re: Yes McMahon can coach

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I thought he pushed all the right buttons today - to me the best call he made of the night was late in regulation down 2 I think, the trap out of nowhere on their point guard to get it out of his hands and he turned the ball over.

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I wouldn’t say “all the right buttons”, but I agree with you about the trap. My biggest criticism of McMahon is he hasn’t seemed to have the best feel for the game flow and is hesitant to adjust until it is often too late. But that unexpected, out of character trap was huge to surprise the guy who was in the process of putting LSU away. As was the decision to call TO when the offense was stalling as the shot clock was running down in the 3rd OT.

McMahon ultimately has the final say, but it appears he has made David Patrick the “defensive coordinator”. That decision to trap may have come from him

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Wade was a horrible coach

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well shite, what does that say about the rest of the conference that he won outright

Yea that's right. Liberty beat K State today.

Not sure how my original post got hijacked into a Will Wade comparison. I just pointed out some coaching moves he made like doubling #3 who was killing us driving the lane and make him give it up and let someone else try to beat us. Very timely move. And it worked. No one said he was better than Wade. Yet.

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Not sure how my original post got hijacked into a Will Wade comparison. I just pointed out some coaching moves he made like doubling #3 who was killing us driving the lane and make him give it up and let someone else try to beat us. Very timely move. And it worked. No one said he was better than Wade. Yet.

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“Time for the Wade nut huggers to admit we might have another good one.”

You knew what you were doing.

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McMahon is much better at drawing up plays and putting players in position to succeed. His shortcomings are his teams don’t always play with maximum effort and he hasn’t had super talented teams.

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I'm not sure how much of it is effort and how much of it is just toughness. You can talk about the talent or lack thereof all you want the first 2 years, my biggest issue is we just got pushed around and didn't push back too much.

Chest is tough as nails and has a non-stop motor, still raw but I can't tell you how much we needed someone of his toughness and what a difference that makes.

The talent has been upgraded for sure. I think enough so to where if we don't make the tourney this year I would consider it a disappointment. 68 teams make the tourney and typically after all the automatic bids that leaves 44-46 spots open. I think this team in terms of talent is in the top 44-46.

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68 teams make the tourney and typically after all the automatic bids that leaves 44-46 spots open. I think this team in terms of talent is in the top 44-46.

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There are only 36 at-large spots. It’s not easy to make the NCAA Tournament. The SEC is looking really, really good (thus far). Even getting to 9 wins won’t be easy. I promise you, just about everyone else in the league feels they are as talented as LSU, if not more.

LSU’s non-conference schedule, while not awful, doesn’t look to be great either. The 8 mid-major opponents look to be pretty weak. That means LSU MUST take advantage of the handful of power conf opponents they play to put themselves in position to play their way into the NCAAT once SEC play starts.

So far, so good. I thought LSU would lose to KSU and split the Greenbrier tournament. They have done 1 better with the win at KSU. Now they have to avoid any letdown vs the bad mid-major teams and beat FSU and SMU. They will likely be favored in both games

If you asked me to bet today that this is an NCAA Tournament team I would say no. They don’t really excel at any aspect. But that doesn’t mean they can’t work their way up. My hope is that the staff is starting to figure out what they have and what buttons to push. Was yesterday a fortunate “one off”, or a further step in growth? We’ll get to see that in the next month

They won't explain because they can't.

All they do is repeat the mindless bullshite going around that Wade can't coach xs and os I tell ya!!!!!

You don't win at the clip he has EVERYWHERE he's been at schools from all different levels if you can't coach.

He's not quite Bobby Knight, but he's better than most. He will prove that without a doubt when a power 4 administration that gives ZERO FLUCKS about what the national media says about him hires him and stands behind him.

You may have misinterpreted what a "Wade nut hugger" is. That is a dweeb who does NOTHING but complain about Mcmahon win or lose. Three years later! I never said Mcmahon was a better coach than Wade. Yet. He absolutely needs some results in conference play and NCAA tournament. I loved Wade but I was never a nut hugger. But I do see Mcmahon making in game adjustments that helped with that win against UCF and without their best rebounder/rim protector.