Monitoring NCAA Transfers

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

Tom98 wrote:Great....I'm starting to be concerned about our sos.....would be a shame if we miss our big shot at the dance because our schedule isn't strong enough

C'mon, it's only May 23rd!!!!!!!!!!! There are no must win games in May……..

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 9 years ago

To follow up on this, Nelson-Ododa averaged 6 and 5 for Richmond, which gets him a spot on an ACC roster. He joins Maia (from Brown) at Pitt. I think I'll be 6'9" in my next life, or a lefty reliever... endless opportunities.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

ace wrote:

To follow up on this, Nelson-Ododa averaged 6 and 5 for Richmond, which gets him a spot on an ACC roster. He joins Maia (from Brown) at Pitt. I think I'll be 6'9" in my next life, or a lefty reliever... endless opportunities.

I want to be a long snapper.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:
ace wrote:

To follow up on this, Nelson-Ododa averaged 6 and 5 for Richmond, which gets him a spot on an ACC roster. He joins Maia (from Brown) at Pitt. I think I'll be 6'9" in my next life, or a lefty reliever... endless opportunities.
I want to be a long snapper.

another solid choice

Da_Process_Survivor · Unread post by **Da_Process_Survivor** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:
ace wrote:

To follow up on this, Nelson-Ododa averaged 6 and 5 for Richmond, which gets him a spot on an ACC roster. He joins Maia (from Brown) at Pitt. I think I'll be 6'9" in my next life, or a lefty reliever... endless opportunities.
I want to be a long snapper.

sign me up for a special teams gunner.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

Da_Process_Survivor wrote:
Billyboy78 wrote:
ace wrote:

To follow up on this, Nelson-Ododa averaged 6 and 5 for Richmond, which gets him a spot on an ACC roster. He joins Maia (from Brown) at Pitt. I think I'll be 6'9" in my next life, or a lefty reliever... endless opportunities.
I want to be a long snapper.
sign me up for a special teams gunner.

That could be the worst thing to be. Maybe the most dangerous position in sports - which, hey, if that is your thing then more power to you, but it doesn't really fit in with the other things. My little brother was lefty and an excellent baseball player, but wanted to be the best centerfielder of all time so he stubbornly refused to learn how to pitch. Once the pitchers started throwing in the upper 80s and throwing breaking stuff, he couldn't hit anymore and his career ended basically overnight. If my kid is a lefty he will be forced to pitch - its like at least a free college education.

Anyways, best job in sports is backup QB. Just stand there with a hat on, paid like a real player and you can do it basically forever.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 9 years ago

NFL back up qbs are star college qbs though.

Less competitive angle at a scholly is track and field too. Especially throwing. ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN THROWERS.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Best job in sports is to be Shane Victorino.
Collect 13 million a year and not play.
Beats javelin catching.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

Professional golfer. Travel the world playing golf, the money's good, and the women are nice too.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 9 years ago

Bob Montgomery, the old back-up catcher with the Sox, used to say that he demanded extra money whenever he had to play.

Agree with TP about special teams players. The kickoff team is the worst.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Nice get for UConn:

Evan Daniels‏@EvanDaniels
Terry Larrier will transfer to Connecticut, he tells Scout. He played his freshman season at VCU & will have three years of eligibility.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

VCU imo is a mid pack A10 team this season.

How the mighty have fallen. But they'll be back soon enough.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

How many scholarship players does VCU have left?

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

Former URI target Dai-Jon Parker died, age 22…...

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... -at-age-22

Da_Process_Survivor · Unread post by **Da_Process_Survivor** » 9 years ago

TruePoint wrote:That could be the worst thing to be. Maybe the most dangerous position in sports - which, hey, if that is your thing then more power to you, but it doesn't really fit in with the other things. My little brother was lefty and an excellent baseball player, but wanted to be the best centerfielder of all time so he stubbornly refused to learn how to pitch. Once the pitchers started throwing in the upper 80s and throwing breaking stuff, he couldn't hit anymore and his career ended basically overnight. If my kid is a lefty he will be forced to pitch - its like at least a free college education.

Anyways, best job in sports is backup QB. Just stand there with a hat on, paid like a real player and you can do it basically forever.

less contact than a long snapper. as a gunner 9 times out of 10 you run down field bumping with a blocker. its not like the old days where you had to run head first into a wedge

long snappers get drilled every time they're out there. they even had to change the rules so that it is illegal to line up directly over them because they were getting taken out.

yeah, backup QB would be better, worst thing you gotta do is go hold on FGs

SmartyBarrett · Unread post by **SmartyBarrett** » 9 years ago

He's only visiting teams that URI faced last year, apparently.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 9 years ago

Saw Austin working out at the Liacouras Center. The fact that he will very likely get yet another chance is sick.

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

ace wrote:Saw Austin working out at the Liacouras Center. The fact that he will very likely get yet another chance is sick.

Rothstein's article didn't endear Austin to anyone and the author surely misfired with his peers…

Reactions all-around were negative-as-negative-could-be.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... her-chance

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

Wow. Why would he even touch this??? Not smart at all.

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

theblueram wrote:Wow. Why would he even touch this??? Not smart at all.

You should have read the tweets from "fellow journalists."

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports. ... -sympathy/

https://twitter.com/RobDauster/status/6 ... 1235235841

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN Jun 1
Jeff Goodman retweeted Rob Dauster
No doubt about it. Bad move. Jeff Goodman added,
Rob Dauster @RobDauster
Brandon Austin’s latest mistake: trying to use the media to garner sympathy. It backfired: http://wp.me/p1aWjM-2dGl

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Can't believe Rothstein was so taken by Austin's
sociopathis act.
He even kept re-tweeting the article.
Austin is a sexual predator. I wonder which school will
sell its soul to bring him in?

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 9 years ago

The kid Owens seems like another gem for PC, he's made a rap video that is rippling Friartown.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 9 years ago

Yes, people smoking joints, drinking, waving assault weapons.
Owens looks like he's on the Ed Brown diet.
In fairness, most of their posters are very unhappy with Owens.
All but one guy who's accusing the others of using "code word" racism.
They have also referenced Owens' Tweets, which they say are
pretty troubling.
Another athlete who seems to like the "gangsta life" over getting
himself ready for a possible future in the sport he plays.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 9 years ago

Agreed, to their credit almost all of their fans see it as a giant red flag, as they should.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 9 years ago

I can't believe that guy died. That's so awful

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 9 years ago

PeterRamTime wrote:I can't believe that guy died. That's so awful

What guy?????

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

Makes you wonder what Cooley is doing recruiting these types of kids. Talent is great, but what they do off the court is just as important.

I would rather Dan keeps recruiting good students and good people rather than the other kind.

So far he's done a pretty good job there, eh?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

Chukwu committed to Syracuse.

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 8 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Makes you wonder what Cooley is doing recruiting these types of kids. Talent is great, but what they do off the court is just as important.

I would rather Dan keeps recruiting good students and good people rather than the other kind.

So far he's done a pretty good job there, eh?

The reality is that you probably aren't going very far if you only recruit the holiest of the holy. Fact of the matter, I'm sure it's very hard for coaching staff's to identify this sort of stuff until kids are getting arrested or posting ignorant things online. Many kids from inner-city, who knows the full depths of what they are involved with. A kid can be acting like an angel on Twitter, and smoking blunts and getting drunk every night on the outside. At the end of the day, any college coach is going to have to take on a level of risk if they want to succeed long-term. Tom Izzo is the only elite coach I'd say has run close to a very clean program, and even they've had some incidents up there.

PlayMikeMotenMore · Unread post by **PlayMikeMotenMore** » 8 years ago

Well I guess it depends on how you define "elite coach" to say that Izzo is the only one.

Bo Ryan, John Belein, Sean Miller, Coach K., Few, etc.? Are they elite?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

Austin Nichols transferring from Memphis. Friends with Iverson?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 8 years ago

Wow! Another massive failure for Pastner.
Nichols was a top ten recruit.
As one coach said, "Worst coach in D-1".
He can recruit, but he can't coach.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

OK, after some investigation, I think we're involved with Nichols. Dan just started following this guy today. He covers the Memphis Tigers and is on the Nichols story. Does this mean we're trying to get Nichols? No. Can I dream? Yes. Or can't Kuran just give Nichols a little talk on how much he loves it here? And shouldn't Iffy be playing D2 somewhere? Anyway...https://twitter.com/JohnMartin929

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 8 years ago

He's from Memphis, so coming East isn't likely.
Unlike Iverson, Nichols put up some good numbers
at Memphis.

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 8 years ago

MEMPHIS WON'T GRANT TRANSFER TO NICHOLS
Junior F Austin Nichols told ESPN 92.9 radio in Memphis he intends to transfer. However, coach Josh Pastner told ESPN's Andy Katz that the school won't release him from his scholarship. "We spoke with Austin in mid-June and everything was fine. We named him captain after the season. We don't know what has changed."

Now, that's a desperate coach…..Maybe he should call Keno for some PR advice.

Tom98 · Unread post by **Tom98** » 8 years ago

Too bad.....looks like a legit center

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 8 years ago

He's not. Kid has a nice mid range shot.
A real PF, who can run the floor.

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 8 years ago

Maybe he realized that his "coach" can't coach and isn't a head coach, but an accruer of talent and has no idea how to manage or lead….

Gonebarongone · Unread post by **Gonebarongone** » 8 years ago

With the roster construction and the fact that Iverson is here, I wouldn't rule URI out at all. It's too bad we gave the last scholarship to a tenth guard!!!!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

St. John's transfer Chris Obekpa is expected to visit NC State in the next few weeks, source told @CBSSports. UNLV, Arizona St also in mix.

Shaolin Swat · Unread post by **Shaolin Swat** » 8 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:St. John's transfer Chris Obekpa is expected to visit NC State in the next few weeks, source told @CBSSports. UNLV, Arizona St also in mix.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-basket ... kpa-070615

Apparently, after having Obekpa visit, Minnesota is no longer interested in adding him to the roster.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

Austin Nichols got his release this morning. Time to put the full press on, Dan and Kuran!

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 8 years ago

Think BIG!
YOU do!!!!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

PC is one of the teams he's being blocked from going to.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

There are at least 22 schools that Nichols can not transfer to because of the conditions.....UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, E.Carolina, Houston, Navy, USF, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ohio State, La. Tech, S.E. Missouri, Manhattan, Southern, So. Carolina, Virginia, PC, Tennessee and Iowa.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 8 years ago

Here's the full explanation of the restriction list:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... in-nichols

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 8 years ago

Thanks, was wondering why PC. Makes sense though. I just feel so bad for them.

Joe · Unread post by **Joe** » 8 years ago

Let me get this straight, if we were to get him we would offer a 2016 scholarship?

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 8 years ago

I asked the guy who covers the team about the chance that Nichols follows Kuran here. His answer was "no chance".

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