Ummm, no we don'tbut we still gotta back TMG's decision
"accept", sure "back" not at all
Ummm, no we don'tbut we still gotta back TMG's decision
Some folks just aren't cut out for college. TMG was going to have to be at least a 3 year guy to get drafted (most likely a 4 year guy). If you want to blame someone, blame Coach Capel. He recruited him knowing full well where TMG came from and what he stood for...
I wish Tommy success in his pursuit of professional basketball. I have little doubts that he will be able to play somewhere and make a good living. I would have loved to see him play with Blake as we would have been treated to some amazing alley-oops and great passes.
I feel the way as most others with a mix of neutral in there. Make sense? neither does being the teams big brother. You have to allow a relationship to grow; you also have to have someone think they are letting you down. These players, like TMG, obviously did not care about letting anyone down but themselves.
I wish him luck and hope we never have to watch another player like him on our Sooner squad. I enjoyed his offense before I found out he was leaving the team. Then to find out everyone knew after the CU game just blew me away. He would have never seen the court for me after that. What would our record have been if he did not play after that game?
And it goes against his comments during the presser.Are you saying Capel knew before TMG signed with OU that TMG would probably be in Norman for only 1 year?
This certainly goes against what Capel said on Friday and in the interview with the sports blitz.
Capel knew Blake would be leaving after last season. Calipari knew Rose, Wall, and others would be leaving after their seasons. Martin knew Beasley would be leaving, Barnes knew Durant would be leaving. You'd have benched all them too?I wish him luck and hope we never have to watch another player like him on our Sooner squad. I enjoyed his offense before I found out he was leaving the team. Then to find out everyone knew after the CU game just blew me away. He would have never seen the court for me after that. What would our record have been if he did not play after that game?
Capel knew Blake would be leaving after last season. Calipari knew Rose, Wall, and others would be leaving after their seasons. Martin knew Beasley would be leaving, Barnes knew Durant would be leaving. You'd have benched all them too?
TMG left for the same reason as all of them. Just because he's not a top 10 pick shouldn't change anything.
In effect though, you'd be punishing him for his decision. He'd go from 40 minutes a game to non starter minutes because he wanted to go pro after the season, for whatever reason. That just isn't right.You make a good point. The difference is we lost 9 games in a row and finished 13-18 and looked ugly doing it. Seems to me like at some point, you start preparing for the future and you start playing players that will return next year.
The players you mentioned were all on elite 8 or final 4 teams, except Beasley (and maybe Durant) but both their teams did advance to the NCAA tournament. That's a big difference from what we did.
Capel knew Blake would be leaving after last season. Calipari knew Rose, Wall, and others would be leaving after their seasons. Martin knew Beasley would be leaving, Barnes knew Durant would be leaving. You'd have benched all them too?
TMG left for the same reason as all of them. Just because he's not a top 10 pick shouldn't change anything.
Capel knew Blake would be leaving after last season. Calipari knew Rose, Wall, and others would be leaving after their seasons. Martin knew Beasley would be leaving, Barnes knew Durant would be leaving. You'd have benched all them too?
TMG left for the same reason as all of them. Just because he's not a top 10 pick shouldn't change anything.