It really is a shame that TMG has/had this attitude because there is no denying he has talent. It's just a shame he thought or was told that his talent was NBA level last year. There is no doubt in my mind that if his mindset was different, he would be tearing it up on the offensive end for us this year. I don't like the selfishness he brought to the team last year, but I have nothing against the kid and like many of you hope he straightens things out and does well in life.
Like campbest, I'm wonder why Tiny is being brought up here. Early to midway through the season his attitude was definitely subpar. No excuse for that. But towards the latter portion of the season I felt Tiny had undergone an attitude change. He played more passionately, worked more out of the post as Capel instructed and was vocally cheering on his team rather than tearing it down. I'm not dismissing the investigation by any means, but if not for that, Tiny would have returned and we would be a lot better of a team today with him. I would bet the main reason Tiny declared for the draft was the impending investigation and that he and the coaching staff knew that they had a better chance out of it if he was not returning to the team. Whatever took place between him/his mom and the people involved with getting them the "loan" is definitely wrong, but I hold less against Tiny than TMG because he showed signs of redemption later in his time at OU.
In the end, none of it matters. What happened, happened and it can't be changed. All we can do now is root for the guys who are here now and hope that we get the best out of each ofthem, whatever that may be.
