We May Be In Serious Trouble

[MuggsyB]

Purdue and Wisconsin will be ugly unless we find a way to defend for starters. 

Parham can't be a non-factor moving  forward. 

We're getting zero from Owens/Tre and our 5's.

The missed chippies are more than one bad game.  Poor balance and we rarely play off of two feet.

The inability of our bigs to switch is killing us. 

Shaka had a bad day imo this afternoon.  Didn't get the rotation at the 14 min mark. 

Lastly, I have at least another 25 or so concerns.

I hope I'm wrong. 

[The Sultan]

We just aren't that good. Hopefully we will improve. But when your seniors don't play well down the stretch, getting old doesn't matter much.

[MUEng92]

I just remembered I forgot to schedule something for 12/6 that will keep me far away from my TV and phone for the afternoon

[GB Warrior]

We hebben een serieus probleem.

[MuggsyB]

We just aren't that good. Hopefully we will improve. But when your seniors don't play well down the stretch, getting old doesn't matter much.

We're not good fundamentally from what I've seen, and our bigs have a myriad of issues. 

[dpucane]

You cannot lecture people about how you're doing things the right way, when you're the only one doing it this way, and then put this out there.

At some point, you're just telling us to not believe our eyes and ears. It becomes insulting.

[PointWarrior]

Instead of "Stud of the Game" tally on the site, we may need an "Embarrassing Loss" counter. 

[GoldenWarrior11]

Dabo and Shaka are Exhibit A in the NIL era of why to not avoid the portal.  It is arrogant and idealistic.

To compete at the highest levels, you need proven talent, period.  Wish it wasn't the case, but it is the truth.

Marquette Basketball is operating in fantasy world.  And we are living in it.

[TFlegend]

"may be in serious trouble"?  More like "are in serious trouble". 

[Boozemon Barro]

Thankfully most of the Big East teams look like total crap too so we'll be able to hide how bad this season is in the middle of the pack.

[The Sultan]

You cannot lecture people about how you're doing things the right way, when you're the only one doing it this way, and then put this out there.

At some point, you're just telling us to not believe our eyes and ears. It becomes insulting.

Who has lectured people? When has anyone claimed that they're doing it the right way?

[GB Warrior]

I think we do these young men a disservice to suggest that they won't be replaced if they suck at their job. 

[nyg]

You left out Dayton and Oklahoma.  MU beat three cupcakes and has been beat by two portal laden teams.  Maryland had three players not starting and lost their best player to an injury with twelve minutes to go. MU gave up 89 points to them and 100 to Indiana.  Oklahoma at neutral site, Wisconsin and Purdue away.  Should be interesting to say the least. 

MU lost game at 13 minute mark, when for the next 4 minutes, outscored by 15, with MU jacking up threes and missing. Took 39 today. Too many for a team that supposedly has no real shooters, but that's a Shaka philosophy and he has no problem with it.  Not a good look for MU losing at home to an injury plagued Maryland squad.

I don't even want think what will happen if Ross gets in any type of foul trouble early and has to sit. 

[CountryRoads]

Shaka needs to recruit over Sean and Tre for next season. We need a much higher level of guard play to go alongside Nigel and Stevens.

[cheebs09]

I'm hoping this is the low point of the Shaka era, at least for awhile. Tough to have your tournament hopes dashed in November.

[dpucane]

Who has lectured people? When has anyone claimed that they're doing it the right way?

There's a reason every pre-game and halftime show talks about Marquette's no transfer philosophy. That's being pushed by the school.

Kimo also directly contrasted MU and St John's teambuilding last week, saying we were lucky to have this strategy because it builds relationships instead of needing a new rosters every year.

[Newsdreams]

Shaka's philosophy isn't 3 pt shots, it is 2 in the paint or open 3's

[Small Orange Soda]

Maryland isn't good.

Absolute fail by Shaka and staff. If you don't want to get transfers, fine. But you need to recruit better. Collectively, you need a better junior and sophomore class. That's squarely on him.

[warriors141]

This team sucks, you could see it coming from a mile away way. In order for shakas approach to work he need to hit a high percent of recruits. Ross is decent but not a star, lead guy. The junior and sophomore classes are total busts. Freshman look alright but they ain't James and McNeal

[jfp61]

Ben gold is our second best player... this is not good

[Daniel]

I don't really understand why we cannot use the portal n occasion.  We are continuously recruiting players hopefully better than the ones we have already.    That is a form of recruiting over.    If we recruit a better point than the ones we have already are we committed to playing the lesser player?    So, I don't see why it is not ok to use the portal when needed. 

The recruit, develop and keep is a great way of doing thing . . . But you can also use the portal within that same system.   

[CountryRoads]

There's a reason every pre-game and halftime show talks about Marquette's no transfer philosophy. That's being pushed by the school.

Kimo also directly contrasted MU and St John's teambuilding last week, saying we were lucky to have this strategy because it builds relationships instead of needing a new rosters every year.

It doesn't take long to build team chemistry. Amount of time played together is also a much smaller factor than just simply having talented and unselfish players. If anything, I think complacency sets in when a unit is together too long. You see that sometimes in the real world workplace as well. New faces that challenge the status quo is sometimes not a bad thing.

[21Jumpstreet]

So, yes, I'm pretty frustrated by the game. However, we were in control in the "third quarter" rolling pretty well, their stud goes down, we fall apart. So while we got out worked early, we came back and took control. I'm not selling the team, but I am "worried" that it will take too long to gel, we lose too many OOC games, and we are on the outside of the tourney looking in. What really makes me unhappy is that we had the game.

[Mutaman]

Maryland is not very talented but they are well coached. We are not very talented and we were not well coached.

[GB Warrior]

So, yes, I'm pretty frustrated by the game. However, we were in control in the "third quarter" rolling pretty well, their stud goes down, we fall apart. So while we got out worked early, we came back and took control. I'm not selling the team, but I am "worried" that it will take too long to gel, we lose too many OOC games, and we are on the outside of the tourney looking in. What really makes me unhappy is that we had the game.

There cannot be 'gelling' in this approach to roster-building. There just can't. This is a .500 team.