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LSU should open the vault and go get Sampson from Houston.

Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:34 pm
Posted by bleedpurpleandgold23
Member since Jun 2023
333 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:34 pm
He will turn this basketball program into an immediate contender. McMahon tried, but he isn’t getting it done. Sampson would bring immediate excitement to the PMAC!
Posted by PSS101
Member since Jun 2024
1279 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:37 pm to
He is not leaving Houston
Posted by JimTiger72
LA
Member since Jun 2023
17272 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:37 pm to
The 70 year old
Posted by jwingert77
Dallas
Member since Nov 2007
647 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:37 pm to
No way he would leave for LSU, no matter the amount of money. If he was 15 years younger, maybe.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
54397 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:40 pm to
His son could be coach in waiting
Posted by Will2nd
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2009
4127 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:40 pm to
quote:

LSU should open the vault and go get Sampson from Houston.


I wish it were that simple. Houston is his Alma mater.
Posted by Mats86
Member since Mar 2021
5552 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:53 pm to
I appreciate your desire to problem solve. But there are other coaches out there who can build a program as well. Who aren’t 70 and making more than twice our current coaches pay. Just have to find them.
Posted by jladne3
Seabrook, TX
Member since Nov 2010
1299 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:04 pm to
Regardless of his age this would never happen. Houston has a sneaky good NIL fund with 2/3rds of it going to their basketball program alone. It is spearheaded by ultra wealthy billionaire Tillman Fertitta (UH Grad) who has a personal vested interest in the basketball program. Long story short, Sampson could be 20 years younger and this would still never happen due to the above.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
34462 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:08 pm to
He’s not leaving Houston…for a multitude of reasons. Aside from that, he’s had a lengthy show cause and put TWO programs on probation! For some in our fanbase it appears that makes him a coach a non-starter
Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
12206 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:15 pm to
Job is not open, a-hole.
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
38832 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:17 pm to
idiot
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
79159 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:21 pm to
quote:

If he was 15 years younger, maybe.

No way. Houston puts tons of resources into the program and has tons of history. You can win a national title there while we're barely trying to be a consistent NIT program.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
79159 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

Houston is his Alma mater.

He went to some small school in North Carolina
Posted by SofaKingTrill
Member since Mar 2008
8067 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:23 pm to
Kelvin Sampson is 70 years old and he already has one of the top 5~8 programs in the nation built at Houston. It's not happening.
Posted by grape nutz
sesame street
Member since Mar 2006
3727 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:33 pm to
Posted by 314stunna
NYC
Member since Aug 2015
963 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:34 pm to
That's his last stop. I'm not sure I can name one reason he would come to LSU.
Posted by TexasTiger_08
Texas
Member since Dec 2021
1470 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:39 pm to
He’s retiring with Houston. Dumb post.
Posted by thetruthisnotkind
Houston
Member since Nov 2022
389 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:39 pm to
Dude…that’s Ralph Sampson and he didn’t play for the Houston Cougars.
Posted by grape nutz
sesame street
Member since Mar 2006
3727 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:54 pm to
no shite sherlock.
Posted by John cocktoasten
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2018
490 posts
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:59 pm to
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