Where did the narrative that Coach Mc is a great Xs and Os coach originate?

It started when we forced the ball inside last season. Our ignorant fans thought that meant we were fundamentally sound because it reminded them of basketball 35 years ago.

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We don’t run that offense at LSU

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Wasn’t the question, but yes we do.

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Where did the narrative that Coach Mc is a great Xs and Os coach originate?

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apparently wade only coached up the offense to play "street ball" so anything that mcmahon does is brilliant to them. it's hilarious.

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Nope and every game film will prove that.

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Cook is a big part of why you’re not seeing as much of that consistently, but we definitely do some of this stuff.

He’s a good player, but holistically it still feels like a patchwork squad. Derek Fountain is your best rebounder.

If you want to criticize McMahon, criticize his recruiting or evaluation. Personally I’m willing to give a pass considering the circumstances if he pulls together a strong class this year.

I’ve gone through the stages of grief over the death of LSU basketball. I’m now at the acceptance and apathy stages. I expected we would lose tonight and the team didn’t disappoint.

Blair and Brady were good as usual on the call though. Our radio broadcast crew never loses a game.

But he’s so nice

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Where did the narrative that Coach Mc is a great Xs and Os coach originate?

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et tu Drizz?

Seriously, though, almost any narrative of "a coach is great/awful Xs & Os coach" is predicated on bolstering or tearing down a guy by trying to eliminate the talent level from his evaluation and is kind of silly.

Great talent makes most coaches look good, mediocre talent makes them look mediocre. You have to be truly great or truly awful to consistently make one or the other look different.

I think anyone with eyes can see that Wade drew much better talent than McMahon is drawing. I'm not sure either is a fantastic Xs & Os coach and I feel like neither is close to a bad coach.

Better talent makes for a more fun program to watch game to game.

I would say the only real feather in his cap might be recognizing unrealized talent like he did with Ja Morant. But with just one such player to his credit, that could just as easily be serendipity.

I don't know if I answered your question directly. My thought is it was a narrative put forth by folks trying to bolster McMahon either proactively or (more often I think) in defense vs attacks against him as a coach. I get both even if I think saying he is great is a stretch.

This team needs an identity and it needs to not be "well, at least they didn't give up" even though I like a team that never gives up. The early game is what I thought their identity would be, tough defense, rebounds, and good shot selection especially off of turnovers and rebounds. Once Alabama started rolling they seemed to lose that and started jacking up quick shots and missing.

A lot of people pretending to be basketball experts who clearly don’t know shite

From Action Network Pregame

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LSU’s offense is at a crossroads, mostly because newly eligible point guard Jalen Cook likes to score in pick-and-roll sets while head coach Matt McMahon runs a motion offense

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Message board warriors “we run nothing on offense”.

Nah dude, our best player is a bad fit for the system & our best post player is Derek fountain. How much simpler does it get than that? If you wanna criticize McMahon criticize recruiting & evaluation.

I think you have a fkn agenda if you do that, considering the circumstances. If he puts together a good class they will compete next year, but if he doesn’t & they flop in 2025 he will probably be gone.

Regardless,saying “we don’t run an offense” just makes you look like a massive posing dumbass.

And either way, he’s coaching 2025.
Cry harder.

We can’t have a basketball thread without it becoming a fkn Wade war — I’m just giving you facts about this team and this coach, morons.

Weird that you didn't see these posts or a lot of these posters when we were 3-1 in the SEC.