Smokin Joe Dumas

LSU football - “What did you give up for Lent?”

LSU basketball - “Winning”

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So, 3.50?

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Would you trade basketball success now for 5 years of mediocrity in football like Florida has?

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That’s a false choice. Why not both?

After all, Florida has won both the football and basketball titles in the same year before.

As the first ever LSU basketball general manager. He’s been a longtime NBA executive.

I have not been a CMM fan. I’ve called for his firing. I haven’t been impressed by his coaching, personality, or personnel decisions. But, this with the assistant coaching hire from Indiana, actually has me hopeful.

I don’t know if this is what it takes, but, for McMahon, this looks like a step in the right direction.

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the ON3 valuation is meaningless

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Maybe so. But 3 million is still ridiculous for one player if that player isn’t a sure thing, as I stated.

You still have to keep the players you retain happy. You have to pay new players to replace the ones you lost. And if those players are supposed to be better than the ones you lose, then you have to pay more for them..

15 players. He still has 4 spots to fill, and I’m sure that those will come with high price tags

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will just admit that there are no more excuses from here on, and that this next season is kind of “it

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I, and I think most on here, on here am skeptical about MM’s chances of turning this around. Mostly because there are no benchmarks anyone can point to as acceptable.

Some say “make the tournament.” Others say “win a game in the tournament.” And on and on it goes. I’ve seen, and I’m afraid I will see again, that some (Woodward in particular) will “move the goalposts,” as to what is acceptable progress.

Is it a better overall record? SEC record? Make the tournament? What? We are all agreed that the current state of the basketball program is not acceptable, but what constitutes acceptable? That needs to be made clear.

If the last few years aren’t enough, then what is?

Why not? You gonna cry about that too?

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when Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas were spending over $8 million for their rosters, and the mid range for roster spending in the SEC in basketball this year was $5 million, and LSU only spent $1.5 million on theirs, what do you expect??

I assure you UF didn’t spend 8 million on there basketball roster. We barely spent that on the football roster. Whoever is feeding you those figures is full of shite. At least for UF.

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That’s what many of us have pointed out on tRant. But, they believe it despite evidence and logic.
It’s just a convenient excuse so Woodward didn’t have to admit his hiring mistake. Especially when Wade was still available at McNeese and he was still fresh in the fans’ minds.

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Socker

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:dope:

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we can accumulate enough talent, you can overcome that which otherwise holds you back….

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Coaching?