Liam McMorrow to play for Golden Eagles

[ChicosBailBonds]

http://www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/8800524/article-TTU-BASKETBALL--Tech-adds-7-footer-from-Marquette?instance=home_sports


Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech

Hope he is healthy enough to do this

[tower912]

I remember that there were hints that there was a possibility he could play again, but they never went anywhere.   Perhaps he found a treatment regimen that made him comfortable with attempting to play but not the coaches.   Perhaps by the time he had unexpectedly recovered sufficiently, his schollie had been given to someone else.  Weird.   I hope he knows what he is doing and I wish him nothing but the best.   

[bilsu]

When there was talk about him playing again, I wondered how Buzz could get away with that. Remember the NCAA was told he had a career ending injury, so he was transferred to a non-basketball scholarship. How does MU bring him back, when they took him off the scholarship roster? I do not think MU could bring him back, without going through a lot of red tape.

[romey]

When there was talk about him playing again, I wondered how Buzz could get away with that. Remember the NCAA was told he had a career ending injury, so he was transferred to a non-basketball scholarship. How does MU bring him back, when they took him off the scholarship roster? I do not think MU could bring him back, without going through a lot of red tape.

MU is not bringing him back.  It's Tennessee Tech.

[GB Warrior]

I hope they are medically sure of this. If he's good to go, it'll be disappointing he never got to try it here, but I wish him all the best. He's a very classy guy.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Good luck, to Liam. I hope he does well!

[Jay Bee]

Interesting that he winds up at TTU.  Their coach, Mike Sutton, was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, and about 5 years ago was in extremely rough shape (i.e., couldn't do much but open and close his eyes).  

Liam's comeback story won't touch that of his coach, but he'll be with someone who can relate to medical issues... hope it all goes well and Liam does great and enjoys his time there.  

[NickelDimer]

Best of luck to Liam.  Seems like a great kid!

Why do you suppose he didn't make his comeback as part of MU's Golden Eagle squad?

[bilsu]

MU is not bringing him back.  It's Tennessee Tech.

I know that, I was explaining why he had to go elsewhere.

[GGGG]

Best of luck to Liam.  Seems like a great kid!

Why do you suppose he didn't make his comeback as part of MU's Golden Eagle squad?

There could have been disagreements between Liam and MU regarding his health.

[mikem91288]

You had me going with the Subject Line Chicos. Hope all goes well for Liam.

[TVDirector]

uh oh...
brace for the 'he was buzz cut in a most underhanded, circuitous way' banter...
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[Golden Avalanche]

Life is stranger then fiction.

[pbiflyer]

There could have been disagreements between Liam and MU regarding his health.

Or there could be the simple,more straight forward reason. Once he was removed from an athletic scholarship, they couldn't put him back on one. Or that he wanted to play this year and MU didn't have a scholarship available.
Thanks for playing. What a horrible post.

[GGGG]

Or there could be the simple,more straight forward reason. Once he was removed from an athletic scholarship, they couldn't put him back on one. Or that he wanted to play this year and MU didn't have a scholarship available.
Thanks for playing. What a horrible post.

Huh?  Why is it a horrible post?

A medical condition forced him to quit.  Is it unreasonable to think that he wants to continue playing, but MU wouldn't let him due to his condition?  And Tennessee Tech doctors cleared him?

It wouldn't be the first time.

[Golden Avalanche]

Or there could be the simple,more straight forward reason. Once he was removed from an athletic scholarship, they couldn't put him back on one. Or that he wanted to play this year and MU didn't have a scholarship available.
Thanks for playing. What a horrible post.

Your response is closer to horrible then the original post.

Clearly there is a difference of opinion in the medical sense as MU announced McMorrow's career was over and yet Tenn Tech announced he will play immediately in just a few months.

Also, why the need for an athletic scholarship? Surely, if a player has left a team yet remained in the University on a differing scholarship any program would welcome a walk-on opportunity in some sense. No?

[pbiflyer]

Your response is closer to horrible then the original post.

Clearly there is a difference of opinion in the medical sense as MU announced McMorrow's career was over and yet Tenn Tech announced he will play immediately in just a few months.

Also, why the need for an athletic scholarship? Surely, if a player has left a team yet remained in the University on a differing scholarship any program would welcome a walk-on opportunity in some sense. No?

Um, because it is against the NCAA rules?

[pbiflyer]

Huh?  Why is it a horrible post?

A medical condition forced him to quit.  Is it unreasonable to think that he wants to continue playing, but MU wouldn't let him due to his condition?  And Tennessee Tech doctors cleared him?

It wouldn't be the first time.

Because there are two REAL facts that you are ignoring.
First, we don't have a scholarship available for him. He can't play here this year. And he can't be a walk on without paying his own way. 
Second, the NCAA won't allow him to return to scholarship without an appeal, which he may not win.
So, long before any alledged disagreement, which is pure conjecture on your part, there are two very valid facts as to why he is not playing at MU.

[GGGG]

Because there are two REAL facts that you are ignoring.
First, we don't have a scholarship available for him. He can't play here this year. And he can't be a walk on without paying his own way. 
Second, the NCAA won't allow him to return to scholarship without an appeal, which he may not win.
So, long before any alledged disagreement, which is pure conjecture on your part, there are two very valid facts as to why he is not playing at MU.

And you seem to be ignoring the fact that Marquette said that he could no longer play for medical reasons.  And now he can play.  That means he either got better...or Tennessee Tech's doctors cleared him even though MU's didn't.

It seems like both of us are engaging in conjecture...something that has yet to be disproven and could indeed be correct.

So please...stop the douche baggery.

[pbiflyer]

And you seem to be ignoring the fact that Marquette said that he could no longer play for medical reasons.  And now he can play.  That means he either got better...or Tennessee Tech's doctors cleared him even though MU's didn't.

It seems like both of us are engaging in conjecture...something that has yet to be disproven and could indeed be correct.

So please...stop the douche baggery.

Marquette said he could no longer play for medical reasons a year ago and moved him off of an athletic scholarship. We can't move him back to one without a waiver. That isn't conjecture.
We don't have a scholarship this year. Again, not conjecture.

Yours? Complete conjecture.

[GGGG]

Marquette said he could no longer play for medical reasons a year ago and moved him off of an athletic scholarship. We can't move him back to one without a waiver. That isn't conjecture.
We don't have a scholarship this year. Again, not conjecture.

Yours? Complete conjecture.

But even if they could, he still may not have been able to for medical reasons right?

[Ari Gold]

the kid had played virtually no basketball compared to any kid of similar height and age, MU was taking a risk on him to begin with. Couple that with a redshirt and what was originally suspected to be a career threatening injury and maybe the Ohio Valley Conference is a little more his level at the present moment.

I wish him the best, hoped he could have played for MU but hope he has success in the valley and in his future career.

[Golden Avalanche]

Um, because it is against the NCAA rules?

Plenty of walk-ons all over the country have been given some scholarship money to help stave the cost of tuition (if tuition wasn't already deemed to be taken care of by a booster). You know creative accounting is used.

Regardless, the original guy isn't wrong in saying there could be a difference of opinion regarding McMorrow's health.

[MerrittsMustache]

There could have been disagreements between Liam and MU regarding his health.

That's exactly what I was thinking when I heard this as it's not all that uncommon. Case in point: Eddy Curry and the Chicago Bulls,

[Marquette84]

Regardless, the original guy isn't wrong in saying there could be a difference of opinion regarding McMorrow's health.

If this were the case, then the MU staff wouldn't have helped introduce Liam to TTU--in fact, if they had any sort of good conscience they would have done everything in their power to keep him from transferring to another school.  And if he did go it would have been over MU's most strenuous objections--not the full cooperation and assistance.

This wasn't a disagreement over some elective foot surgery (like Fazekas). This is a player who's medical conditions were serious enough that MU's medical staff concluded he could never play again.  But Brad Autry is willing to overlook that detail in order to introduce him to other programs so he can play there? That makes no sense.

We don't have a scholarship this year. Again, not conjecture.

We didn't have one available for Jamil Wilson, either.

Its safe to say that if Liam had shown the talent of a Roy Hibbert or Hasheem Thabeet, there would have been a scholarship for him once he received medical clearance, and our AD's office would be burning up the phone lines working to clear whatever NCAA red tape was in the way.