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[dgies9156]

4. The Crean and Buzz years were for the most part pretty special, but Wojo set the program back for nearly a decade when we should have at the very least been competitive for a shot at winning the Championship. It was those 7 years however that gave us Shaka.

Brother 69:

A couple of other enigmas surrounding our program:

5. Shaka 1: When our leaders were replacing the Redneck, Coach Shaka reportedly was in the air and on his way to Milwaukee. The report was not correct, but what if it was? What if Shaka had taken our head coaching position seven years ago? Would he have stayed? When a Power 5 program came calling, would we have had another O'Neill/Crean/Buzz situation?

6. Wojo Reborn: Suppose Coach Wojo had agreed to the changes the athletic department wanted and hired an experienced bench coach? Had he stayed, would it have made a difference? Where would we be today?

7. Change of Direction: There were many, many rumors around Al leaving because he had been nickeled and dimed to death by Quentin Quade and the Administration. Suppose Al Kolek'ed em and stayed on for another decade? Chances are we would have had a much better record in 1978 and God knows how Al would have reacted to the Big East.

[muwarrior69]

Brother 69:

A couple of other enigmas surrounding our program:

5. Shaka 1: When our leaders were replacing the Redneck, Coach Shaka reportedly was in the air and on his way to Milwaukee. The report was not correct, but what if it was? What if Shaka had taken our head coaching position seven years ago? Would he have stayed? When a Power 5 program came calling, would we have had another O'Neill/Crean/Buzz situation?

6. Wojo Reborn: Suppose Coach Wojo had agreed to the changes the athletic department wanted and hired an experienced bench coach? Had he stayed, would it have made a difference? Where would we be today?

7. Change of Direction: There were many, many rumors around Al leaving because he had been nickeled and dimed to death by Quentin Quade and the Administration. Suppose Al Kolek'ed em and stayed on for another decade? Chances are we would have had a much better record in 1978 and God knows how Al would have reacted to the Big East.

8. Al to the Bucks in '69.

[oilcan]

Just want to say DGIES Thank you. You know your MU bb history, obviously.  I think if Smart had been offered the job at MU in 2014 he would have thought seriously about it. He had success at VCU- final 4 in 2011 I believe and made the tournament every year. He only got paid 1.2 mill a year when he left. Marquette could have paid that. It was a good spot for him to land being from here. Texas offered him the job. Why didn't Buzz go to Texas? Anyway, the people who made the decision to hire a Coach K disciple thought they did the right thing.  If Smart have been successful here would he have jumped to a greener pasture? Like what? Coaching jobs at schools like Kansas, Kentucky, Puke, and Villanova don't open up often. It was a missed opportunity, but it's water under the dam. Time to look to the future.

As concerning to Al-- That last year he lost some games early in the season and almost quit. I was so stressful. He battled for years with the NCAA about seeding in the tournament and in what regional we would be in. Despite the team records the Warriors got shafted-- Jacksonville? And then the blue bloods controlled the brackets, so maybe Kansas or UCLA wouldn't have to play the Warriors and get knocked out early. And yes, when he won he was tired and tired of the tension and the expectations of fans. He could recruit and had great assistants. Al's greatest ability was to coach a game on the sideline in the fourth quarter. It was hard at times. A rolled up newspaper slap at the half in the locker room to praise for an extra effort.

Anyway- sorry to be rambling-  And you know what? If Columbus hadn't discovered America J. Marquette would never have discovered Michigan.  I still have friends ask me: Where is Marquette? Is it in Michigan?  Google it I say. Google it up your ass. Ring out ahoya

[MU82]

Old 97s "Question" > Moody Blues "Question"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZpvmmXwJ3U

Where does this fall in line?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxrf_QBD5DE

1. Moody Blues. "Question" is one of the iconic band's best 10 songs IMHO.

2. Old 97s' "Question" is a really good song from an underrated band that's been rocking for years. Bonus: My boss at my main freelance gig is Rhett Miller's cousin.

3. I never heard of that song by Taylor Swift, so thanks for the link, wades. After listening to it, I'm comfortable placing it behind the other two.

[Hards Alumni]

Question! - System of a Down > rest.

[dgies9156]

8. Al to the Bucks in '69.

Brother 69:

Had Father Raynor not told Al to pound sand and that he had a contract, we'd all be Bucky Badger fans.

God forbid!

Al built our program. All of the goodness that came to us in the years since began with and was because of the reputation Al McGuire built at Marquette.

Had Al left for the Bucks, we would have been crapola on a cracker and playing UWM and UWGB twice a year at the Old Gym.

Father Raynor knew what he had and its importance to the university.

He Knew!

[Galway Eagle]

Did Al reach out to Kojis and Rand to have them around the program as inspiration the way that we have our old legends coming around now? Did that start with O'Neil? Crean?