Look, at least Bill Cords took a shot

[bilsu]

In recruiting you do not waste time on a recruit you have no chance of getting. How, much time do you think Jeter spends on recruiting Diamond Stone? The trouble with MU's job is that they are a high payer, which means coaches can use them to get raises at their current gig. There is nothing wrong with that as it is just good business. I would only blame Shaka if he reached out to MU about the job with no real interest in it. The proper way is not to rush and see who applies for the job. Assuming Cords just contacted Shaka, then Cords should be criticised.

[willie warrior]

If twitter is correct, we got played by Shaka... Met his demands and it still wasn't good enough #coktease

Absolutely. Cords is a good guy, but Shaka Con played us. You give your best offer if he is your #1, give Mr. Con 24 hours, and if he comes back to dance more, you move on, especially with that guy's history. Know your players. That simple. The rest is all BS. Now we are sitting holding a bag of shice, going to the 2nd tier. If we land Howland, fine, then it still worked out--luckily.

[Class71]

Total speculation, but maybe besides the high price tag Howland is asking, MU knows that most recruits will leave. Howland has no recruits.....

Folks you do not make decisions based on whether or not an 18 year old decides or decides not to come. You base it on the quality of the coach and his track record. The money is a financial decision, that is the return on investment versus alternatives. I suspect the mystery coach is that alternative to Howland. Wardle is the safety.  How much Howland is asking is not known so it could be unrealistic even to us die hard Howland fans. We just don't know if it is even close.

[StillWarriors]

Does a guy like Hill stay if Howland gets the job?

Iffy, in my opinion, but there's a chance. Someone like Wardle, not his fault, but not a chance.

[Windyplayer]

Absolutely. No shame. Shaka turned down UCLA as well.

AND Illinois.

[79Warrior]

Folks you do not make decisions based on whether or not an 18 year old decides or decides not to come. You base it on the quality of the coach and his track record. The money is a financial decision, that is the return on investment versus alternatives. I suspect the mystery coach is that alternative to Howland. Wardle is the safety.  How much Howland is asking is not known so it could be unrealistic even to us die hard Howland fans. We just don't know if it is even close.

Everyone is getting hung up on the "money".  Marquette will pay what it takes. The issue is what does it take to get the guy here? Smart did not turn Marquette down over money. There obviously is a compelling reason that we will probably never know. Howland has plenty of dough and collects over 2mm from UCLA to stay home. It is far to simplisitic to boil it down to money. Something else is going on.