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Posted on 2/10/25 at 4:47 pm to drizztiger
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He’s also from the South coming from Birmingham.
His college HC (as a player) and current coaching mentor is from Nola and was an assistant with John Brady at Mississippi St. There is a connection there if LSU would want to use it. Unless something unexpected occurs, the Auburn and Alabama jobs aren't opening up anytime soon. Unlike McMahon, who just grabbed the baton at Murray St., McMillian has built Samford into a good program.
While not the first call, he definitely should be in consideration.
Posted on 2/10/25 at 9:32 pm to GA Tiger
How about Bobby Knight
Posted on 2/10/25 at 10:08 pm to lsufan1971
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Honest question. Why didn’t he get scooped up by at least a mid major after last season? There were a ton of job openings in 2024.
Because he's still under a show cause order, and it takes some time to rehab your image. He will get a bigger job offer soon.
Posted on 2/10/25 at 10:22 pm to Old Money
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My GOAT. I would also cheat if I were a HC
Name the greatest coaches. All cheats
Question, why does Louisiana have the reputation of being one of the most ignorant, backward, corrupt states in the nation?
Answer, because of ignorant, backard, corrupt people like you that think cheating is justified if you can win. Bet you cheat at your job and on your taxes and your wife cheats on you.
Posted on 2/10/25 at 10:53 pm to semjase
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Convince Tony Bennett out of retirement with $$$$$. (With no long term contract and ridiculous buy out) He's just 56 and 56 is better than 72!
I’d rather lose double digit games than watch games played in the 50’s. No one is interested in that from fans to recruits.
Posted on 2/10/25 at 11:00 pm to TigerBait2008
You really are the dumbest poster in Tigerdroppings history.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 3:53 pm to drizztiger
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How is his reply irrelevant to the poster he responded to?
It’s just deflecting.
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Wade cheated,
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Bill Self cheated,
This is proven or at least on tape.
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Coach K cheated, John Wooden cheated,
May be true but unless there is evidence of actual “cheating” beyond they won in basketball and basketball is “dirty” it’s just speculation and attempts at deflection.
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if you're going to discredit Wade for being a cheater, you certainly need to have the same thoughts about other coaches that cheated.
Not without actual proof
Posted on 2/11/25 at 4:19 pm to H-Town Tiger
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Not without actual proof
The proof is that AAU basketball exist.
It's SOLE purpose is to serve as a marketplace for talented HS (and younger) basketball players, and to make money for those involved. Everyone involved knows that. A "grassroots" team organizer in Houston, Louisiana, Tampa, Chicago, etc isn't working to put together the best collection of players because he wants to win an AAU championship. It's because he knows those guys are the most valuable commodities to both shoe companies and colleges alike.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 4:26 pm to DhanTigers212
I don't care if he is 72. This program needs credibility. So make a credible hire for once.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 4:35 pm to Alt26
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The proof is that AAU basketball exist.
I already covered this
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unless there is evidence of actual “cheating” beyond they won in basketball and basketball is “dirty” it’s just speculation
Simply saying BB is dirty is not “proof” a particular coach cheated. It also doesn’t absolve another coach by saying “everyone does it”.
Look i became an LSU fan because of basketball (my dad wasn’t a sports guy) and the 81 FF team. I was a student when we had Chris Jackson and Shaq. I want to be good at basketball as much as anyone but it’s time to get over Wade. There are other coaches out there. Look at A&M this year, Woodward hired that coach. He can find a good for LSU, hopefully he does.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 5:22 pm to H-Town Tiger
quote:Sam Gilbert. Feel free to educate yourself.quote:May be true but unless there is evidence of actual “cheating” beyond they won in basketball and basketball is “dirty” it’s just speculation and attempts at deflection.
John Wooden cheated,
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Gilbert’s influence ultimately helped land UCLA basketball on NCAA probation. In December 1981, UCLA was cited for nine infractions and received two years’ probation, which included a one-year NCAA tournament ban and an order to vacate its 1980 NCAA national title game appearance against Louisville.
The most serious allegation levied against Gilbert was that he co-signed a promissory note so a player could buy a car. The NCAA ordered UCLA to disassociate Gilbert from its recruiting process.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 5:37 pm to lsufan1971
Nick Saban, Bobby Knight, Jimmy Johnson
Posted on 2/12/25 at 1:17 am to GA Tiger
I don’t see why not, now that the NIL game has changed completely, he’d be a perfect fit here and he already knows LSU and how to recruit here.
If Arkansas can hire Petrino back as a coach then what Will Wade did here is nothing in comparison. LSU just needs to admit it may have jumped the gun here and just ask him to come back. It was a great fit and the man can both recruit and coach. Even if he isn’t the best on the floor coach, he can easily get an assistant to help him with that role. At the same time, I’m certain he’s aware of what he did and has learned from it. I’m also certain that us fans are not given the full story. There’s probably much more to it than what has been given to the public. We don’t know if the statements are even true, to what degree if they are true or the context within the story given.
I say go for it and I think it’s the other way around, he might not want to come back to a place that did that to him. I completely understand that what he did wasn’t right and also not very wise but he was still young and at a huge institution like LSU, trying to compete with the best in the country. All he was trying to do was put LSU on top, by any means necessary. At the very least, you have to respect that fact.
If Arkansas can hire Petrino back as a coach then what Will Wade did here is nothing in comparison. LSU just needs to admit it may have jumped the gun here and just ask him to come back. It was a great fit and the man can both recruit and coach. Even if he isn’t the best on the floor coach, he can easily get an assistant to help him with that role. At the same time, I’m certain he’s aware of what he did and has learned from it. I’m also certain that us fans are not given the full story. There’s probably much more to it than what has been given to the public. We don’t know if the statements are even true, to what degree if they are true or the context within the story given.
I say go for it and I think it’s the other way around, he might not want to come back to a place that did that to him. I completely understand that what he did wasn’t right and also not very wise but he was still young and at a huge institution like LSU, trying to compete with the best in the country. All he was trying to do was put LSU on top, by any means necessary. At the very least, you have to respect that fact.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 9:03 am to drizztiger
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Sam Gilbert. Feel free to educate yourself.
John Wooden hasn’t coached in 50 years and died 15 years ago who cares
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Gilbert’s influence ultimately helped land UCLA basketball on NCAA probation. In December 1981, UCLA was cited for nine infractions and received two years’ probation, which included a one-year NCAA tournament ban and an order to vacate its 1980 NCAA
Larry Brown was coaching UCLA in 1980, seems you need to educate yourself
ETA this is all still irrelevant to Wade and LSU
This post was edited on 2/12/25 at 9:08 am
Posted on 2/12/25 at 12:20 pm to GA Tiger
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Since Woodward is a big-game game hunter in Coaching Hires
In MBB, take a shot at Rick Pitino. He’s turned St. John’s around in 2 years.
Love Pitino, he's the GOAT, but Will Wade or Bucky McMillan are better FOR US NOW by a country mile
Posted on 2/12/25 at 12:21 pm to TigerBait2008
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Because he's a cheater..you can try and defend it all you want. Truth hurts sometimes.
Bill Self and Kansas are doing just fine.
Auburn and Bruce Pearl seem A-okay
just to name a couple, I'm sure there are more.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 12:56 pm to Gen Patton
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but Will Wade or Bucky McMillan are better FOR US NOW by a country mile
McMillian is intriguing. I wouldn't say he's a sure thing by any means. But intriguing none the less and definitely someone to be considered if McMahon is let go.
Another is Ben McCollum at Drake. He was a dominant coach at the D-2 level for years (despite only being 43 years old) before getting the Drake job this year. Drake was a good program, but they lost almost their entire roster from last season (I know it probably comes as a shock to McMahon's fan club that it happens elsewhere). With a new roster compiled almost entirely of mid-major and D-2 transfers he's 22-2 right now with neutral site wins over Miami, Vanderbilt, and Kansas St. While those aren't top tier major conf. teams this year, their rosters are far more talented than Drake's. That means McCollum's coaching is providing the advantage.
How well a guy who has spent his entire career at D-2 programs in the Missouri/Iowa/Kansas area could recruit in the blood-sport of the SEC to get the guys necessary to compete every night would be a big question. But there is no doubt he can flat out coach.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 1:09 pm to Alt26
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McMillian is intriguing. I wouldn't say he's a sure thing by any means. But intriguing none the less and definitely someone to be considered if McMahon is let go.
Another is Ben McCollum at Drake. He was a dominant coach at the D-2 level for years (despite only being 43 years old) before getting the Drake job this year. Drake was a good program, but they lost almost their entire roster from last season (I know it probably comes as a shock to McMahon's fan club that it happens elsewhere). With a new roster compiled almost entirely of mid-major and D-2 transfers he's 22-2 right now with neutral site wins over Miami, Vanderbilt, and Kansas St. While those aren't top tier major conf. teams this year, their rosters are far more talented than Drake's. That means McCollum's coaching is providing the advantage.
How well a guy who has spent his entire career at D-2 programs in the Missouri/Iowa/Kansas area could recruit in the blood-sport of the SEC to get the guys necessary to compete every night would be a big question. But there is no doubt he can flat out coach.
Next to Wade, I love both of these.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 1:20 pm to Alt26
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McMillian is intriguing. I wouldn't say he's a sure thing by any means. But intriguing none the less and definitely someone to be considered if McMahon is let go.
I love his style of play, the relentless with which his teams play on both sides is so engaging and exciting and now have translated to many, many wins
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