Captain Kangaroo Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Marcus Crenshaw and Demetrius “Mechie†Johnson have quit Can't State’s men’s basketball team. According to team sources, Crenshaw never bought into the program’s structured philosophy and demanded to be given free reign offensively to stay in Can't. The same sources said Crenshaw decided to give up his spot on the roster at the end of the season believinghe would find an offer to transfer to the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin. That opportunity has since disappeared. Crenshaw averaged 4.7 points per game while shooting just 36.2 percent from the field and 40 percent from the foul line in his freshman year. The 5-foot-9 Detroit native also turned the ball over 40 times and totaled just 36 assists while averaging more than 15 minutes per game as the Golden flushes’ backup point guard. He started five of the 33 games he played. Johnson is a bigger loss. He averaged justtwo points in less than 10 minutes per game as a sophomore last season, but, unlike Crenshaw,he had a team-first mentality that will be missed. Johnson’s attitude and work in practice earned him some significant minutes as a role player off the bench in the final two weeks of the season. His three blocked shots in the second half of the regular-season finale with Ohio University were the keys to a victory that clinched a first-round home game for Can't State in the Mid-American Conference tournament. Johnson was not willing to return to the flushes for another year as a role player. According to team sources, the 6-foot-4 swingman hopes to transfer to a Division I school that will allow him the chance to start. He would not have found that opportunity in Can't in 2005-06. The departures give Can't State coach Jim Christian two open scholarships. After finishing eighth in the MAC in 3-point shooting at a mediocre 35.2 percent, the flushes will most likely fill one of those open spots with a sharp-shooting wing from the junior-college ranks. The team will also add either a junior-college or true-freshman point guard in the near future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipboy Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 I thought Crenshaw had talent. The Johnson boys underachieved in college. I always thought that Sonny was the best. Christian seems to have the KD philosophy - if you don't want to be here, no one is stopping you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 They are available. You can have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balls Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Hey Captain Kangaroo....I got news for you....you have no *#?%'ing clue what your talkin about. To get on here and act as if you know what Can't needs and doesn't makes me laugh....we beat your ass twice this year and that hasn't happened since the elite eight team we had and Akron had absolutely no fire power that year. Akron's team this year won 19 games because the conference was the weakest it's been in 10 years. There were no pro players, no team pulled off any non-conference big-time wins. The winner of the conference Miami played one big time team and got beat by 40. The league this year was a bunch of mediocre teams beating up on one another. That rpi rating was a mess and Jay Bilas himself said it wasn't worth anything come selection Sunday. On top of those facts your non conference schedule was the worst I've ever seen for any MAC team. Who was the best team you played?.....Dayton? Don't get me wrong though, you guys had talent, probably the most talent in the league if you analyze it and you played injury free for the first time in a long time and you still got beat by an average Western Michigan team (No Mike Williams, No Anthony Kahn). I know I know.....What about Wood? That was probably the best thing that could have happened because it allowed Romeo to play more. With all that said your year sucked (totally overrated), we kicked your ass twice, and your coach (Little D Dambrot) could stand up and pleasure our coach........ha ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kflasher Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Marcus Crenshaw and Demetrius “Mechie†Johnson have quit Can't State’s men’s basketball team. According to team sources, Crenshaw never bought into the program’s structured philosophy and demanded to be given free reign offensively to stay in Can't. The same sources said Crenshaw decided to give up his spot on the roster at the end of the season believinghe would find an offer to transfer to the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin. That opportunity has since disappeared. Crenshaw averaged 4.7 points per game while shooting just 36.2 percent from the field and 40 percent from the foul line in his freshman year. The 5-foot-9 Detroit native also turned the ball over 40 times and totaled just 36 assists while averaging more than 15 minutes per game as the Golden flushes’ backup point guard. He started five of the 33 games he played. Johnson is a bigger loss. He averaged justtwo points in less than 10 minutes per game as a sophomore last season, but, unlike Crenshaw,he had a team-first mentality that will be missed. Johnson’s attitude and work in practice earned him some significant minutes as a role player off the bench in the final two weeks of the season. His three blocked shots in the second half of the regular-season finale with Ohio University were the keys to a victory that clinched a first-round home game for Can't State in the Mid-American Conference tournament. Johnson was not willing to return to the flushes for another year as a role player. According to team sources, the 6-foot-4 swingman hopes to transfer to a Division I school that will allow him the chance to start. He would not have found that opportunity in Can't in 2005-06. The departures give Can't State coach Jim Christian two open scholarships. After finishing eighth in the MAC in 3-point shooting at a mediocre 35.2 percent, the flushes will most likely fill one of those open spots with a sharp-shooting wing from the junior-college ranks. The team will also add either a junior-college or true-freshman point guard in the near future This is news to me. What's your source ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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