Yaxel

[MuggsyB]

Yeah, why hasn't Marquette ever recruited a 6'9 beast that is good at literally everything? They should really try to get players with no flaws in their game. Maybe someone who was widely considered a top 5 player available in the portal, like Yaxel. Why wouldn't they just do that?

We need ballers, Hound.  Plural.   It's okay to reiterate the importance of finding tier 1 talent on our roster.

[brewcity77]

We need ballers, Hound.  Plural.   It's okay to reiterate the importance of finding tier 1 talent on our roster.

No one disagrees with that basic tenet, but there are 20-30 programs looking for the exact same things. Marquette wants to make a splash in the portal, but so does every program with $10M+ in NIL to offer.

Hopefully the staff gets it right. But just wanting them to spend and add talent isn't going to happen in a vacuum.

[MuggsyB]

No one disagrees with that basic tenet, but there are 20-30 programs looking for the exact same things. Marquette wants to make a splash in the portal, but so does every program with $10M+ in NIL to offer.

Hopefully the staff gets it right. But just wanting them to spend and add talent isn't going to happen in a vacuum.

Touche Brew. 

[jfp61]

Fair.  The question I have is whether it was a recruiting miss or a recruiting mi$$.  Did Shaka not offer, or not pay the asking price?
I recall 'I am not paying a transfer more than I am paying Oso' (paraphrasing) back then.

I don't think the issue was NIL money.

University of Alabama Birmingham ain't rolling in money

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Yaxel Foley of the Detroit

[Tha Hound]

We need ballers, Hound.  Plural.   It's okay to reiterate the importance of finding tier 1 talent on our roster.

Count me among those who think we can and should always compete for top talent.

I'm just having fun with the original post's premise that Shaka should really consider signing the best big men in the nation.

[MuggsyB]

Count me among those who think we can and should always compete for top talent.

I'm just having fun with the original post's premise that Shaka should really consider signing the best big men in the nation.

Fair enough.  I believe strongly there are a myriad options to compliment Nigel, Royce, and Adrien.  Get them and good things will happen..

[Jay Bee]

Fair enough.  I believe strongly there are a myriad options to compliment Nigel, Royce, and Adrien.  Get them and good things will happen..

They get plenty of compliments. What they need is an option to complEMent them.

[MuggsyB]

They get plenty of compliments. What they need is an option to complEMent them.

Work on your wit Jay Bee.  You're trying too hard.