Quote from: Jockey on Today at 11:33:15 AMEpstein.

Nah. This is just organizational incompetence bolstered by how easy Venezuela was mixed with encouragement from Israel.

Quote from: #UnleashThePortal on Today at 11:19:18 AMWhat's not clicking for you?

Shaka attempted the RGV strategy where he hoped that the chemistry between the team would be much better then that of teams who bought players.

It became apparent early on that it didn't work.


Shaka went against the grain in year 1 of free agent ball.

Now if he rights the ship, this will be nothing more then a "oh ya, we need to compete in the transfer portal, remember 25-26?

Shaka didn't just go against the grain. He recruited poorly and failed to recognize it until it was too late. RGV might have worked if the junior class wasn't a total strikeout and the sophomore class had more than one player who demonstrated he was capable of playing in the BE. The team defense was also horrendous given that all of the early year starters were returning players. How could they not have been prepared to play defense to start the season after being in the system multiple years?

The portal gives Shaka a chance to correct things quickly and I'm sure he'll use it. That said, he must do a much better job evaluating the talent of the players he brings in through the portal than he did when bringing in Jones, Norman, Lowery, Hamilton, and, to some extent, Owens.

If MU doesn't make the tournament next season, I expect that this past season will weigh much more heavily in the determination of Shaka's future than just a blip season in which MU missed the tournament. I hope it's a moot point.

The only thing the Titans re-brand will do is make me irrationally mad that Houston's NFL team isn't called the Oilers as God intended.

Quote from: #UnleashThePortal on Today at 11:31:16 AMSecondly

Georgia Tech went 12-19 (3-15) in 14-15

Tennessee went 16-16 (7-11)

Asu went 18-16 (9-9)


Two of these games were neutral sites, the other was at home. None of those teams went to the tournament.

All 3 were bad teams. The only excitement from those games was the hype that they were part of power conferences.

First, we didn't know that going in as I recall.

Second, I'd take winning those game vs losing to:

Maryland: 12-21 (4-16)
Oklahoma: 19-14 (7-11)
IU: 18-14 (9-11)

Not exactly a who's who of killers this year.

Quote from: BM1090 on Today at 11:27:40 AMTo be clear, I don't like the comparison at all. I'm not comparing them. I'm just saying I think it's interesting that Wojo got those comparisons from some and Shaka, whose trajectory matches Wright more than Wojo, isn't getting the same from the same people.

Wojo's mediocrity lent itself to lots of what if scenarios.

Shaka completely self torpedoed his roster for two seasons which led to this atrocious year. I don't think he deserves much leeway for that.

Teams that will be in the Tournament but I will not look forward to watching in it:

Miami (OH), SLU, Nova

Quote from: Hards Alumni on Today at 10:57:39 AMEh, it's fine.  Should have changed the logo a bit more and be a leader.

I like the call back to the oilers, but I'm not sure I'll even notice the change after a game or two.

You won't notice the difference between powder blue/red with white helmets and a clean circular logo versus blue and navy with navy helmets and that weird flaming circle?

Epstein.

Quote from: Galway Eagle on Today at 11:29:58 AM100% I'm only debating that all fails aren't equal. Definitely agree about the trajectory during/post 20-21 season, I'm only including it because someone had mentioned we were a bubble team halfway through it. It's 2015, 2016, 2014, 2018 (and 2005) I am much more passionate about those being lesser fails than this past crapshow.

If we are just isolating the seasons and not analyzing health of the program and the why behind those seasons, I agree with you.

Quote from: #UnleashThePortal on Today at 11:13:53 AMWe beat #4 uconn on senior night. Were you not hyped?

We were "bubble" talent after losing to Villanova away in a close game, according to half of the scoop.

All the seasons were utter failures.

just as hyped as I was when we beat #4 Cincy in 1999, which evened our record at 12-12.