This is exactly it

by Domer99, John Wesley Powell's Expedition Island, Monday, April 06, 2026, 09:35 (108 days ago) @ Jeremy (WeIsND)
edited by Domer99, Monday, April 06, 2026, 10:19

That's why I really struggle with the narrative that money would fix the ills of ND Basketball. If you want to point the finger at ND's administration then do so because they've supported Shrewsberry for this long, not because he doesn't have resources and support.

The fact that Shrews escapes so much accountability is mindblowing. Everybody kind of sweeps that aspect under the table.

In my post above, we beat out Michigan St. for Haralson because they didn't think they could match ND's NIL offer. In another tidbit, both Iowa and Nebraska seem to be competing with NIL and revshare less than $5MM.

Can we please quit pretending that throwing money at this issue solves it?

But the other element that has been brought up here many times before, even if there was more money, and even if we squeezed in a decent post season run every ~5 or so years...what's it really worth? Is the ROI there? I am not sure we'd feel better about the program.

But no matter what, even if you grant these talking heads all of their defenses and rationale, this is a program that should be capable of making a damn conference tournament that includes 15 or 18 teams. There is no excusing that kind of performance.

Instead, we are going to watch the lamest of lame duck seasons in MCBB. This will set us back another year in fielding a competitive basketball team. Here's hoping for the 2029 season.