Wade, Marlin and a longing for the golden age of hoops in Louisiana

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Raise your hand if you found the verbal jousting between LSU basketball coach Will Wade and Louisiana-Lafayette's Bob Marlin entertaining.

Not only did I find it entertaining, but I also found it welcoming.

The millions and millions, if not billions, of dollars that pour into American sports have helped to scrub personality from sports. In the old days, sports personalities were called "characters" for good reason.

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Marcase

[jumboragncajun]

Decent.

[IberiaCajun]

Well it certainly was not politically correct.