Never said that using the portal is a virtue, and not using the portal is a shortcoming.  Just taking issue with the implication that not using the portal, or having no transfers in or out this season, is something to crow about.  Shaka's job is the same as every other coach:  Put together the best roster you can.  If the best roster he can put together is by keeping all of his players and not bringing in transfers, then that's good.  If you have a chance to add talent to the roster via the portal and you choose not to, you better be correct about what you have.

Every coach needs to be correct with the decisions they make. The fact that Shaka prefers this approach, and there were no transfers out, means he was successful by the terms he established. And my guess is 95% of D1 coaches wish they could say the same.

Virtue signaling on Shaka not using the portal is pointless....

 

The second line of my signature, with "your" substituted for "our", tells you my reaction to this post. How do you explain all the teams in not just the Big East but other major conferences that have used the portal heavily and still are "middle of the pack"? Your premise fails to explain that and does not allow for any measure other than "near the top" or "a 1 or 2 seed again'. What's next? Anything short of a natty or at least a FF = failure due to Shaka's system?   

Never said that using the portal is a virtue, and not using the portal is a shortcoming.  Just taking issue with the implication that not using the portal, or having no transfers in or out this season, is something to crow about.  Shaka's job is the same as every other coach:  Put together the best roster you can.  If the best roster he can put together is by keeping all of his players and not bringing in transfers, then that's good.  If you have a chance to add talent to the roster via the portal and you choose not to, you better be correct about what you have.

Virtue signaling on Shaka not using the portal is pointless.  The proof will be in the pudding, one way or the other.

Luke Jacobson will also be a preferred walk on next season

https://santamariatimes.com/sports/local/high-school/sj-connection-helps-boys-all-star-game-mvp-jacobson-decide-to-go-with-marquette/article_54e3fc9f-7b5e-5f4b-be3b-e7b9f964a93a.html


https://www.ncsasports.org/recruiting/managing-recruiting-process/walk-on-vs-scholarship

Hold on.

Your political views were permanently shaped by a violent event that happened 56 years ago, and you want that event repeated for the sake of those views?

And you call other people "low information?"

Homeboy probably cheered for cops at Kent State lol

Ah, August 1968.  A transformational time at our house. My parents and aunts and uncles were all life-long, dyed in the wool Democrats. None of them would have voted for a Republican at gunpoint.

But 4 nights of riveting television in late August 1968 changed all of that. For good. And certainly for the better.

Although only in 8th grade, I was allowed to stay up and watch late into the night, because to do so was "democracy in action" and a "learning experience".
Indeed. I learned that a nightstick up aside the skull changed one's outlook about throwing a rock through a window or a brick at a cop. I learned to watch what a politician does, not what he says.

Here's hoping the 2024 convention will provide a similar TV experience for Independents and low-information Dems (but I repeat myself).

You are cheering on and wishing police beating people up this summer?