Joey Hauser Enrolling this Semester to MU

[zcg2013]

Per Ben Steele:

Joey is enrolling and redshirting this semester. Will have all 4 years eligibility after this season and is taking the open scholarship.

My only thought here is this gives him more practice time with MU and prepping for next year. Quite interesting though.

[Galway Eagle]

I think the key here is the weight program, and the PT he'll have access to.

Plus I'm sure practice when he's ready will be helpful to.

[Tha Hound]

Also per Ben Steele: "Now #mubb coaches and staff can monitor Joey Hauser's rehab from ankle surgery that ended his senior season at SPASH. He also gets a jump start on school."

He can also travel with the team this year.

[Golden Avalanche]

This is an excellent decision on every single metric.

[tower912]

He isn't physically able to play yet.   This will get him into the weight room and the meetings.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Interesting development. I like it. The sooner Todd Smith can get a hold of him, the better. It's not like we were going to use a redshirt on him anyway. Only potential downside I could see is if he loses a season due to injury (but it seems like the kind of thing the NCAA would grant an additional year for) or that it theoretically will make him a grad transfer candidate his last year.

[MU82]

This is a brilliant, extremely positive move for all the reasons already stated (and likely several more).

Love it, love it, love it!

But I can't believe he is "giving up" on his SPASH teammates before the big bowl game!

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Interesting.

This means that Joey is basically burning his red shirt year, right?  For a guy that gets injured as much as he does, not sure I completely love the idea.  But I guess if he and staff think he is not a 4 year player, it makes sense. 

I get the upside to getting him with MU trainers and staff right away. 

[zcg2013]

I think of what Todd Smith did for Harry in just a semester of lifting, and that makes me giddy for what Todd can do with Joey for a semester.

[MUBBau]

Is he older or younger than Howard?

[wadesworld]

Is he older or younger than Howard?

Oh my, Markus is no longer the youngest player on the roster!

[GrimmReaper33]

Interesting.

This means that Joey is basically burning his red shirt year, right?  For a guy that gets injured as much as he does, not sure I completely love the idea.  But I guess if he and staff think he is not a 4 year player, it makes sense. 

I get the upside to getting him with MU trainers and staff right away.

Yea, this is one concern I take from it.  Would suck for him to get injured early next year and then not be able to use a RS. 

[robmufan]

Yea, this is one concern I take from it.  Would suck for him to get injured early next year and then not be able to use a RS.

Isn't that what a medical red-shirt is for? You have to have those approved, but this is not something to worry about.

Pretty sure they would think through things like that...

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Interesting.

This means that Joey is basically burning his red shirt year, right?  For a guy that gets injured as much as he does, not sure I completely love the idea.  But I guess if he and staff think he is not a 4 year player, it makes sense. 

I get the upside to getting him with MU trainers and staff right away.

Could be wrong, but I feel like this is a case where the NCAA might be willing to grant an extra year of eligibility. Don't know the proper terminology but I feel like I've seen players who took a "normal" redshirt year be granted a "medical" redshirt after getting injured later in their career.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Isn't that what a medical red-shirt is for? You have to have those approved, but this is not something to worry about.

Pretty sure they would think through things like that...

Using a redshirt takes away your ability to have a medical redshirt later. I think you can apply for a medical hardship waiver if you have two seasons ended by injury. I think that's the proper terminology. I don't think you can get the medical hardship waiver if your first redshirt was just a normal one but I also think the NCAA has granted exceptions in the past.

Could Marquette argue that because of Joey's ankle injury that this is a medical redshirt? And then have him apply for a medical hardship waiver if he gets injured in the future? Honestly don't know.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Could be wrong, but I feel like this is a case where the NCAA might be willing to grant an extra year of eligibility. Don't know the proper terminology but I feel like I've seen players who took a "normal" redshirt year be granted a "medical" redshirt after getting injured later in their career.

I think the key is "might be willing", with the NCAA you never know.  But I see this a positive.  I saw on Twitter that Dennis Smith Jr. did the same thing at NC State and that worked out well. 

At the end of the day, the staff probably sees Joey as a 2 or 3 year player.

[Silkk the Shaka]

This is awesome

[Dr. Blackheart]

I think the key is "might be willing", with the NCAA you never know.  But I see this a positive.  I saw on Twitter that Dennis Smith Jr. did the same thing at NC State and that worked out well. 

At the end of the day, the staff probably sees Joey as a 2 or 3 year player.

Bingo

[LloydsLegs]

Factastic.  Have him healthy, stronger and ready to roll next year.  Agree that the view is that JH likely to be done within 3 years, so red shirt not an issue.

[GoldenDieners32]

Huge for us, get joey ready for next season

[mu03eng]

This type of thing happens fairly frequently with football programs("spring players"). Players get medical redshirts there, I'm sure it's different because basketball crosses semesters. However there is almost no downside here IMO. Love the idea of having a "redshirt freshmen" Joey Hauser next year. The PT, weight program, and travel experience for Joey make this a no brainer.

So we'll see him on the bench at X on the 24th, right?

[wadesworld]

PS I love this.

Now let's get a grad transfer PG and we're ready to go.

[mug644]

Wow! Makes a lot of sense.

I suppose the question I posed at 9.23am on the Next Year thread ("Given that Joey's not playing this year, I wonder if he's focusing his energy in the weight room, and building some of that necessary muscle now. Are trainers from the schools where a player has committed allowed to inform/guide them before they arrive on campus?") precipitated this decision.

[mu_hilltopper]

Sorry .. I pay zero attention to incoming guys until they are here.  Can someone explain .. has Joey graduated from high school?  I don't understand how he's here before August.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Sorry .. I pay zero attention to incoming guys until they are here.  Can someone explain .. has Joey graduated from high school?  I don't understand how he's here before August.

Sounds like he is graduating on Friday, after he finishes his semester exams.