2025-26 College Hoops Thread

[MU82]

Your being purposefully obtuse.

You're

I'm guessing Shaka's salary grates on you.

Wut?

[WhiteTrash]

Wut?

Paying a HC $3M(?) a year doesn't guarantee success just like bringing in transfers doesn't either. Miami of Ohio's Steele makes $400k per year (but they do have at least 1 transfer  ).

[Billy Hoyle]

Obviously these two teams are vastly superior to MU, but it's their level of physicality and tenacity that really stands out. 

both teams play the type of defense that can slow down Michigan. Physical, closing out, quick switches.

[Jay Bee]

Miami of Ohio's Steele makes $400k per year (but they do have at least 1 transfer  ).

#FakeNews #Lies

[MU82]

Paying a HC $3M(?) a year doesn't guarantee success just like bringing in transfers doesn't either. Miami of Ohio's Steele makes $400k per year (but they do have at least 1 transfer  ).

OK. Still don't know why Shaka's salary would grate on me.

[muwarrior69]

Shaka's decision to build an entire position group with two guys who didn't even get low major offers is worse than his no transfer policy. Broeker needs to tell him that choice doesn't get a pass moving forward.

I wonder if it had more to do with $$$ than whether they were D1 caliber players. Broeker's letter sure did not instill confidence that we had the resources.

[WhiteTrash]

OK. Still don't know why Shaka's salary would grate on me.

I figured if using the portal without any guarantee of success rubbed you the wrong way, paying a coach $3M without a guarantee of success would also be unwise in your eyes.

Anyways, I'm not sure why you think using the portal judiciously would be a bad strategy. Fans just want MU to explore the portal for talent like 99% of other teams do. I never thought this would be a divisive issue.

[MU82]

I figured if using the portal without any guarantee of success rubbed you the wrong way, paying a coach $3M without a guarantee of success would also be unwise in your eyes.

Anyways, I'm not sure why you think using the portal judiciously would be a bad strategy. Fans just want MU to explore the portal for talent like 99% of other teams do. I never thought this would be a divisive issue.

I think you are confusing me with some other Scooper.

I have only said that I want Shaka to follow the Painter/Izzo model and to use all the resources he has available. I have said doing so would enhance, not hurt, the program's culture.

Yeah, I'll throw out the occasional one-liner about a bust like Freeman or about how the portal has failed Buzz in year 1, but I'm absolutely not anti-portal, even though there's no guarantee of success.