In a slightly more realistic scenario, UW pulled the redshirt off a player today. Waiting 4-5 years for a player to be productive isn't going to fly anymore.

Quote from: Heisenberg on December 24, 2025, 08:59:38 PMPick up a few NBA cast aways before the new year and we can still make the Tourney!
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Breaking today...

Former Detroit Pistons second-round pick James Nnaji has enrolled at Baylor and is immediately eligible to play for the Bears' men's basketball team, Jonathan Givony reports -- a significant development and unprecedented path to college basketball.


https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/baylor-former-nba-draft-pick-james-nnaji/

Thank You. Marquette can definitely use this.

Saturdays was at one of Nolan's College roommates house and Sunday spoke with a few of Nolan's Family members. They said something to the effect Nolan loves Marquette but Marquette needs more than Nolan.

The current players might like Shaka but have heard some former players are upset with Shaka.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on December 24, 2025, 08:45:07 AMWell the good news is for a measured guy like you (who apparently isn't off the rails) and who formerly preached patience, and gave Wojo 5 years - Shaka will have 5 years to show that he's getting things on the right "trajectory."  He, far more than a guy like Wojo, should get 5 years, since he's already accomplished a crap ton at MU in his first 4 years.

So, lets call this Year 1 of Wojo, essentially.  To argue Shaka has to fix it in one year is silly - much like you, TAMU and other Projos suggested needing to give Wojo time to improve versus firing him after 1 or 2 years - and he didn't even have any skins on the wall for credentials of a Final Four, Sweet 16, 4 straight NCAAs at MU out of the gate before tailing off.

Step 1 is always the hardest part, brother. Denial is hard. I believe in you.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on December 24, 2025, 08:45:07 AMand gave Wojo 5 years

You keep saying this and it's simply idiotic. WE WERE RANKED IN THE TOP 10 TO START MARCH IN YEAR 5!!!

Stop acting like it was unreasonable to support the coach of a top-10 team.

Quote from: TallTitan34 on December 24, 2025, 01:25:12 PMMaybe Shaka should start recruiting past NBA Draft picks.

https://x.com/joetipton/status/2003905068341633403?s=46

Wow.

Honestly, we picked a fine year to suck. This is getting sad. Imagine being good and getting undercut midway through the season by a school who adds an NBA player.

I'm fine not having to track all this for a year.

Who will be the 1st two way contract @NBA player with full @ncaa eligibility left to leave an NBA franchise to enroll in College and play for a significant salary increase and have numerous years to play? Drafted or not. It makes no difference. It's coming. Nnaji was in KAT trade

https://x.com/tomcrean/status/2003933680675492113?s=46

Quote from: mileskishnish72 on December 24, 2025, 12:10:22 PMThere is no sign that the next 18 games are going to show us anything different from what we've seen thus far - and that is BAD. I'm in the camp that Shaka has earned some leeway by virtue of his results over 4 years (or, as some say, 3 and a half). This season, barring a miracle, is just a lost cause. This team is so sadly awful that I don't think Shaka deserves
"another year." I think he's is going to have to show what he's got this Spring - if he doesn't clear out the deadwood who have failed to grow and fill some needs with available quality players in the portal, then why wait to suffer through another year like this?

There will be those who will say that this goes against everything that Shaka has said and would be torpedoing his "relationships" schtick. He is a basketball coach and his job is to assemble a quality team and win basketball games. It's not rocket science. And, unlike Sean's mom, I think a coach should be judged by wins and losses.

I think you're being fair.  The only thing I will say is Nigel and Adrien seem to have the potential to deliver the goods.  It's their development over the next 18 games that could give us some renewed hope.

Thanks.

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