Moving your Wojo Needle

[Billy Hoyle]

Come on everyone, you're missing the most obvious candidate: Gregggggggg Marshall. Proven winner, desperate for work, psycho wife.

Of course, the chances of Marshall being hired at MU are exactly the same as Wojo being fired after this season.

[WhiteTrash]

Come on everyone, you're missing the most obvious candidate: Gregggggggg Marshall. Proven winner, desperate for work, psycho wife.

Of course, the chances of Marshall being hired at MU are exactly the same as Wojo being fired after this season.

You really think there's a possibility we hire Marshall?

[The Big East]

First rule of College Presidents is no scandals.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

You really think there's a possibility we hire Marshall?

Wojo could lose every game and nor be fired. COVID sucks

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

You really think there's a possibility we hire Marshall?

None.

[Billy Hoyle]

You really think there's a possibility we hire Marshall?

That's why I said the chance of Greggggg is the same as Wojo being fired is equal.

Unless Wojo drags the national title trophy behind his car around campus wearing a Bucky Badger costume, with kidnapped naked cheerleaders with him, he isn't getting fired this year. And I'm more likely dunk on Giannis than that ever happening this season. Follow the (lack of) money.

[4everwarriors]

Just da female cheerleaders or male too, hey?

[willie warrior]

The wojo slurp support just keeps rising to the defense of Capt. Mediocrity. With support like this it appears that he has a lifetime contract. So we can all deal with it as MU continues to slide into lower depths of college bb.

[Eldon]

Becky Hammon

Stan Johnson

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Becky Hammon

Stan Johnson

Hammon's not coming to MU.

And Stan?  We will see how he pans out as a head coach first.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The wojo slurp support just keeps rising to the defense of Capt. Mediocrity. With support like this it appears that he has a lifetime contract. So we can all deal with it as MU continues to slide into lower depths of college bb.

What part of "COVID is going to keep the university from firing Wojo" translates to "slurp support"?

[brewcity77]

Becky Hammon

Stan Johnson

Hammon will likely be a NBA coach soon, no reason to take on the additional headaches of the college game.

That said, she's a lot closer to my top two choices than anyone else mentioned in this thread.

[Silent Verbal]

Hammon wants to, and will, be a head coach in the NBA within the next few years.  Plus, she likely doesn't have the recruiting network and experience that a veteran head or assistant coach at the college level has.  This would also be why I'm against hiring Doc Rivers; no way he'd want to go into a teenager's home and kiss butt to the kid's parents.  And that's half the job of a college coach.

[WhiteTrash]

That's why I said the chance of Greggggg is the same as Wojo being fired is equal.

Unless Wojo drags the national title trophy behind his car around campus wearing a Bucky Badger costume, with kidnapped naked cheerleaders with him, he isn't getting fired this year. And I'm more likely dunk on Giannis than that ever happening this season. Follow the (lack of) money.

It was a joke; I knew what you were getting at and tend to agree with you. Should have used teal. 

I don't see a change happening nor do I see MU extending Wojo either.

[shoothoops]

Is Otz still considered successful after a 1-7 start in a year he was supposed to be a top 4 team in the MWC? I say that as someone who was intrigued by TJO as a potential candidate last season.

The names that excite me most on that list are Wardle,  Michaelson, and Medved... which isn't very exciting. That being said,  no one was excited about Buzz when he got the nod and he turned out great on the court.

But it doesn't matter. Barring an alum offering to pay the buyout or Wojo leaving on his own accord,  he will be our coach next season. Best case scenario for Marquette is for the team to pull it together and start winning some games.

Is Wardle still considered successful after losing to 2-7 N. Iowa today?  Bradley is now 6-4. Is this going to be the 2nd time in six seasons Wardle has a winning league record at Bradley?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I don't see a change happening nor do I see MU extending Wojo either.

I think an extension is inevitable. But if it happens, it will come with a renegotiated buyout.

[MU82]

I think an extension is inevitable. But if it happens, it will come with a renegotiated buyout.

How will we know if it does?

[JTJ3]

darian devries needs to be high up on the list.  what he has done at drake is incredible and he has plenty of midwest and big east ties.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

How will we know if it does?

Occam's razor again. If Wojo gets extended after a blah season it either means a): Scholl is at least somewhat competent at his job and is giving Wojo the tools to succeed (an extension to help recruiting) and an incentive to win now or be fired (lowered buyout) or b) Scholl is incompetent and doesn't know how to handle an underperforming coach. I think a) is more likely.

[MUBurrow]

darian devries needs to be high up on the list.  what he has done at drake is incredible and he has plenty of midwest and big east ties.

Darian, is that you?

[JTJ3]

Darian, is that you?

nope lol.  i also really like nate oats and otz as potential candidates.  both would do very well back home in milwaukee.  wardle would be kinda meh to me, but i understand the mu ties, and he does seem to be a better in game coach than wojo.  just has never recruited at the high major level as even an assistant coach.

[Billy Hoyle]

darian devries needs to be high up on the list.  what he has done at drake is incredible and he has plenty of midwest and big east ties.

Well, DeVries' AD is Scholl's protege.

[1SE]

Years? There's been one offseason since Wojo was extended and he was a lock for the NCAAT before it was canceled (meaning he wasn't going to be fired) and the pandemic had already started. There literally hasn't been a non pandemic year since Wojo was extended.

Sorry, I meant had there been no pandemic - it seems that even in the absence of the pandemic Wojo's buyout has appeared too high (according the the rumors on this site). If it really is, who knows.

But the basic point is the buck stops with the guy in charge. MUBB doesn't win, that's on Wojo. MU keeps around a coach that doesn't win, that's on Scholl.

And let's not kid ourselves, Marquette is a fine school but, overall, there is nothing from an academic standpoint that sets it aside from dozens of other private, non-selective, universities across the country. The thing that brings MU national attention (and thus interest from students, more donor money, etc.) is its basketball program.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Sorry, I meant had there been no pandemic - it seems that even in the absence of the pandemic Wojo's buyout has appeared too high (according the the rumors on this site). If it really is, who knows.

But the basic point is the buck stops with the guy in charge. MUBB doesn't win, that's on Wojo. MU keeps around a coach that doesn't win, that's on Scholl.

And let's not kid ourselves, Marquette is a fine school but, overall, there is nothing from an academic standpoint that sets it aside from dozens of other private, non-selective, universities across the country. The thing that brings MU national attention (and thus interest from students, more donor money, etc.) is its basketball program.

OK but cmon...

When did you think he should have been fired.  In 2019 because they failed down the stretch?  In 2020 when Covid didn't even let them play in the tournament?

Look, I am not a fan of the guy and think its best to move on.  But realistically I know that there was no way they were going to fire the guy after the last two seasons.  Unless this season becomes an absolute dumpster fire, I don't see it after this year either.

[Galway Eagle]

Sorry, I meant had there been no pandemic - it seems that even in the absence of the pandemic Wojo's buyout has appeared too high (according the the rumors on this site). If it really is, who knows.

But the basic point is the buck stops with the guy in charge. MUBB doesn't win, that's on Wojo. MU keeps around a coach that doesn't win, that's on Scholl.

And let's not kid ourselves, Marquette is a fine school but, overall, there is nothing from an academic standpoint that sets it aside from dozens of other private, non-selective, universities across the country. The thing that brings MU national attention (and thus interest from students, more donor money, etc.) is its basketball program.

Isn't out physical therapy program like no3 in the country? I mean I feel like that sets it apart if you're after that program.