batts said:

And, on top of that, he has to read the inane nonsense spewed on this Board.

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I have no doubt Sha is stressed and is taking the losing hard.

But he needs to focus on the things or in his control. Reflect on his own coaching; are there issues with the staff., etc. in any executive position, you’re going to have critics. If his health is affected by a couple of idiots on a message board, then he has bigger problems.

Ok, assuming we will have some $ infusion via Revenue Sharing and/or NIL to build out the ‘25/‘26 roster, I see a key need being a GM/Player Development role to help oversee the Roster development. Shaheen should embrace this since it may take heat off of him if you end up seeing another season of blown money. Let’s get someone who can assist Shaheen with building a data driven type of roster and make sure we’re spending the $ wisely. I respect Shaheen for getting “his type of players” but you can’t have a bunch of players who can’t put the ball in the hoop and play OK defense.

Bud Boomer said:

If we need our coach to use some of his salary to pay players, we are not a serious program.

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Is LSU football not a serious program? Brian Kelly giving over a million to NIL from his salary next year. Sha needs to do the same after this disgrace. Get some ball knowledge.

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Good news. We should always play them at MSG. And should always be a must-attend for Hall fans. Too bad we’re terrible this year, sigh.

We haven’t played them there since beating them in Willard’s final season, 3 years ago. Prior to that was 2020, 5 years ago.

Bud Boomer said:

You're not wrong, but the desperate measures need to be something other than a coaching salary refund. Suppose that plan actually works, and Shaheen makes the tournament next year. Why on Earth wouldn't he leave immediately for a better opportunity? And who on Earth would touch this job with a 10-foot pole?

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In that case he can hold his head up high knowing the program is in just as good shape as it was when he arrived & I wouldn't blame him at all if he left. Bottom line is if Sha needs a bottomless pit of $ to be competitive he's at the wrong school. SH needs a coach that can work successfully within a limited budget & embrace the great opportunity he's presented with rather than constantly complain about it.

And coincidentally TT’s recruitment is the one that got Sha and us in trouble with the NCAA. Harmon had similar issues at WKU, it could not have been a total surprise, rather, a risk assessment that blew up in his face. The evaluation on Harmon/Dual got this whole thing off on the wrong foot because we had zero at PG then had to put freaking DAW of all people at the point. OMG, lol. We didn’t have a chance to get anything organized that way when integrating so many new players.

And then our 5th year players either have missed massive chunks of the season or were flat-out terrible (DAW, Jenkins, Toumi). So when you’re getting 0 from PG and 5th-year players that’s a tough way to live with a roster based upon how Sha designed it.

You can’t go 1-10 against DePaul, Butler, Providence, Georgetown, Monmouth, Hofstra, and Fordham. And of that, 1-5 at home!! I was hopeful we built and could coach a team to at least avoid that level of terrible. Nope.

Halldan1 said:

Of course he deserves some blame for this fiasco. And he knows it. He is taking the amount of criticism he deserves hard as no one wants to win more than he.

My point is that I and others worry about his health. To see him in the post game is brutal. He has the weight of the world on his shoulders right now.

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And, on top of that, he has to read the inane nonsense spewed on this Board.

SHUHoopsFan said:

We put a kid out there with medical issues in a 4 point win and back to back 1 point losses???? That’s not a good look.

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It's not what you think. Think TT type of issue.

Halldan1 said:

He barely played for the same reason he left the team. Medical issues.

This was in no way addition by subtraction.

HAVE A HEART!

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We put a kid out there with medical issues in a 4 point win and back to back 1 point losses???? That’s not a good look.

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Bud Boomer said:

We do not belong in a grouping with any other BE teams.

1. St. John's
2. Creighton
3. UConn
4. Marquette

5. Villanova
6. Xavier

7. Georgetown
8. Butler
9. Providence

10. Depaul


11. Seton Hall

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1. UConn (projecting a healthy McNeeley back in the fold going forward)
2. SJU
3. Creighton
4. Marquette

5. Nova
6. Xavier

7. Gtown
8. Prov
9. Butler

10. Depaul
11. Hall (if DAW, Jenkins and SM are all back)

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You're not wrong, but the desperate measures need to be something other than a coaching salary refund. Suppose that plan actually works, and Shaheen makes the tournament next year. Why on Earth wouldn't he leave immediately for a better opportunity? And who on Earth would touch this job with a 10-foot pole?

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It's hard to play when you are injured.

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donnie_baseball said:

Tired of sucking? You've been around for 5 minutes. You continually discredit a very good season last year, where the program was robbed of a bid by the committee, and now this. Where were you for most of the 2000s? You are a clown, and not someone that the program should worry about satisfying, for these reasons and more.

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We were a top 60 team last year. Same as the year before. That's decent, and consistent with the Willard standard, but I think we were all hoping for a bit better. Given this season, I can understand why some of the fanbase is jumping ship. Honestly, and I've said it before, this all reminds me very much of the Willard tenure. An overconfident coach took over a decent team (I know the Gonzo program was a mess, but Willard inherited four solid players in Hazell, Pope, Theodore and Edwin), held the line for two years, and then ran it into the ground in year 3. Holloway's year 3 has been much worse than Willard's year 3, but the NIL mess has complicated things in a way that Willard never experienced.

If our only Big East win of the season is a gift & miracle win over the second worst team in the conference we are not a serious program.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. One more year of this garbage & there will be no more friends in the media to defend it.

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