That was the leverage the NCAA had over us to get us to ax Wade is what I meant, they didn't have jack shite worth of proof on Wade but the NCAA doesn't operate according to any fair process and would have crippled our football program for the next decade if we didn't fire Wade

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arguably the best thing McMahon has done at LSU is recruit the HS ranks. No, it's not quite on par with the very top teams in college basketball. But not bad. For context, Wade signed 6 top 100 recruits in his first 3 seasons. McMahon has signed 5. Now he has to start producing with them. Unfortunately, one thing McMahon has to deal with that Wade didn't in his first 3 seasons is the transfer rules. That means (for any coach) the great recruiting could blow up in an offseason and leave you with little to nothing. IF he can keep Ward/Reed for their 3rd seasons and Chest for his 2nd, then combine the two HS signees, you could have the core of a potentially good team. But EVERY season their are players who appear to be in excellent situations that choose to transfer (ex. Adam Miller was a freshman starter on a great Illinois team; Jordan Wright was in line to be a key player, perhaps the best player, on a Vanderbilt team that finished last season strong). So a coach can never fully count on his players returning until they do.

Agree with all of this, this last stretch for us before the conference tournament is really a make or break test for the McMahon experiment in my eyes, we have to AT THE VERY MINIMUM go 2-2 this stretch so we at least finish the regular season with a winning record

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Posted by Geaux Guy

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Posted on 2/26/24 at 8:51 pm to Sissidog02

Sissy - we weren’t projected to win an SEC game this year.

We’ve actually put a semi-competitive team together.

Did you somehow not see the situation LSU basketball was put in and how our overreaction was put in place to protect football?

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Posted by tarzana

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Posted on 2/27/24 at 7:30 am to Gen Patton

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we have a GREAT chance to finish 9-9 in league play

No sir. I thought so just a week ago, but the complete collapse Saturday after Ward went out puts into full relief the thinness of the Tiger roster-- complete lack of depth. 6-12 is more likely now than 9-9-- Cook and Ward may not come back at all this season; if they do they won't be at full strength

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Posted by Gen Patton

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Posted on 2/27/24 at 7:56 am to tarzana

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No sir. I thought so just a week ago, but the complete collapse Saturday after Ward went out puts into full relief the thinness of the Tiger roster

Overreaction, Mississippi State's like a 9-10 seed in March, they're likely the last good team we'll face until the SEC Tournament and their defense is ferocious. I could see the letdown coming after what we did to South Carolina and Kentucky, maybe we overlooked State who knows but I'm not sounding the panic button yet nor should you either.

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