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re: Yahoo exclusive: Sources, documents reveal identity of 'strong-arse offer' middleman

Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:18 pm to
Posted by Tigerfan7218
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2010
14251 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:18 pm to
quote:

BREAKING: Man involved with AAU basketball circuit knows other man involved with AAU basketball circuit.



Basically this is all the article says... A giant nothing burger
Posted by superwolf
Member since Dec 2006
1083 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:19 pm to
Yahoo ain't got shiote about money being exchanged. If they did it would already be out.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:20 pm to
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Anyone else starting to think this whole clusterf@@@ is starting to look like collusion?




Pat sat on this info for months. The battle for Smart was between Calipari and Wade. Smart came to LSU. Pat Forde is a huge Kentucky fan.

You make the connection.
Posted by stapuffmarshy
lower 9
Member since Apr 2010
17507 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:21 pm to
quote:

. A giant nothing burger


short term yes


Long term this guy is going to be hounded over and over, have his life turned inside out and get pushed to the point of breaking.

All of this is just starting
Posted by Run DMC
somewhere in Louisiana it's tricky
Member since Jan 2007
6197 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:21 pm to
or Breaking News: We have a receipt from a dinner at a hotel restaurant that proves absolutely nothing

frick Pat Forde and frick Yahoo too!!!!
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
71492 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:22 pm to
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So if they had this, why did they sit on it until the day before we played our next game?



All very convenient timing, I hope we continue to win so they will post everything they have
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
138911 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:22 pm to
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Yahoo is still trying. But they have not come up with a smoking gun linking Smart to money funneled by LSU.


I know. But this will get a reaction out of our admin and they will make another knee jerk stupid decision.
Posted by ulmtiger
Member since Jan 2008
2300 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:26 pm to
If an offer was made this would be the one and only to have received it. If he explains that there was nothing then why is wade not coaching.
Posted by ellessuuuu
Member since Sep 2004
9064 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:29 pm to
quote:

Long term this guy is going to be hounded over and over, have his life turned inside out and get pushed to the point of breaking.

All of this is just starting


With what? Neither the NCAA nor LSU have subpoena power, how the hell are they going to hound him? Wake up, the NCAA knows AAU coaches/handlers are involved and they know exactly who these individuals are, but they cannot prove anything because these individuals have no obligation to cooperate with the NCAA.

On a side note, congrats to Wade for beating Kentucky on and off the court.
This post was edited on 3/28/19 at 12:29 pm
Posted by Tigerfan7218
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2010
14251 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:30 pm to
This article tells me more about who is facilitating and pushing for these articles...
Posted by ellessuuuu
Member since Sep 2004
9064 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:31 pm to
If this is Dawkins and Yahoo's big reveal just before the Sweet 16, it sounds like they have absolutely nothing concrete on Wade (other than some bad soundbites).

If this is all they've got, then its good news!
Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
11875 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:34 pm to
The saddest piece of all this is a competent AD would get out to the media and shut these reports down with a quickness. However, our AD and administration are going to sit back not mention a thing and looks like a bunch of clowns when all is said and done. Sad that the LSU brand is being drug through the mud by ONE journalist and we aren’t doing anything about it.
Posted by Will2nd
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2009
4094 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:35 pm to
So there's nothing there then. Smart, his mother, and the handler/mentor have been interviewed and Smart has been cleared to play.

Not sure what the purpose of the story is then.
Posted by JPLSU1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
28264 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:35 pm to
Coach Cal was not happy about Smart to LSU


It’s becoming clearer and clearer now
This post was edited on 3/28/19 at 12:36 pm
Posted by skullhawk
My house
Member since Nov 2007
27098 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:36 pm to
This one is a dud from yahoo. Makes me think they are out of info.

They've added a name to a few re-purposed quotes.
This post was edited on 3/28/19 at 12:48 pm
Posted by Ex-Popcorn
Member since Nov 2005
2361 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:36 pm to
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So how strong was Kentucky’s offer to get Wade all pissed off?


You can believe what you want, but UK never offered Javonte. Cal met with him in person at his house and, according to insiders at UK, dropped recruiting him immediately.

LINK
Posted by Tigerfan7218
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2010
14251 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:37 pm to
quote:

Coach Cal was not happy about Smart to LSU


It’s becoming clearer and clearer now



Yep, and is using Kentucky Homer Pat Forde plus a guy who's feuded with LSU in the past (Thamel) to facilitate an attack on LSU using Yahoo.

Wish our admin had a spine and shut all this down and but WW back on the sideline
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
26618 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:37 pm to
Yes. Some kids ask for money. They will go where they get what they want.
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
32676 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:39 pm to
The “strong arse offer” could be access to the program in return for helping convince Smart to go to LSU
Posted by jkylejohnson
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2016
14493 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:41 pm to
At this point I'm starting to think that the entire LSU basketball team gangbanged the soul out of Pat Forde's wife.
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