Oso planning to go pro
You can't make this case, largely because you don't know the quality of the player that we would take to fill the empty scholarship.There is always going to be the possibility that this year's team is helped by filling all available scholarships. Not saying it's a huge possibility--but it's not zero as would be the case if we left the scholarship open.It won't challenge existing players for playing time. It won't become a breakout player, late bloomer, or hidden gem. It won't give you any surprisingly strong performance off the bench. It won't help you out if you wind up with injuries. It won't come off the bench if you get into foul trouble. Filling available scholarships give you some chance--albeit small--that you solve a problem on this year's team.Holding it for a mid-year transfer means that players won't possibly help until the middle of next season.
Duke won a national title with 8 scholarship players in 2015.Clearly, the more scholarship players you have, the better your team will be.Imagine how good Duke could've been if they didn't waste 5 scholarships that year. They could've actually won something.
We'll never have 13 scholarship players any where near worthy of the 8 they had in 2015, hey?
agreed! ...and I forecast a 4-6 start to this season with blowout losses to UCLA and RED. Hence, insignificant mediocrity continues.
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Depends on whether Marquette decides cheating is worth it. I say it is but that’s for another topic
Oh, eye cee, Dook iz good 'cuz day cheet? And wee, wit hi moral standards, hired an asst. koach from Dook. Maebee, dey just cheet smarter and bedder dan us, hey?
You are right. I am not 100% certain that “taking projects and moving on if they don’t pan out,” which is what JJJJ specifically said, with a 12th or 13th would make us significantly better. Right now it’s 99.9% certain.
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
Lol. 99.9% certain Wojo can’t find a usable piece with the last two scholarships he continually punts? If that’s the case, there’s another problem to add to the growing list.
Buzz kept filling and those players kept transferring out. They never helped the program and just added to the transfer out issue we all complain about.
We won't win again until we start filling out our twelfth and thirteenth scholarships with the Brett Roseboros and Youssapha Mbaos of the world. That's the difference between Buzz's Marquette program and Wojo's.
Orrrr ya know, Marquette could take on more guys like Dexter - not highly recruited or ranked - and red shirt them and see what happens. Looks like they may have struck gold with Dexter. Certainly won't strike gold with self-imposed scholarship sanctions. If the guy doesn't pan out, move on. This isn't 4th grade girls volleyball.This is obviously major hyperbole, and a program certainly could be successful on only 10-11 scholarships. I don't think filling the roster is the answer to all that ails Marquette - i've never said that. I just think its really stupid to just punt scholarships year after year after year. There is a reason the NCAA gives teams 13. Its to use them. There is also a reason why the NCAA takes them away when programs do bad things. Because they're valuable! Again, you'll never find a diamond in the rough if you don't try. Obviously it will lead to some turnover on the back of your roster - but who cares. That's the way of CBB. To say that there is a 99.9% chance Marquette can't find something useful with its 12th and 13th spots is more an indictment of the coaching staff than anything else.
Yeah cause Buzz and other have always found useable pieces that turned seasons around with the 12th and 13th guys.
Last two scholarships filled in 2009 were Jimmy Butler and Liam McMorrow:Returning:1. McNeal2. James3. Matthews4. Burke5. Hayward6. Acker7. Burke8. Mbakwe9. HazelAlready Signed Incoming: 10. Fulce11. OtuleButler was 12 scholarship used at the time he signed.12. ButlerMcMorrow signed over the summer13. McMorrow Mbakwe just before the start of classes in the fall, making the final roster 12 scholarship players.McMorrow didn't play at MU because of health, not lack of talent. And we all know what Butler went on to become.So do you still want to argue that is isn't worth filling the 12th or 13th scholarship slots?
I have to believe Buzz felt Butler was a contributor. The point is you fill the scholarships with players that can help. Filling them with fill in players provides little benefit.
If I'm not mistaken, Butler was a late add made possible when a scholie opened up due to Scott Christopherson transferring. So, I'm not sure he qualifies for this discussion.
If this was the case, it would seem to Support keeping a scholly or two open, no?