re: MBB Offseason '25 Transfer Portal Tracker

Posted on 5/18/25 at 11:04 am to LSUButt

Posted by tigahlovah

virginia beach, va

Member since Oct 2009

4566 posts

Posted on 5/18/25 at 11:04 am to LSUButt

I'm 55, and been an LSU fan in the 2 sports that matter since 1977. That's probably longer than you've been alive.

Most people (hopefully you as well) know the definition of insanity. I, and anyone else with medium or higher intelligence, can see that this coach can't get the job done at LSU.

I believe in Dale's very first game, he beat a top 5 Memphis St team (maybe #1) with a bunch of YMCA rejects on the roster. The very first game I attended as a young Tigah, we beat #1 Kentucky in OT, with all 5 starters fouling out. That game launched my lifelong love of LSU basketball. I was already hooked on LSU football. At least there were signs Dale would be successful.

McMahon is a big boy, making TONS OF CASH. He also works a high profile job. I'm sure he can handle being so APTLY described as a funeral home director. At least until he shows he can win like a precious few coaches in our history have shown. It's doubtful he even reads this board anyway. I'm only offending his defenders which boggles the mind how they even exist.

Wade beat top 5 Michigan in one of his first games. Brady took a roster of guys WORSE than Dale had his first year, and won at heavily favored Florida. Brady relied on scrappy, mediocre JC players his first year. Transfers were a thing, but they had to sit a year before playing. McMahon has shown ZERO positive signs that we are moving in this direction.

I choose to not give a pass to the GROSS MISMANAGEMENT of LSU basketball. Not when the blueprint has been provided by previous schools that have dealt with the weak assed NCAA quickly and decisively.

If most schools didn't cheat, and we were truly one of the rogue outliers (like so many simpletons on this board seem to think), I would be opposed to Wade's actions, and by the way the actions of our football boosters who funded our 2019 national championship team ILLEGALLY under the table. We wanna keep that quiet though, now don't we????

But that's not reality. You can run a clean program or you can win big. But it's IMPOSSIBLE to do both. And I find it laughable that you take Wade's "contrition" during his press conference at NC State at face value.

He's just playing the game (like he HAS to) to get back into good graces with the HYPOCRITICAL media and dummies like you that think: "By golly, he's done gone and reformed himself. It brings a tear to my eye and I wish him the best."

When anyone with functioning brain cells knows he's gritting his teeth through that statement and wondering where the scrunity is on Duke, who several EYBL coaches have told me to my face are THE WORST at illegally paying players and their families over the years, while everyone considers them the model program. It's preposterous.

If you don't already know the story research how Louisiana POY PG Chris Duhon was extracted out of our state by holier than thou Duke in the late 90s. Just one of many players bought by the model program.

You may or may not believe this, but I COMPLETELY understand this is just entertainment. But it's entertainment that's very important to me.

I live a happy life, and I'm asleep 30 seconds after my head hits the pillow. I just want LSU to maintain or improve what we've had in football since Saban took over, and I want our basketball team to be consistently in the top 5 of the SEC in basketball, in the tournament yearly, and making decent runs occasionally.

Our basketball program can be this, we just need the right hire, and to more importantly, stand by his arse through any storms that come our way.