Recruiting as of 4/15/25

[willie warrior]

Marquette will take your phallic-ly named booster and raise with one Dick Strong.

Does Mike Repoe have a Strong Dick?

[Uncle Rico]

Does Mike Repoe have a Strong Dick?

🤔

[The Sultan]

Does Mike Repoe have a Strong Dick?

The irony of your signature is amazing to me.

[wadesworld]

And we know who these people are how? Just because SJU's billionaire craves the attention does not mean there aren't others at other schools who are equally committed. 

You're digging your head in the sand.  SJU went out and paid for Rick Pitino.  They went and paid for a couple of high level transfers.  Will they be the absolute highest spenders in college basketball and the dominant program in college basketball going forward?  Most likely no.  But they're here to stay as long as Pitino is on the sidelines.

[Zog from Margo]

You're digging your head in the sand.  SJU went out and paid for Rick Pitino.  They went and paid for a couple of high level transfers.  Will they be the absolute highest spenders in college basketball and the dominant program in college basketball going forward?  Most likely no.  But they're here to stay as long as Pitino is on the sidelines.

Digging my head in the sand? I realize SJU is very good and Pitino is a great coach. My point is only that his idea of focusing on paying upperclassmen is no guaranty of success. Some here seem very quick to criticize Shaka for not being more active in the portal. Chances are the top players in the portal will go to the highest bidder. That's why many of them are in the portal. SJU faces an uphill battle if it thinks it will outbid bigger programs for the top players. I guess I need more evidence before I jump on the "Pitino's way is the right way" bandwagon. I personally prefer Shaka's approach for a school like MU.

[BrewCity83]

I prefer Shaka's way too.  But there are plenty of top-notch transfers available in the portal every year if you have the $$$ to spend, and Pitino doesn't need to get all of them.  He just needs 2-3 each year.

[Shaka Shart]

Look at Wisconsin to understand why!

Of course the one person to like that post is Viper

[BCHoopster]

I doubt there paying John Tonje big bucks, sometimes you get lucky in a transfer.  Amos and Hunter probably were very cheap.

[Uncle Rico]

I doubt there paying John Tonje big bucks, sometimes you get lucky in a transfer.  Amos and Hunter probably were very cheap.

Huh

[rocky_warrior]

I need more evidence before I jump on the "Pitino's way is the right way" bandwagon

Who here is on that bandwagon or has said that?

[wadesworld]

Digging my head in the sand? I realize SJU is very good and Pitino is a great coach. My point is only that his idea of focusing on paying upperclassmen is no guaranty of success. Some here seem very quick to criticize Shaka for not being more active in the portal. Chances are the top players in the portal will go to the highest bidder. That's why many of them are in the portal. SJU faces an uphill battle if it thinks it will outbid bigger programs for the top players. I guess I need more evidence before I jump on the "Pitino's way is the right way" bandwagon. I personally prefer Shaka's approach for a school like MU.

There are all different ways that coaches can win. Pitino has won everywhere he has gone. Whether he decides to build through freshman, the portal, or a mix, you'd probably make good money betting on whatever team Rick is coaching to win a lot of basketball games. He's done it everywhere he's been (in college at least), and he's been doing it for a very long time. If you want to doubt he'll succeed doing things the way he says he's going to that's obviously your right. It goes against everything he's done in college, and it's not a small sample size.

[MU82]

Look at Wisconsin to understand why!

Yeah, look at the two NCAA Tournament games Madison has won under Gard in the last eight years, and you'll understand why they're a juggernaut Marquette fans should envy!

[Newsdreams]

Does Mike Repoe have a Strong Dick?

The gift that keeps on giving

[Zog from Margo]

There are all different ways that coaches can win. Pitino has won everywhere he has gone. Whether he decides to build through freshman, the portal, or a mix, you'd probably make good money betting on whatever team Rick is coaching to win a lot of basketball games. He's done it everywhere he's been (in college at least), and he's been doing it for a very long time. If you want to doubt he'll succeed doing things the way he says he's going to that's obviously your right. It goes against everything he's done in college, and it's not a small sample size.

I don't believe that's what I said. I said Pitino is a great coach. The reason he was brought up in this string titled "Recruiting," however, is because he's focusing on the portal to get players. Many on this board appear to believe Shaka should be doing the same because they see the portal as the cure-all. "If you have a weakness, you should have fixed it in the portal." I'm just not convinced Pitino's approach guarantees more success at a school like SJU than what Shaka is having at MU. We'll see.

[rocky_warrior]

Many on this board appear to believe Shaka should be doing the same

Again, feel free to point out the "many" that believe such things.  I've seen a couple that think maybe he should occasionally use the transfer portal more (and we all know it's unlikely).

[Newsdreams]

Again, feel free to point out the "many" that believe such things.  I've seen a couple that think maybe he should occasionally use the transfer portal more (and we all know it's unlikely).

Just hit the portal! Sorry, meant the bong

[Zog from Margo]

Again, feel free to point out the "many" that believe such things.  I've seen a couple that think maybe he should occasionally use the transfer portal more (and we all know it's unlikely).

I think Shaka realizes that it's hard to have it both ways. You can't tell a HS player we'll commit to your development unless we find someone in the portal who's better. That's a tough sell. And it only takes one situation of recruiting a portal player over a player on the roster to call the commitment to development into question. So, absent a transfer out or a bad injury, the "occasional" use of the portal is really inconsistent with what Shaka is trying to do.

[rocky_warrior]

I think Shaka realizes that it's hard to have it both ways. You can't tell a HS player we'll commit to your development unless we find someone in the portal who's better. That's a tough sell. And it only takes one situation of recruiting a portal player over a player on the roster to call the commitment to development into question. So, absent a transfer out or a bad injury, the "occasional" use of the portal is really inconsistent with what Shaka is trying to do.

Would have been easier to say "I agree"

[Zog from Margo]

Would have been easier to say "I agree"

I guess we do if you agree that mentioning MU using the portal is pointless unless MU has a transfer out or an injury that takes a starter out for a season and has no replacement already on the roster.

[muwarrior69]

Patino will only go after transfers.

https://www.rumbleinthegarden.com/2024/10/15/24271266/rick-pitino-says-st-johns-is-unlikely-to-recruit-from-high-school-in-class-of-2025.

It will be interesting to see how all this shakes out. Will Shaka's approach to recruiting or Patino's bring success. Perhaps both ways could succeed, but I see "buying" the best players to fill your roster at a particular position may have the edge.

[Uncle Rico]

Patino will only go after transfers.

https://www.rumbleinthegarden.com/2024/10/15/24271266/rick-pitino-says-st-johns-is-unlikely-to-recruit-from-high-school-in-class-of-2025.

It will be interesting to see how all this shakes out. Will Shaka's approach to recruiting or Patino's bring success. Perhaps both ways could succeed, but I see "buying" the best players to fill your roster at a particular position may have the edge.

Welcome to the party!

[The Sultan]

Patino will only go after transfers.

https://www.rumbleinthegarden.com/2024/10/15/24271266/rick-pitino-says-st-johns-is-unlikely-to-recruit-from-high-school-in-class-of-2025.

It will be interesting to see how all this shakes out. Will Shaka's approach to recruiting or Patino's bring success. Perhaps both ways could succeed, but I see "buying" the best players to fill your roster at a particular position may have the edge.

It might. But this has been tried before at both Arkansas and Miami - and failed miserably.

[marqfan22]

Any word on who Shaka was recruiting last weekend?

[WhiteTrash]

It might. But this has been tried before at both Arkansas and Miami - and failed miserably.

Bill Self is making it work. 

[Uncle Rico]

Bill Self is making it work. 

Won a national title three years ago