re: Wade giving me CMM vibes today

Or if you make the tournament four years in a row and win the SEC. You support a coach that will end his tenure something like 16-60 in conference.

Wade is a genius at the analytics side of things but it is and always has been a poor X's and O's Coach.

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For me I think he’s a bit overhyped

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That's because LSU has struggled to be relevant in basketball for most of the posters on this board's lifetime. Dale retired 30 years ago and we stunk at the end of his tenure (SEC records of 4-12 in 95-96 and 3-13 in 96-97).

We went to the Tournament a ton in the 80s, the first 4 years of the 90s, and then stunk until Brady really showed us what street ball was, and he's been gone 18 fricking years!

Since the Final Four 20 years ago we've got 2 NCAAT appearances not from Will Wade

Very well stated

That’s how I felt about Wade all along. His teams were entertaining though.

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tPear era was fun but seemed to me his teams always played a “street ball” style and won a lot of games on athleticism/talent alone but they never seemed that well-coached. Don’t move the ball around on offense, poor shot selection, etc. Obviously recruiting is probably 80+% of the battle but never seemed like a good Xs and Os coach. I guess McMahon was supposed to be kinda the opposite but this McEra has not been any fun at all.

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You are a moron.

2019: Number 12 in offense in efficiency
2020: Number 5 in offense in efficiency
2021: Number 5 in offense in efficiency
2022: Number 6 in defensive efficiency

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Just making the tourney means nothing.

That’s like aspiring to be average when you are horrible. Guess what: whether you are average or horrible, the bottomline is you are irrelevant.

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In 2019 LSU was a 3 seed...it's highest seed since 1980. The AD did not allow Wade to coach in the NCAA Tournament

The tournament was canceled in 2020

In 2021 LSU was an 8 seed. A lot of pre-tournament predictions had them picked as a 6 or 7 seed, so 8 was a little disappointing as it set up a 2nd round game vs. No. 1 seed Michigan. Beating No. 1 seeds can be tough

In 2022 LSU was a 6th seed. The AD fired Wade less than a week before LSU's first tournament game.

It's a bit difficult to fully evaluate Wade's NCAA Tournament performances at LSU when he was only allowed to coach in one of the (would have been) 4 tournaments. Regardless, his tenure was the most consistent period of winning in decades for LSU. And given only two SEC programs have won NCs since 2000 (Kentucky and Florida), I'd say "reaching the tournament" every year is at least a good step in the right direction.

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LSU should be trying to hire a way better coach than Will Wade

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Many say this. But the NEVER give names as to who that person is and how it is realistic he comes to LSU. LSU is not going to hire one of the top 10-15 HCs currently at a power conf. program. It simply isn't going to happen. This isn't football. Those hires aren't as frequent in basketball and, frankly, aren't necessary. There ARE coaches out there who are better than Wade. No question. There may even be multiple guys who are currently at mid-major jobs who are as well. But those guys will all have a lesser resume than Wade. So LSU would be hiring on potential, not production.

Hopefully, LSU will be in the midst of a coaching search within the next two weeks. If, during that period, someone posted Wade's resume WITHOUT his name on the top, LSU fans would be screaming to hire that guy! Yet, if you put the name on the resume suddenly "LSU can do better".

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Guess what: whether you are average or horrible, the bottomline is you are irrelevant.

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in CBB this is false. It's a sport almost completely built around its postseason and the fun of playing in tournament games.

It's not a championship or bust sport due to the flawed nature of how it crowns its champion.

better than hiring someone with no resume simply because daddy wanted him to have the job huh? Idiot

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September 2025, Pearl took over as Auburn's head coach following his father's retirement.[12] He is on a five-year contract, receiving a base salary of $3 million annually.

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just saying tough to hate on wade "not winning much" when they hired a nepo baby, I get the timing for them sucked but a 5 year deal? Ehhhhhhh

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Pack Insider

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The defense looks like an AAU team. Anytime a ball handler wanted to get to the rim tonight, they got their. Almost zero resistance.

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Super embarrassing for a journalist.