Quote from: WhiteTrash on December 09, 2025, 09:50:05 PMJust my opinion but I feel like some fans:
1. underestimate the financial resources of MU.
2. underestimate the competitive nature of MU players.
3. think that 'no transfers' is the hill Shaka will die on.

It is very hard to watch this and think he'll use the portal.

https://youtu.be/rt5IdhD3SRQ?si=0EQEaBFzhr1e7BgP

Quote from: panda on December 09, 2025, 09:57:58 PMAnd we have rgv.

RGV is RPV this year.

Relationships. Plateau. VictoryAgainstMidMajors

Quote from: MU82 on December 09, 2025, 07:32:49 PMRespectfully, it's not always about you.

Just a few examples. Not a strawman.

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We agree.

Jayzus, these aren't 5th graders who need participation trophies, they are adult professional athletes who are paid to put a ball through a hoop. Saying something like "we aren't executing like we need to make our offensive scheme work. That's on me and if we aren't able to start executing I'll need to rethink my offensive scheme or my roster construction" is all it takes - and maybe lights a fire under guys to do their JOB or else they'll be shown the door. The price of getting paid like a big boy is you have to take accountability for your performance like a big boy.

Otherwise might as well dish out some NIL to mugsy who can put 80%+ through the nerf hoop.

Quote from: wadesworld on December 09, 2025, 09:54:52 PMBut Penn State has transfers!

I'm in your corner, we need to make guys sit 2 or 3 years if they dare to transfer. Better to ban it outright.

Quote from: forgetful on December 09, 2025, 09:54:55 PMMeanwhile MSU is mandating a 9% across the board cut for academics, with significant layoffs, pauses to graduate programs, and cuts in research funding.

$153M of that $401M would have been enough to not need any budget cuts at all.

They better not cut the budget for criminal defense attorneys.

Quote from: JWags85 on December 09, 2025, 08:40:31 PMI mean, he clearly has no concerns about his job security, so might as well do his guys a favor and get them financial security in future seasons like he has.

Billy, with the Bulls blessing, has switched to coasting mentality.

Would high achieving coaches like Phil Jackson, Pop, Kerr, etc. stay with a franchise like the Bulls? Professional pride would compel those guys to find opportunities to compete.

Quote from: Zog from Margo on December 09, 2025, 09:47:37 PMCan MU compete with BYU? The LDS is loaded.  Can we expect that 25 schools will have higher payrolls than MU?

The LDS isn't funding BYU athletics any more than the Vatican funds Marquette athletics.

Quote from: wadesworld on December 09, 2025, 09:54:52 PMBut Penn State has transfers!

And we have rgv.

Quote from: MU82 on December 09, 2025, 05:05:42 PMHenry Ellenson chose Marquette over Michigan State and Kentucky.

Joey Hauser chose Marquette over Michigan State, with Kansas showing interest late.

Dawson Garcia chose Marquette over Indiana.

True, although Henry and Joey already had brothers in the program at Marquette, so I'd argue they were special cases.  Then again, I forgot that Greg Elliott - at least according to some Scoopers - was Izzo's top target in that year's recruiting class, and possibly - again, according to some Scoopers at that time -  the most coveted recruit of Izzo's entire career.  That's just how it was in the Wojo era. 

Seattle is the NFL version of ND football.  Lost to anyone of quality, claim they will/would win the championship.

Quote from: MU82 on December 09, 2025, 09:39:22 PMObsessed.

That playoff win over your heroes way back when really effed you up, eh PW?

Not that you care, but Daniels got hurt late in the game with the Seahawks leading by 600 points. Quinn shouldn't have had him in the game.