[Paint Touches] On talent deficiency and offensive offense

[K1 Lover]

He did try to warn us that V wasn't necessarily winning basketball games

https://vimeo.com/1131460360

As an MU alum, there'll never be a day where I dislike Shaka or want to see him go. It's refreshing to have a coach that centers on people first and aligns with Marquette's Jesuit values as much as he does.

As a basketball fan, this also gives me reason to be concerned that things might not change as much as Scoop wants them to. If you make it clear that your culture and victories revolve around developing players off the court just as much as (if not more than) on the court, surely that would make it harder to let go of guys like Sean and Tre who many would deem as recruitment misses, but to Shaka may be seen as personal character successes.

At the end of the day, the guy was hired to coach basketball, so I'd like to believe that winning is his first priority and he'll make whatever adjustments are needed to improve that in the future. But with how loud the program has become about the culture and RGV, I also can't help but feel like it's reached a point of no return.