Kolek planning to go pro
I've been on Scoop many years. And this might be the 20th time that bilsu has threatened to no longer be a fan of Marquette basketball because of <insert reason here.>
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.
I think you are reaching here, sultan. Bilsu isn't going anywhere. No need to pick this fight.This signing is good enough news to silence the trolls. rYes, in 7 months something will have to give. I am of the opinion that it will work itself out.
Heard Shaka is going to adopt one of the players.
Tre Smart has a nice ring to it.
Oso Smart FTW.
Why just one? What's the limit on player adoptions by head coaches?
Shaka and his twelve apostles
He was odd man out when DJ did not go pro. Crean chose Hazel over him. Yes, the marijuana thing was the official cause, but he was #14. So, it was as good a reason as any.
Oh my God! We have 14 players and 13 scholarships. What are we going to do? I'll tell you. I'll sit down with that guy playing last chair trumpet in the band and ask him to accept the fact that he's isn't going to get any playing time. And he'd be better off coming off the bench in Madison. My friend was a freshman point guard on the 2003 team and when Wes Matthews came in he knew he wasn't going to be in the situation he expected when he joined the team. He left. Did he get Creaned? Yes. But he understood that teams are built on talent. He never held a grudge. And why would he? Sports and life are all about competition. Nothing is guaranteed. Not even a scholarship to MU. I will help you move on but I can't be expected to wring my hands and keep you on the team when I'm trying to build a team that needs better players. And you don't have the talent to help us do that. Now that I've said this I have to apologize to my friend Brandon Bell for suggesting that he played last chair trumpet. He'll forgive me. He knows he wasn't as good as his brother Charlie. But he will always cherish that year. And the final four. It was priceless.
My understanding is that if a scholarship player were to be cut but wanted to stay at Marquette, arrangements would be made so that their tuition would be covered. Most basketball players good enough to get a scholarship at Marquette would rather transfer somewhere where they will get minutes.
This whole "culture" thing is so nauseating. Like all sports at all level, winning creates good culture. And you win by accumulating talent. Sure, if there's a 2021 version of Antonio Brown, yes, many coaches will stay away from that. But beyond that, Shaka isn't passing up on talent because they don't cheer their teammates on hard enough in the weight room.Shaka isn't avoiding recruiting one and done talent because he's not interested in guys who won't be here for four years. He's not recruiting one and done talent because he knows he can't compete with the Kentuckys of the world in this day and age.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.
So if they stayed at MU, tuition was covered but not on scholarship and could not play basketball or any other sport for that matter while getting their undergraduate degree do those years count against their eligibility to play later at MU or some other school to get their graduate degree?
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I don't know. I think you have thought more about this than anyone associated with college basketball. The reality is that 999 out of 1000 basketball players would transfer to another university in that situation because they want to play basketball.
...even the ones at Harvard?