Quote from: Scoop Snoop on Today at 12:07:40 PMI deboarded from the Shaka train about a month ago. The faith I once had in Shaka is on hold. I see no indication that he will fully "adjust" but I think will instead go to RGV 2.0. and add some transfers. My guess is that his no agent and no pay above current players' level policies would remain. The business of college basketball has its own pricing rules, but I think he will cling to his own despite the consequences.

I can even see Marquette being a middle-of-the-pack team next season, but that would likely be our destiny going forward into the following seasons. Sixth place (or 5th or 7th) and maybe an occasional last four in to get us to Dayton under RGV doesn't appeal to me.

Low major team unless some talent infusion. Parham, Owens, James are keepers. Clark and Pearson likely have some potential and other frosh along with redshirts  also. But some studs need to arrive quickly. Does Shaka have the acumen to bring some in?

This team will not improve unless they pick a presence in the middle.  Sheek I am sure is better than the two stiffs.  Not sold on Clark, hope I am wrong, not great instincts, to soft, to young.  If he is let go, I would not be disappointed. So you like at the small forwards next year, not sure there is anyone that excites me.  Phillips would be smart to take a redshirt year, to skinny.  Militec who knows.  DO, so skinny, great athlete, poor defensive player.  Then Alex, hope he can play, not like a freshman, but a solid starter.  What do you guys think?

To land a roster out of the portal would require a change to his entire operating philosophy.

Quote from: jesmu84 on Today at 03:27:36 PMhttps://x.com/i/status/2015144593067585905

I didn't mean you should have guns, I meant I should have one and you should be scared of it

My wife asked what was up with all of the Europeans on Illinois.   I told her.  Made her a Purdue fan for the first time in her life.

The shift in the universe probably led to the Purdue loss.

Quote from: #UnleashJosh on Today at 02:16:26 PMWhy did you remove the part where I said "were all very well aware"

We already know this. Thanks.

First, I wasn't responding to that portion of the quote. 

Second, allow me to repeat the conclusion for you, since you don't seem to be "very well aware" of the problem: With 2500+ players in the portal every year, there are plenty of underdeveloped, unproven transfers that are functionally identical to the underdeveloped, unproven HS players he's been recruiting.

Where Shaka gets players is irrelevant. The Portal (and lack of using it) is not the problem. If Shaka doesn't change his entire operating philosophy, we can land an entire roster out of the portal that is just as bad as this year's team.

Mizzou with two buzzer beaters.to go to OT then beat Oklahoma. What a day to be stuck inaide watching hoops!

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on Today at 02:46:05 PMI consider the "one bad or horrendous season" to be the culmination of four years of roster building. There was plenty of time to see this coming and to take corrective action.

This is revisionist history.  Most experts, pre-season metrics, the coaches poll, etc. saw Marquette as a bubble team, give or take, going into the season. 

No one saw this kind of season coming.  Even any of the worst-case prognostications were nowhere near what has unfolded. 

Shaka and staff likely got overconfident based on the success of the previous 4 seasons (sorry, I'm not playing the dumb "3-and-a-half seasons" crap"), and that's understandable to a certain extent. 

Now reality has slapped Shaka in the face a bit and we'll see how he responds. 
 

Both/and.

Quote from: tower912 on Today at 03:00:15 PMThe why is because Canada made a trade deal with China.

I think the "why" is the speech yesterday by Carney.