Quote from: wadesworld on November 28, 2025, 10:33:01 PMThe problem is that nobody behind him is better or ready to contribute. He played 17 minutes today. Still more than he should, but that's where a talent upgrade on the roster is needed. The talent isn't on the roster.

Hahahaha unreal. I jokingly said you'd use this as an excuse...not thinking you'd actually use this as an excuse. Watch the rakes, wades!

Quote from: onepost on November 28, 2025, 10:39:02 PM"If you don't like what you post then don't post it". What are you even talking about? Surely this sounded smarter in your head than it reads here.

When I talk about freshmen getting more playing time, while yes I will literally actually watch them play, that doesn't mean *I* am deciding their future at Marquette. Rather, it gives the highly-compensated coaches a grasp on how good they are sooner than later. That's INFERRED. So then THEY can determine if the player can cut it at this level. How many times did Fanta and Bahe say "This Marquette team is old, but they're not experienced! They're 199th in experience!" today? Maybe 3 or 4 by my count. So maybe they align the two so we don't have old, inexperienced group that sucks at basketball.

This is no different than when you were told Sean Jones was gonna transfer but Shaka convinced him to stay. It was said "Sean was in the portal" - inferring to anyone with a clue that he was gonna leave. But because Rothstein and Goodman didn't actually tweet out the words that he literally entered the portal, you try and "GOTCHA" your way to a point.

Instead of justifying your opinions, you need these things explained to you like a toddler. Context clues are your friend.

If a kid isn't in the portal, don't post that a kid is in the portal. It's simple.

Quote from: wadesworld on November 28, 2025, 10:19:37 PMIf you don't like what you post then don't post it. Or if you don't mean what you post, then post what you mean. I'll respond to what you say. Sorry if I read your posts...well, as they're posted.

"If you don't like what you post then don't post it". What are you even talking about? Surely this sounded smarter in your head than it reads here.

When I talk about freshmen getting more playing time, while yes I will literally actually watch them play, that doesn't mean *I* am deciding their future at Marquette. Rather, it gives the highly-compensated coaches a grasp on how good they are sooner than later. That's INFERRED. So then THEY can determine if the player can cut it at this level. How many times did Fanta and Bahe say "This Marquette team is old, but they're not experienced! They're 199th in experience!" today? Maybe 3 or 4 by my count. So maybe they align the two so we don't have old, inexperienced group that sucks at basketball.

This is no different than when you were told Sean Jones was gonna transfer but Shaka convinced him to stay. It was said "Sean was in the portal" - inferring to anyone with a clue that he was gonna leave. But because Rothstein and Goodman didn't actually tweet out the words that he literally entered the portal, you try and "GOTCHA" your way to a point.

Instead of justifying your opinions, you need these things explained to you like a toddler. Context clues are your friend.

Quote from: wadesworld on November 28, 2025, 10:33:01 PMThe problem is that nobody behind him is better or ready to contribute. He played 17 minutes today. Still more than he should, but that's where a talent upgrade on the roster is needed. The talent isn't on the roster.

He's far and away the worst player on this roster. Any player stepping into those 17 minutes would both be a greater benefit in the present and future of Marquette basketball

Quote from: MU82 on November 28, 2025, 09:22:16 PMAnother big win for Gard. Getting it done, as usual.

But they paid Boyd more than they're willing to pay a quarterback, apparently. And another efficient 1/6 shooting night for their 6'10" portal addition.

Quote from: panda on November 28, 2025, 10:30:35 PMDifferent lineups/rotations. More minutes to higher ceiling players.

It's not like the current Caedin Hamilton experiment is flourishing.

The problem is that nobody behind him is better or ready to contribute. He played 17 minutes today. Still more than he should, but that's where a talent upgrade on the roster is needed. The talent isn't on the roster.

Quote from: wadesworld on November 28, 2025, 05:58:43 PMI've said it many times. Not sure what you expect him to do in the middle of the season. Unfortunately no trading in college basketball.

Well, actually I do know what you expect him to do. You expect him to play all the freshman and pull redshirts in a lost season so that you personally can decide whether those players are worth keeping around. Logical, to say the least.

Different lineups/rotations. More minutes to higher ceiling players.

It's not like the current Caedin Hamilton experiment is flourishing.

Quote from: wadesworld on November 28, 2025, 10:26:09 PMBecause it's different to say "Shaka's refusal to use one of the most important avenues to building a roster" and another thing to say Shaka is showing "year after year that his philosophy is unnatural carnal knowledgeing awful" when his philosophy has brought the highest two single seeds MU has ever got in an NCAA Tournament and two other single digit seeds in his four seasons here. There's criticism and there's being a whiny baby. Even if the person claims his posts aren't literal once he sees how absurd they are.

Shaka has had nothing but success until this season while at MU. He will have to adjust, whether that's landing higher level high school players, recruiting the portal, or both. People are acting like there's no shot in hell he's going to do anything to try to improve the roster, he's just going to sit here and be too good for those adjustments. I personally think the guy's a good coach and a competitive guy who misread his roster this year. I think he'll make necessary adjustments. Other people think he only takes good players against his will and need to be forced to bring in players he doesn't want by his assistants.

*pretty bad January through the close of
The season last year too

Quote from: HutchwasClutch on November 28, 2025, 06:40:50 PMThis is great being the Ted Thompson led Packers of NCAA. Build from within, don't take people from other teams/ programs, refuse to do what literally everyone else is, relationships, culture, blah, blah, blah.  And history is clear how this worked for Ted.  He caught lightning in a bottle one year, otherwise season after season of disappointment and underachievement. 

Like 95% of the NFL wish they could've had Ted's success. Similar to the percent of college basketball programs that would take Shaka's level of success.

Quote from: wadesworld on November 28, 2025, 05:58:43 PMI've said it many times. Not sure what you expect him to do in the middle of the season. Unfortunately no trading in college basketball.

I don't expect him to do anything about it in the middle of the season.
I do expect him to use his 20+ years of coaching experience to adequately assess the weaknesses of his roster, and then use all the tools at his disposal to address them.

What we've seen the past couple of years is him either missing the flaws of his teams; seeing them and choosing not to address them in service to a principle; or seeing them but believing he's found a way overcome them through relationships and growth.
I tend to suspect it's a bit of all three.