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[BM1090]

Very interesting that so many of the whiners here don't post a lot. But, like GURU, they will always crawl out of the woodwork when there is anything negative around the program.

I actually think Guru has been pretty calm about this whole situation.

[ATL MU Warrior]

This isn’t fact, but purely speculation. As in any divorce, there are always two sides to the story.

It appears that you are on the Hausers side here- you seem defensive of their stance and justify their departure based on a gripe they had with Markus’ share of the offense and wojos inability to control it.

Of course I couldn’t possibly know this but my guess would be that you are friends with them, or friends or a friend or connected in some way. That would give you this info about the letter and thus give you the story from that perspective, and you would naturally take their side in this one.

It really doesn’t matter if the above is true (and I will not PM you to find out), the point still stands that there are two sides to every story depending on your perspective or bias

Take for example a written letter in February. If this was indeed done at that time, when the team was at the top of the conference and basketball world, winners of 12/13 and in the top 10, knocking on the door of a conference ship- then the opposing viewpoint would be that its a completely scum move on the part of those players. It would show that instead of concentrating on the task at hand and enjoying/living in the moment it is they that are worried about their own individual achievements.

That would be an awful time of the season to be distracted and bring that distraction to the team. Lest we not forget these two dudes had a pretty large minute and market share of the marquette offense all season.

So from the opposing POV it can be viewed that these dissenting athletes, with undoubtably someone in their ear getting them distracted from the task at hand, are causing a rift in the team at the worst time humanly possible by complaining behind closed doors and not concentrating on the awesome and historical season the program is having.

It’s really easy to see how this then could be part of the main reason for the teams downfall at seasons end. We all saw what happened in March and don’t need to rehash it here. You throw in a rift in the locker room over something as petty as you aren’t getting the ball enough when your team has been absolutely killing and it gets in everyone’s head, including your coach and star player who has been the biggest reason of you even being in that position. This then leads to this disgruntled and distracted star taking defense and the “f you” approach and it all spirals badly and sadly out of control.

Again I’m not saying I know what happened, but I’m just pointing out that every single event can be seen in multiple perspectives. You argue the letter was necessary cause Markus was getting out of control, someone else can argue that it was completely foolish/selfish at that point in time (wait til seasons end maybe?).
You argue that wojo lost control of the situation and couldn’t curtail Markus leading to two of his better players leaving, someone else could argue about how miserable it would be having those brothas father in your ear game in game out and then receiving a letter complaining that they aren’t being used enough when the team is on the verge of something great, how infuriating.
You argue that it’s not only Sam/Joey but a lot of people feel that way, someone else would argue that without their displeasure/discontent as a pivotal point in the season the others would’ve continued to stay on board and it wouldn’t have ended the way it did.

There’s only one thing none of us can argue, the entire thing is fuc*ed

Bravo.

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[muguru]

I actually think Guru has been pretty calm about this whole situation.

Thank You...make no mistake about it, I am LIVID about it, because it should have never happened. Sadly, I'm calmer than I normally would be because this has made my interest level decline considerably. I'm just mentally exhausted by it all. It's been 5 long years under Wojo, and this was kind of the final nail in the coffin for me. As hard as it is, I have come to the realization that this program will never achieve the heights I was hoping it would get to, at least not under this current administration.

It's a long off season, so maybe as the season gets closer, I will get a bit more energy back for it, but As of now I won't be donating any more money and I won't be getting season tickets anymore(after 15 consecutive years). Never thought I'd see the day to be honest, but this pushed me over the edge.

[Mutaman]

Its been pretty much downhill since the day Vander went pro. And that seems like a long time ago.

[muguru]

Its been pretty much downhill since the day Vander went pro. And that seems like a long time ago.

You're absolutely right...it seems like one gut punch after another...and sadly, prior to his decision, the program was thriving, and I felt like they were on the cusp of another Final Four soon. Who knew that one decision(even though unrelated), would trigger individual events that were all gut punches. It just seems like as MU fans, we can't have nice things.

[Herman Cain]

Thank You...make no mistake about it, I am LIVID about it, because it should have never happened. Sadly, I'm calmer than I normally would be because this has made my interest level decline considerably. I'm just mentally exhausted by it all. It's been 5 long years under Wojo, and this was kind of the final nail in the coffin for me. As hard as it is, I have come to the realization that this program will never achieve the heights I was hoping it would get to, at least not under this current administration.

It's a long off season, so maybe as the season gets closer, I will get a bit more energy back for it, but As of now I won't be donating any more money and I won't be getting season tickets anymore(after 15 consecutive years). Never thought I'd see the day to be honest, but this pushed me over the edge.

Guru MU needs the energy of loyal fans like you. The season is still going to be good next year as we have plenty of talent returning . Bailey and Cain will do a great job replacing the Hausers and Greg is going to be a force with Koby. MU will be more of an Ed Cooley type team next year. Hopefully you will see your way to getting your season tickets.