If we had the Internet in 1977 . . .

Since this season has not been all seashells and balloons for Marquette so far, there has been a fair amount of criticism of Tom Crean and his players' efforts on everything from recruiting, to underachievement to shooting ability. The common theme: this years team and coach is embarrassment to the school and its alumni.

On the MUScoop message board, Chico's pointed out that on February 27th, 1977, MU was sitting with a record of 18-6 on the way to an final season record (pre tournament) of 20-7. Which got me thinking about how some of today's sentiments would translate to the waning days of the 1977 season.

By late February, MU had lost it's final three home games--to unranked DePaul, #15 Detroit, and unranked Wichita State.

Based on a theme I initially posted on the MUScoop Message Board, and continued here by popular demand, I present to you If We Had The Internet in 1977.

Yes, if we had the Internet in 1977, one has to wonder just what the tenor of the message boards would be if we had everyone of significance back from a 28-2 team, but were on the way to a 7 loss season--the most losses in one season in a decade.

Lets have some fun with today's message boards magically transported to February 1977:

"SEVEN losses with this much experience returning is UNACCEPTABLE!"

"We've underachieved every year McGuire has been here, and we're screwing the pooch BIG TIME this year. Thank God he's gone after this season."

"If only AM could recruit a decent big man. We need another aircraft carrier--we haven't had once since Chones left, and Ellis and Whitehead simply aren't getting the job done."

"20 wins isn't what it used to be, now that the tournament has expanded to 32 teams"

"We don't even have 20 wins. We're really only 19-7. I don't count the win against St. Leo. They're not Division 1."

"We're 2-5 against ranked opponents. That hardly deserves an NCAA bid."

"We can't really give AM credit for the Final Four, because he had Tatum and Lucas. What has Al done when he hasn't had players like that?"

"We should have at least FOUR championships already. Our talent since '74 is at least as good as Wooden's."

"Clearly our weak schedule is hurting us down the stretch. We're simply not prepared to play in February and March."

"We had the greatest MU player ever in George Thompson--and all he have to show for his efforts is an NIT runner-up. "

"Rutgers doesn't have a single player who would start for us, and they made the final four last year."

"Vitale over at Detroit is building a dynasty."

"At least we don't have to go through the heartbreak of ANOTHER early exit from the NCAA--we won't even MAKE the field this year."

"The administration doesn't care about the alumni. Our nickname will always be the HILLTOPPERS."

Any more ideas? Add your contributions in the comments.