Home sales last year were tied for the lowest level in 3 decades

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/home-sales-last-year-were-tied-for-the-lowest-level-in-3-decades-155615598.html?

The housing market spent its third straight year in a deep freeze, as high mortgage rates and prices sidelined buyers and discouraged sellers from listing.

4.06 million homes were sold in 2025, according to National Association of Realtors data, unchanged from last year, when home sales were at the lowest level since 1995.

Quote from: cheebs09 on January 14, 2026, 09:12:41 PMI used to follow Nagler, but I haven't in awhile. I think he can be kind of combative but seemed to know his stuff.

What did he do?

I knew of him and CheeseheadTV cause he used to have a spot on one of the radio morning shows (I think on The Game?) when I still lived in Milwaukee.  Then I remember reading he was an alcoholic scumbag who ditched his family and forgot about him 

But I saw a tweet from his partner Corey about how Ben Johnson is such a POS, and then I subsequently saw a bunch of clips of their lame gamewatch from the game on Saturday and it was just pathetic stuff.

Quote from: #UnleashMalik on January 14, 2026, 11:08:45 PMBetter or worse then Scoop for basketball games?

Different, cause they are insanely blind homers.  They don't have the self-hatred streak for their team like the loonies in the Scoop gamethreads do.

Quote from: onepost on January 14, 2026, 10:37:31 AMDonny Marshall thinks he's got tremendous upside! Wishes Caedin carried himself as the best player on the floor more often.

I laugh every time I hear an announcer obviously just repeat Shaka's overly positive player analysis.

Edens is agreeable.  Haslam has a stink on him that you can't wash off.

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 06:19:19 AMYeah, the problem is that he thinks the booing is directed towards him at home games down 30 at half.

He isn't the problem.  Haslam, Horst, Rivers.  He needs to understand those guys deserve all the boos they get.  Maybe he can join in with the fans.

I don't think Giannis is "the problem" but he, along with Haslam, pushed for Doc (over Kenny Atkinson if reports are to be believed).

Otherwise, I'm not as particularly negative on Haslam without including Edens.  Haslam is only a minority owner.  He has liquidity which helps them with salary issues, but Edens isn't getting overruled on stuff.  Haslam wanted Doc, but Edens had to agree.

Also, Haslam played a part in getting Dame, but he was also the financial might behind getting rid of his contract, so he washes out there.  Horst is a far bigger issue IMO, he's lost all touch.  And the franchise is going nowhere as long as he's GM.

The biggest thing the portal can address is getting grown men who are proven good basketball players.  Shaka needs to add a few this offseason, and going forward he needs to fill the holes in the roster with them.

The Nova game at home was winnable, but a soon to be 24 year old, former 5 star Kentucky recruit hurt us a lot in the second half.  St. John's we were never going to win, but again there is a soon to be 24 year old, former 5 star Kentucky recruit on their roster.

We thought that we'd stop seeing 23-25 year olds in college athletics after all of the Covid kids were out of college.  But now anybody is eligible.  It's hard to win with 18-22 year olds that you recruit as sub top 100 recruits and try to develop when you're facing 24 year olds who were top 15 recruits.

I'm on board with a roster of mostly high school recruits that you develop, but Shaka has to start hitting on these higher talent recruits he's in on but not landing.  And then he needs to understand the flaws in the roster and address them through the portal.  It doesn't take a new roster every year, just a new guy here and there.

I trust Shaka will adjust.  He's a competitive guy and a good coach.  He was just voted a top 40 "Leader in Sports" by the Athletic, and the quote they had for him was from Bruce Bowen: "What I admire is Shaka's persistence in never being satisfied with where he is until it's better. It's not easy to connect with kids whose ideas of what the game is today may not shape up to be the same as the head coach, but Shaka continues to find a way to connect and enhance along the way."

He misplayed his hand this year.  I trust he'll adjust his strategy moving forward.

Quote from: Pakuni on Today at 10:03:33 AMThis is a really good take.
One minor quibble ... I think Oso was a much better basketball player, and not just an athlete, when he arrived at MU. If you watch some of his high school tape, you'd see high-level passing and handles for a player his size.

That's fair, but he still can't shoot. 

This is a really good take.
One minor quibble ... I think Oso was a much better basketball player, and not just an athlete, when he arrived at MU. If you watch some of his high school tape, you'd see high-level passing and handles for a player his size.

Quote from: burger on Today at 03:19:25 AMKids want to play with winners.....F RGV.....We are now not even getting "sniffs" from the recruits we desire....

Time for change.....Won't happen this year....But will keep on intensifying......

Glad I don't pay for season tickets for this crap.....

Shaka needs to over-haul things....or he will get "overhauled".....

Again, Mizzou went 0-18 in the SEC two years ago, and then signed a two year starter/former 5 star recruit from Duke to go along with the #5 high school recruiting class in the country.

Different kids want different things.  Some kids want to play close to home.  Others want to go to a program that has been winning big lately.  Others want to go to a big name program.  Others want to go to the highest bidder.  Others want to be prioritized by a coaching staff.

We've hosted a number of very high level recruits for visits.

Quote from: panda on January 14, 2026, 09:47:07 PMIt's not completely different but whatever helps you feel like the most important person in your own head

Says the guy who tells everyone he's golf partners with MU's biggest booster...

Whose only "insider information" he's provided has been that Sean Jones is in the portal, no less.