The Forecast

[tweakers_suck]

Since it just seems to be the same names being regurgitated around here in haiku form, I don't see the point.

I think they are fun. Sorry. Even if it's wrong, like so much else out there, it is entertaining.

[keefe]

Wasn't his last haiku about Bennett?  Come on Keefe.  Give us some insight bro.  Or do you have nothing besides these haikus?  Do you actually have a source???

inquiries made
father speaking for the son
never a done deal

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

With three syllables?

Ive literally been sitting here stupidly trying to pronunce inspire for the past 5 minutes...Thats what scoop does to me. Still get 3 syllables. Maybe its my Chicago accent?

[Warrior_2002]

inquiries made
father speaking for the son
never a done deal

Is this about Bennett again?  And his father Dick speaking for him? But we couldn't get him to come or just not a done deal yet?  

Man I keep getting my hopes up for Bennett or Howland and trying not to let the reality of Cuonzo set in.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Ive literally been sitting here stupidly trying to pronunce inspire for the past 5 minutes...Thats what scoop does to me. Still get 3 syllables. Maybe its my Chicago accent?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inspire?s=t

foolhardy reader
pokes the giant with sharp stick
do your own research

[keefe]

My god, stop this crap already. The worst trolls are our own.

Spoiler Alert: No one on this board has any solid info. None. Zip.

Stop listening and buying into pointless speculation, and your life will be much better. If you want to make a case for someone, by all means.

All this insider info is about as valuable as a share of Enron or Lehman.

I'll stick up for Goose who was ripped here for offering thoughts on the coaching search. Goose and I communicate on other far more consequential matters away from this site. I will tell you that his family has been connected to Marquette for several generations. They send their children there and support it in other very significant ways.

And on this coaching search, away from Scoop he and I have shared insights and compared notes, then offered information that we feel is pertinent while respecting the confidentiality of those with whom we have communicated. We have tried to glean the wheat from the chaff as we have been privy to more than we shared.  We offer thoughts here because communication is the point of this board.

If 100% authority were a prerequisite for posting on Scoop then nobody could offer anything on basketball because not one of us can provide anything richer than humble opinion. (And taking a charge in a Helfaer Rec League is like comparing playing with an X Box flight sim versus yanking and banking in an A 10.) So MU Dish complains about people offering insight then turns around and critiques Sean Miller's game planning or Bo Ryan's coaching abilities!

Fact is Goose and I have no dog in this fight. We don't realize any fulfillment or self-actualization by sharing some thoughts. Our lives are not improved in any material way by posting here. We have never claimed or pretended to be 100% accurate because even Bill Cords will tell you there isn't any in a coaching search. anyone who has ever been involved in contract negotiations will attest to that.

As for the haikus, I am simply trying to communicate some thoughts in a novel manner that helps alleviate some of the anxiety and tension resident here. At the end of the day, a love of Marquette Basketball is something we all share but one must wonder given the vitriol spewed constantly at each other. Marquette basketball is not warfare or cancer and people should always bear that in mind before they go to guns here.


a hobby for goose
dodds and jim ganzer get paid
insider my ass
 

[keefe]

Ive literally been sitting here stupidly trying to pronunce inspire for the past 5 minutes...Still get 3 syllables.

Hell, I thoughts ewe was W!!

NOO-kyuh-luhr

MUR-kuh

[GB Warrior]

I'll stick up for Goose who was ripped here for offering thoughts on the coaching search. Goose and I communicate on other far more consequential matters away from this site. I will tell you that his family has been connected to Marquette for several generations. They send their children there and support it in other very significant ways.

And on this coaching search, away from Scoop he and I have shared insights and compared notes, then offered information that we feel is pertinent while respecting the confidentiality of those with whom we have communicated. We have tried to glean the wheat from the chaff as we have been privy to more than we shared.  We offer thoughts here because communication is the point of this board.

If 100% authority were a prerequisite for posting on Scoop then nobody could offer anything on basketball because not one of us can provide anything richer than humble opinion. (And taking a charge in a Helfaer Rec League is like comparing playing with an X Box flight sim versus yanking and banking in an A 10.) So MU Dish complains about people offering insight then turns around and critiques Sean Miller's game planning or Bo Ryan's coaching abilities!

Fact is Goose and I have no dog in this fight. We don't realize any fulfillment or self-actualization by sharing some thoughts. Our lives are not improved in any material way by posting here. We have never claimed or pretended to be 100% accurate because even Bill Cords will tell you there isn't any in a coaching search. anyone who has ever been involved in contract negotiations will attest to that.

As for the haikus, I am simply trying to communicate some thoughts in a novel manner that helps alleviate some of the anxiety and tension resident here. At the end of the day, a love of Marquette Basketball is something we all share but one must wonder given the vitriol spewed constantly at each other. Marquette basketball is not warfare or cancer and people should always bear that in mind before they go to guns here.


a hobby for goose
dodds and jim ganzer get paid
insider my ass

Thanks for your creativity and insights around here, keefe - reminds us not to take ourselves too seriously. Or tries to. 

[keefe]

Is this about Bennett again?  And his father Dick speaking for him? But we couldn't get him to come or just not a done deal yet?  

Man I keep getting my hopes up for Bennett or Howland and trying not to let the reality of Cuonzo set in.

an elder's desire
rarely the younger man's dream
an age old story

[MUCam]

Marquette basketball is not warfare or cancer and people should always bear that in mind before they go to guns here.

a hobby for goose
dodds and jim ganzer get paid
insider my ass

Is it my imagination, or did you just suggest we take things easy and not "go to guns" unnecessarily, before going to guns yourself against "dodds and jim ganzer?"

Not that is was unwarranted, but perhaps detracted a bit from the sentiment you were trying to create.

Setting that aside, who is the most likely to be the next coach in your humble opinion? Pick one of the following three:

Mike Deane (Part Deux)
Archie Miller's Wife
Dennis Green ("They are who we thought they were")

Thanks in advance.

[keefe]

Since it just seems to be the same names being regurgitated around here in haiku form, I don't see the point.

Some guys will bitch about a blow job...

[Eldon]

Haiku, what is that?
Need to be three lines
This resembles one from afar

[Marquette_g]

Impressed by poems
Speculations add to fun
Welcome more fun posts

[mr.MUskie]

Impressed by poems
Speculations add to fun
Welcome more fun posts

+1

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

waiting not good fun
appreciate the info
even if partial

[Anti-Dentite]

Well, Bennett's out. Didn't think that was ever going to happen anyway. It never made sense.

[drewm88]

Impressed by poems
Speculations add to fun
Welcome more fun posts

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[The Process]

So many haikus
The end must be getting near
Yet no white smoke seen.

At some point we ask
Is our dear Keefe trolling us?
Or truth does he speak?

To his point above
Keefe - through the art of his verse
Makes us all ponder

Instead of asking
Who all has the inside scoop
Respect the Process.

[tweakers_suck]

The haikus are great. If you go back and read them all you can get an idea of the candidates as they may have been discussed by Cords et al. It's not perfect, but I believe they have given some insight to the names being discussed by MU during the search. And the direction after things didn't work out. Some info is better than none.

We learned about Shaka. And we're told to aim high.
We learned about Bennett. Again, aim high.
We learned about Martin. Looks like he could be the guy.

The haikus were one way to show the masses that MU is leaving no stone unturned in a fun way. I can appreciate that.

[keefe]

Is it my imagination, or did you just suggest we take things easy and not "go to guns" unnecessarily, before going to guns yourself against "dodds and jim ganzer?"

Not that is was unwarranted, but perhaps detracted a bit from the sentiment you were trying to create.

Setting that aside, who is the most likely to be the next coach in your humble opinion? Pick one of the following three:

Mike Deane (Part Deux)
Archie Miller's Wife
Dennis Green ("They are who we thought they were")

Thanks in advance.

Cam

You missed my point entirely. I was quoting the complainers rather than stating a personal view! Whether one does this for avocation or vocation there are some who will criticize and find fault. I am not hurling stones at Dodds or Ganzer in that haiku any more than I am at Goose.

And let me state that Goose and I had the same word last Monday that Ganzer must have. Our sources are impeccable and I assume so too are Ganzer's. Smart to MU was everything but signed. Goose and I didn't name names here because we were both told that, while agreed to, the contract wasn't signed. I get why Ganzer announced it because in his case it is business. Joe and I were surprised to see that the name come out; go back and read Goose's post where he opens with, "Well, since the cat's out of the bag..." which was added to his thread stating that MU was making an impact hire.

In any event, what has happened since last week is that it is much quieter since the Smart negotiations and that is a good thing.  

[Eldon]

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[Ahoya06]

So many haikus
The end must be getting near
Yet no white smoke seen.

At some point we ask
Is our dear Keefe trolling us?
Or truth does he speak?

To his point above
Keefe - through the art of his verse
Makes us all ponder

Instead of asking
Who all has the inside scoop
Respect the Process.

If nothing else comes out of this, "Respect the Process" has now become a part of my daily vocabulary. My new favorite phrase.

[Dish]

Keefe, you can't have it both ways man. You're trying to come across as some insider, and to be frank, your "forecast" so far has sucked.

It's a message board to give opinions, absolutely. If you want to own a prediction, then own it. This isn't that f'n hard. "I think it will be xxxx" is far much better than forecasts, done deals, aim high, impact hires.

The perception you just proclaimed is far different from the one your advertising otherwise. I see through it, but the majority of others don't.

We're all just fans here. That's all any of us are. Time to act like it.

[Ahoya06]

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Is this supposed to be binary? It didn't convert if so...

[NickelDimer]

Keefe, you can't have it both ways man. You're trying to come across as some insider, and to be frank, your "forecast" so far has sucked.

It's a message board to give opinions, absolutely. If you want to own a prediction, then own it. This isn't that f'n hard. "I think it will be xxxx" is far much better than forecasts, done deals, aim high, impact hires.

The perception you just proclaimed is far different from the one your advertising otherwise. I see through it, but the majority of others don't.

We're all just fans here. That's all any of us are. Time to act like it.

But how does it affect you one way or another?  I still can't understand the vitriol directed at people sharing what they hear and seeing it not materialize.  I don't see what so many are so upset by this