Mike Aaman - Victim of alleged assault in Narragansett

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 10 years ago

Rhody74 wrote:Here're the rules (Google is our friend!):

To qualify for a medical redshirt, a basketball player must sustain an “incapacitating injury or illness.” The injury or illness does not have to be related to basketball, but must take place after the first day of classes in the athlete’s senior year of high school. To gain a medical redshirt for a specific season, the athlete’s illness or injury must occur before the first game of the second half of the team’s schedule. If the team plays an odd number of games, the exact midseason contest is considered part of the second half. For example, if a basketball team plays 25 games, the injury or illness must occur before the start of the team’s 13th game. Games played in postseason tournaments, such as a conference tournament or the NCAA or NIT tournaments, count among the team’s total games played.
Games Played

To gain a medical redshirt, the athlete cannot compete in more than 30 percent of her team’s games within a season, not counting contests officially designated as scrimmages or exhibition games. When such computations are made, fractions are rounded up. For example, if a team plays 27 games, the exact 30 percent mark is 8.1. For the purposes of medical redshirt eligibility, therefore, the player may compete in nine games and still be eligible for a medical redshirt.

From http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/medi ... -4185.html

This is confusing; is it half the games (midseason) or 30 percent. It says both.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

Both. Can't play in more than 30% total or any games past mid season. So if you play one game and it is the last one, or if you play in all 14 of the first games out of 30, then you're out.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 10 years ago

So If Aaman sits out the rest of season, he is eligible for a medical redshirt - he only played the first 5 games of season which includes the three minutes he played against Arizona.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Again, I'll ask this question.
Do you want Mike Aaman for an additional year, or
should staff try to bring in a more productive player
at the end of Aaman's four years?

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

I don't know Rod, but as I said before you don't need to make that decision now unless you are deciding whether to hold him out or bring him back. IMO, that isn't a tough call. If he can play he should play.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

Obadiah wrote:So If Aaman sits out the rest of season, he is eligible for a medical redshirt - he only played the first 5 games of season which includes the three minutes he played against Arizona.

Yes, he'd be eligible to apply. No guarantee it would be granted, but it seems likely. Not sure how they treat non-sports injuries vs. sports one, or fault vs. no fault, though.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

I would think that if he's ready to play fairly soon [within the next few games] he should play.

If he's not ready until almost the end of the season, then keep him out.

Whether or not he gets 2 or 3 more years here isn't that big of a deal. If he was a stud player, then it might be, but he's not.

Carl K Tortella · Unread post by **Carl K Tortella** » 10 years ago

Twisted 3829, How did we get from Playboy to the Princeton Review? That is like comparing Marilyn Munroe to Phyllis Diller or pc to Harvard !!! Please!!!!!

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 10 years ago

Carl, twisted mentioned that publication, because the Princeton rating was the one that caught the attention of Carothers and catalyzed him into taking action to change the image.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

Carl, why do you care so much? We aren't going to have a debate about party school rankings from before any of our players were born. Start another thread if you feel the need to talk about it anymore.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 10 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:Again, I'll ask this question.
Do you want Mike Aaman for an additional year, or
should staff try to bring in a more productive player
at the end of Aaman's four years?

I'll wimp out and say I'm undecided. I love his heart and effort. His skill set seems limited, though. The staff should ALWAYS be looking for better players.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

When you have 13 scholarship players, not all are going to play. Having Mike as a 10th, 11th man on the bench wouldn't be a bad thing. He's an enthusiastic guy, not a bad insurance policy at the 4 or 5. Now this assuming that we overrecruit at his position. As the roster stands now, he'd still get decent playing time. Then again, none of this matters if he doesn't clean up his off the court stuff.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 10 years ago

Aaman seems to accept his role, which is rare for a big guy toward the end of the bench. But I agree it's an open question: do we want him to take up a scholarship for 5 years?

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

Billyboy, ideally the 10th and 11th guys on your bench are young guys you are developing who will have a role at some point. A spot or two in the roster may be taken up by guys who are injured. You'd probably rather not have upperclassmen sitting at the end of your bench eating up a scholarship if you had the choice.

RAM67 · Unread post by **RAM67** » 10 years ago

I think most of you are underestimating Mike because he doesn't look athletic. I think a healthy Aman could have influenced our record this year by one or two games. He did have a couple of post moves, was a decent free throw shooter, and always scrapped for the rebounds. I think he could have developed into a very solid back up guy.

Gonebarongone · Unread post by **Gonebarongone** » 10 years ago

I believe one of the most important aspects of the hardship waiver is that the injury has to be season ending. And that must be documented and proven in the application. So, if he is able to go, whether he plays or not is immaterial.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

Gonebarongone wrote:I believe one of the most important aspects of the hardship waiver is that the injury has to be season ending. And that must be documented and proven in the application. So, if he is able to go, whether he plays or not is immaterial.

That is true, technically. But you know how these things work.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

67, I wish he was around, too.
5 fouls, some decent play when he's in there,
could have made a difference in some of the close games.
You could play him and Martin instead of Martin and Reischel.
At least Aaman could make layups and free throws, and
always gave 100%.
My problem with him is, he let his team down with very poor judgement.

RAM67 · Unread post by **RAM67** » 10 years ago

That I agree with Rod.

Gonebarongone · Unread post by **Gonebarongone** » 10 years ago

TruePoint wrote:
Gonebarongone wrote:I believe one of the most important aspects of the hardship waiver is that the injury has to be season ending. And that must be documented and proven in the application. So, if he is able to go, whether he plays or not is immaterial.
That is true, technically. But you know how these things work.

I think the NCAA are ball busters when it comes to the hardship waiver. BC had a WR a few years ago (Momah, I think) that was granted the waiver by the ACC (I think you have to go through the conference, first) and the NCAA denied the application because BC hadn't adequately documented the first injury he had. And they were unable to prove it was season ending.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 10 years ago

I don't love him as a player but he isn't overwhelmed out there on most nights. Presumably he will be better 3 years from now than he was last year. I would like to have him. Pretty sure he will provide depth 3 years from now. One thing about this board is that there is too much stock in the guys we don't have vs the ones we already have. If we can get a better option for that 5th year some here are questioning then absolutely get that option but I doubt a 17-19 freshman or soph will be better than the matured body of the man mike will be by then.

Ram Stampede!!! · Unread post by **Ram Stampede!!!** » 10 years ago

I just wish we were getting some kind of update on our missing players. Its more tight lipped than a Bill Belichick press conference. All we hear is that there just isn't anything new to report.

NEWS FLASH: the season is more than half over now. It would be nice to at least get a more recent update. Peace of mind to the Rhody faithful that have witnessed some very close games...some very close losses that could have gone either way. Not to say that I'm not proud of our guys. The have shown a lot of excitement and fight lately.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

adam914 wrote:
ace wrote:
twisted3829 wrote:he's already played this year and too many games to get the medical red shirt
Yeah but only 5 of 31, right?
I always thought this was the case also, but I heard recently that Kevin Ware was going to medical redshirt this season and he has played in 9 games.

Official now for Ware

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... njured-leg

Rhody72 · Unread post by **Rhody72** » 10 years ago

If Mike Aaman is here for 2 more years, of course I would want him for an additional year unless he totally regressed as a player. Then again, I would recruit over him if I was able to get someone better. This doesn't sit well with those who think scholarships are a 4 year commitment. If Mike had sustained a basketball related injury, then I would be more supportive of the 4-year crowds position. Mike hurt the program by his personal decision unrelated to basketball.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

I can respect that opinion, 72. I have leanings that way as well.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Agree also, 72.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

Mike made a choice, which led to an unfortunate result. Of course it hurts the team, which he feels terrible about. But this is college sports, and if I'm charged with developing these guys, I don't see anything that happened here as enough to get him off my team. Overall, taking him on everything he's done here so far, I'm good with him.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Ace, as long as he doesn't screw up again, I'm OK with him, too.

Does anybody know how he's progressing? Is there a good chance he plays again this year, or not?

Some people must know, but they're not talking, I guess.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Silence coming from URI is deafening.
Nothing on Hare. Nothing on Aaman, Nothing on recruiting.
Last year, the theme was total transparency.
This year, it's like CFL is in charge of things.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Has anybody directly asked Dan about any of these things lately?

Maybe the less we know about recruiting right now, the better? I don't follow Twitter.

They must have their reasons. Maybe they'll tell us sometime.

Running Ram · Unread post by **Running Ram** » 10 years ago

I'm more concerned about the lack of info regarding current players as opposed to recruits. I can see the possible strategic benefits with regards to recruits. With regards to current players, it always makes me feel like the program has something to hide for the wrong reasons. Hopefully this is not the case, but hushed tones in secret circles usually don't mean anything good.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 10 years ago

From my experience with college athletes ..... We really don't want to know everything that goes on....kind of like the situations in the movie "Men in Black"...

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

They did release the info about Powell, and he is no longer listed on the roster. But Hare is still listed on the roster and not a peep from URI about him. Why is that? Isn't it pretty well known that Hare is not coming back either?

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 10 years ago

Even though they are public figures, there are definitely privacy rights the players still maintain. I'm sure a big part of the reason we don't know more about Mike is there are only certain things and ways a team can release medical information due to the HIPPA law. And frankly, there's a good chance they don't have a solid prognosis yet. You normally have a good idea how long someone will be out based on most injuries, but if he suffered a concussion and/or vision issues as has been speculated they might not have any idea yet how long he'll be out.

wakefield · Unread post by **wakefield** » 10 years ago

I hope he does not have vision problems from the concussion.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

Or from eye trauma like retina problems.

RAM67 · Unread post by **RAM67** » 10 years ago

He said he went to help a friend in trouble. Maybe it was one of our other players, and a possible reason for the silence.

The Dude · Unread post by **The Dude** » 10 years ago

RAM67 wrote:He said he went to help a friend in trouble. Maybe it was one of our other players, and a possible reason for the silence.

Yes, this is what I heard as well. He supposedly went to help a friend in trouble and some smacks ganged up on Mike. I hope they find the people who did it. I'm more concerned about that than his playing status right now, even though the team could use him.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 10 years ago

The Dude wrote:
RAM67 wrote:He said he went to help a friend in trouble. Maybe it was one of our other players, and a possible reason for the silence.
Yes, this is what I heard as well. He supposedly went to help a friend in trouble and some smacks ganged up on Mike. I hope they find the people who did it. I'm more concerned about that than his playing status right now, even though the team could use him.

If you want to know the full story, just ask our PC poster seanmc94. He is starting threads about the incident on the PC Board. Per Sean:

seanmc94 Posted: Yesterday 7:38 PM wrote:
URI player assaulted: Mike Aaman

I was talking with some friends in South County law enforcement. May be more to this story that has been reported. DH will not be thrilled with the findings; if true.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

I'm sure DH knows everything he needs to know about the situation by now.

I'm not worried by what Sean is saying. He's trying to get back at us for ripping him about the Dunn rumors.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Sean is just shit-stirring, and he's getting no play over there.
PC has enough of their own problems, without worrying about
a backup at URI's problems.
Unless he's talking to detectives who are familiar with the case,
the average patrolman usually knows very little. Even if they were the ones on the scene,
follow up work isn't done by them.
I'm not very familiar with the Narraganesett department, but that's usually how it works.
I haven't heard of any charges filed, so it's all rumor or conjecture, so far.
I was talking to NSA who were listening on my phone, and they told me Aaman was abducted
by aliens, who also stole the talent from the players who might have been with him.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 10 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:I'm sure DH knows everything he needs to know about the situation by now.

I'm not worried by what Sean is saying. He's trying to get back at us for ripping him about the Dunn rumors.

Since Sean seems to have so many contacts, I wonder if he could enlighten us on the gang rape situation on college campuses in Providence. I have heard that freshmen co-eds are not even safe at their own schools.

I would agree with Sean that Hurley would not be happy if there is more to the Aamen story. He certainly wouldn't be out there in public calling him a good kid and saying he feels bad for him if he had done something very wrong. The message from Hurley on the matter would not be one of support as he would never condone bad behavior.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Hurley would go crazy if it turns out there is more to the story that sheds a bad light on Aaman or other players. He's already been lied to by enough of them.

Hare. Baron. Now Mike? And like you said Rod, his transfers lied to him too. They told him they had talent.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Well, they DID have talent, but the aliens stole it from them
in the abduction.
At least that's what NSA is saying. Oh, and they also said, Oneykaba and Reischel are really
an alien automatons.
In all seriousness, Hurley knows all about whatever happened.

Ram Stampede!!! · Unread post by **Ram Stampede!!!** » 10 years ago

Recruiting aliens? That's got to be some kind of NCAA violation. I think we could lose scholarships for that. I mean, what if they played in some kind of alien professionals league...

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

They can't be aliens. Aliens have more talent.

Maybe they were rejects from that Alien professional league.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Brizzed aliens.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 10 years ago

I don't blame sean....we all thought there was more to the Aaman story.....but he could have dropped his "bombshell" here where it is more important....the pc board doesn't care about Rhody, remember..

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Dan's got a lot of brush fires to put out right now.

Maybe that's why he's not talking. Not much good to be talking about?

Rhody72 · Unread post by **Rhody72** » 10 years ago

I never meant to imply that Mike should not be offered a scholarship for next year regardless of other options. Just that Dan should feel less obligated to keep him on scholarship for 4 years if he can do better. Mike put himself ahead of the team, so Dan should put the team ahead of any obligation he may feel toward Mike.

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