JR Hamilsbach

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Unfortunately, he probably won't be dropping dimes.

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It’s a perfect fit bc we only need him to cash in the ones given to him by Thomas.

In all seriousness, I’m cautiosly optimistic on Zipper and team in general. Hope end results are different bc this is how I’ve felt at this juncture past few years at this time too. Here’s to McMahon learning from his body of work and putting together a complete team on both sides of the court and he can establish the physicality on defense his teams have often struggled with. Basically, I’m all in on being ready to be hurt again.

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Lol sure thing troll. This roster right now without adding anything else looks better than last year. Would be great to add another piece butt he idea that we haven't most likely improved is nonsense. Look we all have every right to doubt this coaching staff but lets at least be honest about it .

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I hope so bc I’m a super b-ball fan and it’s awesome when team is competitive. I’m excited about signings and hope it comes together finally. I think the issue is the McMahon supporters were characterizing previous recruiting and transfer classes as sisters of the poor like we had JV players versus other teams legitimate SEC caliber players. If current recruiting and transfer rankings hold, on paper we’re ranked similarly as previous classes, which after the fact were characterized as huge losers who can’t play basketball and that was the reason the team was so poor. I llike the guys they signed and hope they can make it work, but for all the NIL talk, we didn’t do much to separate our team from where we’ve been last few seasons. You could make same excuse next season since current transfer and recruiting rankings are good not great.

Since excuse was lack of NIL and signing trajectory seemed positive till it stopped, would love Woodward to put his money where his mouth is and pony up some more cash. Pretty excited for some of the transfers but feels like we need a Harper or another solid scorer. We yammered about lack of cash in NIL and fixing the problem and we find ourselves in pretty similar situation as last few seasons at this juncture with main difference being LSU AD stating they were going to now have good NIL. With McMahon’s poor history coaching during the season, not sure we can get it done currently, but certainly hope I’m wrong. McMahon needs a consensus top roster so we know going forward that’s what’s needed to win or if he can’t get it done with known top tier talent we easily move on after this season. Make your decision easy Woodward by throwing some more money now instead of slowly bleeding out over time.

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Posters are in a weird spot. So many have said all these dudes suck…then others say the coach sucks.

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So I’m critical of McMahon. Not confident more money fixes coaching issues. I was happy/optimistic with transfers they signed. I’m concerned that the early trend hasn’t continued. My hope/enthusiasm has been waylaid by perceptions of stalling out. The dudes signed I believe equate to similar rankings on paper as previous classes where I’ve also been optimistic and then grow angry and disgusted over course of the season.i feel like you’re trying to pass the buck on criticism where product for whatever reason deserves it.

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We are not going to ever be Alabama, but we can be as good and different. I guess if we want to win the natty we need a steph, but I just want to play in mid March

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Why can’t we be Alabama? They’ve been shite in basketball most of my life.

Every team he’s put together has appeared soft, unconditioned or poorly conditioned compared to opponents, or both. It couldn’t hurt, but I don’t think he has it right now. Maybe he could be successful in 5-10 years with more experience. Having the fittest team on the court would be a great start, but don’t think he knows how to do that either. Maybe an elite S&C person could help.

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The Mcmen don’t agree for now give them 10 months and they will and use it as another excuse

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I wonder if there are any posters paid to take a position to sway public sentiment. Would only take a few to embolden others who fall on the side of support to confuse perception of support for McMahon and Woodward’s/Wade firing across social media. I suspect would require a small budget to pay a plant.

I like Miller a lot too. I hope he stays. Just pointing out that for last years pathetic team, Chest stood out with his motor and his physicality whereas for McMahon’s tenure, his teams appear soft and not conditioned. LSU toughest physically when Chest in the game and playing well. He was the best player on the floor against Alabama. I didn’t watch the K State game but I suspect he was best or 2nd beat for LSU in that game too. A loss in my book, but not sure McMahon knows how to utilize him appropriately. Wish him the best. Stinks it didn’t work out here. I suspect he’ll be a welcome addition somewhere else.

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He has ZERO offensive skillset, relies on athleticism and effort.

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Agreed I guess. Bright spot for last years team where rest of the team has no grit or intensity and appear soft and poorly conditioned. These skills in Chest necessary to offset the massive lack of these attributes of his teammates. He’ll grab 20 boards if he ever plays against LSU in future.

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I'm only telling you what the list that was put out on NIL spending by each school related to basketball. It indicated that LSU and SC were at the bottom of the list in terms of NIL towards basketball, compared to other SEC teams.

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It takes top notch players to compete in the SEC.

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How did recruiting rankings align with NIL spending? He pulled top 20 classes since he’s been here. If he’s done that with terrible NIL, great. Should be even better with more money. What level does he need to recruit at to be successful?

You’re conflating low NIL with bad recruiting, which doesn’t align with his recruiting rankings to date. Does McMahon need a top 5 classes nationally to compete? Please explain your impression of the quality of his recruits to date and how they were rated so highly, but you’re stating that his recruits have been bad due to low NIL and that’s why the team loses.

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I have. To put a point on it, I disagree with all of your posts that make excuses for the mediocrity that you accept.

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I don’t think you can characterize current state as mediocre. I think it’s straight up bad. Mediocre would be like Texas on a national stage who would still be considered bad by SEC standards and Texas just fired their coach!