Kolek planning to go pro
Oh boy. I listen to Lowe's podcast pretty consistently and multiple times him and/or his guest this season would talk about "what's wrong with the Celtics." They always talked about how the Celtics were last in the NBA in the "hockey assist" and in the number of passes. Has Sam written his letter telling his coach how the game is meant to be played yet? Or did he get to have a sit down with Udoka discussing how Udoka should run his team before he decided to sign with the Celtics?
It's incredible to me that people are still dragging a family from SPASH that sent their kids to play for Izzo & Tony Bennett. It's about team.
An interesting comparison/contrast:Simone Biles and the Olympics vs Hauser bros and Marquette bball
Safety/mental health vs 'gimmie the ball'
Simone would get a lot more sympathy if she played for Al McGuire
Nothing says "It's about team" like "I'm gonna leave my team because I'm not getting enough shots."
And goes off to UVA and MSU. For F's sake they didn't go to Iowa State. They went to the two biggest team first programs in the country. The least sexy teams in the country. The most put aside your own ambitions in the country.
Went great for them.
Do people watch Michigan State?
The tournament's a crap shoot, I'm really a badger fan?Re: Sam: 1st Team All ACC (decent conference). Got to spend two seasons around the one of the Top 5 coaches in college, a coach who could walk into almost any NBA job right now. Stop being so obtuse.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
+ infinity. Leaving Marquette to go “shot hunting” at UVA under TB or MSU under Izzo is more contrary to common sense than almost anything ever opined on Scoop. It totally defies logic. For the butthurt, though, reason flies out the window
UVA finished second in Sam's initial recruitment.MSU finished second in Joey's initial recruitment.Sam wanted to go to MU over UVA.Joey wanted to go to MSU over MU, but made a family decision to attend MU.Joey ended up not liking MU for a variety of reasons, and resenting MU for keeping him from going to MSU.Joey's resentment festers, causes issues in the locker room, specifically with Markus. Sam makes a family decision to support his brother. Wojo doesn't figure out how to manage the situation.Joey and Sam hope locker room issues will go away with Markus going pro. Markus returns.Joey decides to transfer, Sam makes a family decision to support his brother by transferring too. Wojo does not handle it well, further burning the bridgeJoey and Sam almost make another family decision to go to UW together. Upon reflection, they finally decide to do what's best for them individually. Joey goes to MSU like he always wanted. Sam goes to UVA, the closest runner up in his initial recruitment.Wojo gets shiitcanned two years later. Sam has a fantastic season at UVA. Joey has a disappointing season at MSU.I've heard literal dozens versions of the Hausergate drama. This is the version that makes the most sense to me. They're not saints, they're not sinners. They're not selfless, they're not quitters. They're just college students who took awhile to figure out what they wanted out off their college experience and where they could get that. I thank them for their time at MU and wish them nothing but the best. If it weren't for this board bringing them up regularly, I probably would give them as much thought as I've given any other transfer out MUBB.
This is a false choice, Lenny. It's not "shot hunters" or "selfless heroes who just want to play team ball."As TAMU correctly puts it, they're not sinners or saints. Just a couple of college basketball players who decided their best interests lied elsewhere. I understand some want to lionize them to make Wojo look worse, but that's every bit the false narrative as saying they're selfish babies.
PakOf course the Hausers thought their best interests were elsewhere. That’s why they left. What were those “self interests” in their own minds? On one side of the argument we’re folks who insisted that those “self interests” were more shots and higher usage. That didn’t make sense to me. The other side of the argument was that their “self interests” included playing for coaches who were proven winners and favored a more balanced offensive philosophy. Given their backgrounds and the coaches/programs they chose this made perfect sense.I don’t think anyone in this whole situation was saint or sinner. Neither does Lens. The haters who refuse to look at this logically? That’s a different story.