Smokin Joe Dumas

That’s what I got out of it too. I think a lot hinges on Niang, how quickly he can get up to speed and grasp the college game and gel with the team.

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I suppose if decorum and meeting some sort of ethical standard that the rest of college basketball coaches don't have to abide by is the ONLY standards on which one judges coaches, and on court performance is totally irrelevant, I could see how one might not like Wade.

However, for me, as simply a BASKETBALL fan, I'm not looking for a new best friend or a role model for my children. I just want a coach that wins and Wade has done that more consistently than any other LSU basketball coach in nearly 4 decades

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And they probably never cared that Dale Brown (R.I.P.) was as bad as Wade and got caught (Lester Earl). Usually, there is a double standard for posters like that.

Don’t get me wrong, Dale might have been a good dude personally. I didn’t know him, although I knew people who did know him. But he as well as Bobby Knight, and all the rest of them were more involved in shady stuff than Wade was. It was known by all of them and would have been mutually assured destruction for them to rat on each other.

Wade just happened to get caught on an FBI wiretap and some people see that as some kind of moral failure. It was just bad luck and timing. I’m sure there were other coaches doing the same with that recruit and they just happened to communicate with him or his family during that time period in a way that just happened to avoid the wiretap.

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When are Arizona and ASU getting the SEC invite

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In reality, it makes as much sense as Missouri. Texas makes sense because the viewership is still high even though there are pro teams there. But, Missouri is much more of a NFL market.

Even though I haven’t looked at it, I would imagine that Arizona and Virginia are similar.
IMO, Va Tech would be a much better fit

That picture makes him look like his arm is 10 feet long! :rotflmao:

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Would you enjoy this message board more if there was no trolling and team bashing?
You can get that at team boards if that is what you want.

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Apparently you’ve never visited Tiger Rant

Well, I appreciate you and what you did for LSU

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Almost no contact with the basketball staff.

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It’s not like the basketball staff hasn’t been very busy since Wade was hired trying to build a staff and getting players since he had none. Then he had to go the international route which takes even more time recruiting. Now, he’s been trying to get them eligible, after changes in the rules, while navigating the Stankey shite show. All while having to run practices and having preseason games.

I have no idea why he doesn’t prioritize constant communication with Hudson! (Sarcasm)

I’m sure he’s got people on staff in communication with Hudson and his family. If Hudson thinks he deserves more “love” from him personally, I’m sure he will once some of those eligibility issues are resolved.

However, Wade may just think his attention should go toward other recruits because, as others have pointed out, why spend a lot of time and effort recruiting a kid who probably won’t even be playing basketball. See Green, Marcus Spears, and others as examples.

The only players I can think of who played both sports successfully at a high level in the modern era were Charlie Ward and Julius Peppers, both in the 90’s.

Why couldn’t they have taken the goal with them?

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Punt them deep and rely on your D

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I can understand this BUT:

1 - Punting wasn’t good in this game and they gave up a TD on a punt return.

2 - There was more than one play that could get 1 yard

3 - Whether Ky got the ball on the 1 yard line, if the punt was perfect, or they didn’t get the 1st down at the 40, there was still about a minute and 30 or so seconds left. Plenty of time.

4 - There was no way that they would be lucky enough to get a miracle missed field goal on the road for a third time.

LSU had everything they needed and just shot themselves in the foot over and over. It didn’t come down to just one thing or one play. This was a coaching, offensive and defensive loss