Quote from: panda on Today at 09:25:34 AM*not the first sign of adversity. See second half of season last year

And WTF was Shaka supposed to do second half of last season?  Go to the portal?  (Which is the end all be all solution for all of you hating on Shaka and our program at present.)

Though it may seem highly unlikely, could it not be possible that this year is the exact inverse of last year?  Where this team starts like crap, but finishes strong?  Last year Scoopers were riding high after Maryland, Purdue and Wisconsin last - did we see the 5 and 8 finish happening in the last 13 games of the year?  Probably not.  I'm hopeful this year could be the inverse despite the early evidence not looking good.

And, if we miss the NCAA this year, I'll still be 100% behind Shaka and the guys on the team - they are winners and will get it turned around.

Quote from: panda on Today at 09:39:59 AMFunds were secured following the meeting when wojo refused to change his staff. This happened in a matter of a few days.

Always find it hard to believe that Wojo actually had a pathway to retain his job. The only thing he had to do was agree to replace Jake Presutti? Or not to promote one of the graduate assistants to an assistant coach? I think they even had an opening if I remember correctly.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on Today at 09:23:29 AMThere hasn't been a coach who could do much better at MU in 5 years since Al, than what Shaka has done - except Buzz.  And of course the self righteous Scoopers couldn't handle that there were some off court incidents with Buzz's players. Not to mention, prior to Shaka there wasn't an easy way/above board way to pay for players at all schools - so Shaka faces a landscape at MU that none of his predecessors had to navigate.

You guys can criticize away - knock yourselves out.  You just look like spoiled toddlers in the process.  At the first sign of adversity in 5 years many Scoopers are throwing in the towel on this team and coach - that to me is a shitty fanbase.

I admire your admiration of Shaka and in the past you have made reference to him utilizing the name "God" in your posts. Any critique of Shaka by this board's members have resulted in your vitriol hatred of them, calling them now a shitty fanbase.  Thats not a fair assumption, most everyone is just a passionate fan and each has their own opinions. Your sensitivity towards any critical comments are extreme to say the least.

Also, why do you, on a consistent basis, when anyone does criticize Shaka, do you bring up Wojo as part of your response?  He has been gone for five years and has nothing to do with the current administration, roster construction and the outcome of the games.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on Today at 09:23:29 AMThere hasn't been a coach who could do much better at MU in 5 years since Al, than what Shaka has done - except Buzz.  And of course the self righteous Scoopers couldn't handle that there were some off court incidents with Buzz's players.

If being upset that a player / players were accused of sexual assault, and having the coach inserting himself into the investigation inappropriately makes me self-righteous, then f*ck yeah I'm self-righteous.

Quote from: #UnleashNigel on Today at 09:34:00 AMOkay. How?

Funds were secured following the meeting when wojo refused to change his staff. This happened in a matter of a few days.

Marquette crying poor is a completely manufactured stance from this coaching staff. We will never compete or pay for the million dollar player, nor should we. But it is incredibly disingenuous to say we don't have money when programs in our conference with less resources are finding great players in the portal.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on Today at 08:06:45 AMThings aren't great right now, but FFS Shaka should get some slack to get it sorted out even if it takes a couple of years, based on the first 4 he delivered.

This is how I feel. I think it takes a couple years. Shaka has proven he will practice what he preaches over the last few years, recruits are responding to that, if we are in the Final Four in four years, I'd say he has proven the model. I think we get there. His philosophy should methodically improve the talent year over year, and I think we see that in a couple years. 

Quote from: panda on Today at 09:31:15 AMWrong

Okay. How?

So apparently FIFA are considering a rule change that would place teams that come through the intercontinental qualifiers into a pot based on their FIFA rank rather than just automatically put them in pot 4, like the current situation is. I don't see how that would work since the draw is in 2 weeks and the playoffs aren't until March, and you can't really delay the draw because having people have to wait until March to start making travel plans would have a ton of backlash.

As it stands, it would be possible to have a Argentina, Morocco, Italy, Norway group of death.  That's three teams in the top 12, plus the 29th ranked team that has arguable the best player in the world. Seems a bit broken when you consider that it's also possible to have a Canada, Australia, South Africa, Suriname group, but FIFA wanted an expanded tournament and more unbalanced groups was always going to be the result.

Quote from: #UnleashNigel on Today at 09:29:29 AMThe money was there.... For a one time payoff, and even that took a couple years of wading through wojos crap.

This is now a pay that amount every year thing.

Wrong

Quote from: Elonsmusk on Today at 09:23:29 AMThere hasn't been a coach who could do much better at MU in 5 years since Al, than what Shaka has done - except Buzz.  And of course the self righteous Scoopers couldn't handle that there were some off court incidents with Buzz's players. Not to mention, prior to Shaka there wasn't an easy way/above board way to pay for players at all schools - so Shaka faces a landscape at MU that none of his predecessors had to navigate.

You guys can criticize away - knock yourselves out.  You just look like spoiled toddlers in the process.  At the first sign of adversity in 5 years many Scoopers are throwing in the towel on this team and coach - that to me is a shitty fanbase.

Choose different language to describe people being outraged of our coach tolerating sexual assault.