Shaka has changed everything

[DavidBoone2inchesTaller]

Great to hear from you DB2!!!!  I hope all is well!

All is wonderful Muggs! Life is great. How about you?

[AZWarrior]

Al created the program, KO saved it, Shaka feels he's well on the way to being the architect of the new Golden era for it.

Very well said.  :-)

[CountryRoads]

The "smart" Madison residents hated the hire because they knew

Exactly. Anyone that hates Marquette and knows basketball knew the Smart hire was going to be a major problem for them.

[Silent Verbal]

When it's all said and done, I believe Shaka will be a hall of fame coach, and I think he believes it, too.  And Marquette will be his magnum opus.

[dw3dw3dw3]

Probably been shared already, but a cool video from Fanta a few months back with some foreshadowing at the end.
https://twitter.com/John_Fanta/status/1634694108626165760?t=yxmUQhIvNGB8i5QjlCxtCg&s=19

[MuggsyB]

All is wonderful Muggs! Life is great. How about you?

I'm hanging in there!   MU HOOPS IS BACK!!! 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Just getting started ladies and gents. No finish line.

[MU82]

I love this effen team.

Believe!

[21Jumpstreet]

Feels so damn good

[lostpassword]

[pbiflyer]

This, a thousand times this.

[JakeBarnes]

Just getting started ladies and gents. No finish line.

No.F'ing. finishline.

[willie warrior]

Yes! Exactly Muggs. It would drive me nuts when Marquette would fart around with hiring assistant coaches with no proven track record. They either had some success and then left MU or stunk like Woj. Regardless, hiring these types always put Marquette in a no win situation long term. Every 5 years or so the program always started over. There was no continuity and no long term culture that was connected.

That last time we had that continuity of culture was Al, Hank, & Rick. But as we know, the facilities sucked in the 1980's and half of the 1990's and that placed a stranglehold on the program.

However, after Crean there are no excuses. I cringed at the Buzz Williams hire (the guy is scum) and the Woj hire (Mr. No personality with no head coaching track record).

Shaka has changed things at Marquette. They finally have a guy who can coach with the bonus of having a big name in college basketball. This hasn't happened at MU in a long long time.

Hopefully MU will be smart and realize how rare it is to have a coach like Smart.

Congrats to the players, program, entire University, and the fans on this incredible championship!!!

Absolutely right. Whatever MU is paying Shaka, after the season, back up the truck,
Reward him with a nice extension.

[Efficient Frontier]

Loved this last question at the post game presser. Sounds like Shaka is here for a while.

https://m.youtube.com/live/IchUJNAAWPA?feature=share&t=39m57s

[avid1010]

Absolutely right. Whatever MU is paying Shaka, after the season, back up the truck,
Reward him with a nice extension.

Lifetime contract...

[MuggsyB]

I essentially said this repeatedly the last 3-4 years before Shaka came to Milwaukee:  Culture matters.  Team identity matters.  Leadership and sacrifice from top to bottom matters. Within two years Shaka has established an identity and culture back to Marquette basketball.  It's absolutely beautiful to see and is reverberating throughout the city of Milwaukee and very soon the entire nation.   

[dgies9156]

Brothers and Sisters:

Let's give thanks where thanks is deserved:

Hook 'em Horns!

We ended up with Coach Shaka because the University of Texas was, frankly, stupid. They drove him off the ranch and into our hands because of one bad game. They somehow thought they'd be better with a guy who no longer coaches for them... Chris Beard.

There's going to be bad games at Marquette too. Over Coach Shaka's time with us, I promise you we're going to lose when we shouldn't and be disappointed. But while we may criticize, we don't chase excellence away at Marquette.

So as you wake up this glorious Sunday, let's be thankful the folks who wear burnt orange and white are just a bit on the dumb side!

[MU82]

Whether it's through boosters or university coffers or some combination of numerous fund sources, Marquette really does need to find a boatload of $$$ to extend Shaka's contract and those of his assistants.

As we all know, extensions don't mean all that much in big-time college sports because if a coach really wants out of his contract he'll find a way out (and if a university wants out, it also will find a way). But Shaka seems dedicated long-term to Marquette, and he knows the grass isn't greener. So it's time to make his bank account a little greener.

It's also a great message to send to recruits: Shaka Smart = Marquette Basketball and Marquette Basketball = Shaka Smart.

[MuggsyB]

Whether it's through boosters or university coffers or some combination of numerous fund sources, Marquette really does need to find a boatload of $$$ to extend Shaka's contract and those of his assistants.

As we all know, extensions don't mean all that much in big-time college sports because if a coach really wants out of his contract he'll find a way out (and if a university wants out, it also will find a way). But Shaka seems dedicated long-term to Marquette, and he knows the grass isn't greener. So it's time to make his bank account a little greener.

It's also a great message to send to recruits: Shaka Smart = Marquette Basketball and Marquette Basketball = Shaka Smart.

Damn straight! 

[Goose]

82

Money is the least of my concerns for the basketball program. My only concern today, I have a large limb that broke off in the snowstorm on Friday and need to do cleanup today.

[Dr. Blackheart]

82

Money is the least of my concerns for the basketball program. My only concern today, I have a large limb that broke off in the snowstorm on Friday and need to do cleanup today.

Goose, giving your right arm for a BET championship is well worth it.

[Goose]

Dr. B

We are all connected at the hip and whatever it takes. Three more weeks to go!!!