This is a war partially fueled by Christian nationalism and religious fundamentalism. 

American soldiers will die not to protect America or the flag, but oil companies and religious nutjobs who believe in crackpot theories.  Religion continues to be one of the world's deadliest plagues.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/politics/hegseth-iran-israel-war-american-crusade-analysis

I'm more interested on who is getting mins than who is on the team.  It doesn't seem like number of scholarships are a real constraint anymore.

Top 45ish

Quote from: panda on March 11, 2026, 09:21:14 PMBubble team

Tough break for Catholics in the service:

https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/pete-hegseths-pastor-wants-to-ban

But that's the price we must pay for mediocre, middle-aged white men to feel comfortable being racist, homophobic, misogynistic and Islamophobic openly

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 06:59:40 AMEveryone can say what they want, but it will come down to money.  If tickets aren't being sold, or there is zero excitement then he's gone.

If they lose a couple of close games, but the fans are still showing up they're absolutely going to keep him.

Money talks.

Interest didn't drastically dip during wojo's downturn. The results did and we changed course. Will be consistent here.

Everyone can say what they want, but it will come down to money.  If tickets aren't being sold, or there is zero excitement then he's gone.

If they lose a couple of close games, but the fans are still showing up they're absolutely going to keep him.

Money talks.

Quote from: brewcity77 on Today at 06:40:44 AMIf this is was a blip, then yes. If they rebuild through the portal, reinforcing the core 3, and are back in single digit seed, fighting for protected seed territory next year, then yes. However that is clearly not a given and this season has shown that Shaka no longer gets the benefit of the doubt.

If we're 25-10 (14-6) after finishing top-3 in the league and playing on Saturday in the BET at this time next year, great. But if we're 17-16 (7-13) and dropped our first BET game while never seriously getting close to the bubble, then Shaka will be gone and deservedly so.

If he backs up the worst season in many of our living memories with success, he'll be back. But if he follows it up with more failure, he'll be gone. And it's absolutely crazy that you of all people don't see that clear as day.

Precisely - he didn't inherit this situation, he created it himself. In a time of the availability of the quick fix, there is no reason he can't bring this team back to a highly competitive tournament level.

If he takes half measures this off season and the results are mediocre, he's gone.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on March 12, 2026, 11:24:21 PMIf you can't see the arrow pointing up, after this blip of a bad year, and can't see Shaka is a massively beyond what Wojo was - you're an embarrassment.

If this is was a blip, then yes. If they rebuild through the portal, reinforcing the core 3, and are back in single digit seed, fighting for protected seed territory next year, then yes. However that is clearly not a given and this season has shown that Shaka no longer gets the benefit of the doubt.

If we're 25-10 (14-6) after finishing top-3 in the league and playing on Saturday in the BET at this time next year, great. But if we're 17-16 (7-13) and dropped our first BET game while never seriously getting close to the bubble, then Shaka will be gone and deservedly so.

If he backs up the worst season in many of our living memories with success, he'll be back. But if he follows it up with more failure, he'll be gone. And it's absolutely crazy that you of all people don't see that clear as day.

Quote from: MuggsyB on March 12, 2026, 11:11:09 PMSGA is seriously absurd.  Totally unguardable and his efficiency is crazy.     You can't speed that guy up and he can get any shot he wants. 

he also gets any call he wants.

Quote from: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on March 12, 2026, 11:36:58 PMVery excited to build around Niguel Wallace!

https://x.com/i/status/2031915220726063295

Nice one white dick