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Very interesting if you listen to D Marshall during the telecast. He is very tight with Sha. Obviously raved about his ability to coach and lead men but last night said that the fans support is there, the new facility is done, great coach, great market , history of consistency and that the Administration needs to step up.
 
Very interesting if you listen to D Marshall during the telecast. He is very tight with Sha. Obviously raved about his ability to coach and lead men but last night said that the fans support is there, the new facility is done, great coach, great market , history of consistency and that the Administration needs to step up.
Step up is an understatement…how about wake up?
 
Sha is a fantastic coach and we are lucky to have him. Unfortunately, our administration and fan base do not financially support the program at a level that allows us to be competitive. I have the upmost respect that Sha is taking the blame but he is the least of our problems.
Some of what you say is true, but it is not like Fordham, Hofstra snd Monmouth are Elite Priograms. I would tend to believe that the Coaching staff did not do a good job more than the frugal Hall fans holding back their dollars at every turn.
 
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Guess he figured his options to leave are gone after this abomination.
He doesn’t want to leave! For Holloway and Bozzella, this is their dream job! Unlike some of those here who believe we should be some sort of stepping stone on the way to whatever you perceive to be better, they don’t! You can get it done here and they will!

I honestly wonder why some of you consider yourselves fans because it seems like you’d rather be somewhere else.
 
Sha is a fantastic coach and we are lucky to have him. Unfortunately, our administration and fan base do not financially support the program at a level that allows us to be competitive. I have the upmost respect that Sha is taking the blame but he is the least of our problems.
Changes in administration are long overdue. They keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It doesn’t work like that!
 
Very interesting if you listen to D Marshall during the telecast. He is very tight with Sha. Obviously raved about his ability to coach and lead men but last night said that the fans support is there, the new facility is done, great coach, great market , history of consistency and that the Administration needs to step up.
THIS! ^^^
 
Sha is a fantastic coach and we are lucky to have him. Unfortunately, our administration and fan base do not financially support the program at a level that allows us to be competitive. I have the upmost respect that Sha is taking the blame but he is the least of our problems.
I, too, feel we are lucky to have Shaheen. Would not say he is "a fantastic coach."

Didn't know Marshall and Shaheen are "very tight." Seems that Marshall is tight with everyone. Wonder if part of the touting of the coach by Marshall, Martelli and others is in part not to have viewers turn off lopsided games. Raftery made an on-air pitch for Blaney getting a year four in the late 1990's. That's what TV guys do.
 
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Sha is a fantastic coach and we are lucky to have him. Unfortunately, our administration and fan base do not financially support the program at a level that allows us to be competitive. I have the upmost respect that Sha is taking the blame but he is the least of our problems.
1st sentence. Yes, lucky to have him. Sha is also lucky to have a big salary, big east job, take over a job with studs with Richmond, Samuel and program that has had 10 years of success. Sha is lucky to have SHU as well.

2nd sentence. The school and admin doesnt support as much as they need to for sure. If SHU doesn’t support financialy enough, Sha should have been more aggressive with helping the teams donors and companies or pushed to hirer someone with that can. Much of the blame for this season is on Sha, you cannot put it all on NIL or admin. Evidence… our OOC record every year with Sha at SHU and losing to super low NIL teams. That’s on Sha. The % of blame is 40/60 Sha/NIL or 60/40, much of it is on Sha.

3rd sentence. NIL is a big, prob biggest problem for this past season, Sha is part of fundraising NIl so yes Sha is major part of the big probelm. The amount of NIL $ available doesn’t tell us how to allocate that money, how we sub out or our rotations, our plays and offensive vs defensive focus, our OOC scheduling….how we do against teams with 1/4 amount of NIL we have.

My hope is that Sha has learned this:

1) OOC way more important than he has been taking it. This ain’t St. Peter’s where you just need to win conf tourney. Figure it out earlier. Every year here, coming out of the OOC it’s been rough.

2) setting up team and players to win needs to improve. Sha’s rotations for almost 1/2 of every season here has been so wacky that almost every fan is like why are you subbing that guy out and why is that guy playing so much or why is that guy playing in that position.

3) goes with 2. stop playing 10-12 guys. That way doesn’t usually work. This ain’t St. Peter’s or the Tulane green wave. That’s a low major sub pattern move. Bad for players brand too why would I sign to play half the time I should and hurt my marketability. Doesn’t work even more now with limited NIl
Funds.

4) offensive needs to be more of a focus. Dunks/layups and 3s are the highest % shots. We take so many midrange shots it’s nuts. FT shooting is important, if you practice it enough and still missing, you recruited the wrong players. Less defensive sets that aren’t wining game for us unless we play poor shooting teams. Run more sets for our shooters, run plays that go inside out more just to get the ball moving even if it’s just as a decoy. The offense has been soooo bad with Sha so far at the hall. We lucky last year we had Dre, Dawes and Kooks bc two of the 3 could get shoots whenever they wanted (irrespective to our bad offensive sets) and Dawes the 3rd was a great 3pt shooter that could light it up.

5) goes with #4…PG play is important on offense. We need to lock up a floor general. Not a freshman, not a SG, or wings, or a PG that has had issues at other schools staying on roster. I like Dual on D a lot, next year he might be even better on offense if we keep him but dribbling 5 feet outside the 3pt line for 1/3 of the shot clock doesn’t do anything for the team

6) need to improve being the spokesperson/face for the team. Better with media, fans, get more individual and corp donors. Be more likable on sidelines on nationally televised game by not berated your own players constantly. Looks bad for the ShU brand.
 
Every ex-player/coach announcer defends a current coach having a miserable season. I wouldn't put a lot into that type of rhetoric.
Let your eyes determine his coaching ability & if the players seem to embrace playing for him.
 
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He doesn’t want to leave! For Holloway and Bozzella, this is their dream job! Unlike some of those here who believe we should be some sort of stepping stone on the way to whatever you perceive to be better, they don’t! You can get it done here and they will!

I honestly wonder why some of you consider yourselves fans because it seems like you’d rather be somewhere else.
Because history matters. Less than a year ago he interviewed elsewhere…it will be said it was for a raise, but he still interviewed.
 
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Everyone in this program, starting with the head coach, have been abysmal this year. Record says it all. But people here acting like things can’t change and change quickly are wrong.

We can continue to gripe on this lost season or turn the page. I’m not under the illusion that Sha is a HOF coach but it’s one terrible season. He deserves a chance to right the ship. Let’s check back in May and see what the roster looks like or if a veteran assistant has been hired.
 
Very interesting if you listen to D Marshall during the telecast. He is very tight with Sha. Obviously raved about his ability to coach and lead men but last night said that the fans support is there, the new facility is done, great coach, great market , history of consistency and that the Administration needs to step up.
Carino said the same thing on his Jersey Jump Shot last week. And he knows SHU about as well as any outsider.
 
Serious question. Does anyone really think we would have been a better team if Harmon didn't quit. He couldn't even physically compete with Fordham, St. Peters or Hofstra.
 
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1st sentence. Yes, lucky to have him. Sha is also lucky to have a big salary, big east job, take over a job with studs with Richmond, Samuel and program that has had 10 years of success. Sha is lucky to have SHU as well.

2nd sentence. The school and admin doesnt support as much as they need to for sure. If SHU doesn’t support financialy enough, Sha should have been more aggressive with helping the teams donors and companies or pushed to hirer someone with that can. Much of the blame for this season is on Sha, you cannot put it all on NIL or admin. Evidence… our OOC record every year with Sha at SHU and losing to super low NIL teams. That’s on Sha. The % of blame is 40/60 Sha/NIL or 60/40, much of it is on Sha.

3rd sentence. NIL is a big, prob biggest problem for this past season, Sha is part of fundraising NIl so yes Sha is major part of the big probelm. The amount of NIL $ available doesn’t tell us how to allocate that money, how we sub out or our rotations, our plays and offensive vs defensive focus, our OOC scheduling….how we do against teams with 1/4 amount of NIL we have.

My hope is that Sha has learned this:

1) OOC way more important than he has been taking it. This ain’t St. Peter’s where you just need to win conf tourney. Figure it out earlier. Every year here, coming out of the OOC it’s been rough.

2) setting up team and players to win needs to improve. Sha’s rotations for almost 1/2 of every season here has been so wacky that almost every fan is like why are you subbing that guy out and why is that guy playing so much or why is that guy playing in that position.

3) goes with 2. stop playing 10-12 guys. That way doesn’t usually work. This ain’t St. Peter’s or the Tulane green wave. That’s a low major sub pattern move. Bad for players brand too why would I sign to play half the time I should and hurt my marketability. Doesn’t work even more now with limited NIl
Funds.

4) offensive needs to be more of a focus. Dunks/layups and 3s are the highest % shots. We take so many midrange shots it’s nuts. FT shooting is important, if you practice it enough and still missing, you recruited the wrong players. Less defensive sets that aren’t wining game for us unless we play poor shooting teams. Run more sets for our shooters, run plays that go inside out more just to get the ball moving even if it’s just as a decoy. The offense has been soooo bad with Sha so far at the hall. We lucky last year we had Dre, Dawes and Kooks bc two of the 3 could get shoots whenever they wanted (irrespective to our bad offensive sets) and Dawes the 3rd was a great 3pt shooter that could light it up.

5) goes with #4…PG play is important on offense. We need to lock up a floor general. Not a freshman, not a SG, or wings, or a PG that has had issues at other schools staying on roster. I like Dual on D a lot, next year he might be even better on offense if we keep him but dribbling 5 feet outside the 3pt line for 1/3 of the shot clock doesn’t do anything for the team

6) need to improve being the spokesperson/face for the team. Better with media, fans, get more individual and corp donors. Be more likable on sidelines on nationally televised game by not berated your own players constantly. Looks bad for the ShU brand.
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