Will Wade questions team’s toughness
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He's cleary missing the mark and needs to instill some lines about how his players are "beautiful" and "these guys are wonderful", and display "gratitude."
He is also a POS . Horrible human being. Don't care how many games he wins , if I was a parent there is no way he gets within a mile of my son if he was a player.
Paying these kids is the beginning of the downfall of college sports. Watch and see.
Wade knows what he is doing. Some coaches will just tell it like it is, straight up with no word salad. A lot of players and their parents respond and respect tough love when it is early enough to course correct.
Sounds like some guys will be getting some strong *** drills.
All because he did at LSU what is legal to do now?
They deserve to be paid something.
Should of been paid a long time ago given how many millions (billions collectively) they've generated for the schools/TV networks, etc over the years.
The problem is the NCAA were never going to be competent enough to effectively police NIL earnings and keep things from becoming out of control.
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What did he do? Genuine question. Was it just recruiting violations or did he get into some Chris Beard and/or Todd Golden type trouble?? Idk much about the controversy
Doesnt help that even the coaches completely dismiss this is supposed to be about COLLEGE athletes. As I've said many time, the Universities themselves are irrelevant any more, just using their facilities for their semi pro leagues
Most of them won't care. College is all about the money, even for normal students no one cares if they show up or pass, they only care about the check clearing.
Breaking or circumventing NCAA rules does not make a person a POS.
Is Kelvin Sampson a POS because he made some phone calls when he wasn't supposed to?
Is Bruce Pearl a POS because he had Aaron Craft at a BBQ when the NCAA said he couldn't be there?
If a coach is abusing players or covering up crimes then maybe the POS label is valid.
Not saying that these examples you used make a person a pos or anything, but they did break the rules that were in place. To me that leads to the character of the person. They willingly cheated to gain an advantage. In my line of work and life in general, I try not to judge, but don’t see that as a character of a man I want to. E associated with. Can’t stand cheaters. Do anything to get ahead.
to quote the great Bobby "the Brain" Heenan"
"Win if you can...lose if you must...but always cheat!!!"
"Win if you can...lose if you must...but always cheat!!!"
That might be true if they were the exception and not the rule.
Everyone was breaking rules to some degree including the UK program under multiple coaches.
I’m not arguing that a ton of schools/people were cheating. No doubt.
they just got caught. All true.
maybe that shows the integrity of a lot of people in this country and people think that that’s ok.
I will also add I was in school 96-2001 and I saw several 96/97 cats driving around in Range Rovers and such so I’m not naive to the fact we were doing it to.
Have you guys ever read the transcripts of the phone calls this guy got taped. I really don't understand why anybody would support this guy. I used to run a prison A&D treatment program and I used to hear the same BS from inmates that I hear here." Everybody's doing it , I just got caught!" What a croc
Bc he said he gave a guy a "strong *ss offer"? You're being a bit dramatic. What did he actually DO that was so bad?
Meanwhile Mark can’t speak above a conversational tone because his throat is sore.
Because he needed "strong assed offers" for players? Seriously? Was John Wooden a POS? Cal? Pitino? If you've coached CBB in the last 50-100 years, there's about a 99.9% chance you colored outside the lines. Just stop.
Nothing outside of the violations. Some people are just weird and holier than thou all the time.
Thankfully we have a coach that preaches persistent positivity or whatever that crap is he calls it. Just wish the scoreboard was a little more persistently positive.
Thank you, people can't answer a d*mn straight-up question around here for some reason
It's called toxic positivity and it's infected a lot of the posters on here as well
Once again did you ever read the transcripts of his phone conversations with the " fixer" that was brokering recruits to him. The whole network of guys he was involved with was under FBI investigation and for a time the justice department was considering an indictment of him along with them. A real class act . Not to mention the shambles LSU was in when he was fired, one which they still have.t recovered from.
We can't all be big tough guys like you fellas
That’s Roy D. Mercer
It's embarrassing to imagine how many hours I've put into listening to Roy D Mercer and the Jerky Boys.
Ah...it was a simpler time.
Me too. My favorite was the prize winning ping pong playing hamster named Liborace, that got squished by a set of dumbbells. Used to buy the CDs and listen to them all day while working construction. Long time ago.
and...he is the last person to talk about soft...he is softer than wet charmin
clarify what you mean by "downfall"......
The Duke vs. Arkansas Thanksgiving 2025 men's basketball game was a massive hit, drawing huge TV ratings: 6.81 million viewers on CBS, making it the most-watched regular season college basketball game in over 30 years.
UK/IU game was ESPN's most watched college basketball game in 6 years.
Ratings this season have been huge. This "downfall" isn't reflected in quality of product or in fan interest.
Yes. I have. He paid the layers and hand a bagman. Just like Cal had WWW. Just like Wood had Sam Gilbert. LSU is “still in shambles” because they made a ****** hire. That’s all. Programs can be turned around in about two weeks these days.