What would make you show Shaka the door in March?

[panda]

Shift the goal posts?  Laughable as you invented a scenario of John Scheyer quitting Duke to try to find an example of where Shaka wouldn't be at the top of the list for a call.  Also, nice to throw out another blueblood (KU) who just got $300M donated to their athletic department.

Question:  Do you think the LSU football program and MU basketball program are in the same hierarchy of prestige as coaching destinations within their sport?

Why would TJ Otzelberger leave Iowa State?  And you think Chris F'in Gerlufsen is a more attractive coaching candidate than Shaka??  Thanks for confirming you are clueless.

What will your opinion of Shaka be if he retains the majority of this years roster going into next season?

[Pakuni]

Shift the goal posts?  Laughable as you invented a scenario of John Scheyer quitting Duke to try to find an example of where Shaka wouldn't be at the top of the list for a call.  Also, nice to throw out another blueblood (KU) who just got $300M donated to their athletic department.

You're the guy who literally wrote that Shaka would be a "top candidate" to "all" P4 job openings. Don't backtrack now. Own it.

Question:  Do you think the LSU football program and MU basketball program are in the same hierarchy of prestige as coaching destinations within their sport?

That's irrelevant to your point. You claimed that good coaches will avoid going to places where their predecessor was fired despite past success. That's clearly false. Coaches get fired all the time despite past success. And good coaches replace them all the time.

Why would TJ Otzelberger leave Iowa State?

For the same reason Matt Campbell did. Do you think Iowa State is his forever job?

And you think Chris F'in Gerlufsen is a more attractive coaching candidate than Shaka??  Thanks for confirming you are clueless.

If Shaka refuses or is unable to adapt and/or the program continues on its current trajectory, yes, Chris Gerlufsen is a more attractive coaching candidate. I mean, you'd have to be an idiot to hire a highly successful coach from a program like San Francisco. Just ask Florida.

And as always, when Ners loses, he resorts to petty insults.

[Elonsmusk]

What will your opinion of Shaka be if he retains the majority of this years roster going into next season?

I'd be disappointed if he didn't bring in at least 1 proven contributor to help bridge the gap in development of Nigel, Adrien, Phillips, Ian, Nash Walker, Alex Egbouno, and Sheek.

I'm okay with Sean Jones as a backup PG, and Zaide being in the mix if he sticks around.  I'd probably vote to keep Caedin over Tre just because we are deeper at guard than in the frontcourt - and I still think Caedin can develop into a serviceable 15-20 minute Big East player.

But, if he keeps all of them, and all want to stay - I won't begrudge Shaka for staying the course to honor the promise of RGV to those players.  However, the RGV branding needs to fade to the background, and not be at the forefront of our program at this specific moment in time until we return to being an NCAA team.

[Elonsmusk]

You're the guy who literally wrote that Shaka would be a "top candidate" to "all" P4 job openings. Don't backtrack now. Own it.


That's irrelevant to your point. You claimed that good coaches will avoid going to places where their predecessor was fired despite past success. That's clearly false. Coaches get fired all the time despite past success. And good coaches replace them all the time.

For the same reason Matt Campbell did. Do you think Iowa State is his forever job?


If Shaka refuses or is unable to adapt and/or the program continues on its current trajectory, yes, Chris Gerlufsen is a more attractive coaching candidate. I mean, you'd have to be an idiot to hire a highly successful coach from a program like San Francisco. Just ask Florida.

And as always, when Ners loses, he resorts to petty insults.

The only poster losing here, is you.  Chris Gerlfusen?  A guy whose high water mark in 4 years as a coach at San Fran is 66 in KenPom last year, and he's at 97 this year?

Matt Campbell??  WTF are you comparing college football programs to college basketball?  Last post it was LSU football to Marquette hoops.  Now its Iowa State football coach?  But yet again, do you think Penn State football holds a higher stature on the college football landscape than Marquette does in college basketball?

I think most honest sports fans could understand a college football coach preferring to take the Penn State job versus continuing in an inferior conference at an inferior program.  And most honest sports fans would say the head coach of Penn State football is a higher profile, more desirable job than being the Marquette basketball coach.

And as for all openings at the end of the season comment - making up a scenario where John Scheyer quits Duke, the biggest blueblood of them all, to try to discredit my post that said Shaka would be at the top of the list of Power 4 openings this offseason - that's a perfect straw man argument.  But, that's all you've got, because your way out over your skis once again - just like you were when you thought Wojo was gonna be a great coach for MU!

[JTJ3]

The Otz talk is the same reason Campbell left, NIL and Rev Share resources.  Iowa State is having major issues with it right now.  Otz was ready to leave due to it last offseason.

I'm not saying Otz would come home, but he has the Milwaukee connections so it makes sense.  And he'd have more resources here to work with.  He would be the first call.

[panda]

I'd be disappointed if he didn't bring in at least 1 proven contributor to help bridge the gap in development of Nigel, Adrien, Phillips, Ian, Nash Walker, Alex Egbouno, and Sheek.

I'm okay with Sean Jones as a backup PG, and Zaide being in the mix if he sticks around.  I'd probably vote to keep Caedin over Tre just because we are deeper at guard than in the frontcourt - and I still think Caedin can develop into a serviceable 15-20 minute Big East player.

But, if he keeps all of them, and all want to stay - I won't begrudge Shaka for staying the course to honor the promise of RGV to those players.  However, the RGV branding needs to fade to the background, and not be at the forefront of our program at this specific moment in time until we return to being an NCAA team.

Your big change to the team from this season is to remove the RGV branding, bring in one player and stick with Caedin Hamilton??

You've officially lost the plot 

[brewcity77]

MU needs Shaka far more than Shaka needs MU. 

I'll be honest, after 7 years of Wojo, I NEVER would've pegged you as the blind faith, coach walks on water, dedicated slurper you've become. Good lord, we can't even have a good faith discussion about the state of the program under Shaka without you getting apoplectic in lemming support. Of all the people...