If there is one thing about Shaka I don't worry about, it is how he communicates with his players. By every indication, that's his strength.

Honestly I think the problem is that he has put too much faith in his player development system.

Hamilton gets a lot of attention because he's playing, but he's probably exceeded any expectations I had for him heading into the season. The problem with this team for me is that so many players are playing below where I expected.

Owens is a guy that I thought would play a lot of minutes and he's been awful. He's regressed as a player and seems a bit flighty to me. Parham has just recently started to play with a bit of energy but I thought he had a chance to lead the team in scoring. Parham is living proof that Todd Smith is not the miracle worker some want to claim. Parham is pretty weak. Norman has no offensive game and is maybe solid on defense. Lowery can't finish at the rim unless it's an uncontested dunk.

I'd start James and Stevens going forward and play for next year. Both seem like solid players who play much tougher than their upperclass counterparts.

Quote from: GoldenEagles03 on Today at 01:19:36 AMWe are 1 real center away from being a competitive basketball team.

It's easy to pile on Hamilton, but I think it's more than that. We have a defense predicated on turnovers, but when we turn up the perimeter pressure our half-court defense goes to crap. The fundamental premise of our defense is flawed. Offensively, our entire focus is on threes and shots at the rim, but we can't make contested threes to save our lives (and the frequency of contested shots will only go up in conference play) and are terrible at the rim.

The things we are supposed to be good at this team just isn't good enough to do. The perimeter defense isn't good enough at generating turnovers and recovering when they don't, the offensive players aren't good enough to make shots when give the opportunity. Even if we had scored on the final plays against Dayton and Oklahoma, the record might look better but the product on the court would be just as flawed.

Quote from: DoctorV on December 02, 2025, 10:58:16 PMHe can't sound any different in a post game press conference.

He's not here to appease me or you.

He's the head guy of a program that could be on the verge of a disastrous season but he's got to do his best to coach what he's got to respectability.

He's trying to win games, and to improve the mentals of those kids in that locker room, and that's all he can do in the moment.

In the presser he said he saw something in Adrien's face that made him play him, and he also saw the opposite in Zaides and he rightfully benched him because he was out of it today.
He did the same with Tre, Damarius, etc.
He's gotta play someone at the 5 and it seems pretty clear that Clark isn't extremely usable just yet, as bad as Caedin has been.

At the end of the day he completely mis-judged the talent and ability many of the guys had, and that's completely on him.

He can't just abandon ship and throw the team under the bus 10 games in, he's got a team to coach and he will do the best he can.
As the Greek proverb says, he made his bed and now it's time for him to sleep in it.

I'd think much worse of him if he didn't try to stay the course the entire season.
What he does when it's over is a whole other story

...but did he tell Zaide that or did he just bench him? Sometimes building relationships is getting angry and explaining why you are angry. Do you think Shaka is pissed, privately of course, at the performance of this team and knows that they can do better or as you say he has over estimated the abilities of his players. Sometime a little tough love with good communication can go along way, but publicly I have not seen it. Except for the freshman this team does not seem motivated.

Based on press conference comments, sounds like a small chance Sean will be back.

All Her Fault on Peacock. smh

Felt like I needed to use Peacock for something other than bball.

Quote from: Viper on Today at 07:59:48 AMBuzz wasn't leaned on?

By an incompetant athletic director who was soon fired.

Quote from: MU82 on November 23, 2025, 10:55:32 AMWait ... Chris Paul wasn't already retired?

Now he is.

Quote from: Viper on Today at 08:13:13 AMSome AD's, Barry Alvarez comes to mind, built off Richter and had RED basketball at it's highest level, ever. Hopefully our AD will at least suggest an adjustment in roster construction philosophy be considered. MarquetteMike might have had a whispered conversation with Broeker and can add some insight here.

Neither Pat Richter nor Barry Alvarez told Stu Jackson, Dick Bennett or Bo Ryan how to build a team. Their job was to provide the resources and judge the results. That is exactly what Broeker should do as well.

Quote from: Zog from Margo on Today at 08:22:56 AMI actually see a lot of progress in Hamilton. He had double digit rebounds last night. I think the issue is that it is too soon to expect him to play this many minutes.

Parham has been disappointing this year, but the fact that his minutes are basically the same as Hamilton is coaching malfeasance.