Grimes

[NorthernDancerColt]

BigDaddy was another user on scoop who had really good inside information. Wojo and Co. are very tight lipped. But bigdaddy had good intel. Then a few users jumped down his throat because something he said didn't happen and he hasn't been back.

RealChili has over 7000 posts on Scoop. I'm pretty sure he knows who "BigDaddy" refers to.
Tongue-in-Cheek. Does RC=BD? Is Finkel Einhorn? This is no crying game.

[94Warrior]

They're talking on the HolyLandofHoops sight right now about why a couple MU-fan posters can't just be happy to be ranked #10. This is all I was getting at. Who the F cares about Grimes?  You just made my point for me...who the F cares about Wisconsin? Ok, look, I probably hate UW more than you. If you can't see the relevance of that statement about focusing on us, right now...there's no help for you. I've quoted Al McGuire to friends, family, co-workers probably 5000 times. I quote the Grinch once and I'm persona non-grata. Here...I'll fix it for you.....

"Congratulate the temporary!"
                           ~Al

Point taken.  I am ecstatic that the season is playing out just as I envisioned it would!  We have the best talent in the Big East, and I am happy to see us competing for a Big East title.  Who cares about Grimes, who cares about The Grinch.  Go MU!   

[MU82]

Don't need no stinkin' Grimes or Hagans.

We are Marquette!

[NorthernDancerColt]

Point taken.  I am ecstatic that the season is playing out just as I envisioned it would!  We have the best talent in the Big East, and I am happy to see us competing for a Big East title.  Who cares about Grimes, who cares about The Grinch.  Go MU!

Word

[NorthernDancerColt]

Don't need no stinkin' Grimes or Hagans.

We are Marquette!

Brilliant, you even subtly worked in an anti-Badger reference!

[JakeBarnes]

I miss BD.

Also, I have no idea if there is any relation, but he once recommended that I go to Big Daddy's in Fairhope, AL. Would recommend the crab claws. Some of the best I've had.

[Galway Eagle]

BigDaddy was another user on scoop who had really good inside information. Wojo and Co. are very tight lipped. But bigdaddy had good intel. Then a few users jumped down his throat because something he said didn't happen and he hasn't been back.

The jumping down his throat happened in May, he stopped posting in August.

[MU82]

Did anybody "jump down his throat"? Or did a few posters point out that not every single thing he says is gospel (as is the case with all of us)? I honestly don't remember the tone.

FWIW, I neither criticized him nor kissed his ring. I was glad he posted here. If he no longer wants to post here, that's up to him and we'll somehow survive.

[muwarrior69]

Was he the one that said Shaka was a done deal?

[wadesworld]

Heise wouldn't let a single BigDaddy post go without bringing up his "error." Now we have Heise back and no BigDaddy. What a trade.

[Pakuni]

Was he the one that said Shaka was a done deal?

No.

[MU82]

Heise wouldn't let a single BigDaddy post go without bringing up his "error." Now we have Heise back and no BigDaddy. What a trade.

Yessir. Kind of like Brock for Broglio. And Smuggles ain't no base-stealer.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

IIRC, it wasn't even an error. I think BD posted that the coaches felt good about Damien Lee and thought Marquette would get a visit. Instead, Lee committed during his Louisville on campus. One poster took this as proof that BD was a sham and brought it up just about every time BD posted. I suppose it was possible that BD was making things up...but it was also possible that the coaches did feel good about Lee but he fell in love with Louisville's strippe...er....recruiting pitch.

[goldeneagle91114]

Was he the one that said Shaka was a done deal?

No, that was IWB (Jim), who runs the BrewCityBall website. the whole #DoneDeal thing got blown way out of proportion. Shaka gave a verbal while in Milwaukee, and then his wife made him go to Texas for "family"reasons. It's yet another great example of how our fellow scoopers never let people forget when they misspoke.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

No, that was IWB (Jim), who runs the BrewCityBall website. the whole #DoneDeal thing got blown way out of proportion. Shaka gave a verbal while in Milwaukee, and then his wife made him go to Texas for "family"reasons. It's yet another great example of how our fellow scoopers never let people forget when they misspoke.

Yeah...that's an oversimplification. IWB got bad info and jumped the gun, it's ok, it happens. Also, Shaka didn't go to Texas that year, he stayed at VCU and ended up at Texas the following year, not for family reasons.

[JakeBarnes]

IIRC, it wasn't even an error. I think BD posted that the coaches felt good about Damien Lee and thought Marquette would get a visit. Instead, Lee committed during his Louisville on campus. One poster took this as proof that BD was a sham and brought it up just about every time BD posted. I suppose it was possible that BD was making things up...but it was also possible that the coaches did feel good about Lee but he fell in love with Louisville's strippe...er....recruiting pitch.

This is what I recall. Some people sure know how to spoil a good thing. The "well, actually" twitter-ization of people constantly attempting to "a ha!" someone sucks. 

[goldeneagle91114]

Yeah...that's an oversimplification. IWB got bad info and jumped the gun, it's ok, it happens. Also, Shaka didn't go to Texas that year, he stayed at VCU and ended up at Texas the following year, not for family reasons.

I know he didn't go to Texas that year, but didn't his wife want him to hold out until that job opened up?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I know he didn't go to Texas that year, but didn't his wife want him to hold out until that job opened up?

No. The Mrs. Smart part of the story has been overexaggerated. As far as I am aware, she was not holding out for the Texas job (or any job for that matter). There might be truth that she didn't like the Marquette job, but I believe that had more to do with not knowing who the AD was going to be at the time.

[Osiris]

No, that was IWB (Jim), who runs the BrewCityBall website. the whole #DoneDeal thing got blown way out of proportion. Shaka gave a verbal while in Milwaukee, and then his wife made him go to Texas for "family"reasons. It's yet another great example of how our fellow scoopers never let people forget when they misspoke.

I thought the story was Shaka gave MU a verbal but insisted on returning home to tell his players in person.  Then when a certain interim AD spilled the beans early Shaka got upset and pulled the plug. 

[Babybluejeans]

Grimes took a visit to Marquette, but basically spent the whole time telling the team that he was going to Kansas.

Thanks for the intel. I hadn't heard that. Doesn't strike me as some kind of deep insult to the program, just a 17-year-old kid who doesn't know much about professionalism yet.

[Babybluejeans]

Also, I appreciate that this thread has somehow turned into an airing of grievances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JR6xt9S02o

[Pakuni]

Did someone say Grimes?

[We R Final Four]

Heise wouldn't let a single BigDaddy post go without bringing up his "error." Now we have Heise back and no BigDaddy. What a trade.

+1

[brewcity77]

Yeah...that's an oversimplification. IWB got bad info and jumped the gun, it's ok, it happens. Also, Shaka didn't go to Texas that year, he stayed at VCU and ended up at Texas the following year, not for family reasons.

From what I've heard, it's a bit of both. Shaka gave the verbal while meeting with Doc. Then whether it was his wife or just thinking more about leaving VCU, he changed his mind. IWB did jump the gun, and it didn't go over well that the verbal commitment got out ahead of the official announcement with either camp.

You're right that Texas was the next year and I don't think had anything to do with us.

[CountryRoads]

IWB's board was really interesting during the buzz tenure and into the Shaka drama, but I felt it got really dull after that settled when he obviously had no connections with wojo. It began to feel like here without a few annoying posters. Is it back to a quality "insider" board or pretty much the same as here still?

Edit: Dang I just went over there and checked out the Depaul game thread. It had 8 posts and 6 of them were from IWB.