C Hamilton v. Portal addition?

[Galway Eagle]

Yeah, Christ, I mean, at least Wally Ellenson took away a track scholarship (or multiple partial scholarships) from more deserving student athletes just to shut his mom up after Wojo cut him, and then he dropped out of school anyway.  No way Hamilton would have the stones or the sway to pull off something like that.  Not advocating for Hamilton or his character at all here, btw.  Both him and Wally are/were awful players.

Wasn't Wally a national finalist for high jump that year? Are you implying that he took away a scholarship from the would be champion?

[The Sultan]

Yeah, Christ, I mean, at least Wally Ellenson took away a track scholarship (or multiple partial scholarships) from more deserving student athletes just to shut his mom up after Wojo cut him, and then he dropped out of school anyway.  No way Hamilton would have the stones or the sway to pull off something like that.  Not advocating for Hamilton or his character at all here, btw.  Both him and Wally are/were awful players.

Wally was on a basketball scholarship. Basketball scholarships are always full scholarships and any basketball player on an athletic scholarship used up one of the ones allowed. (13 at the time.)

[The Sultan]

Wasn't Wally a national finalist for high jump that year? Are you implying that he took away a scholarship from the would be champion?

No, he's wrong. He was on a basketball scholarship.

[Johnny B]

Hamilton gets a lot of attention because he's playing, but he's probably exceeded any expectations I had for him heading into the season. The problem with this team for me is that so many players are playing below where I expected.

Owens is a guy that I thought would play a lot of minutes and he's been awful. He's regressed as a player and seems a bit flighty to me. Parham has just recently started to play with a bit of energy but I thought he had a chance to lead the team in scoring. Parham is living proof that Todd Smith is not the miracle worker some want to claim. Parham is pretty weak. Norman has no offensive game and is maybe solid on defense. Lowery can't finish at the rim unless it's an uncontested dunk.

I'd start James and Stevens going forward and play for next year. Both seem like solid players who play much tougher than their upperclass counterparts.

Exceeded your expectations? Wth were your expectations? 3 passes per game and 1 rebound? The guy is unplayable out there. What are you watching? Glad he was able to grab a few rebounds against a small crappy valpo team.

[Duane6]

Anonymous eagle and paint touches have multiple articles laying out how Hamilton is the biggest issue by far w this team

[Zog from Margo]

Did you watch the game, or just read the box score?

Caedin's been in the program for three years. If three years is "too soon" to play 19 minutes per game, what's the point of bringing a player like this into the program? You're going to spend 4 years paying and developing a kid so he can maybe give you 25 decent minutes a night by year 5? That doesn't seem a very good use of Marquette's resources.

I was at the game. You?

Hamilton was a project. You can take those on occasion, particularly with a 15 man roster. He didn't play high level basketball in HS. Frankly, I never expected him to start but thought he could be a decent backup his last two years. He's just started his second season of actually playing. I think him playing this many minutes is a mistake but it reflects Parham's lack of strength and progress and the complete lack of development of Gold as an inside threat.

By contrast, I expected Owens to compete for a starting spot with Lowery this year. Stevens has surpassed both of them already. If I'm going to point my frustrations at players on the roster, I start with players other than a project player like Hamilton.