The Letter

[GB Warrior]

The only choice worse than writing a letter to express disdain would have been supporting the US Postal Service by mailing it

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

2 things:

1.  From the letter it was said that during the losing streak nothing was done nor did Markus sit while playing poorly.  Well thats complete BS.  There were very long stretches of game where Markus was benched during the losing streak.  Unfortunately while Markus was benched Joey turned it over like it had lube on it and Sam was chucking bricks himself.  So much of the basis of this so called letter is bullcrap.

2.  Wtf?! Writes a letter.  I cannot possibly imagine a letter wAs witten.  The hauser parents were in milwaukee all the fin time.  Everyone on this board knows a parent n a child that had a problem or a concern with their child on a team.  How many of them ever wrote a letter?  And tried to have teammates sign it.  Complete chicken s#it

Both these points cause me to doubt tge validity of this letter.  I will say this,  with every moment n read post my opinion of the entire Hauser clan takes another step down

[MU82]

The only choice worse than writing a letter to express disdain would have been supporting the US Postal Service by mailing it

There must be some word on Scoop
About Hausers wantin' to score more hoops
Please Mr. Postman let us know
If there's a letter a letter for Wojo
We've been sittin' here
Waitin' Mr. Postman so speculatively
To take a peek at the alleged letter
That says Markus is too stinkin' greedy

[Henry Sugar]

I write letters, especially to deal with difficult or emotional situations.

It can be challenging to stay calm and express all the points one wants to make in a conversation. Writing a letter gives time to be thoughtful and to properly articulate ones' perspective. In addition, unlike a verbal conversation, one can edit a letter. Last, a letter is something that can be documented and left behind. This provides both a record of what is communicated and allows the recipient time to re-read and reflect.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

The only choice worse than writing a letter to express disdain would have been supporting the US Postal Service by mailing it

There must be some word on Scoop
About Hausers wantin' to score more hoops
Please Mr. Postman let us know
If there's a letter a letter for Wojo
We've been sittin' here
Waitin' Mr. Postman so speculatively
To take a peek at the alleged letter
That says Markus is too stinkin' greedy

This exchange is prime Scoop.  Laughing so hard that I'm in tears!

[Dr. Blackheart]

The letter was burned and Jesus came down himself to save it from the fiery inferno.

[Eldon]

The dude who originally posted it on the Scout board says that he DM'd people about the existence of the letter back in March.

Other posters backed up this claim, saying they'd be willing to show a screenshot of the DM.

Scout underboard > Scoop underboard

[GooooMarquette]

The dude who originally posted it on the Scout board says that he DM'd people about the existence of the letter back in March.

Other posters backed up this claim, saying they'd be willing to show a screenshot of the DM.

Scout underboard > Scoop underboard

But are they sure it was really a letter, and not a memo, or a note, or a manifesto, or perhaps a white paper???

[auburnmarquette]

If the Hausers are really all about team play why write a letter complaining about Markus and ask other players to sign it?  Talk about torpedoing team chemistry. That literally is turning players against each other and the coaching staff.

If they had a problem with Markus why not talk to him...
Also, I love the irony of Joey asking Bailey and Cain to sign a letter about someone getting special treatment while sucking.

Yeah, jealousy the motivator for all of time. The press Markus got all year was great for him and the program, but coworkers get more jealous the more coverage 99% of the time. When I had my 5 minutes of Fame on Fox news after winning a big race in 2014 inturned down a.dozen big interviews to not show up my candidate, said in the one interview that it was all about the hundreds of volunteers, and still had one coworker I loved not talk to me for over a year and knives everywhere. Being in political campaigns for years I knew it would come, but jealousy is natural and it's a shame it tears things down so often. Sure me and everyone else is guilty of it on many occasions, just not on as big a stage!

[NorthernDancerColt]

Writing a letter to the coach - what a marshmellowy soft way of handling a confrontation.

Someone please link the Facebook Wit and Wisdom of Al McGuire post on the Bernard Toone-Al McGuire fight in NCAA Rd1 game vs Cincinnati.

Late in the first half of a close game, Toone improvised a shot attempt on a set play called for someone else (sound familiar?).

This pissed off Al immensely, so Al calls timeout and just as Toone walks past him, Al goes, "I'll cut off your hand, Bernard, if you ever do that again."
BT responds, "You know something...you're a Muther#&$%er to play for."
The halftime horn sounds and Al makes a beeline to Toone in the locker room..."where is that s.o.b.? I'm gonna kill him...I'm gonna cut his throat."

Toone after the game said that Al "put his finger in my cheek and pushed it into my face...so I reacted like a NEw York kid....I jumped at him, grabbed him by the collar and flung him onto the taping table."

Bo Ellis then recounted how BT went on to score 26 points in the 2nd half. "Coach Al was a master psychiatrist."

Maybe Sam thinks Wojo should've done this with Markus when he went off script.
It's kinda sad that coaches can't coach anymore...and when they can't, they receive a letter calling them out for it.

[NorthernDancerColt]

Do you think they typed the letter?

Maybe it was handwritten? If so definitely wide ruled.

Was the first letter of the missive 5xsized for Calligraphic effect?


Parchment?


Unfurled by a court jester while SongsFromTheWood or FanfareForTheCommonMan played?

[Miss Katie’s]

But are they sure it was really a letter, and not a memo, or a note, or a manifesto, or perhaps a white paper???

It was a mission statement. 

[NorthernDancerColt]

That in itself makes Sam look like a real jerk.

Someone rushed into the flames of Notre Dame and saved the Crown of Thorns...

Why can't anyone bum-rush the StevensPoint CrackerBarrel and extract the Dead-to-Me See Scrolls?

[The Lens]

Pretty sure you're gonna see this...

Mike Lovell:

"And recently a group of our student athletes took part in a letter writing campaign focused on wealth distribution and making sure everyone in this country had equal opportunities"

[PointWarrior]

No Cracker Barrel in Point, try Perkins or Applebee's though...

Someone rushed into the flames of Notre Dame and saved the Crown of Thorns...

Why can't anyone bum-rush the StevensPoint CrackerBarrel and extract the Dead-to-Me See Scrolls?

[djvern414]

Letter?!  They should have gone with a power point.

[WarriorPride68]

Some animosity began when Markus was allowed to go back home over the summer to work out with his family while everyone else was required to stay on campus. A lot of players were frustrated with this and rightfully so.

[willie warrior]

What a great song. Appreciate the several of you who have done good work coming up with lyrics in this thread.

Personally, I prefer the Joe Cocker version

[mu_hilltopper]

Letter?!  They should have gone with a power point.

So much this.

[Pakuni]

Do you think they typed the letter?

Maybe it was handwritten? If so definitely wide ruled.

Typed. In comic sans.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Typed. In comic sans.

Well no wonder it fell on deaf ears -- Wojo can only read wingdings

[tower912]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUvUXkIqWOM

[mu03eng]

2 things:

1.  From the letter it was said that during the losing streak nothing was done nor did Markus sit while playing poorly.  Well thats complete BS.  There were very long stretches of game where Markus was benched during the losing streak.  Unfortunately while Markus was benched Joey turned it over like it had lube on it and Sam was chucking bricks himself.  So much of the basis of this so called letter is bullcrap.

2.  Wtf?! Writes a letter.  I cannot possibly imagine a letter wAs witten.  The hauser parents were in milwaukee all the fin time.  Everyone on this board knows a parent n a child that had a problem or a concern with their child on a team.  How many of them ever wrote a letter?  And tried to have teammates sign it.  Complete chicken s#it

Both these points cause me to doubt tge validity of this letter.  I will say this,  with every moment n read post my opinion of the entire Hauser clan takes another step down

Do you have the same sources on this point that led you to aggresively deny that anything was going on with the Hausers in the Armageddon thread in the couple of hours prior to the transfer announcement. Maybe sit back and consume info from people that know more than you for once.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

The only choice worse than writing a letter to express disdain would have been supporting the US Postal Service by mailing it

I was in corporate management training last week.  And a segment in the training was how communicating things is most understood by people. 
Words               7%
Tone                 38%
Body Language  55%

People will understand more by someone's body language and tone than by what is written down.  Most people in training expressed how they tried to carefully write things to communicate information but the point was that it's not nearly as understood as the writer thinks.

[MDMU04]

If the guys really wanted results, they would've used powerpoint.