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LSU WBB coach Nikki Fargas has stepped down

Maybe Mulkey and her ego don't like it that Scott Drew and the Baylor men's program are getting all the attention coming off their first national championship; this might be the first year the women have ever exited the NCAA tourney earlier than the men's program.

Financially, Baylor will match anything LSU would offer Mulkey (not that I think they will break the bank). So, just not sure what Mulkey's true motivation would be having interest in LSU. I've never hear Kim mention her parents, so not sure if they are in Louisiana; that's about the only reason I could think of.
 
DeeHusky said:
Who are the candidates? I’m sure it’s one of the most sought after jobs this year.

I think she(Mulkey) would relish the opportunity but I don’t think she wants to rebuild a program at this point in her career.
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I honestly have zero clue right now. LSU has not even made an official announcement yet of her leaving.
 
SECbbfan24 said:
I honestly have zero clue right now. LSU has not even made an official announcement yet of her leaving.
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I’ll be interested to see the direction they go. Coach Mulkey is from the Hammond area and obviously has the connection to Louisiana after playing basketball at Louisiana Tech and going to see her son play at LSU. I don’t follow her close enough to know if she would have the lure of returning home, similar to Coach Schaefer. I’d like to see what she could do at a school with LSU’s resources and recruiting base (to add to the connections she has in Texas).
 
militarydog said:
I’ll be interested to see the direction they go. Coach Mulkey is from the Hammond area and obviously has the connection to Louisiana after playing basketball at Louisiana Tech and going to see her son play at LSU. I don’t follow her close enough to know if she would have the lure of returning home, similar to Coach Schaefer. I’d like to see what she could do at a school with LSU’s resources and recruiting base (to add to the connections she has in Texas).
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I think Kim is a long shot unless she wants to end up back home soon but I don't see it. She may end up back in Louisiana eventually but I doubt she wants to rebuild another program and she already is considering a treasure in Waco. She is payed extremely well and has a great program running already. But as an AD, you have to do your job and make her say no.
 
SECbbfan24 said:
I honestly have zero clue right now. LSU has not even made an official announcement yet of her leaving.
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being that im from Louisiana, I hope the AD takes it seriously and picks some one that knows how to do two things: 1) win 2) recruit
 
I think going the “Arizona” route would be more beneficial for LSU for the current state of the program. Someone that is young, hungry, and energetic has been working wonders for programs that needed a facelift. Ole Miss also comes to mind.

Obviously Mulkey would be a great hire, but outside the home factor, why go in reverse to build a program at this stage of your career?
 
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I seen lsu fans think they can pull mulkey or staley on other boards....mulkey with her ties to Louisiana and her son playing baseball at LSU is more likely. Staley isn't leaving SC for another rebuild after what she's built at SC.

If im LSU I'd go at Jolette Law from SC she is the key piece in our recruiting....now will she leave maybe not but she would be a call I'd make.
 
Would it really take Mulkey that long to rebuild a program like LSU? I think she would have a top 5 recruiting class in 2023.
 
mikeboss550 said:
I seen lsu fans think they can pull mulkey or staley on other boards....mulkey with her ties to Louisiana and her son playing baseball at LSU is more likely. Staley isn't leaving SC for another rebuild after what she's built at SC.
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Most LSU fans do not think its reasonable or going to happen. Will we probably reach out and try to gauge her interest and what it could possibly take to get her? Probably but I don't think she coaches anywhere else other than Baylor the rest of her career unless something happens that she wants to accomplish in her personal life. Only way she would possibly leave for LSU (outside of wanting to end up in Louisiana down the road) is if LSU empties the bank and flood the facilities with massive upgrades. Not sure LSU will pay that kind of money just for WBB (no offense). Then again, our AD is notorious for over spending so nothing would shock me with him
 
Go/huskies said:
Would it really take Mulkey that long to rebuild a program like LSU? I think she would have a top 5 recruiting class in 2023.
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It would probably take 2-3 years, with the way the portal is, she could probably turn things around pretty quickly based off her name alone but the talent needs to be restocked pretty badly. It will take a few years to not only get the talent level where it needs to be but to have the depth to compliment it.
 
SECbbfan24 said:
Most LSU fans do not think its reasonable or going to happen. Will we probably reach out and try to gauge her interest and what it could possibly take to get her? Probably but I don't think she coaches anywhere else other than Baylor the rest of her career unless something happens that she wants to accomplish in her personal life. Only way she would possibly leave for LSU (outside of wanting to end up in Louisiana down the road) is if LSU empties the bank and flood the facilities with massive upgrades. Not sure LSU will pay that kind of money just for WBB (no offense). Then again, our AD is notorious for over spending so nothing would shock me with him
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You never touched the idea of y'all going at Jolette law
 
mikeboss550 said:
You never touched the idea of y'all going at Jolette law
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I will be honest, I am not sure how great of a coach she is. I'm sure she is very knowledgeable and a very good recruiter. She wasn't that great at Illinois but that was a decade ago.

LSU has the resources to do well although Nikki never took advantage of it but I think she lost some of that fire early on in her LSU. It was pretty apparent she was extremely lazy recruiting and then heavily relied on transfers in recent years. Maybe SC fans can chime in some on her.
 
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The LSU boards are cracking me up


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Jolette Law would be an uninspiring hire. Why should she get a better job than Illinois after failing badly there? I would like to see her win as a head coach at a mid major to prove she has learned from Illinois mistakes before hiring her at a big job like LSU. Dawn is big personality, huge name, USA coach. The kids are going there to play for Dawn and I don't assume its Law that is the reason they are getting all these players. If Law left they could hire almost any other solid assistant and the recruiting would be the same, so how much do you attribute just to Law?
 
SECbbfan24 said:
I will be honest, I am not sure how great of a coach she is. I'm sure she is very knowledgeable and a very good recruiter. She wasn't that great at Illinois but that was a decade ago.

LSU has the resources to do well although Nikki never took advantage of it but I think she lost some of that fire early on in her LSU. It was pretty apparent she was extremely lazy recruiting and then heavily relied on transfers in recent years. Maybe SC fans can chime in some on her.
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That was the sad thing about it. We stayed stuck on mediocrity when we had everything possible to be up there with the rest. I just hope we don't settle on this hire. I'm not expecting a Walz or a Mulkey type hire. But someone experienced, young, and can recruit.
 
Dwilliams02 said:
That was the sad thing about it. We stayed stuck on mediocrity when we had everything possible to be up there with the rest. I just hope we don't settle on this hire. I'm not expecting a Walz or a Mulkey type hire. But someone experienced, young, and can recruit.
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Jeff walls is a candidate, because he is a candidate for every head-coaching position, it seems. Does he even unpack his bags? Or maybe he just keeps them in a locker down at the bus depot, you know, just in case.
 
I haven’t seen GG mentioned but if she wants to get back to coaching a P5 team, this would be huge for her.
 
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HuskyMJ said:
Jolette Law would be an uninspiring hire. Why should she get a better job than Illinois after failing badly there? I would like to see her win as a head coach at a mid major to prove she has learned from Illinois mistakes before hiring her at a big job like LSU. Dawn is big personality, huge name, USA coach. The kids are going there to play for Dawn and I don't assume its Law that is the reason they are getting all these players. If Law left they could hire almost any other solid assistant and the recruiting would be the same, so how much do you attribute just
HuskyMJ said:
Jolette Law would be an uninspiring hire. Why should she get a better job than Illinois after failing badly there? I would like to see her win as a head coach at a mid major to prove she has learned from Illinois mistakes before hiring her at a big job like LSU. Dawn is big personality, huge name, USA coach. The kids are going there to play for Dawn and I don't assume its Law that is the reason they are getting all these players. If Law left they could hire almost any other solid assistant and the recruiting would be the same, so how much do you attribute just to Law?
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as a recruiter. Don’t think you give law enough credit
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HuskyMJ said:
Jolette Law would be an uninspiring hire. Why should she get a better job than Illinois after failing badly there? I would like to see her win as a head coach at a mid major to prove she has learned from Illinois mistakes before hiring her at a big job like LSU. Dawn is big personality, huge name, USA coach. The kids are going there to play for Dawn and I don't assume its Law that is the reason they are getting all these players. If Law left they could hire almost any other solid assistant and the recruiting would be the same, so how much do you attribute just to Law?
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Well Vic Schaefer did fail at Stephen F Austin when he got that gig. Went back with Gary Blair, won a NCAA Title, got the MSU job and the rest
Is history. I am not saying Jolette would replicate that but improvement does happen.
 
DefenseBB said:
Well Vic Schaefer did fail at Stephen F Austin when he got that gig. Went back with Gary Blair, won a NCAA Title, got the MSU job and the rest
Is history. I am not saying Jolette would replicate that but improvement does happen.
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Sam Houston st not SFA
 
HuskyMJ said:
Jolette Law would be an uninspiring hire. Why should she get a better job than Illinois after failing badly there? I would like to see her win as a head coach at a mid major to prove she has learned from Illinois mistakes before hiring her at a big job like LSU. Dawn is big personality, huge name, USA coach. The kids are going there to play for Dawn and I don't assume its Law that is the reason they are getting all these players. If Law left they could hire almost any other solid assistant and the recruiting would be the same, so how much do you attribute just to Law?
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Law spearheaded the boston, cooke, beal, amihere class before dawn took over usa basketball...she is one of if not the best recruiters in the nation...however I do see your point
 
Vowelguy said:
Law is from SC. Might be content where she is.
If GG was a bad fit at TX why would even more southern LSU be any better?
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Well GG managed to get Alana Beard out of LA. :P
 
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HuskyMJ said:
Jolette Law would be an uninspiring hire. Why should she get a better job than Illinois after failing badly there? I would like to see her win as a head coach at a mid major to prove she has learned from Illinois mistakes before hiring her at a big job like LSU. Dawn is big personality, huge name, USA coach. The kids are going there to play for Dawn and I don't assume its Law that is the reason they are getting all these players. If Law left they could hire almost any other solid assistant and the recruiting would be the same, so how much do you attribute just to Law?
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it's hard to say.

Law arrived and then there were two #1 classes.

there was a national title about the same time so separating out what part is Law of any is tough but she gave UT some big classes too.
 
Law moved to SC, at least in part, because she grew up in South Carolina and wanted to go home. If she ever tries to be a head coach again it would likely be somewhere closer to there than LSU.

I would say there is a 0.1% chance Mulkey goes to LSU. She's built Baylor with her own hands and it's a fantastic school where she has as many resources as she wishes. I don't think she would give that up at this stage of her life.

LSU has the potential to be a very attractive job if resources are put into the program. Their attendance was great under Chatman and they were on the cusp of being one of the truly great programs. Chancellor was a terrific coach in his day but was well past his prime when he came back to college and could only muster a few decent years. The Nikki years have been less than successful but just not terrible enough for her to hang around. Now we all get to see if LSU is serious about the sport or if they plan to just tread water again.
 
MSSportsGuy said:
LSU has the potential to be a very attractive job if resources are put into the program. Their attendance was great under Chatman and they were on the cusp of being one of the truly great programs. Chancellor was a terrific coach in his day but was well past his prime when he came back to college and could only muster a few decent years. The Nikki years have been less than successful but just not terrible enough for her to hang around. Now we all get to see if LSU is serious about the sport or if they plan to just tread water again.
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This is the difference to me. LSU has history of success with multiple coaches in the past, they should aim higher for a proven coach. Mississippi State before Vic hire did not have great history, so them taking a shot on Vic is more of a necessity because the job was not on the same standing as LSU. LSU should aim higher in my honest opinion. If Jolette Law took a job about the level Nikki McCray took and won, then no question, give her a big conference job.
 
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SECbbfan24 said:
Most LSU fans do not think its reasonable or going to happen. Will we probably reach out and try to gauge her interest and what it could possibly take to get her? Probably but I don't think she coaches anywhere else other than Baylor the rest of her career unless something happens that she wants to accomplish in her personal life. Only way she would possibly leave for LSU (outside of wanting to end up in Louisiana down the road) is if LSU empties the bank and flood the facilities with massive upgrades. Not sure LSU will pay that kind of money just for WBB (no offense). Then again, our AD is notorious for over spending so nothing would shock me with him
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They certainly are capable of making her a strong-ass offer.......

Seriously, I doubt Mulkey would take the LSU job. She reminds me of Bobby Bowden. Bowden was offered to join the SEC in the early 90's when FSU was contending for titles every year, and he turned it down and chose to join the ACC instead. Word was, the reason for this was Bowden didn't like the competitiveness of the SEC, while he felt joining the ACC wouldn't hamper the level he had built the FB program to - in fact, he felt that FSU could immediately become the flagship CFB program of the ACC, and he wasn't wrong.

Watching Mulkey put together such weak schedules even with elite level talent makes me think that she would blanch at the thought of having to play in the SEC every season....
 
Wes Moore should be perfect for this job n if they came up on the salary
 
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