Chip a wa-y to win

[tower912]

Or, sign a 4 star seven footer, get him to skip his final year of high school, and pay him to redshirt and develop with the players, coaches, and training staff.

[wadesworld]

Or, sign a 4 star seven footer, get him to skip his final year of high school, and pay him to redshirt and develop with the players, coaches, and training staff.

Right.  Shaka misplayed his hand this season.  Let's see how he responds before we decide a guy with a Final Four to his name and some great results in his first four seasons here doesn't know what he's doing in this era of college basketball.

[MU82]

Sure.

Chad Venning. Averaged double figures at Boston College as a grad transfer after leaving St. Bonaventure.

Baba Miller. Though I guess we don't have the money to out bid Florida Atlantic.

David Skogman, a Wisconsin kid and grad transfer who averaged 6 and 5 for DePaul after averaging 13 and 5 as a senior (or maybe we can't outbid DePaul).

There are three guys who could have contributed more than Hamilton and Clark to a team that badly needed a center that may have prevented a first-round exit last year.

In this new era of college basketball, playing the long game and hoping for development isn't like it was 5 years ago

20/20 hindsight.

But sure, Shaka could have had both Venning and Clark on last year's 15-man roster, with Venning giving us valuable minutes and Clark redshirting. But what we really needed last year IMHO was a veteran backup PG and better shooting. Of course, that's 20/20 hindsight on my part, because Shaka thought Jones was coming back and didn't foresee Kam and Jop suddenly being unable to hit 3s.

Again though, sorry for actually saying something positive about one player ... which you interpreted as "anointing" him.

[tower912]

It is all hindsight.  And, not to single you out, but it is fan fiction hindsight based on a model that Shaka has so far chosen not to use.

If the Brewers had just signed Ohtani...

[Shooter McGavin]

Right.  Shaka misplayed his hand this season.  Let's see how he responds before we decide a guy with a Final Four to his name and some great results in his first four seasons here doesn't know what he's doing in this era of college basketball.

Yep, just have to reset expectations this year and maybe, but hopefully not, next.  The player assessments weren't spot on for the Senior and Junior classes aside from Chase.  The sophomore class assessment is TBD. 

If the sophomores develop this year into special players and Shaka has truly hit on the freshman (which it looks like he may have) and the following class, MU will be back to a top 25 level team within the next two to three years. 

I'm willing to be patient.  Shaka is not a good, but a great representative of our University.  I personally think it may have been difficult to recruit behind 3 and 4 year All-American/NBA players.  But I know that's an excuse and doubt that Shaka thinks that way.

If Shaka can accelerate the time frame back to a top 25 team through the portal if a couple players leave, great!  If not, I'll still be watching.

If somehow this team turns it around this year and develops enough to be a tournament team, then I will reiterate that it will be his best coaching job at Marquette and likely will blow away the job he did to win the Big East title.

[The Sultan]

20/20 hindsight.

It is all hindsight. 

Of course, but Spaniel asked Billy for names. So he gave him names. It was meant to be hindsight!