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What is going on on the east side the last 24 hours?  Three transfers and some of their in bound recruits backing out.


https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uwm/2018/04/23/uw-milwaukees-top-3-players-leaving-basketball-program/542606002/
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2018, 07:52:54 AM »
What is going on on the east side the last 24 hours?  Three transfers and some of their in bound recruits backing out.


https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uwm/2018/04/23/uw-milwaukees-top-3-players-leaving-basketball-program/542606002/

Well chicos you surely know the coach, AD, president or quite possibly all three.  Please expound on what the article doesnt already tell us.
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2018, 07:56:51 AM »
Superbar.

But anyway, the leadership of the athletic department is a mess and I don't think the University cares all that much.  They hired Lavall Jordan instead of Milwaukee native TJ Otzelberger, now Jordan is gone and apparently they have no decent players, while TJO just wrapped up his second tournament appearance at South Dakota State. 

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2018, 08:04:29 AM »
The three current players transferring out (actually, five total now) is one thing, because they weren't Baldwin's players.  But losing three of the four incoming recruits seems to point to some major issue with Baldwin or another aspect of the program, because they all signed on last fall, while he was already the coach. 

The current players' comments sure do make it sound like it's probably an issue with Baldwin.  Wonder if Todd Townsend will be their HC by this time next year?

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2018, 09:14:28 AM »
If Baldwin gets canned,  does that help or hurt our chances of getting his kid?
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2018, 09:26:08 AM »
If Baldwin gets canned,  does that help or hurt our chances of getting his kid?
Probably hurt as papa would be hired by a school that would take the kid.

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2018, 09:30:54 AM »
Probably hurt as papa would be hired by a school that would take the kid.

Fire Stan?
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2018, 10:23:28 AM »
Superbar.

But anyway, the leadership of the athletic department is a mess and I don't think the University cares all that much.  They hired Lavall Jordan instead of Milwaukee native TJ Otzelberger, now Jordan is gone and apparently they have no decent players, while TJO just wrapped up his second tournament appearance at South Dakota State.

I remember at the time thinking that not grabbing TJO was a huge mistake. Nothing against Jordan, but they had a home run hire who's a local guy. I get why they went the route they did, but think they will regret it in the long run.
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2018, 10:39:52 AM »
I remember at the time thinking that not grabbing TJO was a huge mistake. Nothing against Jordan, but they had a home run hire who's a local guy. I get why they went the route they did, but think they will regret it in the long run.

If I was UWM I definitely would have hired TJO.  That being said, there's always been a little bit of Bruce Pearl type smoke around TJ.  Hiring a guy off of John Beilein's staff who also played at Butler is a safe, smart and squeaky clean move.
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2018, 10:53:11 AM »
If I was UWM I definitely would have hired TJO.  That being said, there's always been a little bit of Bruce Pearl type smoke around TJ.  Hiring a guy off of John Beilein's staff who also played at Butler is a safe, smart and squeaky clean move.

Yeah but why does a UWM want/need to play it safe? I hate Bruce Pearl but they were relevant with him. This isn't a school with some tremendous legacy they can build off of, if I was them I'd cut as many corners as I could to become relevant.
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2018, 11:19:12 AM »
The three current players transferring out (actually, five total now) is one thing, because they weren't Baldwin's players.  But losing three of the four incoming recruits seems to point to some major issue with Baldwin or another aspect of the program, because they all signed on last fall, while he was already the coach. 

The current players' comments sure do make it sound like it's probably an issue with Baldwin.  Wonder if Todd Townsend will be their HC by this time next year?

sounds like poaching since all said they want to play at the "high major level." More reasons the proposal for immediate eligibility for transfers needs to be defeated.
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2018, 11:23:42 AM »
sounds like poaching since all said they want to play at the "high major level." More reasons the proposal for immediate eligibility for transfers needs to be defeated.

No.  They should be able to play.

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2018, 11:24:42 AM »
Yeah but why does a UWM want/need to play it safe? I hate Bruce Pearl but they were relevant with him. This isn't a school with some tremendous legacy they can build off of, if I was them I'd cut as many corners as I could to become relevant.

Because they were cheating with Bruce Pearl and I believe they were ineligible for postseason play for a time because of an APR that was too low.
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2018, 11:26:08 AM »
Because they were cheating with Bruce Pearl and I believe they were ineligible for postseason play for a time because of an APR that was too low.


That was well into Jeter's tenure.

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2018, 11:29:57 AM »

That was well into Jeter's tenure.

Yeah that's what I mean.  I have no idea if they went with Baldwin to help clean up/give the program a clean image, but that would be the reason they felt that need if that's what they were going for.
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #15 on: April 24, 2018, 11:31:13 AM »
Because they were cheating with Bruce Pearl and I believe they were ineligible for postseason play for a time because of an APR that was too low.

Proof??

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2018, 11:32:27 AM »
TJ is white. Lavall Jordan is black. Lena Taylor made it a race thing, when see rushed in on a press conference. Lena Taylor said Amanda Braun was a racist.
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2018, 11:37:51 AM »
Sad implosion. It does matter as UWM is part of this State’s basketball 🏀 culture.

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2018, 11:55:28 AM »
Sad implosion. It does matter as UWM is part of this State’s basketball 🏀 culture.



It really doesn't matter.  There are low level D1 schools all over the place that aren't part of their state's culture in any meaningful way.

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2018, 12:58:41 PM »
Sad implosion. It does matter as UWM is part of this State’s basketball 🏀 culture.

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2018, 01:32:46 PM »
Fire Stan?
Open a spot?

Yes, because once we get Pat Baldwin, Jr., MU won't need to ever recruit another basketball player, and who needs the guys on the roster who are close to Stan anyway?
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2018, 01:43:29 PM »
Also a player from Chicago decommited from UWM last week

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2018, 03:22:15 PM »
Illinois transfer TeJon Lucas just committed to Milwaukee, he tells @Rivals.

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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2018, 03:26:38 PM »
Illinois transfer TeJon Lucas just committed to Milwaukee, he tells @Rivals.

Maybe their entire roster was afraid of losing minutes?
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Re: Something major going on at UWM? A lot of departures announced
« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2018, 03:54:00 PM »
No.  They should be able to play.

sure, after a year. You make a commitment to an institution, who thus makes a commitment to you, you should play your whole career there, and unless you are run off or the coach with whom you signed leaves, you sit.  The power conference schools want the changes so they can poach even more than they are doing now.
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