re: I love former coaches, but I’ve never seen a fanbase as obsessed as LSU.

If you bothered to read the IARP report you would know that they found no evidence that he paid any players at LSU. The only payment they found was to the ex-fiance of a former player at VCU who extorted it out of him.

Wade had us in the tournament every year after his first season. That might not amount to much at a place like UK but it's unprecedented at LSU. He was on track to accomplish more in a shorter span of time than any of our previous MBB coaches. That's what the "obsession" as you put it stems from.