Oso planning to go pro
82 said Buzz's first teams at Tech and A&M lost more than the team before them. They didn't.
Weird segue into political stuff.
I never said it was bad for the players, just will probably not be as good for Marquette basketball as some around here seem to think.
If we go 5-15 in the Big East, this will be a MAJOR disappointment for everyone. That's DePaul like numbers. It, to me, means the team didn't improve during the season. I see us hovering around the .500 mark all year., with a winning streak at the end. 7-4 nonconference, 11-9 conference, win a few in the BET. BubbleTeam.
I would love to see Harley Davidson get involved with Marquette's basketball team with advertising.After a cursory internet review of Harley Davidson's financial status and position in the marketplace, it seems that they have rebounded very nicely from a dark period that was only partially due to Covid. Their new president has impressively turned things around in just one year but market surveys show a long term problem with millennials disinterest in HD's products. This could be a great opportunity for HD and MU.
Marquette basketball in 1964 and Marquette basketball in 2021 is about as apples to oranges as you can get. Except perhaps college basketball in 1964 and college basketball in 2021. In 1964, a total of 28 teams made the postseason, NCAA and NIT combined. Today, the NCAA and NIT invite 100 teams, and another 36 get invited to the CBI and CIT.
I am not sure why they would do it. How more many motorcycles would they have sold, if they could of used a Markus Howard likeness? I am thinking a basketball players likeness has very little value for selling motorcycles.
By my count MU still has a scholarship open. I'm surprised Shaka didn't move sooner to fill it, is anyone else? Still need a big to take garcia's spot.
I'm okay with giving Shaka a transition year.
I'm okay with giving Shaka a transition year. His first season shouldn't be the baseline, however. A lot of people gave Wojo a pass for Year 2 even though he missed the postseason because we improved on his god awful first year.
I expect this to be a bad year. I will not crucify Shaka for his first year on court results. The problem comes, because many posters do not realize you are not going to win with a young team and therefore get upset when we do not win. This site is often unrealistic in their expectations.
I’m really excited for what “derogatory” nickname willie gives him. I’m like a kid on XMas Eve, tbh
Happy to take the lumps, if there is some success in recruiting. I have concerns that Shaka's recruiting success will be much closer to what Crean, Buzz, and Wojo did vs what Shaka did at Texas.
Spoken like an expert on the subject of derogatory. But just to keep you excited there is plenty of material left from Wojo-Dukiet catastrophe to go around a while. Maybe it will pass you off enough for you to mount your green horse
Marqueete coaches have traditionally landed 3 and 4 star guys. Occasionally better. And Shaka has done the same so far. The key will be to see what Shaka gets out of his recruits. Buzz got a lot out of his players. Wojo not so much. Let’s see what Shaka can do. I think he will get a lot
Oh, no. I leave the expertise on derogatory to you. I’m very excited, though!
But you brought thr subject up. If the shoe fits wear it
Have you been workshopping any names for Shaka?
How about Woshako?
I’ll start by saying I have no idea what we have for next year, yet. I know we have some good parts, but how good remains to be seen. I’d like to think Oso will blossom and be the recruit we thought he would be a year ago. Justin will be great and so, far, I think we have some good parts to the puzzle.That said, underachieving is the reason Wojo’s ass was fired. Seven years and nothing to show for it. The faithful revolted and Wojo paid the price — he should have because the buck stopped with him.If Shaka puts up another disappointing year next year, we’re in deep do-do. I question whether we’ll be able to attract the recruits we want and the talent we need to be Marquette! We’ll be just another basketball playing school — a step ahead of DePaul and three feet or more behind Villanova, UNC etc.I like what Shaka is doing — coaching up three and four star players. I think we can win big time that way and eventually break through in the five-star recruiting ranks. It’s what the Red Rodent does and I’m confident we can outdo that tech school without the likes of Floppy Mcdickpuncher.
I think we should support Shaka through what may be another disappointing year and not worry.