Nicest Coach in the SEC, has the best family in the world, and his teams play gritty.




Plus he’s also a Rich, Rich, man and makes more than WW makes at a “basketball” school.
Posted by mcspufftiger7
Member since Oct 2020
3475 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:47 pm to
Lane Kiffen: I don't care what I'm being paid. What I care about is the NIL package I will get. THAT is the most important thing to me.

Rantards: NIL $$ means nothing

So the experts on here don't BELIEVE that more NIL makes a difference when the top spending programs in the SEC are at the top of the conference.And EVERYONE knows LSU wasn't spending squat the first 3 years of Mcmahons tenure compared to the top programs. But according to the experts here that doesn't matter. Then when they do step up and increase the $$ but loses two of his most important players including his starting PG then injuries don't matter. Now that sounds like a lot of conjecture and hypocrisy. Of course there will be exceptions to the rule that spend more and lose and there will be teams that spend less and win but the majority will follow the money. Now you can debate whether those 2 facts affected the performance and record of the program but they are facts. LSU was at the bottom of basketball program spending in the SEC and still is and he did have to deal with injuries 2 years in a row to important players. So no you don't fire him unless Wade is coming back, which my sources say is a done deal. There are some other things happening that solidify that fact but I would have to mention names and not going to do that. But signs are this will all be over soon and hopefully we will all be behind the new LSU coach but the hypocrisy on here is hilarious.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
35576 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:11 pm to
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So the experts on here don't BELIEVE that more NIL makes a difference when the top spending programs in the SEC are at the top of the conference.And EVERYONE knows LSU wasn't spending squat the first 3 years of Mcmahons tenure compared to the top programs. But according to the experts here that doesn't matter. Then when they do step up and increase the $$ but loses two of his most important players including his starting PG then injuries don't matter. Now that sounds like a lot of conjecture and hypocrisy. Of course there will be exceptions to the rule that spend more and lose and there will be teams that spend less and win but the majority will follow the money. Now you can debate whether those 2 facts affected the performance and record of the program but they are facts. LSU was at the bottom of basketball program spending in the SEC and still is and he did have to deal with injuries 2 years in a row to important players.


If all of that is true, then the market will tell you. The market is going to see McMahon as great coach who just had bad luck and an unsupportive climate in which no coach could succeed in. Major conference schools with openings will be looking to pounce on the opportunity LSU wasted. He will be the next Shaka Smart, Rick Barnes, John Calipari, etc. Great coaches who were pushed out for failing to meet an unattainable level of success at their prior school.

However, something tells me that the next time you see Matt McMahon as a HC it will be at some low-major program few have ever heard of getting bounced in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament streaming on AOL.com

The new LSU coach will come in and immediately have a much better record than McMahon, prompting the dozens of the McMahon PR team to attribute the success to a significant increase in NIL spending with about a much proof for that claim as they have with the claims LSU spent next to nothing. However, I'll make this challenge to anyone...including the internet media. If LSU gets a new HC, or even keeps McMahon, next year's roster will be in place by June. That means the amount of whatever NIL commitments were used to entice those players to sign will (or should) already be known. So tell me in June, hell, even July, what LSU spent. Don't wait until late February until...checks season record...to suddenly uncover how much or how little money was spent.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
80331 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:17 pm to
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I would say in general as a host, he's pretty conservative about hiring and firing coaches, which I get with his job at the SEC Network and ESPN.

It's one thing for the guys calling the SEC games to make excuses for a terrible coach like McMahon because they can't ignore the elephant in the room while calling the game. Burns isn't doing that. He's offering up an asinine opinion unsolicited on Twitter. It's not like this is the Kiffin hire, where it's the talk of the college sports world. McMahon has killed the basketball program so effectively it's not even front page news in Louisiana.
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 2:17 pm
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
172210 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:20 pm to
Pirate queer: why spend money? We have zero chance of winning a championship

Mcpuff: NIL is everything. Spend!!!


Are we witnessing a McMutiny?
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 2:21 pm
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
70523 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:24 pm to
lmfao, the pretzels you contort yourself into and conflicting shite you say will be laughed at for years.
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 2:25 pm
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
108584 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:25 pm to
quote:

Are we witnessing a McMutiny?


More pearanoia
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
70523 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:26 pm to
Mcpuff- “we need more NIL to get higher ranked recruits

Also Mcpuff- “recruiting rankings don’t matter”


lol
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
108584 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:36 pm to
quote:


Pirate queer: why spend money? We have zero chance of winning a championship

Mcpuff: NIL is everything. Spend!!!

Here's the thing, we can keep McMahon and still suck or we could get a new coach and maybe not suck or maybe we still suck. At least if we get Wade, we know it will be interesting around here and we may not suck. So, I kinda like that option right now.
Posted by Sharlo
Van down by the river.
Member since Oct 2021
1610 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:37 pm to
They really do hate us, don't they.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
35576 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:53 pm to
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Here's the thing, we can keep McMahon and still suck or we could get a new coach and maybe not suck or maybe we still suck. At least if we get Wade, we know it will be interesting around here and we may not suck. So, I kinda like that option right now.


While there are no certainties in life, here are the high probabilities based upon the information known.

If LSU keeps McMahon they are going to continue to be a bottom of the SEC program and the NCAA Tournament is not even something in consideration'

If LSU keeps McMahon and significantly increases the NIL put out AND he had no injuries whatsoever, LSU still won't be good...but they will probably be a bit better than the last two seasons.

If LSU hires Wade they are going to have a winning season next year. They will very likely make the NCAA Tournament. However, the question will remain of what is the ceiling on the success? Consistent tournament team but not much else? Occasional championship contender? Consistent to 15-20 program in the nation? To borrow a phrase from a local radio show, Wade is good with a chance to be great.

If LSU hires someone else they will probably at least be better than McMahon. They may be the greatest basketball coach in LSU history. Or they may spend 5 years with highs and lows, but nothing spectacular overall.
Posted by HarryHoudini
Member since Oct 2025
961 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:59 pm to
This dude not a real lsu fan. He said during football that Bryant Denny has surpassed Death Valley as the most electric atmosphere in the conference.

He’s nothing but a sunshine pumper who SEC network hired to blow every university associated with the conference.
Posted by CBarkleytruth
Member since Dec 2014
1718 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 3:21 pm to
Peter Burns was on his show close to if not on Kiffin announcement day strongly hinting that he had inside information Lane was staying at Ole P.

His pattern is starting to show itself.
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
108584 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 3:29 pm to
This post was edited on 3/17/26 at 3:29 pm
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
14692 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 3:40 pm to
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Others with no emotional ties to the program think he should stay for a few reasons.


Didn't those Wimps, with no emotional ties to the program, tell us to fire Wade?
Wade is in his third trip to the NCAA tourney since then, and Mac zero. Wade has taken at least four different teams to the Tourney, in his short career.

Whose judgement/opinion should we trust trust?
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
14692 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 3:51 pm to
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ESPN wanted LSU to give coach O a lifetime contract. Screw them.


So instead we fired a Coach who built the best Football team in NCAA history, then gave a 100 million guaranteed contract to a Coach who had never won an NCAA Championship.
Hmmmm?
Woody and Company were some real business men.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
26031 posts
Posted on 3/17/26 at 5:33 pm to
Well said. It would be very lazy to rehire some castoff coach that never should have been hired by LSU in the first place.

Wade and his sycophantic and idiotic fan base are good at one thing: big talk.

Your Wadeophiles will be crying when Texas kicks NC State arse tonight. NC State is on a big slide, 7 losses in the last 9 games. Wade, as is typical, can run his yapper but cannot competently coach.
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