Ideally Sean, Tre, and one of Caedin or Josh (zero reason for both to stay) leaves and we bring in actual starting/rotation caliber players with all 4 spots. If that means Alex, Ian, Michael play less next season then fine by me.

Quote from: nyg on February 14, 2026, 04:49:01 PMThanks. Key sentence is speaking to members of athletic department (showed Broeker)providing full support and resources 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 to compete. Maybe Shaka was instructed change needs to happen.

Not competing now, so things need to change. Change is Shaka using portal in order to compete. MU just got beat by X's six portal guys.

Just a quick prediction after today's news,but with only one spot open now, I think two more players will depart. End of March, gonna be interesting. Fun....

I think it will take more than just two more departures. 

We are in the same place as when the Badger AD McIntosh said they would now start spending in the portal for UW football. 

Quote from: onepost on February 14, 2026, 04:47:59 PMI talked to VBMG about it but hilarious that Jared Greenberg of all people was the one to play messenger for what felt like a presidential address: serious tone, "breaking news", close-up on Broeker and Shaka, only to acknowledge what's common sense roster construction in today's men's basketball.

I've been as vocal and annoying as anyone about Shaka's "stubbornness" in regards to lack of portal usage, so I need to keep the same energy in giving him props for adjusting. My worry was he'd dig his heels in and try to fit a square peg in a round hole, but clearly he's been convinced to change and it was no coincidence that report was made when it was. Good on Shaka for having the humility (common sense?) to change things up and hopefully we land some impactful players in the portal.

I do wonder if announcing it in this way, drumming up interest for donors, affects who we go after or what we're willing to spend? Like instead of Minessale at SG maybe they go for a bigger fish? Go and actually spend for a starting center? Will be fascinating to see.

Quote from: brewcity77 on February 13, 2026, 09:41:22 PMI'm going to guess you didn't spend much time on campus this past Fall, at the Spirit Shop, or the online store.

The disconnect is that using lower case relationship building to foster growth and believing that will lead to victory is plausible with transfers. But that's not what the staff has been talking about and not what critics of the model are talking about.

If you were in the Spirit Shop in Fall when they launched the upper case RGV line, honestly, it was offensive. The entire front of the store had nothing but RGV everywhere. It was not easy finding merchandise that said "Marquette" on it. RGV tables probably took up 25% of the store footprint, and when 20% is youth apparel, 20% is non-clothing merch, and 20% is the checkout counter, that doesn't leave much space for fans just looking for Marquette clothing.

And the public comments that surrounded it, from the interview with Broeker to Big East Media Day to the open scrimmages, it was very clear that when they say RGV, what they mean is recruiting players strictly from high school and developing them through their 4-5 year college careers.

People that didn't make it to campus or see how hard the Spirit Shop and website were pushing that crap may not realize how pervasive it was to the brand and how they were trying to eclipse the Marquette brand with RGV.

And no, I'm not being hyperbolic in the least.

If Shaka is going to salvage his program at Marquette, he needs to disconnect his RGV roster building model from the tenets of relationships/growth/victory. Yes, you can have good culture and use the portal, but it was very obvious that wasn't what RGV was about and why it was so widely ridiculed, especially as public comments on it persisted through the November-January losses.

Offensive?  Pervasive?  My god you are dramatic.  Get over yourself.  You take things WAY too personally.

Not to mention, they appear to be doing you a service.  Who's going to the Spirit Shop to pay $120 for something you can get online or in retail stores for $65?  And no, this is not unique to Marquette so spare us all the diatribe.

Here's a link to the clip of the report from Jared Greenberg.

https://x.com/matt_schnuck/status/2022773543075819844

Quote from: Vander Blue Man Group on February 14, 2026, 04:39:39 PMFound the exact quote on Twitter:

"Those days appear to be coming to an end... Shaka told me last night that he will absolutely continue to evolve and do what's best to get back to winning, acknowledging the realities of college basketball in 2026. And speaking with multiple members of the athletic department, they all conveyed full support of this next step and of Shaka by providing the necessary resources to compete. It was also made clear that the Golden Eagles' cultural values will never change as they remain committed to finding the right roster fit."

Thanks. Key sentence is speaking to members of athletic department (showed Broeker)providing full support and resources 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 to compete. Maybe Shaka was instructed change needs to happen.

Not competing now, so things need to change. Change is Shaka using portal in order to compete. MU just got beat by X's six portal guys.

Just a quick prediction after today's news,but with only one spot open now, I think two more players will depart. End of March, gonna be interesting. Fun....

I talked to VBMG about it but hilarious that Jared Greenberg of all people was the one to play messenger for what felt like a presidential address: serious tone, "breaking news", close-up on Broeker and Shaka, only to acknowledge what's common sense roster construction in today's men's basketball.

I've been as vocal and annoying as anyone about Shaka's "stubbornness" in regards to lack of portal usage, so I need to keep the same energy in giving him props for adjusting. My worry was he'd dig his heels in and try to fit a square peg in a round hole, but clearly he's been convinced to change and it was no coincidence that report was made when it was. Good on Shaka for having the humility (common sense?) to change things up and hopefully we land some impactful players in the portal.

I do wonder if announcing it in this way, drumming up interest for donors, affects who we go after or what we're willing to spend? Like instead of Minessale at SG maybe they go for a bigger fish? Go and actually spend for a starting center? Will be fascinating to see.

Quote from: muwarrior69 on February 14, 2026, 04:43:22 PMWell, one portal transfer is not going to cut it. More like 3 or more so he'll need to have that conversation with at least 2 or more on the current roster that it is time to go elsewhere if those conversations have not already taken place.

Since Sean is graduating, if he is not one of them, I will be very frustrated.

If he insists on keeping one of Caedin or Tre around because they'll be seniors academically I can live with that as long as both do not return and nobody else leaves.

Quote from: muwarrior69 on February 14, 2026, 04:43:22 PMWell, one portal transfer is not going to cut it. More like 3 or more so he'll need to have that conversation with at least 2 or more on the current roster that it is time to go elsewhere if those conversations have not already taken place.

Seems more than obvious that Sean is gone.  That's two spots.  Just need one more to open up.

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on February 14, 2026, 04:42:58 PMand there's the excuse. 

I'd guess that's true of 95% of college basketball programs.