What would make you show Shaka the door in March?

[Vander Blue Man Group]

You keep saying this and it's simply idiotic. WE WERE RANKED IN THE TOP 10 TO START MARCH IN YEAR 5!!!

Stop acting like it was unreasonable to support the coach of a top-10 team.

We were ranked in the top 5 last season.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

The current players might like Shaka but have heard some former players are upset with Shaka.

Care to share more?

[MU82]

The current players might like Shaka but have heard some former players are upset with Shaka.

Without names and reasons, as well as something to vouch for the credibility of the source, this sounds questionable at best.

[Small Orange Soda]

Without names and reasons, as well as something to vouch for the credibility of the source, this sounds questionable at best.

Former players are fans too.

[Zog from Margo]

I'm not off the rails. The simple reality is Shaka has built his program around RGV and it is clearly a failed model, and he can't retool the roster the way it needs to be retooled without betraying everything he's said the last 4 years. I take him at his word, which means either he compromises his morals and promises to players, he doesn't compromise and we continue to suck, or he leaves.

I don't think he'll do the first option, I don't think the second is acceptable, which leaves only the third. It's not that he's not capable, it's that he's painted himself into a corner and can't stay at Marquette and quickly turn this around without betraying all the trust he's built up.

And no, we didn't pursue Owen Freeman or any other transfers. We haven't seriously pursued a D1 transfer in years.

I think "betraying trust" is an overstatement. Ben Steele said in his article that he expects a couple of players to transfer after the season and Shaka has not said he would never use the portal. Shaka has given the guys he recruited every chance in the world to succeed. He's already favored them over players in the portal. So giving them years to show what they have before telling them they won't be playing in the future at MU is not betraying any trust IMO.

[Viper]

We were ranked in the top 5 last season.

preseason #18. Made it to # 5 early December . Still top 10 early January. Overrated, but no one is complaining! Started to slide from there...#25 heading into the BET. Unranked the week after. 1st rd ncaa exit. You know the rest. 

[MuggsyB]

I think "betraying trust" is an overstatement. Ben Steele said in his article that he expects a couple of players to transfer after the season and Shaka has not said he would never use the portal. Shaka has given the guys he recruited every chance in the world to succeed. He's already favored them over players in the portal. So giving them years to show what they have before telling them they won't be playing in the future at MU is not betraying any trust IMO.

100% correct.  Especially in this climate.  It's time to get some freaking ballers with an array or skills and weapons at their disposal. 

[jesmu84]

The current players might like Shaka but have heard some former players are upset with Shaka.

Source?

[wadesworld]

Source?

Somebody whispered it in his ear. Just like somebody whispered that Nolan's dream school was MU but we don't have the money for him and that Nolan's family says that MU needs more than just Nolan.

[BM1090]

Well the good news is for a measured guy like you (who apparently isn't off the rails) and who formerly preached patience, and gave Wojo 5 years - Shaka will have 5 years to show that he's getting things on the right "trajectory."  He, far more than a guy like Wojo, should get 5 years, since he's already accomplished a crap ton at MU in his first 4 years.

So, lets call this Year 1 of Wojo, essentially.  To argue Shaka has to fix it in one year is silly - much like you, TAMU and other Projos suggested needing to give Wojo time to improve versus firing him after 1 or 2 years - and he didn't even have any skins on the wall for credentials of a Final Four, Sweet 16, 4 straight NCAAs at MU out of the gate before tailing off.

Look. Shaka has accomplished infinitely more than Wojo. He's a better coach. He's a better developer of talent. I prefer him as a representative of the university. I relate to him a lot more.

But we're staring at a year that would be significantly worse than Wojo's first two years. We might be the worst power conference team in the nation this year. If he has another one next year, he should be fired. If they improve a lot next year and but are still bad, I'd give him another year to show he's back on track. But this is an insanely bad team. And he's responsible for it.

I like Shaka a lot and hope he's here a long time, but he needs to do better than whatever the hell this is.