2025 Transfer Portal

[GB Warrior]

Badgers land a monster in Nick Boyd

This displeases me

[HowardsWorld]

This displeases me

It displeases me as well. I want Shaka to take a chance here. The team has nothing to lose in trying.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Badgers land a monster in Nick Boyd

This feels like hyperbole.

[cheebs09]

This feels like hyperbole.

Not if you view it as only monsters attend UW.

[Uncle Rico]

This feels like hyperbole.

He'll do good for them. 

[Markusquette]

Tonje was pretty much the best transfer you could ask for. Badgers and Gard doing what I wish Shaka would even dip his toes in.

[tower912]

Switch allegiance.  Open up your fan card to the highest bidder.

[Markusquette]

Switch allegiance.  Open up your fan card to the highest bidder.

2 options, pick one.

a) Shaka continues the recruit-only mentality and does not add a portal player
b) Shaka adds at least 1 transfer he feels is a good fit and an impact player to improve the roster

Which do you prefer?

[GoldenEagles03]

Badgers land a monster in Nick Boyd

He is 6'3" that's not a monster.

[The Sultan]

2 options, pick one.

a) Shaka continues the recruit-only mentality and does not add a portal player
b) Shaka adds at least 1 transfer he feels is a good fit and an impact player to improve the roster

Which do you prefer?

Whatever choice he makes. WTF do I know about building a roster?

[HowardsWorld]

He is 6'3" that's not a monster.

He was the best pg in the pool imo. Wasn't talking hight

[cheebs09]

Tonje was pretty much the best transfer you could ask for. Badgers and Gard doing what I wish Shaka would even dip his toes in.

Yeah, but now they are almost fully reliant on bringing in a transfer to score each year. It's a risky strategy.

[tower912]

2 options, pick one.

a) Shaka continues the recruit-only mentality and does not add a portal player
b) Shaka adds at least 1 transfer he feels is a good fit and an impact player to improve the roster

Which do you prefer?

To trust Shaka.  If he goes with option A, I will root for the Marquette.  If he goes with option B I will root for Marquette.

[Pakuni]

Switch allegiance.  Open up your fan card to the highest bidder.

Fall in line or leave.

[Scoop Snoop]

2 options, pick one.

a) Shaka continues the recruit-only mentality and does not add a portal player
b) Shaka adds at least 1 transfer he feels is a good fit and an impact player to improve the roster

Which do you prefer?

1) Nice work at loading the questions. Kudos!

2) Our votes count as much as the SOTG votes do. In this case, Shaka's vote is the only one that is counted. But go ahead-tell us which one you prefer.

3) Adding from the portal may "improve the roster". Or, in the long run, it may make the roster weaker. This is a point that enthusiastic portal people very conveniently ignore. Just as they ignore the number of seasons that it may take for Shaka's system to be fairly evaluated. Next season will be open season on Shaka more so than this past one. The portal people want an improved roster right now!

4) Just for fun, finish your answer by completing the phrase "or else.....!

[Markusquette]

Yeah, but now they are almost fully reliant on bringing in a transfer to score each year. It's a risky strategy.

Somewhat reliant, sure. Blackwell's a stud. Winter will fill in nicely up front.

To trust Shaka.  If he goes with option A, I will root for the Marquette.  If he goes with option B I will root for Marquette.

Coming from the guy who deemed the historic late-season collapse as "a fun season" I am convinced you would be equally comfortable atop the big east or in the dregs of the league like Depaul

[JTJ3]

Boyd is a nice player.  But theyre still way worse than last year cause no one is replacing Tonje, his shotmaking bailed them out all the time.

Their other 2 portal adds - Rohde is alright but Rapps metrics are pretty terrible.  No reason to be scared of UW, theyre way worse than last year.

[The Sultan]

Coming from the guy who deemed the historic late-season collapse as "a fun season" I am convinced you would be equally comfortable atop the big east or in the dregs of the league like Depaul

How was the late-season collapse "historic?"

And I thought it was a fun season as well. Too bad it had a bad ending.

[Pakuni]

2) Our votes count as much as the SOTG votes do. In this case, Shaka's vote is the only one that is counted. But go ahead-tell us which one you prefer.

Such a baffling take.
Nothing we write here will change anything about the program. The recruiting thread doesn't affect who MU recruits or lands. Threads discussing minutes distribution and lineups will affect neither. Threads discussing offensive or defensive philosophies will have no bearing on the coaching staff's approach. Threads discussing NIL strategy will not change MU's NIL strategy.

If you think discussion should be limited to only areas where fans' votes count, Scoop is going to be an awfully quiet place.

3) Adding from the portal may "improve the roster". Or, in the long run, it may make the roster weaker. This is a point that enthusiastic portal people very conveniently ignore. 

You're essentially saying here that you don't trust Shaka's ability to identify and recruit transfers who will improve the roster, despite evidence to the contrary.

[Markusquette]

1) Nice work at loading the questions. Kudos!

2) Our votes count as much as the SOTG votes do. In this case, Shaka's vote is the only one that is counted. But go ahead-tell us which one you prefer.

3) Adding from the portal may "improve the roster". Or, in the long run, it may make the roster weaker. This is a point that enthusiastic portal people very conveniently ignore. Just as they ignore the number of seasons that it may take for Shaka's system to be fairly evaluated. Next season will be open season on Shaka more so than this past one. The portal people want an improved roster right now!

4) Just for fun, finish your answer by completing the phrase "or else.....!

Well I suppose we should just shut the message board down since none of this discussion has any influence on Shaka's decisions.

Just for fun, can you name a couple players who recently transferred to MU and happened to make a huge impact on the program's success?

[TallTitan34]

The 2008-09 team is one of my all-times favorites.  It was a fun season despite the crappy ending.

I'm feeling pretty good about the state of the program if a 13-7 Big East record and making the tournament as a 7 seed is considered a historic collapse. 

[GoldenEagles03]

He was the best pg in the pool imo. Wasn't talking hight

I was being sarcastic, but this is a wild claim.

Best PG in the pool? 247 has him listed as a SG, but even if you see him as a PG he isn't Top 15 at the position.

Dent, Stirtz, Gillespie, Demary. I could go on...he's not in that class of PG.

[wadesworld]

I was being sarcastic, but this is a wild claim.

Best PG in the pool? 247 has him listed as a SG, but even if you see him as a PG he isn't Top 15 at the position.

Dent, Stirtz, Gillespie, Demary. I could go on...he's not in that class of PG.

Yeah, calling him better than Dent and Stirtz is wild.  Chicken littles here will do that though...

[CountryRoads]

2 options, pick one.

a) Shaka continues the recruit-only mentality and does not add a portal player
b) Shaka adds at least 1 transfer he feels is a good fit and an impact player to improve the roster

Which do you prefer?

I've warmed up to option A, since that's what it looks like currently. Just that there will be no excuses next year. There shouldn't be any "young team in an old league" garbage said. Shaka's way comes with a lot of risk as well. Imagine Parham, Owens, and a freshman all having great years on a .500 team. They could easily get poached at that point even when we spent a whole crappy year developing them for a P4 to just swoop in, snatch them up, and win with them the following year. How gutting would that be?

In any case, Shaka's way will be very polarizing next year, and in the worst case, may begin to turn him off on MU. Every loss media members and fans will be saying "that's why you need to go to the portal", etc. I'm not going to be a part of that though. Just going to support the team as the first 4 years were a lot of fun.

[tower912]

Somewhat reliant, sure. Blackwell's a stud. Winter will fill in nicely up front.

Coming from the guy who deemed the historic late-season collapse as "a fun season" I am convinced you would be equally comfortable atop the big east or in the dregs of the league like Depaul

I would still root for MU.

Fall in line or leave.

Why would I do that?  I like it here.
I refuse to fall in the despair line.