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Comment: Gregg Marshall Risk

Posted on: December 14, 2021 at 11:04:23 CT

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The "story" of Gregg Marshall's departure from Wichita State is player abuse. Whether or not that is the case, that is the perception in the college basketball world.

If Mizzou were to hire Marshall and anything happen during his tenure that even remotely smacked of abuse, there would be a danger of a public outcry. Mizzou couold be forced into a position of having to fire Marshall and deal with a public perception that winning was more important to Mizzou than how the players were treated. Bluntly, this could occur even if the incidents were minor and not Marshall's fault.

Bluntly, the Tiger AD, the University Administration and the Currators would be fools to take the risk that could happen. That bad publicity would attach to far more than just the basketball program.

The criticism of Mizzou could easily extend far beyond the Men's Basketball Progrqm, even beyond the Athletic Department.

The risk of the possible downside far outweighs the upside of having a competent coach.

Further, if Marshall were hired, he would be wide open for "negative recruiting". How many recruiters from other schools whould find a time and place to have a queit conversation with the parents of a prospect and steer the conversation to "you the Mizzou coach had all those problems at Wichita State, do you really want to put your son in a situation where that could happen to him?

Bottom line is it's far better to pass on Marshall and not run the risk of these things happening.

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Comment: Gregg Marshall Risk - ScottsdaleTiger MU - 12/14 11:04:23

consistent winning is the risk - cal tiger MU - 12/14 20:54:04

RE: Comment: Didn’t they say the same thing about hiring… - jhawkkiller MU - 12/14 20:38:31

It's a risk worth taking. (nm) - zounami MU - 12/14 12:55:04

the good players loved him, the whiny little t wats - cal tiger MU - 12/14 12:54:58

Yep, he had some lockerroom cancers who coordinated the - zounami MU - 12/14 13:03:17

Wah Wah Wah----so tired of this "public outcry" BS - Mizzou1990 MU - 12/14 12:37:00

The Freeze issues weren’t ever going to prevent - wu-tangtiger MU - 12/14 12:40:47

Winning cures all ills. Once Marshall lands somewhere and - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 12:44:01

And while associated with a religious group - Mormad MU - 12/14 12:42:07

Agree, MU will never be good in bb again because of - FIJItiger MU

- 12/14 12:34:07

Yep, our AD and fans are self-righteous LOSERS. (nm) - zounami MU - 12/14 12:51:27

So it’s not possible to hire a good coach that is also - Jeff85 MU - 12/14 12:42:51

As we discussed previously, by that definition Norm was - FIJItiger MU

- 12/14 12:45:25

Keep telling me how horrible you thought Norm - Jeff85 MU - 12/14 12:55:15

I think Norm was awesome, that is why I am comparing - FIJItiger MU

- 12/14 12:57:52

With that endorsement I’m sure it will be a - Jeff85 MU - 12/14 13:07:16

Mr. Fiji....as Athletic Director at the University - Mormad MU - 12/14 12:39:37

Of course if I was AD I would be prepared to take on and - FIJItiger MU

- 12/14 12:46:33

He's toxic and MU admin has always been risk-averse - HissingPrigs77 MU - 12/14 11:52:38

I would not mind seeing Marshall as coach but agree that the - KC rules MU - 12/14 12:43:37

People change, in fact no one is static - tiger4real MU - 12/14 12:05:14

There's zero appetite for controversy. No Pitino, either. - HissingPrigs77 MU - 12/14 12:48:04

I think the fact no D1 school has signed him says everything - OGT MU - 12/14 11:34:29

LOL, we hear this argument about EVERY elite coach who's - zounami MU - 12/14 12:52:03

he was fired for ON the court issues - player abuse - OGT MU - 12/14 14:56:34

He won at Wichita St with very little talent, good coaches - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 11:13:13

Yep. He can win without elite recruits. (nm) - zounami MU - 12/14 12:52:26

His success was in steep decline at Wichita when he was - Jeff85 MU - 12/14 12:47:31

No it wasn't. (nm) - zounami MU - 12/14 12:52:57

No one wins in the SEC without talent. - wu-tangtiger MU - 12/14 12:51:29

He coached plenty. Cle Early, Vanvleet, Murry, Baker, Shamet - HissingPrigs77 MU - 12/14 12:56:17

And not one of them was a big recruit, only one was in the - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 14:04:57

"Steep decline" is a single rebuilding season? - HissingPrigs77 MU - 12/14 12:51:01

He won at Winthrop as well. The guy wins(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 12/14 12:36:04

he had 5 NBA players on this teams(nm) - MizzouAstro MU

- 12/14 11:32:29

Of those NBA players one was rated #88 in his recruiting - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 11:52:05

He won with NBA talent (nm) - wu-tangtiger MU - 12/14 11:24:29

He developed NBA talent. His recruiting classes were - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 11:53:02

Sure he identified talent. What a good coach should be able - wu-tangtiger MU - 12/14 12:02:32

Since 2007, MU has produced more pros than Wichita St (nm) - zoomer 99 - 12/14 11:31:06

Maybe 1 more(nm) - miz_zou MU - 12/14 11:41:25

only true if you count JWIII(nm) - TigerA MU - 12/14 11:34:36

Theres no amount of coaching that is going to make this - atMIZZOUnow MU - 12/14 11:19:33

Ever heard of the Princeton Offense? Taking bad shots leads - Central IL Tiger MU - 12/14 12:00:55

You make a team good shooters by running an offense that - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 11:56:17

Our offense needs more motion - Mormad MU - 12/14 12:17:52

How about we settle for any motion? Despite what other - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 12:24:45

Last year's team had Tilmon to run an occasional - Mormad MU - 12/14 12:28:54

The last few games Mizzou has been running as many - wu-tangtiger MU - 12/14 12:43:03

But if you watched once Tilmon got the ball down low the - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 12:42:29

Agree - I think Pickett is best utilized as a "cutter" - Mormad MU - 12/14 14:09:15

Marshall has had several nba players as well. he - TigerA MU - 12/14 11:21:44

His best recruiting class at WSU was #41. His average class - DHighlander NWMSU - 12/14 12:02:19