Will Wade’s Relationship with the Students

I dont think it'd be a real good idea for him to have relations with students. Also, his wife would probably be pretty upset by it

I agree there could be improvement.

Coach Musselman at Arkansas does a good job too. He visits the greek houses & other organizations as well

He goes to the student section after every win baw

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What specifically does Coach O do to create student excitement that Will Wade isn't doing?

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Ever watched one of his press conferences where he specifically calls on the students to show up or gives them props for making a difference? Meanwhile WW yesterday pretty much said that the crowd doesn't matter which even if it doesn't, that's not a way to motivate your home crowd.

It's the small things also like singing the alma mater with the student section that also helps.

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to an extent

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Coach O also does it to an extent.

I think it would help draw more students to the games and make them feel like they’re a part of the whole thing.

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How many games has Coach O been to? It is actually the other coaches that helps with this at other programs. Dale Brown didn’t do anything specific to interact with the students. He in fact squelched a lot of stuff that happened during games like tossing stuff during games.
The fact that LAST SEASON LSU won the SEC should be more than enough for the students to stand in line for hours to wait to enter the games like in the 80’s.
The students don’t have a sense of pride in the basketball program and can’t get drunk or tail gate before like for football. It isn’t a party, thus it isn’t worth their time. Pretty simple to be honest.
When there wasn’t cell phones and every game televised, issues like leaving at 1/2 time and attendance wasn’t an issue. The students are spoiled.

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Meanwhile WW yesterday pretty much said that the crowd doesn't matter which even if it doesn't, that's not a way to motivate your home crowd.

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well, he probably said this as motivation to his team, b/c he's done trying to motivate the students who rarely ever show up.
There have been games this year where there was literally less than 10 people in the student section. I don't care if i'ts winter break or LSU football has done well or you're playing a crappy team, the student section earlier in the year was beyond pathetic at times.

And the student section will never move to the traditional position the rest of the country uses b/c they don't show up consistently enough, and even when they do show up, like they will tonight, there's only about 25 of them that will actually make noise and get crazy consistently, until they find a moment to yell STTDB, then they will all chime in.


They suck, and this program deserves better.

It's easy to see who does and doesn't attend games in this thread.

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Ever watched one of his press conferences where he specifically calls on the students to show up or gives them props for making a difference?

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Ever watch one of will wades? After every game he praises the weak arse student section when he should be calling them out. Literally after every home game he praises them.

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I agree there could be improvement.

Coach Musselman at Arkansas does a good job too. He visits the greek houses & other organizations as well

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Wade has done all of that. And he did it three years ago. Hell, his first year at LSU he basically agreed to every speaking engagement offered to him. At some point it is on the students. My god, what the frick do you need? You get into the games for free. Many times they've given the students food and other crap as an incentive to show up. The team won the conf. last year and is competing for the conf. title once again this year. There's a freaking DJ in the student section because the pep band is "too boring".

The guys also has to coach the team and recruit at some point. He can't spend a chunk of time every week begging a bunch of kids, with minimal responsibility and time constraints, to show up to watch a WINNING basketball team.