Shaka's Next 4 Years

[Viper]

He should just get a lawyer. 4 year eligibility probably isn't enforceable or something stupid like that. Problem is then you have guys like Kalkbrenner, Dickinson, Tonje, etc who can't move on from college all doing the same.

Tonje wants another year and looking at BYU. They like guys over 30. plus, can't beat em join em

[Zog from Margo]

We are losing 3 great starters.

This is overstated. MU is losing a great offensive player in Kam and a couple of very good players in Stevie and Jop. But let's remember that these three were the leaders of this team. They're the ones relied upon to hit free throws and make open shots. MU had a very solid season and these three deserve respect and credit. I am personally fine with this season. That said, many are dissatisfied with how the end of the season played out and these three bear much of the responsibility. For the end of the season to have played out differently, these three seniors needed to play better more consistently.

As for replacing them, I personally think Parham will develop into a better player than Joplin and Lowery was already playing as well as Stevie by season's end. I think both Owens and Lowery will eventually be better. Kam will be much tougher to replace. The guys off the bench and the incoming freshmen have much more athletic upside.

In any event, it wouldn't surprise me to see MU involved in the portal and/or for a player off MU's bench go into the portal.

[tower912]

I, too, think Parham can be better than Joplin.  Zaide played down the stretch against New Mexico.  Probably due to Stevie's injuries, but the fact remains.  Of course, the young guys will have to grow and develop.  When has that not been the case?

[panda2.0]

While it might seem like it, I'm not anti-portal. If Shaka found another OMax who didn't require a bag and didn't do much his freshman year bring him in. But that's not want the people complaining about really want.

I have to believe he expected Sean back. He also likely expected more out of Tre. So injury and lack of development bit him.

With 15 scholarships I don't mind redshirting project bigs like CH and Clark.

So did they misevaluate Hamilton in regards to what he could contribute?  That very well may be the case. Did he look better in practice based on who he was going up against?

Right now, our bigs behind Ben are big question marks (I'm not including Royce in that group).

Maybe the development we saw in one off-season for Oso, OMax, Kam and TKO was an outlier. I just wonder why people seem so sure we won't see massive leaps from guys like Zaide, Royce, and Owens.

I can definitively say there was a zero percent chance Sean was coming back this year. The player knew it and the coaching staff knew it.  Any medical professional here or a simple google search will tell you a high level athlete rarely returns to full activity in 12ish months.

Given Sean's high NIL expectations, there was no way he would come back for half a season, thusly burning a year of NIL earning potential.

[THRILLHO]

Slightly better than Wojo is nonsense.  Look up cataclysmic disaster in the dictionary.  That's where we were under Wojo. 

This makes me think that you've never actually used a dictionary.