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Don’t take this the wrong way, but it’s obvious our athletics department is not getting on top of this Lamont Paris thing. Both Dawn Staley and Shane Beamer tweeted out “welcome” messages in response to the official announcement. Lamont Paris has NO SOCIAL MEDIA accounts of his own, so won’t...

This new contract is a head scratcher… $2.2M in his first year. He went from $250k annually to 2.2M and averaging $2.4M over the next 5 years. If he’s fired without cause, USC owes him 65% of his remaining contract. (I think I saw where that’s the equivalent of $5M in year #1). I don’t wish...

It’s being reported that Erik Stevenson is now in the portal, the first player from the Frank Martin-led 2021-22 squad to do so. I won’t be surprised to see Jermaine Cousinard, Wildens Leveque, and Keyshawn Bryant too far behind.

@GMB2USC23 … I’m just going to leave that comment to you to make your own judgement upon. You’ve got some crazy bone to pick with me, like I’m Ray Tanner or something. I don’t get it, especially since I just defended Frank Martin, but whatever…

@Blitzkrieg… I just want to comment here on the perception that Coach Martin’s SEC record was terrible. IDK if you have thought about this or not, but Martin was 77-99 in the SEC. Here’s how he stacks up against every other coach we have had since joining the SEC: - Eddie Fogler (57-71 in 8...

I didn’t think he was as harsh as perhaps @TheYancey felt he was. Sounded to me that if there were any sour grapes, it was toward former President Caslen and perhaps Ray Tanner. Like it or not, Coach Martin is right. He had the best stretch of USC basketball since the 1970’s. His record in...

Here’s the audio… https://omny.fm/shows/the-game-time-pod/gametime-heath-w-coach-frank-martin-former-gamecoc

Good on Justin. Great kid, and hated to see him go, but he truly needed a fresh start somewhere else with no baggage attached. Injuries just bit that poor kid to death at USC.

@Swayin, couldn’t agree more. Tanner may have some irons in the fire which we don’t know about. He may pull off a “I’m gonna steal Jamie Dixon from TCU” or a “Got Chris Beard hooked” move. Let’s pray that’s the case. But so far the hand Tanner has shown has not looked like he was dealt any...

@FurmanCock, actually it’s down to 2… LSU reportedly hired Matt McMahon from Murray State today.

Oops… McMahon hired by LSU. Tanner better get his game face on quickly or he’s gonna be SOL.

And that was a big part of his ultimate undoing this year. The lack of consistency with players from year to year bit him. ESPECIALLY with his big man play this season. I think the world of the man… I truly do. I personally know several players from his K-State days as well as a number from...

From a January thread… https://gamecockfanatics.com/threads/a-mens-bb-coaching-wish-list.37762/

We get to endure rants from one certain poster (who shall remain nameless) concerning why Frank was the best coach ever here (which he legit may be), and why all of us “so called fans” are wrong for not having supported him this year. That’s about all, other than the excitement of another head...

@FeatheredCock… you’ve now explained the problem for the last 5 seasons… we’ve had Cheech Marin coaching for us all along (see title of thread)! I knew Frank looked different… I assumed it was the COVID and alopecia. 😂😂😂

Very simple… I think the NIL keeps him home. No one anywhere else can promise him the acclaim right out of the gates as a Freshman. He’s not a Zion-type where he gets hype from celebrities on the bandwagon, so it makes more sense for his collegiate and hopefully pro-career to stay home. His...

We’ve got a squad that can make some noise in the NIT with the right matchups. My fear is that one of the other “buzzsaw” teams who doesn’t make the NCAAT gets matched up with us in the 1st or 2nd round. We have another Miss. St. match if that happens.

You’re almost hitting the nail on the head. For us to get an NCAA bid, it’s 20 wins on the season, BUT that must come with 11 or 12 SEC wins as well. Get 19 wins on the season and 12 wins in the SEC, that puts you on the bubble, and likely in the tourney. It’s the SEC portion of things...

You’re absolutely right. And even GGs dad says the same thing. The biggest challenge is that those kids will be mostly (if not all) freshmen. Frank’s system is built on upperclassmen leading the way. Talented Freshmen go a LONG way in elevating a program, but even talented Freshmen make...

The problem is that GG alone only gives us a scoring option. Frank (and staff) still have to fix the issues at the 4/5 that have plagued us all season. I think GG goes a LOOOONG way towards helping solve offensive and defensive woes, but he’s got to get help around him. Something’s gotta...