Endless Internet Argument - A Summertime Tradition

[Skatastrophy]

Best of luck to Newbill!

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20100719_Strawberry_Mansion_s_Newbill__Davis_headed_for_Southern_Miss.html

[Blackhat]

Another golden eagle......god I hate that nickname.

[HoopsMalone]

Glad he was able to find a spot.

[willie warrior]

Guess he really did not need to go to Prep School!

[Litehouse]

Guess he really did not need to go to Prep School!

I don't think anyone ever said he needed to go to prep school, at least not for academic reasons.

[CTWarrior]

Another golden eagle...

+1.  First McMorrow, now Newbill.  Maybe the Golden Eagle name/mascot really does lure players for reasons we can't understand!

At any rate, best wishes to Newbill.  Hope he has a great career at Southern Miss.

[muarmy81]

Interesting comments in the article.

"He received roughly 20 offers when his recruitment reopened."

"Local schools that pursued, Drexel, LaSalle (wanted him to red-shirt), and Temple had inquired"....interesting.

Either way, best of luck to DJ.

[TheButlerDidIt]

It'll be interesting to see if his former coach pops up on the SoMiss message boards.

[NersEllenson]

Best of luck to DJ - hope he has a great career at Southern Miss.  I'm sure he is still very disappointed to not make it in to Marquette - considering the other offers he got came from mid-major type of programs.  However, this could be best for him in the long run, as he will likely have a much better chance of getting alot of playing time, than coming to MU and likely being the 10-13th guy on the team.

[brewcity77]

Best of luck to DJ. This sounds like a great opportunity where there will certainly be more playing time than we had to offer.

Though some of the comments from Coach Laws are curious. DJ didn't want to be in a big city, yet a month ago Marquette was his dream destination. And offers from 20 schools? It seems like being released from MU has actually helped him, as it seems there's more interest now than there was when we first were looking at him.

[HoopsMalone]

Best of luck to DJ. This sounds like a great opportunity where there will certainly be more playing time than we had to offer.

Though some of the comments from Coach Laws are curious. DJ didn't want to be in a big city, yet a month ago Marquette was his dream destination. And offers from 20 schools? It seems like being released from MU has actually helped him, as it seems there's more interest now than there was when we first were looking at him.

If you are from Philly, Milwaukee is probably not a big city.  He probably meant NY, Philly, DC were big cities that DJ wanted to avoid for some reason. 

[GB Warrior]

The scholarship, of course, will stand until Brett Favre expresses his desire to try his hand at starting guard for his alma mater.

[4everwarriors]

Anyone know for sure if he's submitted his application to USM yet?

[MerrittsMustache]

Though some of the comments from Coach Laws are curious. DJ didn't want to be in a big city, yet a month ago Marquette was his dream destination. And offers from 20 schools? It seems like being released from MU has actually helped him, as it seems there's more interest now than there was when we first were looking at him.

I wish DJ nothing but the best but...

Does anyone else get a strange feeling about Coach Laws? Maybe I'm alone on that but, based on his quotes and his role in the MU fiasco, he strikes me as someone who tells the truth as he wants to see it as opposed to the actual truth. Receiving 20 offers sounds like an awful lot and his comment that DJ didn't want to play in a big city anyway doesn't appear to ring true given that DJ referred to MU as his dream program. Maybe I'm reading too much into it and I actually hope I'm wrong, but he just doesn't strike me as the type of guy I'd trust as an adviser.

[reinko]

Wonder if Brad will be moving down South.

[GOMU1104]

You guys are mis-reading the quote. He said:

"He never wanted to be in the city anyway..."

I am pretty sure he is referring to Philadelphia...as he said similar things about "the city" when he committed to Marquette.  He wanted to get out of Philadelphia then, and still does now.

[ChicosBailBonds]

It seems like being released from MU has actually helped him, as it seems there's more interest now than there was when we first were looking at him.

I don't know if I would go there....20 offers from where?  When you have an offer in hand from WVU and Marquette, but at the end of the day have to settle for Southern Miss because those are the only scraps left with offers....

[GGGG]

I don't know if I would go there....20 offers from where?  When you have an offer in hand from WVU and Marquette, but at the end of the day have to settle for Southern Miss because those are the only scraps left with offers....

And what exactly does "20 offers" mean?  Legit scholarship offers or just interest?  And let's face it....Southern Miss is a second rate basketball program in a second rate conference.

[ChicosBailBonds]

And what exactly does "20 offers" mean?  Legit scholarship offers or just interest?  And let's face it....Southern Miss is a second rate basketball program in a second rate conference.

Correct....and in the middle of July, that's pretty much the scraps that are left.  That's why the kid feels "hurt by Marquette", to quote the article, in more ways than one.

In the middle of July, there is nothing left.  He's screwed for this year.  He either accepts a scholarship at a place like Southern Miss, or he waits an entire year (goes JUCO or Prep School) for the process to start all over again. 

[NCMUFan]

Please no one reply back to Chicos post and maybe the post will die. Else expect 20 more posts from Chicos.

[77ncaachamps]

Did Brad break this news?



Good luck to DJ as I thought he would be a good addition to this team (though we're deep in guards).

And NO, he's not screwed for a year. He has a FREE RIDE as long as he keeps his academics up. If that's "screwed for a year", then something's wrong with ya!

[ChicosBailBonds]

Did Brad break this news?



Good luck to DJ as I thought he would be a good addition to this team (though we're deep in guards).

And NO, he's not screwed for a year. He has a FREE RIDE as long as he keeps his academics up. If that's "screwed for a year", then something's wrong with ya!

Sorry, but we'll have to agree to disagree on that interpretation.  All Free Rides are not equal, unless you are saying a free ride at Southern Mississippi and the education that goes along with it is the same as that at Marquette.  If that's the same, then something's wrong with ya.   

[77ncaachamps]

Sorry, but we'll have to agree to disagree on that interpretation.  All Free Rides are not equal, unless you are saying a free ride at Southern Mississippi and the education that goes along with it is the same as that at Marquette.  If that's the same, then something's wrong with ya.   

we'll agree to disagree.

[wadesworld]

Sorry, but we'll have to agree to disagree on that interpretation.  All Free Rides are not equal, unless you are saying a free ride at Southern Mississippi and the education that goes along with it is the same as that at Marquette.  If that's the same, then something's wrong with ya.   

I'd take a free ride over paying $37,000 a year to go to MU, that's for sure.

[HouWarrior]

I wish DJ nothing but the best but...

Does anyone else get a strange feeling about Coach Laws? Maybe I'm alone on that but, based on his quotes and his role in the MU fiasco, he strikes me as someone who tells the truth as he wants to see it as opposed to the actual truth. Receiving 20 offers sounds like an awful lot and his comment that DJ didn't want to play in a big city anyway doesn't appear to ring true given that DJ referred to MU as his dream program. Maybe I'm reading too much into it and I actually hope I'm wrong, but he just doesn't strike me as the type of guy I'd trust as an adviser.

I agree.