Quote from: Pakuni on February 14, 2026, 08:45:11 PMTo be fair, the vast majority of these people are not full-time basketball coaches. They're teachers who coach after school for a stipend or guys who coach part time while having another job on the side.

Shaka is clearly near the top of his profession, but I'm not sure his profession is the same profession as a freshman girls coach or AAU assistant.

Fair enough. Marquette has 11 staff members who I'd say are aspiring coaches that appear to be full time, paid positions. There are 365 D1 programs. Let's say there's an average of 5 positions, since low majors aren't having that many but still have plenty. That's 1,825 positions in D1. There are 300 D2 programs. Let's say there are 2 full time paid positions for each of those staffs? So another 600. Then there's D3 and NAIA. We'll say each of those has 1 paid position. 400 D3 programs, 215 NAIA programs. That's 3,040. That's not taking into account NBA positions, or basketball factory high schools. Plus all of the overseas colleges and pro leagues, or any women's coach in the world.

Apologies for it not being 0.00001% then. There are a massive number of people who are paid to coach basketball in this world, and Shaka has one of the highest paying and best jobs in his profession. He's clearly one of the very top in terms of professional success in both basketball coaches and humans in general.

Quote from: wadesworld on February 14, 2026, 07:46:19 PMBut he didn't just start his career as a D1 head men's basketball coach. Hence why I said the top 0.00001% of his profession. There are a lot of people paid to coach basketball in the world. Many who would love to be where Shaka is. He gets paid millions of dollars to do his job. He's objectively one of the best in the world at what he does. And objectively one of the more successful people in the world, regardless of profession.

10,000,000 people are paid to coach bball? Because that's what ur math sayz.

Even if there were, there are dozens (hundreds?) of people that WITH MUs RESOURCES could have assembled and coached a team to as many Ws as the team has THIS season. Tight be close (but still way wrong) to say the level.of results Shaka has produced this year are in the bottom 0.000001% of what a paid coach coaching a team with the resources available to to him could achieve.

Actually - who is it that does the season simulations here? It would.be interesting to know where this season is falling in the distribution.

Quote from: rocky_warrior on February 14, 2026, 06:08:30 PMNot to go all @Jay Bee, but are we all cool with "tonite"?

You're axing all the right questions, but this one I will allow because of DJ Quik in 1991. 

Quote from: Vander Blue Man Group on February 14, 2026, 11:49:19 PMSeems pretty obvious to me that they don't intentionally drop this news prior to a Saturday game if the plan is to half-ass it.

I certainly hope so!

Quote from: Small Orange Soda on February 14, 2026, 11:43:54 PMNot crap, but possibly role players.

When the 'he's not going to take transfers' accusation has previously been rolled out, the counter has been, 'well he never specifically said that.' Okay, fair enough. But what he has said about valuing loyalty to the program and it being reflected in their pay are things that have been said. The portal is a competitive space. Telling a talented player with the stats to back it up that he's going to make less than Josh Clark or Ian Miletcic since he's new isn't a sound strategy. Do I know that's going to happen? No. But the other half of the battle is Shaka deciding to drop that philosophy, because he has talked about it previously.

Seems pretty obvious to me that they don't intentionally drop this news prior to a Saturday game if the plan is to half-ass it.

Quote from: Vander Blue Man Group on February 14, 2026, 11:14:30 PMI agree that two starters are needed but I'm still confused by your post.

Are you assuming they're going to use the portal to bring in crap?

If that was the case there wouldn't be any reason to pivot to the portal.

Not crap, but possibly role players.

When the 'he's not going to take transfers' accusation has previously been rolled out, the counter has been, 'well he never specifically said that.' Okay, fair enough. But what he has said about valuing loyalty to the program and it being reflected in their pay are things that have been said. The portal is a competitive space. Telling a talented player with the stats to back it up that he's going to make less than Josh Clark or Ian Miletcic since he's new isn't a sound strategy. Do I know that's going to happen? No. But the other half of the battle is Shaka deciding to drop that philosophy, because he has talked about it previously.

Quote from: Pakuni on February 14, 2026, 08:49:21 PMI'm sure there's an interesting story we'll never find out about why they're pushing this narrative today. Feels like mostly a message to the fan base, and perhaps some of the whales in the fan base. Doing it during a random February game in Cincinnati, as opposed to something like National Marquette Day or Senior Day, is a curious call.

Not remotely a curious call. Makes all the sense in world to announce it on a normal day.

Why on earth would they announce it on NMD? Now that would be a curious call.

Quote from: Small Orange Soda on February 14, 2026, 09:43:39 PMWell, no. But we did go from Shaka dismissing Ben Steele's question about transfers a few months ago to the report today. Things change fast when you have the worst team in a generation.

The season was about a week old a few months ago.

Quote from: Small Orange Soda on February 14, 2026, 08:42:59 PMLook, I am optimistic, but -- and I believe you agree -- he needs to get starters in the portal. Two of them need to, along with Parham and James, be our top four players.

I agree that two starters are needed but I'm still confused by your post.

Are you assuming they're going to use the portal to bring in crap?

If that was the case there wouldn't be any reason to pivot to the portal.

Quote from: DFW HOYA on February 14, 2026, 06:43:03 PMhttps://x.com/TheAndyKatz/status/2022814079971188826/photo/1

He needs a couple more tats.