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re: Jalen Reece to the portal
Posted by Lapaz on 4/17/26 at 5:16 pm to Yippie_Ky_yae
I don’t know about the band, but a couple of the football players are good hoopers.
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I wondered how long he would wait, since he isn’t seeing any signings. If he wasn’t given insights into who he would be playing with, I don’t blame him.
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The people panicking have PTSD from MM. They need to calm down
There is an in between feeling that isn't either panicking nor assured, which is concerned. I'm concerned, because we need to sign at least 8 quality players (excluding Reese), and we're competing against many other schools for the remaining transfers and recruits. Every day that passes is going to force us to be less selective, and that doesn't bode well for a good season. At this point, I will be shocked if we're able to sign 8 quality players.
re: MBB Offseason '26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker
Posted by Lapaz on 4/15/26 at 8:36 pm to LSUChamps03
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With LSU basketball inactive, I checked when Will Wade got transfers at NC State when portal opened 3/24
Quadir Copeland — 4/4
Alyn Breed — 4/9
Tre Holloman — 4/13
Colt Langdon — 4/24
Jerry Deng — 4/25
Terrance Arceneaux — 4/25
Darrion Williams — 5/22
Ven-Allen Lubin — 6/1
NC State had 6 players on the roster (2 returning and 4 recruits), so the urgency was lower. Also, the portal opened last year during the tournament, and many players waited until after the tournament to sign. He signed one of his best players, Copeland, several days before the tournament ended, giving him 7 players before 4/5. There were only 12 players from the top 100 transfers available last year when the portal closed. Wade did manage to get one of those 12, who happened to be the 6th rated, but that was the cherry on top of what he already had gotten.
Most of the rest of the big programs that haven't signed a transfer also have a bunch of returning players and recruits. We're in much worse shape than North Carolina State and these other programs. Wade may fill out the roster, but time is running out quickly to fill it out with quality players.
re: MBB Offseason '26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker
Posted by Lapaz on 4/14/26 at 9:50 pm to Portcityblues
Reese must be thinking whether he should enter the portal if he wants to play next year.
re: Has Will Wade signed anyone yet?
Posted by Lapaz on 4/14/26 at 8:57 am to Big4SALTbro
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But Louisville and Texas have signed two guys, we are so far behind lol
I don't care about Louisville, but Texas is far ahead. Texas has 1 returning, 4 recruits, and 2 portal additions, so they are way ahead of us.
I hope we sign a stud that others want to play with. I saw a lot of commitments already. Tennessee and Texas both have 2, and they don’t have to build an entire roster. I wonder if Wade is planning on bringing in a bunch of players that aren’t in the portal, such as some semi-pro or overseas players? Maybe his staff has eligibility?
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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.
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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