re: Was McMahon hired because he was the only option?

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Don't give stopgaps 7 year contracts

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This is really the problem. McMahon had an adequate resume. For all of his on the court faults that people can find with him, I think that a bigger issue has been the revolving door of our more quality underclassman. It might be because of NIL, or lack of connection with players, but McMahon hasn’t done what needs to be done to retain guys and build enough depth to compete.

Maybe we need to find out assistant’s name lol

lol no shite.

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We’ve also heard from “insiders” who support McMahon that he hated guys like Eric Gaines and wanted him gone ASAP.

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In fairness, Wade was often sick of Gaines’ attitude

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But the problem his Woodward never looked beyond the paper to evaluate if the hire was the right fit at the right time in a changing era of college sports.

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So why don't you tell us exactly what he should have looked at " beyond the papers" that would have told us why he might not be the best hire? Do you think there is some hidden clue that would tell how a coach might respond when his best two players are lost to season ending injuries two years in a row?

As to the changing landscape I believe you may be on to something but not in the way you think. I believe with the NCAA cloud hanging over the whole LSU athletic department and facing possible draconian sanctions and institutional control investigation McMahon was told to not do anything remotely close to improper recruitment. He was given a longer contract under the premise it might take longer to get a program in place but he could build and develop a quality program over 3 to 4 years. Then the whole NIL / immediate transfer eligibility blew up and the program was under funded to attract high level players. There was little margin and the injuries destroyed any chance for success. The alleged violations under Wade were now permissible and they were caught unprepared.

The hire was similar to John Brady some 25 years before. LSU was a tainted job due to NCAA witch hunts and very few established big program coaches would have left their school to come here. That’s a recipe for a Mid-major or a quad 3-4 school every time.

By the way, after watching lots of hoops this weekend, LSU needs to let their students move to the lower level behind the benches. Too many of those seats are taken by old namby pamby blue-haired hens and their feeble husbands.

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It is amazing some people are still mad he was fired

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There are people mad that SW got fired?

There was talk about Todd Golden as well. Florida hired Golden March 18th, 2022 and LSU hired Mcmahon three days later on the 21st.

Even then you could tell Mcmahon was going to turn out awful.

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He would have seen MM had about 3 seasons where he had good years the rest were not that good

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Dumb. You have no clue what you are talking about.

2015–16 Murray State 16–14 10–6 T–1st (West)
2016–17 Murray State 16–17 8–8 3rd (West)
2017–18 Murray State 26–6 16–2 1st NCAA Division I Round of 64
2018–19 Murray State 28–5 16–2 T–1st NCAA Division I Round of 32
2019–20 Murray State 23–9 15–3 T–1st No postseason held
2020–21 Murray State 13–13 10–10 T–5th
2021–22 Murray State 31–3 18–0 1st NCAA Division I Round of 32
Murray State: 153–67 (.695) 93–31 (.750)

Naw…

Imo, interviewed and won the interview. Who all was interviewed, descent question…?

Don’t think he ever had freedom in recruiting. Hasn’t had more than 2 real guards any year, LSU has to fall on the sword instead of a new contract if he doesn’t want 4 or 5 guards at all times.

Can’t blame a coach to get an extension and not run his recruiting.