Kolek planning to go pro
Why does everybody on this board think that MU can not compete at some level for NIL money? There’s a great deal of rich people who went to MU!
The proof is in the pudding. Where is all this NIL money that is available to MU basketball? I've seen/heard more of Johnny Davis and Brad Davison, two guys who will never again put on a UW uniform, than I have Marquette basketball players, most of whom have 3 years of eligibility left.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I hope this is a reference to the ridiculous taco bell ad. I hope Davis stays in the lottery and has an okay career because otherwise that commercial is going to be objectively hilarious.
Now that Lewis is staying in the NBA Draft and Marquette's supposed top transfer targets have opted to go elsewhere, Shaka has his team for the 2022-23 season.And it is HIS team. Even though Oso, Stevie and Kam were Wojo recruits, they were re-recruited by Shaka and stayed because they wanted to play for him. Combined, they played 38 minutes for Wojo. They are Shaka's guys, as are all the others on our roster.The system has been in place for a full season plus what will be a full offseason. And most of the players have been in the system for that entire time. "We're young" or "It's a new system" cannot be excuses if Marquette doesn't do at least as well as last season's team did. By October, Shaka will have had a year and a half to "build culture."The roster not being talented enough obviously can't be an excuse, either. It's the head coach's job to bring in talent. Either Shaka decided not to pursue better recruits and transfers or he was unable to land better players (or maybe some of both). I am expecting us to do at least as well as we did last season, and I'll be disappointed if we make the NCAAs but have another first-round flame-out. I don't think it's unrealistic to expect that level of success, and I don't know why any Marquette fan would be happy with anything less. I sure as heck don't want to hear about 2023-24 or 2024-25 or some other future season being the one that Shaka's really shooting for. I'm a Marquetter for life, so I'm not threatening to stop being a fan or anything like that if the team fails to meet my expectations. But I will be disappointed, and I'll begin to question if Shaka's the right man for the job.Hopefully, any such concerns will be moot because Shaka's team will kick butt in 2022-23 and the program will just keep getting better in the years that follow.We Are Marquette!
If you hear about MU players, it will be from deals they work out on their own. Those will be few and far between. That does not mean that the players aren't making a ton of NIL dollars.MU is very well positioned with NIL. Sure we're not at blue blood levels of money (but we never were) but we can spend as much or more than the rest of the high majors minus a few outliers (hello Miami)
82 …I agree with your post. This is 100%Shaka’s team. Two recruiting classes,a year and 1/2 to build “ culture.” Hisguys.However, I don’t think there’s much ofa chance - if any - that MU is better this coming season, than last.They’ve lost their two best players and 3 starters. The replacements are 3 frosh and an NAIA transfer. That’s not enough. It’s just not. They will have trouble scoring and I presume that the rebounding will be terrible again.I hope I’m wrong, but they seem like an NIT team. If they somehow squeeze into the Dance, they will be one / done.
Shaka took a team that had no business winning 14 games let alone 19, and made the NCAA Tournament in year 1.You're already ready to question his job after year 2 solely on what you expect to happen? My goodness.
I think this is now 3 separate threads where TAMU has told Wades he’s wrong about Marquette and NIL. Should we go for 4?
I expect significant improvement within our roster. The Lewis loss is a problem though. My hope is that it's not too late to get an impact transfer big. My gut feeling though is that ZW will be better than people think.
Sure! If we want to compete in the way we expected when Wojo wasn’t working, we need better talent. And to get better talent we need to be MUCH more competitive on the NIL front than we have seen so far, unless the NCAA comes up with some guidelines. I’m not holding my breath for either of these things happening.
Seems pretty clear we’re not getting an impact transfer big.
How do you know how competitive we are? Have we lost players that Shaka wanted due to NIL?
I don't think it's everyone on this board. I think it's a vocal minority that keep saying the same thing without recognizing that there is a ton of money dedicated to this program and those people have a vested interest not just in building the Al or firing Wojo or hiring Shaka but in making sure our players are fairly compensated.
Yet you didn’t mention development from all the returnees. The truth is no one has any idea what to expect this season. An NIT berth or a sweet 16 run wouldn’t surprise me at this point.