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UM is starting 5 transfers. doesn't take long
It's not just the transfers. It's the style of basketball they both play. Both are very gritty, and play on the edge of illegal. Both play with nearly constant motion. Both are very well coached. The transfers helped stock the talent, and both teams are full of talented players.
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re: Will Wade Introductory Press Conference...Link Inside
Posted by Lapaz on 3/30/26 at 9:46 pm to Mickey Goldmill
That was a great press conference. I think recruits are also going to live what they’re hearing. It’s a good start.
re: Anti-Pears: Asking for logic
Posted by Lapaz on 3/27/26 at 8:20 pm to tigahlovah
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I asked FIRST 12 YEARS of their career. It's not "kinda random'' THAT IS HOW LONG WADE HAS BEEN A HEAD COACH. You can only FAIRLY compare Wade to the first 12 years of a career.
After next year, you can only compare the first 13 years of a career. It's not difficult to understand.
It's dumb to only compare the last 12 years. A coach can suck, and get much better, especially as the game has changed. In addition, some of the elite coaches haven't coached for 12 years yet. If Wade coaches for 60 years, are we only supposed to compare him against coaches that have coached for 60 years to determine whether he is among the elite? At that point you may not be able to find ANY coach that has coached 60 years and that has a better record simply because no one has ever coached that long. Once you have coached for at least 5 years, you have enough of a record to make an assessment, so using the exact number of years that Wade has coached is a ridiculous metric. Regardless, the list is essentially the same. 10 have way more than 12 years, and Nate Oats has 10 years. Does that mean Nate isn't as good as Wade?
John Calipari - over 30 years
Bill Self - over 25 years
Rick Petino - about 50 years
Randy Bennett - 25 years
Tom Izzo - about 30 years
John Becker - 14 years
Sean Miller - 21 years
Kelvin Sampson - over 25 years
Nate Oats - 10 years
Matt Painter - over 20 years
Thad Matta - over 25 years
I didn't add many of the other elite coaches that I gave earlier that don't meet the metric, because when they are added, the list is about doubled. None of this means that Wade isn't a good coach, but I think a lot more goes into a coach's record, besides how good of a coach he is. I don't think Wade is an elite game coach, but he is very talented at recruiting and creating excitement.
re: Anti-Pears: Asking for logic
Posted by Lapaz on 3/27/26 at 2:10 pm to tigahlovah
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I've also asked them REPEATEDLY to name 10 current HC with a better resume' than Wade during their first 12 years as a HC.
NOTHING but crickets.
I'm happy that we hired Wade, and Wade has a good record, but stats can lie, and 12 years of coaching is kind of random, so here is a list of 11 active coaches that have coached over 5 years with better records:
John Calipari
Bill Self
Rick Petino
Randy Bennett
Tom Izzo
John Becker
Sean Miller
Kelvin Sampson
Nate Oats
Matt Painter
Thad Matta
The following active coaches are also better, although their winning percentage is slightly lower:
Dan Hurley
Tom Scheyer
Tommy Loyd
Dusty May
Todd Golden
Rick Barnes
Brad Underwood
There here are several more with better records that coached recently or are coaching in the pros:
Dave Rose
Gregg Marshall
Tony Bennett
Jim Boeheim
Bo Ryan
Billy Donovan
Jay Wright
re: Anti-Pears: Asking for logic
Posted by Lapaz on 3/27/26 at 1:10 pm to MasterAbe1
It's not about being anti-pear, nor pro CMM. I don't think we could've hired anyone better, but that doesn't mean Wade is an elite coach. He was an elite recruiter, and an average to above average coach, which overall makes him a good coach. I think people have put him on a pedestal, since he had so much more success than McMahan, and because he brought that success to McNeese. Hiring Wade is exciting, but my expectations are for improvement, however I think we could've also improved anyway without hiring Wade. The Wade hiring is about excitement for fanatics, not coaching chops.
I understand the argument that Wade is good, but not elite. I think he brings more excitement rather than better coaching. That 2019 team was young, but super talented, and it was Wade's best performing team. That team didn't require him to coach up lesser talent.
As far as winning the 2019, that's not as great an achievement as it would be winning it recently, because the SEC has been much better the last 2 years than it was in 2019. Even though 7 teams made the tourny in 2019, 2 lost in the first round. This year there were only 8 teams in the tourny, but all have advanced. Of course, 2025 had 14 teams with 2 reaching the final four, and Florida winning. Auburn won the SEC tourny in 2019, but was a 5th seed in the NCAA, and reached the final 4 in the NCAA, while LSU was a 3rd seed in the NCAA and lost in the round of 16, so arguably LSU underperformed in the NCAA tourny.
As far as winning the 2019, that's not as great an achievement as it would be winning it recently, because the SEC has been much better the last 2 years than it was in 2019. Even though 7 teams made the tourny in 2019, 2 lost in the first round. This year there were only 8 teams in the tourny, but all have advanced. Of course, 2025 had 14 teams with 2 reaching the final four, and Florida winning. Auburn won the SEC tourny in 2019, but was a 5th seed in the NCAA, and reached the final 4 in the NCAA, while LSU was a 3rd seed in the NCAA and lost in the round of 16, so arguably LSU underperformed in the NCAA tourny.
re: On3: LSU has officially fired Matt McMahon
Posted by Lapaz on 3/26/26 at 12:56 pm to The Pirate King
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Why wouldn't I be? I never said he shouldn't be fired, just that's it's not a smart financial decision at this stage.
His time had run out from an on-the-court perspective.
I think you get smoked on this site for posting practical, rather than fanatical takes. I'm excited about the prospects of Wade, but I'm surprised that LSU ate the financial cost. There are some that argue that we'll make it up with better fan support, but I thought that we would wait 1 more year to lower the cost for both CMM and Wade's buyouts. Ultimately the performance was so bad, even though the circumstances always mitigated that, but behind the scenes, it must have been apparent that the cancer was spreading with DJ Thomas's "injury".
re: Cut the McMahon bashing out
Posted by Lapaz on 3/26/26 at 12:42 pm to TexasTiger08
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Well said. Some people can’t separate the person from the job. At the time, it was a good hire on paper. Him and Golden were big names. He went 31-3 (without Ja for the ones too lazy to research). The guy did a helluva job at Murray. He didn’t here. He will land on his feet somewhere, and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if he won again at a mid-major. I wish him the best, but it was time to move on.
Ja Morant wasn't on the 31-3 team. Ja played 17-18 and 18-19 seasons. Murray St went 31-1 in 19-20.
I don't know CMM, but I hear lots of people say he is a good man, and he certainly comes across that way. He did badly at LSU, but I disagree that he is a terrible coach. He had great success as a coach at the mid-major level, so he isn't terrible, but people want everything to be binary. Just because he isn't a great coach, doesn't mean he is terrible. There were many reasons that led to his poor performance, and changing coaches was justified based on performance. I didn't think we would pay the price, and I still think that if CMM were given a huge budget, then he would succeed, but I understand the apathy, and there is no doubt that changing coaches adds a lot of excitement. I suspect that CMM will have to rebuild his reputation, but I think he is better than his results at LSU, and I wouldn't be surprised to see CMM have success some day at another power conference team. I'll be pulling for him.
re: If we stick with McMahon, why not give basketball NIL money to football/ baseball?
Posted by Lapaz on 3/20/26 at 10:08 am to BowDownToLSU
That's myopic and shortsighted. We were more competitive this year than last year with the better talent we got with the increased NIL, despite the injuries, and had a couple of solid non-conference wins with the healthy roster. That provided some enjoyment and hope to the fans, even though they were dashed during the conference games. The only way to retain and attract talent is with the NIL. If we don't provide NIL, we won't have any chance at all next year, and will lose all of our players, which would set the program back for more than just next year. That would do reputational damage that would last far longer, and that would make it harder to attract a good coach. Most coaches would consider that before taking the job. I know rosters CAN be built from scratch, but that is much harder to do than if you can return some talent. If we don't even try to field a competitive team next year, then it would be devastating to the program for years to come.
re: Will Wade will not be effective at LSU like before and this is why
Posted by Lapaz on 3/19/26 at 5:02 pm to Adam Banks
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Look at that Kentucky roster from that season and get back to me.
Kentucky was probably more talented, but where the talent is on the team matters.
Tremont Waters played 3 years in the NBA and is playing for Puerto Rico
Skylar Mays played 4 years in the NBA and is playing for ABA league
Naz Reid has played 7 years in the NBA
Javonte Smart played 3 years in the NBA and is playing for NBA G league
Kavell Bigby playing for the CBA
Emmitt Williams played NBA G league and now for playing pro ball
Marlon Taylor is playing for New Zealand
Darius Days played 1 year for NBA and now Japan B league
For Kentucky:
Tyler Herro has been playing 5 years in the NBA.
PJ Washington has been playing 7 years in the NBA
Keldon Johnson has been playing 7 years in the NBA
Ashton Hagans played 2 years in the NBA in between stints in other leagues
Immanuel Quickley played 7 years in the NBA.
Reid Travis plays for Taiwan
re: Will Wade will not be effective at LSU like before and this is why
Posted by Lapaz on 3/18/26 at 6:57 pm to ellessuuuu
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Do you believe he had better talent than the rest of the SEC in 2019? He did not. Yet he still won the conference.
Yes, I think LSU did have the most talent in the SEC in 2018-19. Almost all of these guys would’ve started this year:
Tremont Waters
Skylar Mays
Naz Reid
Javonte Smart
Kavell Bigby-Williams
Emmitt Williams
Marlon Taylor
Darius Days
re: The $10 million buyout number is extremely misleading...
Posted by Lapaz on 3/11/26 at 4:55 pm to LSUfan2008
This is true, but it will still be a lot to buy him out. The buyout will probably be over $7M, and then we still have to pay a new coach probably more than we're paying CMM, and possibly increase the NIL. A combination of things have led to poor results, not just coaching. Low NIL in previous years, injuries, learning curve to coach to compete in the SEC, some misses in the portal, some poor roster construction, and not retaining the best players. If we fire CMM, we will probably again lose our core players, and we'll have a lot less money to rebuild. Nobody likes the results we've had, but firing CMM this year will probably set us back next year. If CMM gets a talented roster next year that stays healthy, and again fails to produce, then it'll be much more affordable to fire him. CMM will also know that.
re: Flau’Jae NO SHOWS AGAIN
Posted by Lapaz on 3/8/26 at 12:52 pm to Tigerbait357
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Williams got two late 3 pointers with the game already in hand but she wasn’t much better either
The game wasn’t over when Williams hit those 3 pointers. It got us within 5 points. The problem was that Joyner and Fulweiley committed a bunch of turnovers in the 4th quarter.
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If Johnson and Williams would play like they are expected to we would have won easily.
Williams was practically the only one scoring in the 4th quarter, so Williams finished fine, but Flaujae had a poor game. The problem was that all of the starters committed too many turnovers.
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Wish them well, but glad to see them out of BR. A little too much fluff and not enough substance.
What do you mean by no substance? Flaujae had a bad game, but Williams had a decent game, and she has had many great games this year. Is it her attitude that bothers you?
re: Mikaylah push on Bob Starkey
Posted by Lapaz on 3/7/26 at 10:13 pm to ramchallenge
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She and Flujae showed no leadership today!
I don't understand blaming or calling Williams a choker and loser. I've only seen parts of the game, but the play by play shows that Williams scored 8 out of the last 10 points and didn't miss a shot nor commit a turnover in the 4th. Meanwhile Joyner committed 4 turnovers and Fulweilley committed 2 turnovers in the 4th quarter.
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And to be clear, with these player assessments I’m making them in the context of how McMahon uses them. If we were talking about their potential with someone who knows what they’re doing it would change and elevate both players. For example Nwoko is not a center, he’s closer to 6-8 than 6-10 and the fouling has a lot to do with him playing out of position. Remember Naz started as a center for us but kept getting into foul trouble so we put KVB into the lineup and moved Naz to the 4. If Reed had been developed at all he could be an effective high post player but both have been diminished by playing for McMahon.
Roster formation is a different topic. However based on the roster McMahon had for this season, it hurt to lose Reed. To your point, with a healthy Reed, Nwoko could've played the 4 much more. Reed would've helped this team win some of the close games, but this team didn't fall apart until we lost Thomas.
So what if Nwoko is better if he fouls an average of 6.4 times per 40 minutes? That also makes him unavailable for much of the games, which means we need a player that doesn't drop off much. Miller is a big drop-off in most ways, so Reed was an important player. I have never claimed that he was a great player, but the point was it hurt the team significantly to lose Reed. Nwoko could be the 2nd coming of Shaq, but we needed another good post player badly when your starter fouls at a high rate.
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- Skill and athleticism wise Nwoko is better
- production wise Nwoko is better
- availability wise Nwoko is better. (I know you want to ignore Reed’s injuries but I’m not going to)
Skill and athleticism doesn't always translate to production. Nwoko is more athletic, but I gave the production stats, and they're pretty even, so I think they offer different skills. If we're comparing who is better, of course the comparison is when healthy, because the point was to assess the impact of losing Reed to the team.
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Nwoko is better than Reed without question
Nwoko is only better than Reed in some ways, but it isn't without question. I'll concede that Nwoko is slightly better, because he is tougher, blocks slightly more shots and commits slightly fewer turnovers, but Reed rebounds better and scores at the same rate, and can open up the middle due his outside shot. They both have an eFG% of 0.61. Reed rebounds 12.6 per 40 min, to Nwoko's 10.8 per 40. Reed shoots over 40% from 3, and Nwoko can't shoot from beyond 10 feet. Nwoko is slightly better close to the basket, since Nwoko is 0.624 from 2, while Reed is 0.607. The big difference is that after Reed's freshman year, he has averaged less than 4 fouls per 40 minutes while Nwoko has gotten worse each year and this year he fouls 6.4 times per 40. So I think they are comparable, but Reed is much more likely to be available for an entire game. In addition, with Nwoko's propensity to foul, it makes it even more important to have another player of comparable ability to fill in, which is why he is important to this team.
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