Statue of Pete Maravich

They're still waiting for him to graduate first.

Should have been done decades ago.

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What would be the criteria going forward to honor athletes with a statue?

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I think the player of the year awards in the respective sports is a very good benchmark for a statue. As is National championship coaches (not necessarily coach of the year).

Otherwise I think you look at careers (college and pro) and decide if someone represented LSU well and has that "legend" type persona. Controversial people would be Chris Jackson for basketball, Tyrann Mathieu in football, Patrick Peterson and Leonard Fournette could be considered, but I think you have to pay attention to the pro careers and how much they give back to LSU after leaving. IMO, In this day with the top players leaving before graduation, you gotta consider some of the post LSU activity on and off the field.

I think every situation is unique. I hope they use their best judgement.

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What would be the criteria going forward to honor athletes with a statue?

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I don't know, but I would think if you can have a stadium named after you, you probably qualify for a statue

Shaq and Pettit are the only current statues we have. Those that have been approved but not yet built are Maravich, Bertman, and Cannon. So if you want to use those as a guide, winning national player of the year (Shaq, Maravich, Cannon) or being the best coach of a generation (Skip) is probably a good starting point, although there is no specified criteria like there is for HOF and/or jersey retirement. Pettit was a 2 time consensus AA but I'm sure they also looked at his NBA career where he was ROY, 2 time NBA MVP and All NBA 11 straight years.

I think other candidates for statues, if there are more in the future, should be Ben McDonald, Todd Walker, Tommy Casonova, Kevin Faulk, and Patrick Peterson

That day was the most respected LSU Football has ever been. We were #1 over an undefeated Alabama AND ESPN picked their host with LSU ties over a home Alabama team. I still can't believe they picked an LSU celebrity for their guest over an Alabama one in Tuscaloosa.

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That day was the most respected LSU Football has ever been. We were #1 over an undefeated Alabama AND ESPN picked their host with LSU ties over a home Alabama team. I still can't believe they picked an LSU celebrity for their guest over an Alabama one in Tuscaloosa.

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That was the zenith of LSU football. That morning on ESPN and that night on CBS.

And then came Coach O!

Brian Wilson on gameday

Yes he needs a statue

I can't see how anyone could be against Pete getting a statue.