Kolek planning to go pro
Come on, how many players under Crean or Buzz transferred that were actual high calibre solid players and not people playing 2 steps too far up?And Bailey transferring/going pro is still a player leaving early. It doesn't help the program.
Thank you! You just won the internet today..there's nothing more that needs to be said about this. You know what else Wojo has done in 6 years?? Lost to DePaul 6 times..pathetic
In today's world, they would complain anyway. Few people are happy and entitlement with fans is endless. Win a few years, you only set yourself up for even more complaints because fans expect the mountain to be conquered. My hope is when Wojo leaves we do not have a bunch of you pining for the days of Wojo, but that scenario is entirely possible. We become a program that goes 10 to 20 years with maybe 2 or 3 appearances. Today we only settle for a program that makes the NCAA tournament 75% of the time the last four years. The nerve
I’m more concerned with the kids graduating and getting an education. They’re here to get a degree. Of course they want to win but it’s also just amateurism. Playing for the name on the front of the jersey is what matters most beyond the degree. Student athletes are called that because student comes first. Proud of Jamal Cain as he works towards his degree. He has a chance to be another successful alum of Marquette.
There's that mouth again...one day you'll learn..someone's going to fix it for you son.
I guess I have a lot of nerve. When was Marquette’s last ncaa tourney win? By comparison, how has MU done compared to the U of Dane County Badgers over the past 10 years or so? Also by comparison, and having done no research into it, doesn’t it seem the Badgers have more player continuity YOY?...Kobe King notwithstanding.
Just in the last 3 years, Madison had these transfers: Jordan Hill. Kobe King, Andy Can Vliet, Alex Illikaninen and Tai Strickland. They also had a player quit but that might have been 4 or 5 years ago.Most schools have at least two players leave early every year whether it is transferring, declaring early or quitting. MU is no worse or no better than most schools. If AE was insinuated that players leaving shows there's an internal problem his premise is way off. If there's a problem, it will manifest itself on not only how many leave but who comes in. In the past 3 years we got 3 solid and highly sought after transfers and 1 very good recruiting class and we'll see with the 21 kids.
RicoIf we were Holy Cross and played in the Patriot League I would agree. We don’t, so I’ll take recruits like D Wade over the Jamal Cains of the world.
I put transfers pretty far down on my list of concerns I have about Wojo. Transfers could be dealt with if I thought he was a better in-game coach.
Lack of player development is exposed when guys transfer. That’s the issue.
Oh, I agree. My bigger point is, it’s time to cut the BS and quit the pretense of amateurism and the student athlete. Louisville fans ain’t giving back that 2013 title no matter what the NCAA says.
I just don't buy the player development issue. Players have certainly developed under Wojo. Not everyone has developed at the same rate or to the same level, but Markus Howard became an All American. Sacar Anim became a solid starter.
Okay Rico, I'm going to TRY to take a civilized approach here with you, and try to get you to divulge the REAL reasons behind why you're so determined to pick this hill to die on?? What confounds me about your strong views on this is I'm guessing you have never talked to or asked a D1 football player or basketball player their views on this topic. Admittedly, I haven't either. But I read enough things, to know, it sure seems ot me like you have this view on it that even the student athletes themselves don't have. The question is...why?? Is it that you don't like rich people(Coaches, administrators etc)?? Is it because the NCAA some how wronged you personally at some point?? Do you not like that they punish schools enough for things?? What is it, what is your underlying reason here?? It baffles me that someone would take such a strong stance on this that even the athletes themselves don't have.This is semi related, but I don't know if you read the post the other day from the athletic talking about the one time transfer rule..Dana O' Neill got quotes from several players about it and the basis for the article was really Sam Hauser. Every one of the players she talked to, thought that sitting out was actually a good thing, and Sam himself even said that even had he been able to play right away, he would have sat out anyway.I'm sure you understand that no one makes these kids go to college..they have other options, yet they still choose to do it, and doesn't it make sense that if they really thought it was so bad, they simply wouldn't do it?? I'm really interested to hear why you feel as strongly as you do(and you aren't the only one that does)..because it just seems odd, that you seemingly care so much and feel so strongly about something that the people effected by it directly don't even care that much about it...they just do what they do.
No one protects college basketball coaches quite like college basketball writers