5th Year, so judge

[Galway Eagle]

Hmm...are James, Stevens and Phillips Shaka's 3 amigos?

Hopefully much better than 8th in the country, 6 seed, and Rd of 32.

I don't think they're comparable as Chase, Zaide, DO, Parham, etc are all talented pieces around them as is the incoming class while the amigos basically only had Novak and lazar

[#UnleashSean]

Hopefully much better than 8th in the country, 6 seed, and Rd of 32.

I don't think they're comparable as Chase, Zaide, DO, Parham, etc are all talented pieces around them as is the incoming class while the amigos basically only had Novak and lazar

Dont do my boy Dan....    Fitzgerald        like that...

Sorry, I almost got through that without laughing.

[MarquetteDano]

Watching the Southern game last night made me smile knowing a majority of the new faces will be around their senior year.

I would love more late March success but my Illini friends have total rebuilds every year with massive roster turnover. Unless you are in the FF every year I prefer what Shaka does.

[DoctorV]

Watching the Southern game last night made me smile knowing a majority of the new faces will be around their senior year.

I would love more late March success but my Illini friends have total rebuilds every year with massive roster turnover. Unless you are in the FF every year I prefer what Shaka does.

I understand this and most of it makes sense.

I'd edit one part though. Very few, if any, teams "are in the FF every year"

I'd say "unless you make the FF in one year then I prefer what Shaka does"

Everything you mentioned is absolutely true- it's great doing things the right way, it's great having guys that buy into Marquette for their entire lives (after all, isn't this what we've all done?), it's great having 0 roster turnover and getting to watch the same group grow and mature as opposed to constant turnover and having no idea who you're rooting for one year to the next...

This is only great with the V part of the RGV triangle though. Without the victory, it's merely a nice way of doing things.
It surely isn't something all of us would praise 20 years from now without the victory.

The victory, on the ultimate stage in the sport, is a trip to the FF and a National Championship.
So, if over let's say a 20 year window X coach at X program makes 2 final 4s and wins one Natty with constant turnover and non-stop portalling while Marquette makes a handful of S16s, a few E8s and no FFs, well then at the end of the day X was the most successful with the ultimately happier fanbase.

We can argue what we want and say what we want about styles, but at the end of the day a FF and National Championship is the goal at a place like Marquette, any given way.

To me it seems like we are on the right track, but getting over the hill to the next step is no easy task