Bankrupt upfront

[#UnleashNigel]

I for one cannot make any criticism of Hamilton.  He was an unheralded, nobody Shaka recruit, who redshirted for his culture year at MU and now is entering his third year as the starting center for a Big East team. Good for him, he is doing the best of his ability.  The problem is that he is Shaka's center, his recruit, who he developed and retained in his system. Shaka kept him in the program and did not look to replace him. Clark is identical in his development/background and see how it works out.

Hopefully both work out and don't end up like Al Amadou, who was on the same path as both. He transferred to St. Joes and is at the end of the bench with the team managers.

That's a great story and all, but at the end of the day currently Hamilton looks lost. That's all that matters at the top d1 level.

[Markusquette]

That's a great story and all, but at the end of the day currently Hamilton looks lost. That's all that matters at the top d1 level.

On top of being lost, he's just not there athletically or skills-wise. He'd be lucky to even start for a horizon league team and MU is forced to play him. Pearson appears to be the best big man signing in Shaka's tenure so far. Really have to hope he pans out. With how poor the sophomores and juniors look overall, he really needs to hit on the new signings.

[79Warrior]

Shaka got a reputation for developing raw bigs, but those (Sanders, Allen, Haynes, Kai Jones, Oso) were super athletic. The bigs he's recruited to MU are just the opposite. Gold is at best an OK athlete. Hamilton and Clark are plodding out there.

Disagree with your assessment of Gold. He works his tail off with a cast of misfit bigs. If he had an experienced center to work with his life would be easier.

We will get our ass beat down low again in the BE this season. We do not have the size nor ability to finish around the rim.

Going to be a long season.

[nyg]

That's a great story and all, but at the end of the day currently Hamilton looks lost. That's all that matters at the top d1 level.

That's a great story and all, but at the end of the day currently Hamilton looks lost. That's all that matters at the top d1 level.

My story was having an ending that Hamilton hatred should be placed on Shaka and his staff, not him as a player.  Shaka brought him in and evaluated him.  Shaka made the decision to start him. At this point, it's all MU has unless Gold moves back to the center and Parham at the PF. It's not like Hamilton isn't trying, at this point and maybe never, he does not have the required skill set for Big East caliber play.