A question for the Scoop elders

[Billy Hoyle]

Nobody mentions the admission standards.
Why did Buzz leave?
He couldn't recruit.
Why did Al hang it up?
He said, because he couldn't recruit.

The Big East was set up to compete with the Ivy League.  So here we are, enjoy.

You forgot to put this in teal or include /s at the end.

Admissions standards? MU will admit nearly any hoops recruit who meets NCAA qualifier standards and shows the ability to remain eligible and graduate, as well as stay out of trouble. Buzz had a bunch of guys who were barely eligible every year and were involved in a couple of very embarrassing off-court incidents. He also left because he wasn't willing to see how the new Big East would be. It turns out he was wrong about it.

Why did Al hang it up? Dude, that was 48 years ago. It has no bearing on anything today.

The Big East is set up to be the Ivy League? If that were the case, A) DePaul, Xavier, Seton Hall, and St. John's wouldn't have been included, and B) let me know when the Ivy League produces Men's Basketball four national champions in ten years

[MU82]

The main parallel between now and the Dukiet years is weak administration.  Where Dr. Lovell made it clear that top tier hoops was a priority, there has been no such vision or strategy from the DEI dumbo currently in charge.  (in fact, no vision or strategy on anything at all). Is Mr. Kim Ah DEI in a position to sit down with Shaka and say - hey, you need to do things differently because the school depends on MU hoops being in the top 25?  Nah. 
In that case, a strong AD would be the one to do so.  In MU case, it seems the coach selected the AD rather than the AD selecting the coach... so again - he's not the one.
What would remain as the only possible input is the input of some major contributors -if they can get through the above two filters - but contributors have a history of not having unified messaging.  And that would be enough to make a coach just leave rather than just do things a bit differently and get back to winning.
I fear MU basketball doesn't get fixed until there is a real University President and a very strong AD. 
(note well that Raynor was not historically weak, but by late 80's the times had passed him and he was no longer effective - he was not even present enough to be effective)

Well, this is ... something.

[Newsdreams]

Nobody mentions the admission standards.
Why did Buzz leave?
He couldn't recruit.
Why did Al hang it up?
He said, because he couldn't recruit.

The Big East was set up to compete with the Ivy League.  So here we are, enjoy.

The bar was set at mid-major with a TV contract.
Now with pay-per-view the world has changed again.

I'm glad I'getting SS, it will help pay for all my streaming subscriptions.

What does being old give me?
Experience and strategic thinking.

Wut???

[Newsdreams]

The main parallel between now and the Dukiet years is weak administration.  Where Dr. Lovell made it clear that top tier hoops was a priority, there has been no such vision or strategy from the DEI dumbo currently in charge.  (in fact, no vision or strategy on anything at all). Is Mr. Kim Ah DEI in a position to sit down with Shaka and say - hey, you need to do things differently because the school depends on MU hoops being in the top 25?  Nah. 
In that case, a strong AD would be the one to do so.  In MU case, it seems the coach selected the AD rather than the AD selecting the coach... so again - he's not the one.
What would remain as the only possible input is the input of some major contributors -if they can get through the above two filters - but contributors have a history of not having unified messaging.  And that would be enough to make a coach just leave rather than just do things a bit differently and get back to winning.
I fear MU basketball doesn't get fixed until there is a real University President and a very strong AD. 
(note well that Raynor was not historically weak, but by late 80's the times had passed him and he was no longer effective - he was not even present enough to be effective)

WTF, you have no idea

[jesmu84]

The main parallel between now and the Dukiet years is weak administration.  Where Dr. Lovell made it clear that top tier hoops was a priority, there has been no such vision or strategy from the DEI dumbo currently in charge.  (in fact, no vision or strategy on anything at all). Is Mr. Kim Ah DEI in a position to sit down with Shaka and say - hey, you need to do things differently because the school depends on MU hoops being in the top 25?  Nah. 
In that case, a strong AD would be the one to do so.  In MU case, it seems the coach selected the AD rather than the AD selecting the coach... so again - he's not the one.
What would remain as the only possible input is the input of some major contributors -if they can get through the above two filters - but contributors have a history of not having unified messaging.  And that would be enough to make a coach just leave rather than just do things a bit differently and get back to winning.
I fear MU basketball doesn't get fixed until there is a real University President and a very strong AD. 
(note well that Raynor was not historically weak, but by late 80's the times had passed him and he was no longer effective - he was not even present enough to be effective)

Wow

[muwarrior69]

I know nothing about our administration / AD situation.  Can someone more informed give insight on how confident we feel about our current administration? If god forbid be have another year like this next year, do we feel good about leadership being able to right the ship?

We'll find out at the end of the season.

[muwarrior69]

The main parallel between now and the Dukiet years is weak administration.  Where Dr. Lovell made it clear that top tier hoops was a priority, there has been no such vision or strategy from the DEI dumbo currently in charge.  (in fact, no vision or strategy on anything at all). Is Mr. Kim Ah DEI in a position to sit down with Shaka and say - hey, you need to do things differently because the school depends on MU hoops being in the top 25?  Nah. 
In that case, a strong AD would be the one to do so.  In MU case, it seems the coach selected the AD rather than the AD selecting the coach... so again - he's not the one.
What would remain as the only possible input is the input of some major contributors -if they can get through the above two filters - but contributors have a history of not having unified messaging.  And that would be enough to make a coach just leave rather than just do things a bit differently and get back to winning.
I fear MU basketball doesn't get fixed until there is a real University President and a very strong AD. 
(note well that Raynor was not historically weak, but by late 80's the times had passed him and he was no longer effective - he was not even present enough to be effective)

Well, this is ... something.

Yeah, I agree. This is something.