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re: The Kiffin Effect: Is LSU Sacrificing Other Sports?
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:23 pm to SouthernInsanity
Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:23 pm to SouthernInsanity
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How many CWS National Championships does arky have since you believe baseball is a priority?
Hard to argue with that... the opportunities have been there, and we just haven't been able to capitalize. We're consistently top in baseball, which says a lot about our program, but the commitment to football clearly isn't at the same level. I wish it were. I suppose every school faces that challenge of trying to excel across all sports, but realistically, that's easier said than done. I wasn't saying that going all in with Lane Kiffin and football was a bad thing.. was just posing the question.. Heck, I'd sacrifice it all to win one in Football..
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 1:26 pm to Hogattack
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LSU dumped everything into Lane Kiffin and football, and now basketball and baseball look like afterthoughts. Is this just bad timing, or is the football obsession starting to cost them elsewhere?
He got hired less than 4 months ago, not sure how the failures of the current baseball and basketball teams could be the result of that.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:00 pm to Hogattack
Definitely for basketball but for baseball they are just going through the post national championship dip. Next year they will be back
I understand Arkansas fans do not have the ability to recognize a post national championship dip.
I understand Arkansas fans do not have the ability to recognize a post national championship dip.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:03 pm to Hogattack
quote:It's just timing
LSU dumped everything into Lane Kiffin and football, and now basketball and baseball look like afterthoughts. Is this just bad timing, or is the football obsession starting to cost them elsewhere?
Men's basketball has been sucking since they fired Wade, this isn't anything new.
Baseball is just having an off-year. They have talent, it hasn't meshed yet. You don't expect Guidry, who has been an exceptional reliever, to blow saves... but if he doesn't, LSU is 4-2 in conference. He lost Game 1 to Vandy, and Game 3 to OU.
As others have posted, Kiffin hasn't been at LSU long enough to affect anything yet.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:14 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Basketball and it’s worked out pretty well for them so far
They haven’t even made a final 4 since the 90s.
They’re talking about another program sacrificing other sports for a sports program that LSU has relatively recently won championships in.
This post was edited on 3/23/26 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:26 pm to Hogattack
Gonna be funny when they're not much better in football, and their fans start saying they should've kept Kelly around.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:51 pm to Tammany Tom
quote:I understand this. A&M has talent but just cannot put it together, just like last year. Schloss effectively gave A&M a kill shot when he walked, which I'm sure was the intent. A&M hired a coach that wasn't ready for the job in order to keep the talent from dissolving. Fricking PoS. Maybe next year ...
But… baseball is not an issue of money. It’s an issue of a very poor portal class that is underachieving based on expectations. LSU had, on paper, a top 3 transfer class. LSU is just a bad team this year. Can’t hit, can’t pitch, and can’t field. It is what it is.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:53 pm to cramps
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Gonna be funny when they're not much better in football, and their fans start saying they should've kept Kelly around.
I mean their roster is pretty much the same as they always have which is crazy they spent so much money on it.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:53 pm to Hogattack
Well, this baseball roster was in place before the 2024 football season even started. I don't see LSU sacrificing baseball after winning 2 natties in 3 years... this team can still turn it around but some of the transfers we were relying on are looking like busts.
Basketball may be another story...
Basketball may be another story...
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:56 pm to Hogattack
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I wasn't saying that going all in with Lane Kiffin and football was a bad thing
Name a program that wouldn't have hired Kiffin if they had the chance like LSU did.
Only ones that comes to mind would probably be UGA and Tx.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 2:57 pm to Hogattack
LSU has pretty big plans to make a run in men’s basketball: namely a new arena on the way and the return of our sweet juicy Pear 
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