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Shaka has changed everything

Started by MuggsyB, March 11, 2023, 08:00:18 PM

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DavidBoone2inchesTaller

Quote from: MuggsyB on March 11, 2023, 08:26:22 PM
Great to hear from you DB2!!!!  I hope all is well!

All is wonderful Muggs! Life is great. How about you?
DavidBoone2InchesTaller was a Senior Message Board Poster at MarquetteHoops.com for 17 yrs.. He made over 10,000 posts with an accuracy rate of 99.9%. Incredibly this means since 2006 he made less than 3 inaccurate statements, earning him the nickname "Top Gun Poster" among his peers.

AZWarrior

Quote from: JWags85 on March 11, 2023, 08:17:27 PM

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.  :-)
All this talk of rights.  So little talk of responsibilities.

CountryRoads

Quote from: Uncle Rico on March 11, 2023, 08:26:59 PM
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

Quote from: DavidBoone2inchesTaller on March 11, 2023, 08:31:45 PM
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.
Quote from: Goose on January 15, 2023, 08:43:46 PM
TAMU

I do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.


MU82

"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

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JakeBarnes

Quote from: TAMU, Knower of Ball on March 11, 2023, 10:21:16 PM
Just getting started ladies and gents. No finish line.
No.F'ing. finishline.
Assume what I say should be in teal if it doesn't pass the smell test for you.


willie warrior

Quote from: DavidBoone2inchesTaller on March 11, 2023, 08:22:24 PM
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.
I thought you were dead. Willie lives rent free in Reekers mind.

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

Quote from: willie warrior on March 12, 2023, 07:17:19 AM
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.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

MuggsyB

Quote from: MU82 on March 12, 2023, 08:02:02 AM
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

Quote from: Goose on March 12, 2023, 08:21:09 AM
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!!!