Just made my first donation since they fired Buzz. Anybody else?!

[Blackhat]

What the hell...this may age badly, but I'll give it a shot.

I predict that five years from today, the following will be true:

• MU will have finished in the top half of the Big East at least four times.
• MU will have finished top three in the Big East at least twice.
• MU will have played in the BET semi finals at least twice.
• MU will have played in the BET finals at least once.
• MU will have qualified for the NCAA tournament at least three times.
• MU will have won at least three NCAA games.
• MU will have been at least a four seed.
• MU will have been ranked in at least two seasons.
• Most fans will be really happy with Shaka as our coach.
• The post quoted above will have aged worse than this post.

Overly optimistic. Probably. But we've got this.

This is fantasy land.
Reality is Shaka hasn't won an ncaa tourney game in 8 years.  Let's hope that changes.

[Pakuni]

Which is why in another thread I said the similarities between Buzz and Shaka leaving their respective universities is very similar.

MU went beyond making no attempt to stop him, they actually went out of their way to help Buzz leave.

It was a big win for Virginia Tech, and I think it will be a big win for MU.

True or False: Had he not left for Virginia Tech, Buzz Williams would have coached Marquette in the 2014-15 season.

[StillAWarrior]

This is fantasy land.
Reality is Shaka hasn't won an ncaa tourney game in 8 years.  Let's hope that changes.

We'll revisit this in five years. I'll bet the truth will be closer to my predictions than yours.

[Blackhat]

We'll revisit this in five years. I'll bet the truth will be closer to my predictions than yours.

Oh you bet?  Ok.  All is well

[forgetful]

True or False: Had he not left for Virginia Tech, Buzz Williams would have coached Marquette in the 2014-15 season.

Pakuni, you are arguing over semantics. My point was the same as you already acknowledged; the Buzz and Shaka stories are similar.

For those saying Shaka was fired; then so was Buzz. For those that aren't happy with Shaka, because he might have been fired next season; then no one should have hired Buzz.

Fact is, Shaka is a proven great coach. We got him from Texas, right after he got them to top 10 in the nation and a 3-seed. I'm excited about what he will do at MU.

[Pakuni]

Pakuni, you are arguing over semantics. My point was the same as you already acknowledged; the Buzz and Shaka stories are similar.

For those saying Shaka was fired; then so was Buzz. For those that aren't happy with Shaka, because he might have been fired next season; then no one should have hired Buzz.

My comments have nothing to do with whether Shaka was a good a hire or will succeed at MU.
I'm pointing out the inaccuracy of the narrative that Buzz was "fired." He wasn't. Had he not been hired away that spring, he would have been coaching Marquette in the fall.
(And, by all accounts, the same is true of Shaka and Texas, btw).

[dgies9156]

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Thank you for supporting the College of Communications. I am proud FFP and communications alum. Keep sending your money.

My wife and I are both College of Journalism grads. We've been PC for most of the last 20 years and targeted our contributions to Scholarships. The basketball team has no bearing on our commitment.

We give because Marquette means something and people who didn't have the opportunity we did can get it.

It's called pay it forward.

[MU82]

Reality is Shaka hasn't won an ncaa tourney game in 8 years.  Let's hope that changes.

Yeah, because if a coach has ever gone 8 years without winning an NCAA tournament game, he will NEVER do anything good!

That's why Moser's Final Four run didn't count. Neither did Jay Wright's. Neither did Al McGuire's. Neither did Mike Krzyzewski's. Etc etc etc etc.

[Blackhat]

Yeah, because if a coach has ever gone 8 years without winning an NCAA tournament game, he will NEVER do anything good!

That's why Moser's Final Four run didn't count. Neither did Jay Wright's. Neither did Al McGuire's. Neither did Mike Krzyzewski's. Etc etc etc etc.

That doesn't even make sense.  He dramatically under performed at Texas.  If u don't want to believe that, that's your deal.

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[MU82]

That doesn't even make sense.  He dramatically under performed at Texas.  If u don't want to believe that, that's your deal.

Yes he did, and most of us have acknowledged that.

But how many times are the Blah-kas gonna say he hasn't won an NCAA game in 8 years, as if that disqualifies him from ever being able to win one?

I mean, Porter Moser went 13 years without winning an NCAA tournament game -- and as a bonus, he never even got to the tourney any of those years, and as a double-bonus he never finished higher than 5th place in any conference he was in all those years -- and yet he somehow was able to guide a team to the Final Four.

How was that possible? If a coach has gone 8 straight years without winning an NCAAT game, judging by some Scoopers, it's absolutely impossible for him to get us to the Final Four. Ever.

[MU82]

Agreed that the changes are very impressive!  I am also a communications alum and toured Johnston with my daughter just before Covid hit.  Top notch improvements since my days in that building.

I'm so old that it was called the School of Journalism when I went there. And J-school majors chose between advertising, editorial or TV/radio.

[Miss Katie’s]

I'm so old that it was called the School of Journalism when I went there. And J-school majors chose between advertising, editorial or TV/radio.

It was called CJPA (Communication/Journalism/Performing Arts) during my time.  I don't think that lasted very long though.  After School of Journalism, before College of Communication. 

[dgies9156]

It was called CJPA (Communication/Journalism/Performing Arts) during my time.  I don't think that lasted very long though.  After School of Journalism, before College of Communication.

Collège of Journalism is on both mine and my wife's degrees. Both News-Ed sequence.

[Boozemon Barro]

Yes he did, and most of us have acknowledged that.

But how many times are the Blah-kas gonna say he hasn't won an NCAA game in 8 years, as if that disqualifies him from ever being able to win one?

I mean, Porter Moser went 13 years without winning an NCAA tournament game -- and as a bonus, he never even got to the tourney any of those years, and as a double-bonus he never finished higher than 5th place in any conference he was in all those years -- and yet he somehow was able to guide a team to the Final Four.

How was that possible? If a coach has gone 8 straight years without winning an NCAAT game, judging by some Scoopers, it's absolutely impossible for him to get us to the Final Four. Ever.

That's a great argument to hire any coach in the world. Hell, we shoulda stuck it out with Wojo.