clarkwgriswold

It happens. Arizona State football had a kid who went in, then committed to return then went back in and transferred. It's all nuts.

Only if he plays 6 games then bails.

I believe Alex Abreu was inducted into the DEA and United States Postal Service Halls of Fame.

Our old friend Bob Huggins is reportedly going to be one of this year's inductees into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Congrats Bob. Well deserved.

Clearly, the Zips are in a worse position than they were 2-3 weeks ago, however, the only relevant point of comparison is 2-3 weeks ago versus next March.

A MAC regular season championship makes for a really nice banner and little else.

He's certainly not a program changing loss. They'll find a replacement without much difficulty. In the portal he'll be seen as a 7 footer who is generally able to get down the floor without tripping on his own feet and some coaches will remember the old maxim "you can't teach height."

I'm thinking I should have started a thread "The Next Shoe to Drop- losses to the Transfer Portal" where we could all make predictions as to our next defection.

What many of these kids need to understand is that a person at the talent level to be an average or above average MAC player isn't going to draw any NIL money anywhere.

I think Aziz could have developed into a reasonable contributor. I don't think he was never going to be All-MAC but I could see him as a 20- 25 minute a night guy averaging 8-10 points and 5-6 rpg. He was also a possible solution to facing larger lineups as with development he could be on the floor more with Freeman. Who knows what goes through the head of a 21 year old kid from Senegal in a distant land where he's learning English as a second language. It seems like staying would be the most comfortable option but maybe there's a better choice for him out there somewhere. I hope he's not being sold a bill of goods.

Good call. I miss getting to know the kids through 4 years of watching them grow up in a program.

I'm a little surprised/disappointed that in nearly two pages of posts on Ali's departure no one has stated "good riddance" or "don't let the door hit you in the...." You're slipping gentlemen. LOL.

If Ali and his family think that going elsewhere is in his best interests so be it. It's no different really than someone taking what they perceive to be a better job. However, I think he's going to find that being a minor player playing 10 to 20 minutes on a p5 team isn't nearly as rewarding as being a major player on a competitive MAC team for a coach willing to overlook your flaws.

That post was much more mature than my rejected teenage boy like "I never really liked you anyway!" response.

This one pi$$e$ me off a little so I am not going to sugarcoat it. Here is a kid that was recruited by a single D1 school. That school allowed him to get on the court early and when he made obvious mistakes the head coach stood up and praised him to the press. He's now obviously been sold a bill of goods by hangers on and other programs and rather than stick by those who have stuck by him he is buying the the unwarranted perception that he's an NBA prospect. Let's be honest. NBA prospects dominate the MAC as freshman or sophomores, they don't enter their 4th year in a MAC program as a "nice" MAC player.

I love this Morehead quote from the above article- “Find another place to go where you won't be held to a standard and you don't do it the way you want it done or they can sit on the bench. There's really not much discussion to it and they've learned the difference between a suggestion and directive.”

It's being discussed in the Scholarship Chart thread.

I thought the kid showed promise but let's be frank. As a big man he didn't play on a team that was short on big men. Have to trust the staff's assessment on this one.

That clip also makes you love Jimond ivey.

Top-notch comments Captain. You can just sense that culture stuff when you listen to Groce talk about the kids locker room discussion after the UCLA loss. That tells me he is instilling a culture and sense of family that makes kids want to stay.

I sometimes zip through these or skip parts as they are just reviews of things I have already seen but this one definitely had some good info in it.

That;s what I expected. Unfortunately, the mid-majors have become the developmental leagues for the top programs.

I wonder how Miller will do at Xavier with a decreased player budget. Scumbag. I wonder if our man Dru has any chance at the CSU job. In today's world, I don't think organizations can have much flexibility in situations like Jans (unless they're trading for a top QB).