having a coach leave like this just confirms the decades long Little Brother Syndrome that generations of our fans have

I personally don’t think it’s worth freaking out over, but totally understand why people are freaking out about it

3/25/2026 2:13:50 PM

My biggest issue with it is the hiring options this year will not be as good for us as they were last year and if this does drag out past the first of April for buyout reasons then we will be even further behind. We're gonna end up gambling on Gainey or settling for Mike White type hire.

3/25/2026 2:16:39 PM

Apparently 3mil buyout after 1 year is low...maybe we should have made it higher

3/25/2026 2:17:55 PM

I’d be totally fine with Gainey.

3/25/2026 2:18:45 PM

Quote :

"I get that and I get the appeal for Wade. I just don’t think this is some “burn it all down” moment if he leaves"

Maybe not burn it all down, lol. But it would be very concerning if we lose a guy to what is effectively a lateral basketball move after 1 year. We've been wallowing in mediocrity for like 40 years now. And there was definitely something wrong with the admin side of it for a long stretch of that. We had years of the academic side squeezing too tight, and years of borderline incompetent athletic department management.

Debbie Yow seemed to put the non-revenue side of the athletic department back on the right track, and I *think* the academic side isn't holding things back. But basketball still seems to struggle. I don't entirely buy that a guy would leave largely because he likes the admin at another school *that* much better unless there were some serious headaches created by our own admin. He didn't even work for those McNeese guys that long AFAIK.


^ Agreed on that point. Unless the admin saw this coming and have some other homerun type candidates in mind/on the phone already, I think Gainey is exactly the guy to give a shot to now. With our luck, this all will go down and then Tennessee will make it to the final four.

[Edited on March 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM. Reason : .]

3/25/2026 2:28:05 PM

Disappointing that he bolted at first opportunity….yeah. But I just keep coming back to these Mark Gottfried ass results he had this year. It’s not that hard to find a coach that can do what he did this year. Maybe I’m too hard on him and it’s only year 1. But I’ve just been wholly unimpressed with year 1 and it’s easy to see a scenario where we’re right back here next year. The results (granted only 1 season) haven’t been worth the headache

3/25/2026 2:39:31 PM

It is weird to me to judge his first year so harshly when the prior 10 years, we only made the tournament 3 times. Outside of COVID, dude's teams have only missed the NCAA tournament one time in his last 9 tries. His only miss was the first year at LSU.

3/25/2026 2:49:08 PM

I agree. I'd like a bigger sample size than just 1 year

3/25/2026 2:53:42 PM

I’m willing to admit that maybe I am being too harsh. I was just thoroughly unimpressed with what I saw this year.

3/25/2026 3:10:30 PM

3/25/2026 3:40:37 PM

if he leaves, we should go after the Davis guy from UNC

3/25/2026 4:12:11 PM

Naww, give me Bobby Hurley

3/25/2026 4:19:05 PM