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re: Dominick McKinley
Posted by Alt26 on 12/28/25 at 10:19 am to lsufan1971
First, he’s not a true freshman. He’s a sophomore. And he didn’t make plays all year. In fact most of the time you didn’t even know he was on the field. Gooden made plays in Baker’s defense. Guillory made plays in Baker’s defense. McKinley didn’t.
Hes not a bad player. He just hasn’t been the game wrecker most hope to see from a 5 star, top rated DT.
Hes not a bad player. He just hasn’t been the game wrecker most hope to see from a 5 star, top rated DT.
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The revenue share is the amount the school can pay the players directly. But the total number is not just for football. It’s all sports. NIL hasn’t changed insofar as wealthy boosters/donors can still pay the players whatever they want. The one caveat is those deals, purportedly, have to go through a NCAA “clearinghouse” to make sure they are legit “NIL” deals…not just no-show pay for play deals. However, I suspect the donors will figure out a way to easily work around it.
In short, I don’t think much changes other than it could lessen a little bit of the expenses to the donors for the “bottom” of the rosters. The elite players will still be the center of NIL bidding wars
In short, I don’t think much changes other than it could lessen a little bit of the expenses to the donors for the “bottom” of the rosters. The elite players will still be the center of NIL bidding wars
He played for 5 years under multiple OCs, with multiple QBs, and didn’t produce anything than a few flashes here and there. MAYBE he’s just not a great player?
re: West Weeks Draft Prospects?
Posted by Alt26 on 12/28/25 at 9:05 am to IvoryBillMatt
He’s probably not going to be drafted. But he did see his brother break his leg and get carted off in last year’s bowl game. So maybe the thought was why risk it…even if the chances of him getting drafted may be low.
re: Berry fumble then no more touches
Posted by Alt26 on 12/28/25 at 9:02 am to Grasshopper
Or it means the coach has lost trust in him.
re: LSU 35 @ Houston 38 Final
Posted by Alt26 on 12/28/25 at 12:01 am to The Pirate King
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We had a fricking safety on hands team instead of a receiver??????
It was two WRs who had a shot.
Go back to making awful basketball posts
Great kick
re: LSU 35 @ Houston 38 Final
Posted by Alt26 on 12/27/25 at 11:57 pm to BigTigerJoe
It was an awful playcall saved by Green. The worst thing is they went under center!
There is ineptitude…then there is LSU’s offense
re: We just lost to fricking Houston…. HOUSTON! LMFAO!!!!!!!!
Posted by Alt26 on 12/27/25 at 11:46 pm to Tigerfan1999
It’s a bowl game with a lame duck staff/team. It’s not that big of a deal
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On top of the fact Zaxby's is a salt lick.
Exactly. I wanted to like Zaxby’s. But my God, the most forward flavor is a shite load of salt
This is, at best, a Sun Belt level group coaching the offensive side of the ball. It’s clear Kelly hired a bunch of “recruiters” on offense instead of guys who can coach
re: LSU 35 @ Houston 38 Final
Posted by Alt26 on 12/27/25 at 9:43 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an offense so afraid to throw downfield. Particularly over the middle. Even Miles’s offense did so more than this group
re: Ozempic facing $2 billion worth of lawsuits
Posted by Alt26 on 12/27/25 at 7:42 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Class action lawsuits are built into the pricing structure for EVERY drug. It’s the cost of doing business in the US
Going head to head with the NFL and putting games on a network that doesn’t normally broadcast games doesn’t help either.
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I said it was my "guess" that he started the ball rolling with Waters and Smart, although even on the latter he was talking to others who could pay. His willingness to start there probably triggered others to invest in others. I never suggested he bankrolled everyone.
When you think about it, a personal $500k investment can go a long way.
Wade is a very good recruiter…of both basketball players AND donors. Forget LSU for a moment and look at McNeese. That program had (near) ZERO financial support until he arrived. Yet, just like at LSU, the very first thing he did was create relationships with prominent (wealthy) LC area people to raise the money he would need for NIL. I’ve had business dealings with multiple people in the area who never, not once, cared a lick about McNeese basketball, who began giving money when Wade reached out to them.
There are those who live in the fantasy land of what college sports SHOULD be about. Then there are those who live in the reality of what college sports (at least football and men’s basketball) ARE…multi-million dollar entertainment businesses. It’s generally those who live in reality that have success. Those who don’t want to embrace what college sports ARE (a marketplace for great players) fall behind. You are seeing it in real time at LSU with Trent Johnson and now, McMahon.
By all accounts McMahon is a good guy. But his job is not as a Deacon in the church. It’s as a major conference basketball coach. Cutthroat recruiting and shaking the money tree to play players is a BIG part of the job…in addition to actually coaching them. When a guy struggles at both, a 14-40 conference record is the byproduct.
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Wade also took over a program two years removed from the Final Four. McMahon inherited a moribund program facing possible draconian sanctions.
I appreciate the use of two of the most overused and ridiculous adjectives on the board. :cheers:
That NC State run was a complete fluke. Going into the ACC tournament they weren't making the NCAAT and were planning to fire their HC. Then they unexpectedly won the ACCT and went to the Final Four. The next season they were at the bottom of the ACC again and the school did what they intended to do the year before but couldn't because of a fluke...fire the HC.
The "draconian sanctions" were a joke. McMahon has had time and opportunity to quickly remake this program like so many HCs have done in the NIL era. He hasn't because he wants to operate like this is 2017 at Murray St. The game totally changed and LSU has an HC that either can't or won't fully adjust to the mercenary build a team and flip it nature of today's game. COACHING MATTERS
Look no further than Louisville. In 2022 they hire alum and Kentucky's ace recrutier, Kenny Payne as the HC. He signs a top 25 class in year 1. In year 2 he signs a top 5 class. The results....12-52 (5-35). Louisville was willing to spend the money for players. They just had an AWFUL coach. They then hire a firey HC with a history of success. It took him until January of his first season to match the total wins of the last 2 seasons, combined.
But hey, I continue to admire the efforts of the determined few to continue carry the flag that the awful results of the last 3 seasons have been due to any and every reason except the most glaringly obvious reason...McMahon is just not a good major conf. HC.
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Wade was not fired for the investigation. He was fired for telling his employer to go frick itself and refusing to discuss with that employer the investigation that could (and did) result in major risk to that employer.
While maybe a bit overbroad, this is generally accurate. Wade was not fully cooperative with LSU in the investigation.
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hires his own lawyer, you'd be an idiot to keep him with your company. If he won't even tell you that he didn't do it or that they don't have solid proof, and won't cooperate with your own lawyers, he is obviously trying to screw you to save himself.
I don't think it is necessary unreasonable that Wade retained his own attorney in response to an investigation of him by his employer. In fact, I would advise anyone in his shoes to do the same. LSU had its own self-interest in the investigation...as they should. Wade had his...as he should. Plus, the fact that the recording came out through a criminal investigation of others NOT Wade or LSU, added another layer of need for legal counsel.
Wade paid players. Only fool believes he didn't. That was and is the nature of major college recruiting. The goal was to at least muddy the waters enough to prevent the NCAA, and to an extent, LSU from reaching any firm conclusions as to that fact.
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If he'd met with them and cooperated with LSU's own response to the investigation, there's no reason to think either he would be fired or that LSU would have been sanctioned
That's probably not true. Throughout the history it has been shown "cooperating" with the NCAA generally doesn't work in your favor. In fact, Oklahoma St is a prime example. They were being investigated in an ancillary investigation. The fully cooperated with the NCAA. The result? A postseason ban announced literally days before the start of the season. No other team involved in the DOJ investigation (Kansas, Memphis, Louisville, NC State, Arizona, Auburn, etc) received such a harsh sanction. Go watch the press conference with the OSU AD and head coach after the sanctions were handed out. They specifically advised others NOT to cooperate with the NCAA as they did because doing so only hurt them.
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as severely as they were.
Severe? LSU's sanctions were effectively nothing. Basically, the loss of one scholarship for each of 2 seasons. A "sanction" LSU effectively worked around with NIL.
Outside of the coaches convicted/pled guilty, NO ONE received severe sanctions. Even Wade. He got hit with a mild show cause penalty. So "severe" in fact that he was coaching 2 years later and parlayed that great success back into a power conf. job. The whole episode was a TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. In effect, LSU canned Wade to "avoid the death penalty"...by implementing a de facto death penalty by hiring McMahon. The PMAC has resembled a morgue over the last 3 seasons more often than an SEC basketball arena.
Regardless, despite all that happened, LSU DID have an opportunity to hire Wade back at the end of last season. Tate and Woodward emphatically said no because they didn't trust Wade. I understand that. But it also struck the match to lead to their ousters. The same group pushing for Wade to return is the same politically connected group who (a) pushed Tate out and (b) forced Woodward out after the LSU football season went up in flames.
Love him or hate him, Will Wade has been indirectly responsible in forcing out TWO LSU Presidents (F. King and Tate) and TWO ADs (Alleva and Woodward). If nothing else, I guess that speaks to his ability to build relationships with powerful people
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LSU is a bubble team heading into SEC play. They are lumped into the middle third of the conference with Oklahoma, Texas, Auburn, and A&M. They really are only clearly better than SC. However, they are ranked ahead of Ole Miss, Mizzo, and State, who have all played well below expectations so far this season. It wouldn't be surprising to see them keep this up and finish in that 8/9/10 area of the SEC on the bubble, but also wouldn't be surprising to see them end up in the bottom 1/4 of the conference and miss the tournament.
With more than 10 games of data in the "computer" the predictive data (KenPom, BPI, etc) is starting to become more accurate. That doesn't just account for wins/losses. It uses analytics within the context of strength of opponent to start rating the teams. But that measure, LSU is in the 40-50 range on most at the moment. For reference, that is very tenuous at large "bubble" range for power conf. programs.
Like you said, the predictive data suggest LSU is in that 7-10 range of SEC teams. Given the really weak non-conf. schedule and assuming LSU can beat So. Miss (not a given if they play like they did last night), LSU's probably as good of a position entering SEC play as they could have hoped for. Meaning, LSU has a reasonable margin for error with the inevitable losses that come in the SEC (for everyone)
IMO, 8 SEC wins (unless they are all or almost all at home) is the baseline this team needs to reach to be in the NCAA Tournament conversation. Anything less than that and I just don't see LSU's OOC resume being able to prop up a 7-11 (or worse) conference record. Last year where 6 and 7 (conf) win SEC reached the NCAAT was an anomaly. The SEC is not nearly as strong this year. It's more back to normal.
re: Saints need to beware of giving Olave a large contract
Posted by Alt26 on 12/23/25 at 8:09 am to gsmith5651
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absolutely not top 5. No Yac, dives on the ground, drops big catches. Not really a deep threat or contested catches. The Saints will pay him a decent salary because they dont like to admit they make mistakes drafting(he cost 3 picks). Once Vele went out there is no one else to throw to.His two touchdowns were busted coverages. no one was near him.
This is where I am. He's really good no. 2 guy. But is he a guy who when you have to make a play you are confident he will? And I'm not quite sure he necessarily scares a lot of DCs to where they alter their game plans just to stop him. That, combine with his significant injury past, makes it a risky signing. For a team that looks like it COULD be building towards a solid future, tying up a lot of money in a good, but not necessarily all pro type WR is risky.
I think you absolutely try to resign him. You even consider paying above market for a No. 2 WR. But he's not in that Chase/Jefferson class.
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t shouldn't have been this close, but it is a good win, since they had to overcome an opponent that was playing with great confidence.
Sorry. Nothing about it was a "good" win. It's just good that it wasn't a loss. The offense played ok in a game that LSU apparently decided they were going to attack the rim with no brakes. 49 FT attempts has to be some sort of record (or close to it). The fact that LSU made 43 FTs is remarkable. That's good, because this isn't a good 3 point shooting team (outside of the intermittent nights McKinnon is hot). 11 TOs in high possession game is solid.
However, the horrible defense really takes away from anything LSU did offensively. PV was 318th in offense coming into the game and they basically did whatever they wanted. LSU defense has been the biggest concern all season. At best, it's been inconsistent. But this is a team that doesn't block a lot of shots, get many steals, or create turnovers. That means they MUST force opponents to take a lot of unwanted or contested shots. Simply hoping the other team misses is not sound defense. And it is defense that generally separate the good/great teams from average teams. If LSU is close to as bad defensively in SEC play as they were last night, it's a HIGH probability they won't win a single road game in the SEC. That is a death knell to any tournament hopes.
LSU is trending right now to be a really imbalanced team. That's not a good thing going into SEC play. They MUST figure out their defensive issues quickly. But I guess if you are looking for a silver lining, LSU sucked defensive against their last SWAC opponent (Alcorn) then followed up by having some of their best defensive efforts.
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