Quote from: JWags85 on Today at 12:16:28 PMThat was my biggest what if.  I got over the underthrow to Duvernay.  Yes you want him to make that but that was a REALLY tough throw.  But man, Swift going outside...I feel like he has not only a better angle to potentially beat the defender, but otherwise he goes OOB and they save precious seconds.  Ah well.

The other problem is they had Kmet run his route to the corner of the end zone. Niners were in zone and the safety and corner are right there near Kmet. If Kmet runs a post and draws those defenders away, who knows?

Quote from: rocky_warrior on Today at 12:30:40 PMActually, it IS the most interesting conversation about Marquette hoops right now, as evidenced by your replies 

Kinda fair point, but I wouldn't call interesting a synonym for important.

Quote from: brewcity77 on Today at 11:12:58 AMWhich doesn't mean you have to validate it.

Except...they didn't do that. With the original tweet or the edit.

No, the correct response would have been far different. First, it shouldn't have been a flippant Twitter reply. It could've been an anonymous report to a trusted local or national source, like Ben Steele or Matt Norlander. Or have an official statement that actually reflects the message you want to put out there.

There's no way to justify making an inadequate response to a known troll account that was "corrected" to make the problem worse as not an issue. Now in tomorrow's post game, Ben HAS to ask about it, and Shaka HAS to respond. That's a stupid position to put the program and coach in when they could've just said nothing and it would've blown over.

Wrong.  You're assuming it would have "blown over".  You're assuming it wouldn't have spread further, yet you had dumbasses here repeating it as fact.  People here have quoted that account multiple times thinking it was an actual source because they don't take the time to look into it. 

If you don't think that could have spread further or continued to impact Zaide adversely with it being ignored I don't know what to tell you other than you're wrong.

Unfortunately, this is the world we live in now.  Criticizing the execution is fair.  Ignoring wouldn't have been the right move.

Quote from: Pakuni on Today at 12:26:42 PMMaybe if things were rolling on the court I'd have to stoop to hot dogs and tweets for something to complain about. But as it is, I find it trivial and unimportant.

Actually, it IS the most interesting conversation about Marquette hoops right now, as evidenced by your replies 

Quote from: connie on Today at 10:29:44 AMI can see the signs in MSG now:  "MU has inaccurate tweets."  No doubt the crushing impact of this fearsome blow will result in a first round exit.

Huh? Reading is a skill.

Quote from: brewcity77 on Today at 12:17:30 PMI'm just glad the program defenders are working harder on their responses in this thread than Marquette's MBB social media manager put into that tweet.

I've been plenty critical of the program on issues that actually matter ... roster construction, the portal, use of resources, recruiting, etc. I was saying long ago that Shaka's strategy would lead to a decline, while some of us were painting a wildly inaccurate and rosy picture about this team's prospects.

Maybe if things were rolling on the court I'd have to stoop to hot dogs and tweets for something to complain about. But as it is, I find it trivial and unimportant.

Quote from: Pakuni on Today at 12:04:33 PMWho's we?
If you rated Shaka as "guy who never effs it up," then yeah, you overrated him.
But it also means you didn't pay attention to Texas basketball from 2010 to 2016.
There's a reason Texas let him walk out of Austin for free, and it wasn't because he was too good at his job.

"We" may have been presumptuous. Based upon fellow Scoopers and some analyst outside the program reaction to MU performance in relation to Shaka's resume, I made the leap to "we".

I guess I need to reevaluate my personal view of Shaka's head coaching ability. If this is the true version of Shaka, then I can say other MU HCs have been fired for better results.

As for Shaka "eff"ing up, I don't think any fan expects perfection. I was early to state that I liked Shaka's 'no transfer' strategy even when it didn't work, but was a sound strategy to make MU unique. But I'll admit I didn't envision MU being this bad.

I'm just glad the program defenders are working harder on their responses in this thread than Marquette's MBB social media manager put into that tweet.

Quote from: Dish on Today at 12:01:52 PMProblem with how they ran it though it wasn't closer towards the sideline. Good idea, and Swift probably should have gone out of bounds.

That was my biggest what if.  I got over the underthrow to Duvernay.  Yes you want him to make that but that was a REALLY tough throw.  But man, Swift going outside...I feel like he has not only a better angle to potentially beat the defender, but otherwise he goes OOB and they save precious seconds.  Ah well.

Quote from: panda on Today at 11:47:29 AM***Reporter before Marquette tweet - "Shaka, is there anything you want to say regarding Zaide leaving the program?"

Shaka - "We wish him well, he's good hard-working kid and we will help him land somewhere we he can succeed."

***Reporter after Marquette tweet - "Shaka, can you address the rumors swirling of a physical altercation between a player and staff member? Was that the reason the player left your program? Was he kicked off of the team, or did he decide to leave on his own?

Shaka - "Next question. I won't be addressing rumors."

There is a big difference optically in the response between the two.

Why wouldn't Ben ask about physical altercation rumors if MU never tweeted?