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[quote]but he’s building a pretty decent class for next season[/quote] That decent class is literally 2 players. Top 100 players, no doubt, but we’ve seen this before with Ward and Reed. Yet, the team still looks bad. Given the current make up of the roster and the nature of CBB, he’s going to ha...

NIT?!!! We’d just be happy with ONE road win at this point (he’s currently 0-10 in true road games)...

[quote]We’re lucky we didn’t get the death penalty.[/quote] We did. It just wasn’t a formal “death penalty”. But in practice, the program is “dead”…as McMahon continues to search for his first road win at LSU (now 0-10)...

[quote]So far it looks worse[/quote] I wish I could give you some stat. Some data point. Some excuse to say you are wrong. Some silver lining for hope. Sadly, I can’t. For as terrible as LSU shot in the first half, they at least played with effort on the offensive glass to stay in the game. 5...

McMahon would KILL for mediocre right now. This program under him is just completely lifeless. By tomorrow, no one but a handful of people will care they just got their doors blown off…again. Anger is not the worst emotion. Apathy is. One has to still care to become angry. Right now no one is eve...

[quote]Wright has been this season's worst disappointment.[/quote] That award would go to Stewart. It’s McMahon fault for thinking Wright was something he’s NEVER been in 4 years…a consistent go-to player. He’s a role player capable of intermittent big games. Nothing more, nothing less. But t...

[quote]Ok fine. You don’t get to lower your expectations because other teams are improving more than you are. If other teams are going out and getting better coaches and players than LSU, and in turn improving more than LSU, that’s not a good excuse to why expectations should be lowered. Results mat...

[quote]That's not how it works. If BK goes and hires a shitty defensive staff and doesn't get anybody from the portal, you can't change the goals for the season.[/quote] You are mixing two different words: "Goals" v. "Expectations". The "goals" for next season don't change. They are to win...

[quote]also, this is pittman pressing the ultimate nuclear button. totally desperation.[/quote] Yep. It would be the equivalent of Pittman BEGGING to stay. No HC, secure in their ability and job would hire the former, and significantly more successful HC to return to his former school in a subo...

No. At the time he was hired Kelly was firmly entrenched and having success at ND. In fact, ND had an outside shot of reaching the CFP for the 3rd time in 4 years when Kelly left. There was really no "luck" about it. I think, and he has suggested as much, Kelly wasn't looking to leave ND. How...

[quote]Our OL got robbed. Not one selection[/quote] The sportswriters who vote on these have little quantifiable data to look to for their OL selections. Thus, they generally just rehash the same names from the preseason selections. Case in point. The preseason SEC 1st team OL OLC JC La...

[quote]We aren't paying 10 mil to not win 10 games in year 3. If that isn't the expectation, that's a you problem. If we aren't a top 12 team next year, that's a big fricking red flag.[/quote] 1. I doubt "YOU" are paying any more than .00000001% of that $10M per year...no matter how may t-shirts ...

No one can honestly reach that conclusion without first knowing all of the variables in play. What will the final roster look like? Who is on the coaching staff? What do the rosters look like for the competition? Those are all largely still unknown. So just arbitrarily assigning a number ...

It's not that they have no class. It's that they have no SHAME or ACCOUNABILITY I would rather go without than have to (essentially) beg others to live a lifestyle I could not afford. However, it has become abundantly clear many don't share that mindset. In the end though, I don't blame ...

It's down to Nix and Daniels. As passers, their numbers are virtually identical. The differentiating factor in favor of Daniels is he was a top 20 "RB" to go along with being the top passer. From a purely individual perspective you simply can't convince me Nix was the better player. BUT, if yo...

[quote]Progress is rarely linear.[/quote] True. Which is why anyone thinking expecting next year to be a jump up from 9-3 simply because it is year 3 is foolish. Many of the favorable variables in place this season won't be there next season. Most notably, the best QB and WR in the country, al...

I know this is a bit of a novel concept, but one can both be pleased with the progress of the program since the 2020 & 2021 seasons, but ALSO feel the 9-3 record this season is somewhat disappointing. There hasn't been a dominant team this season. Even in the SEC Georgia hasn't been as domina...

[quote]I don't think McMahon's "plan" is to give up as many 3's as possible.[/quote] I didn't say "made" 3 pointers. 3 point attempts. It's basketball. Opponents are going to get shots. Several of them in fact. Generally, the defensive plan is working to force your opponent to take the s...

[quote]I think that's pretty much the default condition for this year's team.[/quote] McMahon doesn't get the benefit of the doubt until he earns the benefit of the doubt. He can start on the road to doing that with a win tonight. Until he starts winning some games like this no one is going to ...

[quote]BK is trying to establish his program and he needs as much time as he can buy. If he has another let down 9 win season with a terrible defense, he can use House as a scapegoat then and buy himself another season.[/quote] I wouldn't exactly rely on T-Bob's logic. Kelly is only going into...