Quote from: #UnleashThePortal on March 15, 2026, 11:11:05 PMSean being out for the season the same time that Nigel became the starter is kind of telling.

That's actually false. After being injured, Sean came back and played 5 games as Nigel's backup before getting hurt again.

SOS and Snoop ...

Again, do either of you (or any other Scooper) know exactly what happened for Shaka to change his approach? Did rich alums tell him to change ... or else? Did rich alums tell the AD or president or other university officials that Shaka had better change ... or else? As the horrific season played out, did Shaka realize that not using the transfer portal could no longer work? Was it a combination of sone or all of the above? If y'all or anyone else has evidence of precisely what it was, I'm sure lots of Scoopers would love to see it.

Loved Weapons, and Amy was awesome. A true Warrior!

Quote from: MU82 on March 15, 2026, 04:05:13 PMIt must be exhausting to be a 24/7 Eeyore.

Also, "their" families.

Also, if JONES leaves as you are speculating, it would be a minimum of two spots for incoming transfers.

Also, your interest in Shaka's genitalia is disturbing.

Sean being out for the season the same time that Nigel became the starter is kind of telling.

Big coincidence if not

Quote from: MU82 on March 15, 2026, 09:51:45 PMSeriously, how do you know he didn't realize that himself fairly early this season? Were you in his meetings with others? Were you in his brain?

It's not just you. We have a lot of Scoopers who claim to know exactly what Shaka was thinking and when he was thinking it and who made him think it.

What we haven't seen is any evidence of any of it.

Fair. We don't know. But we do know Shaka shoehorned the word "growth" into pressers, after the near disastrous Valpo game when he had just a brief moment to comment, after the UW fiasco (We believe in growth"    and a steady stream of RGV talk-"growth" being his favorite word- throughout the season. He didn't need to abandon RGV talk, but I think by not toning it down he seemed to be saying "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" This is my personal take. I heard nothing to convince me that he was recognizing any need to change his M.O. 

 

Brutal way for that game to end.

Quote from: MU82 on March 15, 2026, 09:51:45 PMSeriously, how do you know he didn't realize that himself fairly early this season? Were you in his meetings with others? Were you in his brain?

It's not just you. We have a lot of Scoopers who claim to know exactly what Shaka was thinking and when he was thinking it and who made him think it.

What we haven't seen is any evidence of any of it.

Well, he himself admitted that they decided four years ago to not take any D-1 transfers after the first year. So we know he thought that.

It's pretty well known that there were donors who made their voices heard.

Then we get a clearly planted report during a game that things will now change.

Was he literally forced to change? Doubt it. But he had chances to improve this team before that way and decided not to.

We're no different than any college fan base. The people with money matter.

Quote from: willie warrior on March 15, 2026, 05:20:15 PMGuess that says a lot more about how MU sucked this year.

Thanks for this incredible and original insight. You've never expressed anything like this before in any thread.

Now, can you enlighten us as to why joy is completely absent from your miserable existence?

Quote from: wadesworld on March 15, 2026, 08:49:51 PMHe didn't need a wake up call. I cannot believe people here think that a guy as competitive as Shaka just wants to sit around and go 12-18 as long as he can sing Koombyah. If Shaka needed to be told how to build his roster by those who write the checks, he'd be looking for a soft landing spot right now.

I do not question Shaka's competitive spirit, nor do I believe that he is satisfied with this horrendous season that was the result over more than "one bad year" of his insisting that he could create projects like Hamilton into BE caliber starters. And I do not need yet another recital of his very impressive accomplishments since coming to Marquette to counterbalance criticisms of this past season. I believe that he can once again bring Marquette to prominence, but not if he chose to continue with what I consider an obsession with developing home-grown talent.

The point of my post was that we will never know whether or not he would have tried to go forward without bringing in transfers because of the statement came from the Athletic Department, not Shaka himself. Could he have been planning on transfers from early on this season? Maybe. But the way this played out was not a good look.
 

Quote from: Small Orange Soda on March 15, 2026, 09:19:02 PMHe definitely needed a wake up call. It wasn't, 'you need to recruit this guy or that guy', it was 'you need to not be the only high major coach to not use the portal when you know improvement is necessary'

Seriously, how do you know he didn't realize that himself fairly early this season? Were you in his meetings with others? Were you in his brain?

It's not just you. We have a lot of Scoopers who claim to know exactly what Shaka was thinking and when he was thinking it and who made him think it.

What we haven't seen is any evidence of any of it.

Quote from: cheebs09 on March 15, 2026, 03:39:41 PMIt's his default setting.

joyless willie's brother.