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Will Wade is headed backmost to LSU and nan precocious drama and hypocrisy of some coaches comes to light.
I’ve made nary bones astir my distaste for Will Wade successful immoderate number of columns complete nan years. Wade is simply a cheater. That was erstwhile considered cheating is nary longer cheating is beside nan point. Wade cheated difficult and LSU had immoderate bully seasons nether him.
But earlier we jump connected immoderate LSU bandwagons, I’d casually constituent retired that nan SEC coaching roster successful Wade’s champion play was nan following: Bryce Drew, Tom Crean, Cuonzo Martin, Billy Kennedy, Avery Johnson, Mike Anderson, Mike White (at Florida), Kermit Davis, Ben Howland, Frank Martin, Bruce Pearl, Rick Barnes and John Calipari. The SEC wasn’t what is it now, it was nan 4th champion convention and LSU won nan convention contempt playing zero apical half teams doubly during nan regular season.
Wade isn’t nan master coach immoderate look to deliberation he is, but he is an master astatine being a slime ball. So successful immoderate ways he’s cleanable for LSU, a spot that besides employs Lane Kiffin and Kim Mulkey. Wade is conscionable nan latest successful a agelong statement of coaches who espouse loyalty and commitment, but down closed doors they snake themselves into immoderate business suits them.
NC State is astir apt amended off. In 2023 Kevin Keatts was 23-11, 12-8 successful nan ACC and squeaked successful arsenic an 11 seed to nan NCAA Tournament. In 2024, Keatts manufactured a magical tally to nan Final Four arsenic an 11 seed, going 26-15 overall. 2025 was a bad play and Keatts was fired. But Wade’s first season, pinch a dense committedness of NIL money successful which he spent connected players for illustration Texas Tech’s Darrion Williams, only netted a 20-14 record, 10-8 successful nan ACC, and an 11 seed successful nan NCAA Tournament.
They spent a bunch of money to move backmost nan timepiece 3 years.
And they mightiness extremity up pinch a amended coach. Early likelihood connected favorites look to beryllium Tennessee’s Associate Head Coach Justin Gainey aliases SLU’s Josh Schertz. I don’t cognize astir Gainey since he’s ne'er been a caput coach, but he played nether Herb Sendek, coached pinch Sendek, Sean Miller, and now Rick Barnes, and he’s sewage a terrific reputation. Schertz is terrific.
Wade coming backmost to nan SEC will beryllium nosy to show if only because he’s going to beryllium fixed a batch of money to pain through. But money tin only return you truthful far. And now location are a batch of bully coaches successful nan SEC and they each person money.
Yesterday astatine Rock M and Rock M+
It was a Sam dense time yesterday for nan ol’ Rock M Nation! I provided some easy to travel communicative lines connected nan Sweet 16 pinch a How to Watch post, but not ace Mizzou related truthful click if you’re for illustration maine and conscionable bask assemblage basketball.
That’s 12 players presently connected danasiwa for adjacent season… for now. Obviously there’s a batch that tin alteration pinch nan portal opening soon, and pinch talented players coming successful there’s a chance immoderate operation of talented players will exit.
There’s besides nan lawsuit of Jevon Porter, who missed each of convention play pinch a limb injury. Porter was successful nan rotation, started nan first 10 games, played successful 12 games, and played double digit minutes successful 11. Missouri has requested aesculapian redshirts successful nan past, and I could spot them attempting to usage 1 successful this case. But until we spot confirmation, it’s astir apt safer to presume that he’ll beryllium gone.
I wrote it truthful there’s not overmuch to remark additionally, but I deliberation it’s worthy watching what happens pinch Porter.
The only different posting we were doing was Sammy updating connected nan Reacts results wherever he asked you each what we would springiness Dennis Gates arsenic a people this season. B-? Honestly pinch nan net that’s amended than I expected. It’s a bully reminder that nan astir vocal fans are seldom nan consensus.
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