Both Hands Tied Behind Our Back

[DenverEagle]

Been super happy to have Shaka guiding our program since his arrival and enjoyed the successes along the way. Still rooting for him and our guys and will keep doing so no matter our record. I have been trying to support Shakas strategy with regard to building our program. But it finally dawned on me that it's not 1990. This is a pro sports business. Here's the rub - it's like the Brewers trying to compete against the Yankees but refusing to sign any free agents (bigger programs or equal programs) and also not using any one from minor leagues (smaller programs where guys can continue to play and grow and improve) It's building a roster where the only guys you use come straight to your pro team from the MLB draft. I don't understand how it could ever work when every other program in the country uses all three tools. If you run a graph of wins and transfers on our roster you can see an incredible correlation to where we are and unless we stop working with both hands tied behind our back, I think it unrealistic to expect much more success.

[wadesworld]

Been super happy to have Shaka guiding our program since his arrival and enjoyed the successes along the way. Still rooting for him and our guys and will keep doing so no matter our record. I have been trying to support Shakas strategy with regard to building our program. But it finally dawned on me that it's not 1990. This is a pro sports business. Here's the rub - it's like the Brewers trying to compete against the Yankees but refusing to sign any free agents (bigger programs or equal programs) and also not using any one from minor leagues (smaller programs where guys can continue to play and grow and improve) It's building a roster where the only guys you use come straight to your pro team from the MLB draft. I don't understand how it could ever work when every other program in the country uses all three tools. If you run a graph of wins and transfers on our roster you can see an incredible correlation to where we are and unless we stop working with both hands tied behind our back, I think it unrealistic to expect much more success.

That's a horrible analogy.

Also, we had the same number of transfers on our team last year as we do this year. I feel confident in saying your graph would not show the same number of wins this year as it did last year.

[Daniel]

Maybe we just do not have enough money in the NIL world to compete for great players and Shark's way is the only way we can do it.  Can we really go compete for these top players in the portal?   Maybe we can snag one but not sure.  Shaka way he has to be right 75% of the time on recruitment.  That is tough.  Go Marquette!  I hope we figure it out so it all works out