Wojo Postgame Quote

[Elonsmusk]

Translation: "Please make a bunch of shots to keep me from looking bad. Again."

This sums it up right here. 

The fact it took 40 from Markus, and 38 trips to the FT line for us to eek out a win versus a marginal Davidson team on a historically bad shooting night for them?  Doesn't bode well.  Sure would be nice if we could scheme some good looks offensively, versus having to rely primarily on step back 23 footers to win.

Silver linings are defense looks good, Bailey and Cain flashing some improvement.

[wadesworld]

Good God Ners sucks.

[f/k/a humanlung]

Yup. He's the reason.

Lmao
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The actual reason wears a tie on the sideline and refuses to acknowledge his weaknesses and limitations.]

[mug644]

I wonder if Wojo's quote is the transition away from the idea that there will be a reliable 2nd and/or 3rd scorer behind Markus and the Markus should work to get them going. And that Markus needs to show that he can be a playmaker for his future career. With no one else showing that they will be a clear number 2, why not let Markus just let it fly?

[CAGASS24]

5 games in - this team gets better and better is what I'm banking on

[jonny09]

My thanksgiving will be complete once cheeks tells me all about Jayce's phenomenal potential.

[MU82]

Translation:  We are trying to make Markus a more complete player.    Today, I told him to take over.     

Thank you, tower. So obvious, yet some miss it.

Against quality teams, the Warriors need big offensive production from Markus and McEwen. Tonight, McEwen couldn't buy a bucket, and aside from Sacar (and Bailey on a couple of plays), no other Warrior showed any offensive pulse. So Wojo said: "The game is yours, Markus."

If McEwen was having even a somewhat-below-average game, we win this game fairly easily. But he didn't. So again, Markus had go video-game mode.

Those reading any more into what Wojo said simply want to rip either him, Markus or both.

[MU82]

Ive said it since day one, this year this team Markus needs to shoot 30 times a game.  A bad Markus shot is still the best shot our team has.
If other players start showing something then maybe that can change but until then.  Not sure how many games this team can win with kobe going 0 fer with half of them being layups.

I don't know about 30 shots a game, but you and I actually agree on the general idea of this, MSK. How 'bout that?!?!

After Markus took and missed a high-degree-of-difficulty shot midway through the second half, my wife asked, "Why is he doing that?" And I said, "Because pretty much everybody else is struggling tonight, so any shot by Markus is better than what might be considered a 'good' shot by somebody else."

That will be the case more than a few times this season.

Still, it seems folks are already forgetting how very good McEwen was against Purdue. Tonight, he just had one of those nights where nothing would fall.

[Eldon]

Maybe PRN was on to it here re the noise:

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=59379.msg1174923#msg1174923

[Shark]

It's impressive how people find a way to complain even after wins on this board. Especially on thanksgiving nonetheless.

[wadesworld]

It's impressive how people find a way to complain even after wins on this board. Especially on thanksgiving nonetheless.

Winner.

[Johnny B]

It's impressive how people find a way to complain even after wins on this board. Especially on thanksgiving nonetheless.

Yep if we win obviously there's no legit concerns to bring up. Cant even mention that no one besides markus stepped up on offense and that is a real concern. Just ridiculous

[Pakuni]

Rob Dauster was right about Marquette fans.

[MuMark]

I'd say it's more on the roster the head coach assembled around him but yeah, this team does stink.

The roster was fine and then the Hausers left......impossible to replace their production that late in the cycle.

For years everybody complained that we didn't guard......it was fair....people said it was the coach....some said the roster was the main culprit.....the roster changed and the defense got much better...we held a very good offensive team to .84 ppp tonight.......we are 4-1 playing ugly .....wins over Purdue and Davidson .....

If your expectations are to see offense like we have seen the last 3 years you might as well stop watching now. It isn't happening this season.

Greg still trying to find his way back to form.....and Koby looking for consistency.

Scoop never fails to disappoint after hard fought wins that aren't aesthetically pleasing.

Ps Auburn beat this team by 10 on a neutral court...  they must stink too....

[LloydsLegs]

Rob Dauster was right about Marquette fans.

Try reading the game thread without puking.   Nothing but negative Nancy's bitching their way through.  It's grotesque. 

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Howard is a great scorer. He's also the reason this team stinks.

Ya theyd win so many more games without him. Idiot

[MUfan12]

If your expectations are to see offense like we have seen the last 3 years you might as well stop watching now. It isn't happening this season.

Not my expectations at all, I'd settle for competence from guys other than Markus. Everyone seems to be waiting for a bunch of average guys to make a leap. I'd love to be proven wrong.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

The roster was fine and then the Hausers left......impossible to replace their production that late in the cycle.

For years everybody complained that we didn't guard......it was fair....people said it was the coach....some said the roster was the main culprit.....the roster changed and the defense got much better...we held a very good offensive team to .84 ppp tonight.......we are 4-1 playing ugly .....wins over Purdue and Davidson .....

If your expectations are to see offense like we have seen the last 3 years you might as well stop watching now. It isn't happening this season.

Greg still trying to find his way back to form.....and Koby looking for consistency.

Scoop never fails to disappoint after hard fought wins that aren't aesthetically pleasing.

Ps Auburn beat this team by 10 on a neutral court...  they must stink too....

Totally agree we play good defense, the rebounding could improve, but the defense is really solid.  If we could just get some offense going we could be pretty good, its early n can only get better.  Thankfully we dont have to score 90 this year to win like many times in the past.

[GooooMarquette]

Howard is a great scorer. He's also the reason this team stinks.

That's what the All-America voters said...wait, no - I mean the All-Big East Voters...wait, no - I guess it's only you.

[MU82]

That's what the All-America voters said...wait, no - I mean the All-Big East Voters...wait, no - I guess it's only you.

He's got inside information about how much every other player hates Markus.

Which obviously explains why all of them decided to stay after Markus announced he was staying and the Hausers announced they were leaving.

[Mutaman]

Yep if we win obviously there's no legit concerns to bring up. Cant even mention that no one besides markus stepped up on offense and that is a real concern. Just ridiculous

Well it would be ridiculous any other night of the year, but as the fellow pointed out it was Thanksgiving.

[skianth16]

For years everybody complained that we didn't guard......it was fair....people said it was the coach....some said the roster was the main culprit.....the roster changed and the defense got much better...we held a very good offensive team to .84 ppp tonight.......we are 4-1 playing ugly .....wins over Purdue and Davidson .....

Our bar is now patting ourselves on the back after an ugly win over a 2-4 Davidson team? Yikes.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

How was this win ugly? The spread was -2.5. We won by 10.

[skianth16]

How was this win ugly? The spread was -2.5. We won by 10.

You watched the game, right? This was not pretty basketball. The final outcome was great, but I think our team is capable of playing much better than they did today.

[PGsHeroes32]

How was this win ugly? The spread was -2.5. We won by 10.

The game was very clearly ugly.

The issue here is people are acting like the outcome itself was ugly. Talking about how sad it is to let a team like Davidson play us tight and it never should of been that close. Dismissing the defense because its Davidson etc...

And as you stated, the sharps had us as 1 Davidson 3 from losing.

It was ugly offense today. But the end result showed we could still do better than projected.