Wojo Excuses Thread

[Cheeks]

What you guys fail to accept...Buzz was given a leash, and he brought in his guys.  Some were great players and great people, a few weren't.  The university got burned by Buzz and those players in a bad way.  University said no more.  You guys wanting Buzz back and what Buzz was allowed to do....good luck with that.  University isn't going to get burned a second time.  They want to win, but they want to win in a way that keeps them out of the bad press.  That doesn't sit well with some of you that are in the mode of anything goes, etc.  But you aren't running the shots, the university leadership is.

[The Lens]

Oh. When the poster was talking about how we can excuse the last 7 games of the season I figured we were talking this season, not our NCAA Tournament success in the last 5 years.

This season was a complete bust. 

No pre season tourney win
No conf season champ
No conf tourney champ
No NCAA win

I love these players and I don't mind Wojo but this year was a bust. 

Our ROI is a disaster. 

[warriors141]

I watched it. Said Murray State is an outstanding team.

One guy said to Wojo..."you have a shooting guard sitting next to you, etc etc". Should have seen the look on Howard's face lol

where did you see this?

[The Lens]

What you guys fail to accept...Buzz was given a leash, and he brought in his guys.  Some were great players and great people, a few weren't.  The university got burned by Buzz and those players in a bad way.  University said no more.  You guys wanting Buzz back and what Buzz was allowed to do....good luck with that.  University isn't going to get burned a second time.  They want to win, but they want to win in a way that keeps them out of the bad press.  That doesn't sit well with some of you that are in the mode of anything goes, etc.  But you aren't running the shots, the university leadership is.

Who? Who burned the University?  Name names. 

[CountryRoads]

where did you see this?

Marquette comes on at 26 min.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e4bHpV5iqEk

[Stretchdeltsig]

What an awful loss.  So disappointed.  Embarrassing worst loss of the day.  Coaching was terrible. 

[Stretchdeltsig]

We looked like we played in slow motion.

[MUfan12]

Through 5 years-

Mike Deane: 100-55, NIT runner up and quarterfinal, 1-2 NCAA.

Steve Wojciechowski: 97-69, NIT quarterfinal, 0-2 NCAA.

[warriors141]

Marquette comes on at 26 min.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e4bHpV5iqEk

typical weak crap from wojo. murray state hadn't beat anyone all year, yet he talked them up like an nba team

[The Lens]

In order to feel better about the loss Marquette Athletics will post 17 instagrams about Wade, Jimmy & Jae all the while patting itself on the back for no longer being a program of Juco's and Prop 48s. 

[Mike Deane's Seat Belt]

i think the off the court issues of tbe buzz era are blown way out of proportion.  This was not a memphis or kentucky level program dirty dealings.   

[PointWarrior]

Well stated...   

But what will change next year ?

This season was a complete bust. 

No pre season tourney win
No conf season champ
No conf tourney champ
No NCAA win

I love these players and I don't mind Wojo but this year was a bust. 

Our ROI is a disaster.

[warriorfred]

Well stated...   

But what will change next year ?

Nothing.   Al right, there is the possibility that one of the PG recruits is an all-world freshman and takes the team to the next level.

If I had to bet, Marquette probably makes the tournament and it's a crap shoot whether the Warriors make it out of the first round.  Then the 2020-2021 season is a step-back and we debate the merits of the NIT.

[rocky_warrior]

Through 5 years-

Mike Deane: 100-55, NIT runner up and quarterfinal, 1-2 NCAA.

Steve Wojciechowski: 97-69, NIT quarterfinal, 0-2 NCAA.

Trajectory!
Deane:
21-12
23-8
22-9
20-11
14-15

Wojo:
13-19
20-13
19-13
21-14
24-10

Wojo has a lot to learn, but if you don't notice different trends for both coaches as they get their players, you're just making noise.

[Pops Sims]

Wojo crapped the bed!

[5DollarPitcher]

Trajectory!
Deane:
21-12
23-8
22-9
20-11
14-15

Wojo:
13-19
20-13
19-13
21-14
24-10

Wojo has a lot to learn, but if you don't notice different trends for both coaches as they get their players, you're just making noise.

Year 2, 3, and 4 look quite similar, honestly. Especially when you consider the ultimate outcomes (nothing, NCAA, NIT).  Year 5 aesthetically looks better but it's only fair to qualify it with the fact that the Big East was undoubtedly way down in Year 5... and we got spanked by a midmajor in Round 1.  There's no trajectory.

[Herman Cain]

Through 5 years-

Mike Deane: 100-55, NIT runner up and quarterfinal, 1-2 NCAA.

Steve Wojciechowski: 97-69, NIT quarterfinal, 0-2 NCAA.

I put up a poll at the beginning of Wojos tenure asking if he would exceed Mike Deane. The answer now that the result are in is he didn't.

[rocky_warrior]

  Year 5 aesthetically looks better but it's only fair to qualify it with the fact that the Big East was undoubtedly way down in Year 5...

Deane's year 5 went 6-10 in CUSA!  Lost to mighty SLU (8-8 CUSA) in the CUSA tourney!

Wojo has improved Marquette basketball in his tenure. Not as quickly as anyone would have liked. But comparing his 5 years to Deane's is a bad argument

[#UnleashSean]

Deane's year 5 went 6-10 in CUSA!  Lost to mighty SLU (8-8 CUSA) in the CUSA tourney!

Wojo has improved Marquette basketball in his tenure. Not as quickly as anyone would have liked. But comparing his 5 years to Deane's is a bad argument

Yes Wojo has been better then Deane, but many expect a coach at Marquette to not be compared with a mid major. Hmmm?

[jsglow]

Yes Wojo has been better then Deane, but many expect a coach at Marquette to not be compared with a mid major. Hmmm?

Actually, I heard Wojo channel his best Mike Deane in an interview when he talked about how hard it is to make the NCAA.  Um, not with the budget you're given.  Big mistake with that comment.

[#UnleashSean]

Actually, I heard Wojo channel his best Mike Deane in an interview when he talked about how hard it is to make the NCAA.  Um, not with the budget you're given.  Big mistake with that comment.

Before wojo

8/9

AW 2/5.

I understand some of yall watched in the 80's and 90's when MU was a laughing stock. But there are those of us under the age of 35 who expect Marquette to not just be on the bubble every year, but consistently make some noise.

[MUfan12]

Deane's year 5 went 6-10 in CUSA!  Lost to mighty SLU (8-8 CUSA) in the CUSA tourney!

Wojo has improved Marquette basketball in his tenure. Not as quickly as anyone would have liked. But comparing his 5 years to Deane's is a bad argument

Just providing some numbers.

And it's far from a fact that Wojo has improved MU basketball.

[rocky_warrior]

And it's far from a fact that Wojo has improved MU basketball.

In his 5 years, pretty much a fact.

vs other MU coaches, not a fact. agreed?

[5DollarPitcher]

In his 5 years, pretty much a fact.

vs other MU coaches, not a fact. agreed?

OK?  He improved the team from a team that literally had majority walk-on caliber guys left because the old coach left and everyone else transferred out?  This isn't a point in the Wojo column.  Anyone with a pulse and the Marquette budget could've improved it from what it was.  The longer admin sticks with Wojo with these types of results, the sooner this will become the identity of the MU program.  Are you OK with that?

[Guy Fieri's Dad]

What you guys fail to accept...Buzz was given a leash, and he brought in his guys.  Some were great players and great people, a few weren't.  The university got burned by Buzz and those players in a bad way.  University said no more.  You guys wanting Buzz back and what Buzz was allowed to do....good luck with that.  University isn't going to get burned a second time.  They want to win, but they want to win in a way that keeps them out of the bad press.  That doesn't sit well with some of you that are in the mode of anything goes, etc.  But you aren't running the shots, the university leadership is.

How did uni get burned great marketing in deep tourneys runs. Nobody outside Milwaukee gave a care about the other stuff perpetrated by one player