Quote from: Pakuni on December 09, 2025, 03:37:31 PMAs for the Cardinals, maybe they need to put a better product on the field. Their yearly attendance has dropped by more than a million over the past decade while their payroll has remained largely stagnant. Perhaps there's a correlation?

I could not agree with you more. But it doesn't just take payroll. Developing a good scouting system, an effective minor league training program and talented leadership at the major league level also works. That's what Chaim Bloom is trying to do.

The reason for the attendance drop-off in St. Louis is totally related to winning. Cardinal fans are willing to tolerate mediocre seasons when it's evident that the players and management are trying to win. We're not Cub fans, who will show up three million strong to watch Little League baseball.

When the front office shows they mean business and the team does the "little things" necessary to win, the fans will be back. So will the winning!

Quote from: Elonsmusk on Today at 10:07:52 AMI wouldn't expect you to get it.  But, nice try.

I know everything there is to know about basketball because I once scored 11 points in a 7th grade game.

Ah! All is not lost. We only need to win 4 BET games ala Gtown and Shaka will be vindicated.

If you guys think there's going to be a salary cap after the next set of labor negotiations, I have a bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan I can sell you on the cheap. No way. No how. Not ever. Not even with a floor.

The ghost of Marvin Miller will haunt every player who agreed to that into eternity. Players who agreed to this will be condemned to listening to Branch Rickey and negotiating with George Steinbrenner forever.

To the "everything is negotiable" crowd, to the players, salary caps are non-negotiable absolutes. Steve Garvey would vow celibacy before the players give on salary caps. Charlie Finley, Pete Rose and Barry Bonds all will be in the Hall of Fame before the players agree to such nonsense.

The owners need to discipline themselves and maybe avoid anymore talent diluting expansion. Every time they expand, baseball owners ultimately increase their costs because they expand the demand for marginally talented players. Tell Nashville, Charlotte and Portland to pound sand.

Quote from: tower912 on Today at 09:27:19 AMHopefully a guard to replace Sean in two seasons.

That's exactly what he was doing.  He was at the Lake Forest v. Warren game watching Warren PG Jaxson Davis. 
(edited to spell Jaxson correctly)

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 10:05:31 AMI think you're very confused about the circumstances.  The staffer is not a victim, and there was a bunch of smoke before the fire that raged yesterday.

Right.  Michigan certainly wasn't trying to find a reason to keep Moore around...

Quote from: Pakuni on Today at 09:49:20 AMThat's one way of looking at it.
The other way of looking at it is that the program has been trending in the wrong direction for two seasons because both talent and player development have declined.


Wisconsin had a bad shooting game.
Marquette only has bad shooting games ... literally among the very worst shooting teams in the nation.
These are not the same thing.
A coach can't control for an off night. If every night is an off night, that's the coach's fault.
You're throwing up your hands here acting as if MU's poor shooting is beyond Shaka's control.
How about recruit proven shooting and skill instead of projects and toolsy athletes? How about installing an offense that relies less on the three when you have no reliable shooters? How about developing players who fight through contact at the rim to make a shot or draw a foul?

One certainly can't hold a coach responsible if he has a group of players who lack intensity on the defensive end because of a missed shot.

I wouldn't expect you to get it.  But, nice try.

Quote from: dgies9156 on Today at 10:00:20 AMThe evidence must have been overwhelming. Give Michigan credit because they apparently didn't try to sweep this under the rug, buy someone off or wait until a more convenient time.

The implications for the Wolverine football program are huge. However, the implications for the university would have been far greater if the matter had been "deferred" or shoved under a rug with a huge booster buyoff of the alleged victim.

I think you're very confused about the circumstances.  The staffer is not a victim, and there was a bunch of smoke before the fire that raged yesterday.

Quote from: jesmu84 on December 10, 2025, 06:50:36 PMhttps://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2025/12/10/sherrone-moore-arrested-michigan-football/87709407007/

"Inappropriate relationship with staff member"

Also arrested

The evidence must have been overwhelming. Give Michigan credit because they apparently didn't try to sweep this under the rug, buy someone off or wait until a more convenient time.

The implications for the Wolverine football program are huge. However, the implications for the university would have been far greater if the matter had been "deferred" or shoved under a rug with a huge booster buyoff of the alleged victim.

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 09:19:55 AMCoaches should not be ripping players in public in any form unless they're doing very dumb things like techs, flagrants, or other non basketball stuff.  That stuff gets saved for the practice court and locker room.

Press conferences are for glue sniffing dumbasses who want a coach to say something that isn't coach speak.  Shaka is a professional (aside from the Ben Steele rudeness) and absolutely will not be tearing down his guys in front of the media and public eye. 

Exactly this.
Zero issues with Shaka protecting/backing his guys in public. I'd think less of him if he didn't.
I wouldn't mind seeing a little more introspection/self-criticism, but hopefully that comes in March.