I see that these two have committed to play next season at Mizzou. What pickups for the Tigers.
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Geez. Well, I guess we can mark down that trip to Columbia as a loss...if we couldn't already.
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Anderson has put together quite a recruiting class when you add phil pressey and Tony Mitchell to that equation.
After reading some of the comments from Ratliffe earlerier..I'm not so sure he won't end up being a cancer.
Having said that, I thin khe is a heck of a talent and can score with the best of them...but any player who has that one and done mentality tells me that he might be more interested in getting his numbers than winning.
We'll see.
Having said that, I thin khe is a heck of a talent and can score with the best of them...but any player who has that one and done mentality tells me that he might be more interested in getting his numbers than winning.
We'll see.
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If you have a rivals subscription, read the comments from tonight. He sounds like a guy with his head in the right place to me.
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paul is transferring, and stone is rumored to be doing the same. there are also some questions about mitchell and green qualifying. so however things shake out, they seem to have plenty of room.
mu has to be almost uniquely attractive to bigs that think they have wing skills. there aren't many coaches that run the ball through their bigs out on the perimeter like anderson does. it's fun to watch, and it has to be fun to play for guys that think they're capable of more than just banging around inside.
mu has to be almost uniquely attractive to bigs that think they have wing skills. there aren't many coaches that run the ball through their bigs out on the perimeter like anderson does. it's fun to watch, and it has to be fun to play for guys that think they're capable of more than just banging around inside.
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Like sys said, two players are transferring and two have questions surrounding their ability to qualify.
Paul has all but confirmed that he's gone. Stone is the other one on the way out, as well. What I've heard is that Paul wanted to leave at the semester but was convinced to finish the season. He wants to go somewhere that will give him a chance at more PT. He will end up at a BCS conference school.
I don't know much about Stone's situation, other than he was simply recruited over. He'll be looking for something that will give him an opportunity to play, I'm sure.
Everyone around Mizzou seems very confident that Mitchell will qualify. He took the ACT for the first time today (don't know why he waited so long), and what I've heard suggests all he needs to do is pass that. I know there are people (some here) who believe his transcript is going to be a major hurdle, but I haven't heard that at all from the Mizzou end.
Green apparently is much more likely to not make it. Like Mitchell, he's been to several schools... but he also has the added hurdle of starting off in Canada. Bad grades at multiple schools in multiple countries can't make things easy.
Paul left completely on his own and has wanted to leave for awhile. He posted something on his facebook today (that he's since taken down) about how he'll consider himself a Tiger for life, how he loved everything about it, but he needs to do what is best for him and his family and find somewhere that will let him play more. He definitely was not pushed out the door.
Stone, I'm not so sure about. I think it is a case of a mutual understanding that he just isn't ever going to be a factor here. He has the physical potential/skills, but not the mentality.
The Stone situation may be similar to what has gone on at OSU... but that's one guy, not several.
Edit: Also, for what it's worth, both players transferring were present during Ratliffe's and Pressey's visit and helped recruit these two players to take their spots. If they were pushed out without being willing to leave, they probably wouldn't have played an active role in recruiting their replacements.
Paul has all but confirmed that he's gone. Stone is the other one on the way out, as well. What I've heard is that Paul wanted to leave at the semester but was convinced to finish the season. He wants to go somewhere that will give him a chance at more PT. He will end up at a BCS conference school.
I don't know much about Stone's situation, other than he was simply recruited over. He'll be looking for something that will give him an opportunity to play, I'm sure.
Everyone around Mizzou seems very confident that Mitchell will qualify. He took the ACT for the first time today (don't know why he waited so long), and what I've heard suggests all he needs to do is pass that. I know there are people (some here) who believe his transcript is going to be a major hurdle, but I haven't heard that at all from the Mizzou end.
Green apparently is much more likely to not make it. Like Mitchell, he's been to several schools... but he also has the added hurdle of starting off in Canada. Bad grades at multiple schools in multiple countries can't make things easy.
Paul left completely on his own and has wanted to leave for awhile. He posted something on his facebook today (that he's since taken down) about how he'll consider himself a Tiger for life, how he loved everything about it, but he needs to do what is best for him and his family and find somewhere that will let him play more. He definitely was not pushed out the door.
Stone, I'm not so sure about. I think it is a case of a mutual understanding that he just isn't ever going to be a factor here. He has the physical potential/skills, but not the mentality.
The Stone situation may be similar to what has gone on at OSU... but that's one guy, not several.
Edit: Also, for what it's worth, both players transferring were present during Ratliffe's and Pressey's visit and helped recruit these two players to take their spots. If they were pushed out without being willing to leave, they probably wouldn't have played an active role in recruiting their replacements.
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