that kid needs some guidance
This was also on there
TMG posted:
Tommy Mason Griffin i leave skool early and gettin nothin but negative press...nobody wants so see yue make it...wat happen to helpin a nigga from da hood
Tommy Mason Griffin on a mission...its a official dat i am leavin skool and enterin draft so if yue see me and ask me y i aint doin anotha yr yue mite get ignored
I will try to translate:
"I am leaving school early, and getting nothing but negative press. Nobody wants to see you make it. What happened to helping a ***** from the neighborhood?"
"TMG is on a mission. It's official that I am leaving school and entering the draft. So, if you see me and ask me why I am not doing another year, you might get ignored".
Hope that helps
I met his mom at one of his HS games (she approached me when she saw my OU sweatshirt) and she seemed like a nice enough lady. She was at every one of Tommy's games that I attended and she was a popular lady with the crowd. She and John Lucas certainly seemed to know each other (they hugged when they saw each other) so Tommy certainly had some opportunities to be led by what appear to be decent people.You would think his parents would offer it but apparently not. So so so so sad.
I know most if not all think he is not ready for the NBA, myself included...
but i think he knew from the day he signed at OU he was going to come out after this year...i honestly thought all 3 would be gone with a possiblity of one staying...
Whether he needs guidance or not, he will have his chance to make money playing pro ball...probably not the NBA, but somewhere...and if that is his dream then i support him on that...school isnt for everyone, and if he can succeed in life this way then more power to him...
Time for the hating to stop and support a Sooner now that his days in Norman are over (myself included)...
I know this may sound narrowminded (at least I admit it) but I don't think he was ever a sooner. He used OU as a stepping stone and he never seemed to enjoy being here. He couldn't wait to get out.
With that said, I hope he finds what he is looking for and succeeds
Unfortunately he will always be viewed by many like you do because he played on a bad team and left early...if they had made it to the tourney and he jumped the story would have been much different...
he just never allowed himself to be coached and reach his potential as a point...
exactly. thats why he gets piled on. Its not like he is the only one getting piled on. WW has and so has Tiny. Hell even Cade has.
I don't get your point. You get onto people for "piling" on TMG but its ok for you to say he deserves a lot of the blame?
People want to be so negative about him but he had one of the best freshman seasons a Sooner has ever had at Point...
Now that he is leaving and we had a losing season he seems to be the guy people are piling on...sure he deserves a lot of blame for the season but he was a fun guy to watch, one of the most talented in the game...
Unfortunately he will always be viewed by many like you do because he played on a bad team and left early...if they had made it to the tourney and he jumped the story would have been much different...