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Moribund is a bit overstated.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
"This program is on shaky footing."Then he follows it up with a Buzz-led debacle but never pins it on Buzz.
Seth Davis' astute and timely take on the state of MU basketball:http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/08/19/steve-wojciechowski-marquette-golden-eagles-big-eastBTW, I will never tire of that picture of Steve and the chicken.The look on his face says, "WTF are you supposed to be?"
"This program is on shaky footing."Then he follows it up with a Buzz-led debacle but never pins it on Buzz.Later, top recruits leaving MU for VT and Buzz but never mentions that happens everywhere else in D-1 when there's a coaching change.But this is why we support Wojo: he's actively leading the program's direction."“I’m not looking for Band-Aids. I want guys who will fit the program. We’ll play with the guys we have and we’ll see what we’re made of.”"We know it's going to be a growing year but I believe our patience will pay off.Overall, a fair article with some of my gripes mentioned above.But if lowering the expectations worked for Buzz, it should also work the same magic for Wojo.
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
I thought it was going to be with Steve Taylor Jr.
This team is going to surprise a lot of people. I may be an optimist, but I'd be shocked if we don't improve on last years 17-15 record.
This. May take till the second half of the season (Fischer!), but we will be better.
The damage may be done before he gets back. It may take winning the Big East to get to 17 wins.
I'm not so sure. I think we'll only lose 3 games during out of conference, if that. The 3 might be Ohio St, either Michigan St or Kansas (can't lose to both the way the bracket is setup), and Wisconsin. I'm confident we'll beat GA Tech in the first round of the Orlando Classic and then we'll beat ASU at home in Luke's first game that he's eligible. After that it's all cupcakes who we should destroy. If it were to play out like this I would be pretty happy. Yes, we don't get that great out of conference win, but we go into the Big East with only 3 loses, wins over GA Tech, ASU, and who ever we beat in the consolation final of the Orlando Classic (if we lose beforehand).
Some of you are overvaluing Fischer at this stage in his career. He has work to do. He'll be a nice, solid add, but he has some strides he needs to make that he hasn't yet.
We're not going to lose every big non-con game. This is basketball, not football, we'll pick up a game we didn't think we would. I think 9-4/8-5 would be the worst possible non-con (out of 13 games right, we got 3 in Orlando?). Win one of the Mich St, ASU, Wiscy, Ohio St, Ga Tech games and don't completely crap the bed in Orlando and we should be okay.If we're sitting with 8 wins out of non-con, it only takes .500 in BE to equal 17 wins. And we've never finished below .500 in the Big East. And that's like the worst possible scenario for the non-con. So I see room for optimism because I believe we're going to be better than that worst-case scenario.
I fervently hope that I am wrong.