Scholarship table
I don't think Shaka would accept having a player on his team that is already planning his exit.I think by the end of the season it will be obvious to at least one player that he will never get significant minutes at Marquette and Shaka and staff will help him find a new program where he will excel. If that player would rather stay at Marquette, they will help that player get his tuition covered and he will be able to stay at Marquette but not be a part of the basketball roster. Players are entitled to a shot, not to minutes.
To be fair, you actually needed the scholarship available to take a mid-year transfer because the player had to spend two semesters on campus before becoming eligible. I didn't agree with that approach, but many here on the board thought holding a scholarship for a mid-year transfer was a great idea.Now that we're in the age of insta-transfers, if a player leaves his team mid-year, he'll be eligible at his new school at the start of the next year without having to spend two semesters on campus. There's no need to hold a scholarship for a mid-year transfer.
Shaka absolutely is not a hypocrite. The work the he and his wife have done everywhere they have been has been on the highest of levels and more than legitimate. He wont take a transfer over a plyer who has worked his system for years. He was 100% told by the player that this is their last year.
Good god. If DJ Wagner called Shaka and said, “Hey Shaka. I’m planning on playing college basketball for one season before being an NBA Draft Lottery pick. I’d love to spend that season in Milwaukee playing for Marquette,” Shaka is not saying, “Thanks, but we want four year culture guys. Good luck at Kentucky or Louisville!” And if he is saying that, he should be terminated immediately.
I think this is simply a sign that the ballyhooed "culture of retention" was oversold by some here on the board. It doesn't exist, and everyone on the roster has to know that they need to work every day to keep their place on the roster.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Not sure I buy this. Shaka didn't even backfill for Justin "just in case" he decided to return, and his departure was much more of a sure thing than for anyone on the current roster. If a current player says in September they're going pro at the end of the year, you would think Shaka offers the same courtesy to that player "just in case." And if they said they're going to transfer, Shaka isn't going carry a player not 100% committed to Marquette.I think this is simply a sign that the ballyhooed "culture of retention" was oversold by some here on the board. It doesn't exist, and everyone on the roster has to know that they need to work every day to keep their place on the roster.
Semester aboard. No way I was graduating in seven semesters! Of course I’d go when we made the CUA tourney run.
Interesting note for nolongerwankinghttps://twitter.com/mikeyagmin/status/1567303891187863554?s=46&t=DM6vIecsuvJYk4IMKMXEMQ
We've turned into Badger fans since Shaka arrived.
This whole "culture" thing is so nauseating. Like all sports at all level, winning creates good culture.
Do you actually know this? I could see Prosper telling Shaka he plans on going pro. Even if he plans to he may get injured or have a year that that does not justify turning pro.
I have no problem, if a kid decides to leave on his own.I have a big problem, if we have to drop somebody. It makes Shaka a hypocrite, since he emphasizes, we are family.
So, let's hope he can coach them up. But let's not stick our noses up at talent and pretend we don't want it because "culture." We've turned into Badger fans since Shaka arrived.
It’s obvious Shaka isn’t a good person and probably a snake
It is not obvious. I like Shaka's attitude towards the team being a family. I have no idea , if someone is going to get cut. My comment was, if he does cut someone(and that is an unknown) then his we are family mantra is not true.I like how he talked about Ellis in his review of this team's summer preparation. I do not remember it word for word, but he talked about how Ellis for the first time felt really wanted and how much Ellis loved Marquette. It sure would be a shame, if a player like this got his scholarship taken away.Maybe, at my age, I am past trying to win at any cost. I want the MU program to have values and every indication is that Shaka does have values. This changes for me, if players do not matter.
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