Really Good Day for the Future of Marquette Basketball

[rocky_warrior]

I don't think I ever said anything about Freeman before people started pointing him out as a portal failure.

But, as MU fans embrace the portal, we need to realize they're not all Kolek.

A healthy Freeman would have been a positive addition to this years team.

Even knowing what we know now (that he wasn't a major impact), wouldn't you have traded all of Sean, Caedin & Tre $ for him?

[tower912]

Careful.   Next thing you might post is that the portal is merely a tool and that there are still the same numbers of winners and losers as there were pre-portal.

[panda]

And, even with his woeful stats, a much better one year investment than the three years Caedin Hamilton has received.

I'd take him next year in a good buy low spot tbh

[muwarrior69]

See: Owen Freeman at Creighton

Are schools allowed to see their medical records so they can evaluate an athletes potential after an injury? I guess I am asking did Creighton know Freeman was injured before they signed him?

[tower912]

A Google search indicates his knee injury happened during a summer pick up game.  A second google search indicates he signed with Creighton in April.

[Jay Bee]

Freeman's numbers are fantastic when he plays. If healthy, he's perhaps a top portal addition. Probably not the poster boy for "portal potty misses".

[tower912]

Once a player signs with MU, injuries are an excuse, not a reason.

[Shooter McGavin]

Again, no one is saying the portal is a panacea.  Do posters have to mention a failed portal player and laugh and point fingers and say I told you so, every discussion/thread with the word portal in it?

All the intelligent posters know that portal players need to be scouted like any other player.  They have to be the right fit for a team to help.  They need to stay healthy like any other player to be available to play. 

Bringing up failed portal players or injured portal layers and pointing out that it doesn't always work is silly. 

[muwarrior69]

I don't think I ever said anything about Freeman before people started pointing him out as a portal failure.

But, as MU fans embrace the portal, we need to realize they're not all Kolek.

A healthy Freeman would have been a positive addition to this years team.

Even knowing what we know now (that he wasn't a major impact), wouldn't you have traded all of Sean, Caedin & Tre $ for him?

I am puzzled as to why Shaka does not play Clark more. At this point who cares if we win the game this season. Let's see if Clark can actually play or is he worse than Caedin?

[panda]

I am puzzled as to why Shaka does not play Clark more. At this point who cares if we win the game this season. Let's see if Clark can actually play or is he worse than Caedin?

He is less skilled than Hamilton and after two seasons, still can't make it up and down the floor 2 possessions in a row without looking gassed

[MUbiz]

From friends of the program, fwiw:

2. Going into this season, he believed his culture and development would generate success

This is why I have reservations about Shaka as the long term solution. If you attended the open practices this year and were objective, you as a fan knew MUBB did not have a top half Big East basketball team.