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I think a lot of people here are going to be disappointed at the end of the year.
He could have focused on keeping the better pieces of the roster and gone out and gotten a bunch of top transfers. That's what UNC, Texas, and Indiana did. It's a viable win now strategy though it is harder to sustain over multiple seasons.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
What a silly thread. All you have to do is look at some of the other's that the OP has started to get a feel for the quality of content that will ensue. My inner conspiracy theorist thinks it's just a burner for one of the mods used to stir the pot every once and a while.
Discussing expectations for the upcoming season is "silly?"Huh.
So he vents his spleen and gets out. Meh. This thread was going to happen eventually. And it is absolutely fair to discuss expectations. More to the point, when have we NOT discussed expectations?
Starting a thread saying that year one under a new coach after 8 players left, having 9 underclassmen is "win now" territory. Yea, I think that's silly. This is kinda what he does, start a thread with a take just hot enough to not make it obvious you're a troll, usually with a rant about 3 times longer than necessary to convey the message, and then never post on that thread again. Just looking through his history for 5 minutes, of his last 10 threads started, he has more than one post in exactly one of them.
I mean, who assembled the roster? You're basically saying Shaka should be given a pass because the roster he put together can't be expected to compete. Now who's being silly?You can disagree with his conclusion and "win now" stuff, but discussing what should be the reasonable expectations for the season ahead seems just about the least silly thing that happens on Scoop.Would you prefer more green weenies, haikus and ainas?
Why do you guys insist on feeding the troll?
I'm not judging or anything, any level of fandom should be supported, it's just when you see who the author of a thread is, you kinda know what's gonna be in it.
But it's a lazy response to ignore the argument and immediately jump to an ad hominem attack on the poster.Fundamentally, he makes a good point. Many are sandbagging now so they can feel satisfied that regardless of where we wind up, the end result will be "above expectations." The question that he puts on trial: If Wojo's combination of recruiting and coaching gave us a .500 record and warranted dismissal, how can you reasonably expect Shaka to underperform that?
82I said when Shaka was hired that there was no free pass for him.
The question that he puts on trial: If Wojo's combination of recruiting and coaching gave us a .500 record and warranted dismissal, how can you reasonably expect Shaka to underperform that?
I'm not judging or anything, any level of fandom should be supported, it's just when you see who the author of a thread is, you kinda know what's gonna be in it.Tower starts a thread and there's a pun in the title. MU just played a game.TAMU starts a thread. Detailed analysis of some statistic.Herman starts a thread. Some loose connection to MU that probably didn't warrant it's own thread (do we really need a separate thread for Ellis' football highlights?)duanewade starts a thread, I know I'm gonna have to put the monitor on the ceiling so I can still read it when I'm rolling my eyes.
Given the way he assembled the roster, making it very clear that he did not elect to pursue a "win now" strategy, and rather a bring in mostly young talent and let them develop together strategy, yes I do think he should get a pass year 1.
Yeah, the whole "developing young talent" thing kind of goes out the window when you bring in two grad transfers and continue to pursue others, even this month. Does it make sense for a coach whose mission is to develop young talen to be trying to land Cedric Russell in mid-July? What does adding Russell do to help the "develop young talent together" strategy?I believe Shaka wants to win, and win now, and that's why he was going after Russell and others like him. And you're making excuses for him before the season even begins.
Many are sandbagging now so they can feel satisfied that regardless of where we wind up, the end result will be "above expectations."
Until you look at what the likely roles of those grad transfers will be. If Shaka had landed Carr and Kofi, my expectations would be much different. Shaka went out and got 2 defensive players that are fairly limited on the offensive end.