re: MBB - LSU 95 vs. Arkansas 74 | Tigers Win!!!!

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We play Arky Saturday which is winnable, then...
@Tenn
Bama
@UF
@USCe
UK

How many wins you see there?

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They are good enough to win at least two and could surprise with a third. Arkansas has struggled all year, BAMA likely won't shoot lights out on the road, you never know what Kentucky team sill show up and Florida has played a little over their head. So you never know. Even SC can have that hiccup game as well as they have played. Tigers always seem to struggle at Tennessee and at Arkansas.

How bad will the student section be in light of the pig sooey trio rumors

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Agree. We were only favored to win 4 of our remaining sec games after the ole miss one, this game saturday and 3 later in the season against vandy mizzou and georgia. That hasnt changed

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Yep. Lose this one and there is a very real possibility LSU will be fighting to win 6 games in SEC play. If that turns out to be the case, you're going to get to the end of the season and see that McMahon has the lowest winning % of all of the 6 new coaches hired before last season...probably by a pretty significant margin (though Dennis Gates at Missouri is trying to close that gap after a great year last season).

For better or worse, LSU fans aren't looking for too much from McMahon to give them any semblance of something to believe in. Start 3-1 in conference play (after an uninspiring non-conf. performance) only to follow it up with a 10 game losing streak and no one will be interested by the time LSU gets to the home game vs. Georgia. He HAS to start mixing some wins in here...even though that won't be easy. Tomorrow is the best opportunity for a win in a month. Gotta have it!

This sounds like a wish list.. I see zero confidence in your post… you are talking about what these other teams COULD do instead of what LSU reds to do to win these games.

The student section has a Yuuuuuuge opportunity tomorrow. Come out strong, provide energy and help the team get a win

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You were singing Gates' praises not too long ago.

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Yes. Because he inherited a roster with less returning players than LSU, brought in several mid-major and JUCO transfers, and went 25-10 (11-7). The point of highlighting Gates was not to suggest he was somehow a great HC. It was in response to the claims of you, and others, that "no one" could win in a similar situation that McMahon faced. Yet, there was a guy who did just that.

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Did the flavor of the week not last? Last year you said that Gates would not accept a bad roster (which was easy because he already had a draft pick on his team day 1). So did Gates decide to just "accept" a bad team this year?

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I don't think I ever said that Gates "would not accept a bad roster". But I'm open to correction if you can find where I did.

But again, the comp of Gates was NOT to say he was a better HC than McMahon. But to point out the fact winning in similar adverse circumstances could, in fact, be done.

All of that aside, it continues to surprise me how a coach could have such fervent support and defenders in the face of the fact that, to date, he has accomplished literally nothing of note at LSU. As a long time LSU fan I've never seen a coach accomplish so little, yet have such ardent support. Then again, I'm one of the few who continues to show up to the PMAC in hopes that he WILL be guy who can bring the program to greatness. I guess I'm really the fool.

The reality is the fervent support of McMahon is not based upon any objective reasoning or accomplishment. His career record at LSU currently stands at 25-28 (5-20). It's based upon NOTHING MORE than a contrarian position to those who still sing the praises of Will Wade.

No one hates Matt McMahon personally. In fact, if you are an LSU basketball fan you WANT him to succeed. I can assure you, my sense of self-worth is not dependent upon "winning" a message board debate. But it's hard to understand such unwavering support for a guy who has done almost nothing but lose (against a equal level of competition) since he's been here.

EDT: I guess it is a good thing the internet did not exist during the Curly Hallman era. Otherwise, there would have been a small, but vocal, group of fans eating Golden Flake potato chips admonishing other LSU fans for not supporting Curly and pontificating that he was going to be great if just given enough time.

Tigers are a very s~h~a~k~e~y 6.5-point favorite tomorrow.

I'm shaking and quaking, no, QUIVERING already!!

I was bitching mid week they had an off date. CMM and team had to spend time shooting and healing. But, I see the tigers losing the first half by a couple points and storm back to easily win the game. Ready to see cook hit 4 or 5 tres again.

Gonna get pretty ugly if they lose this one