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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 1604744, member: 1674"]
Regarding why he transferred to Syracuse, it was a family matter that I don't feel comfortable posting about without his blessing, but at the end of the day, he had his reasons for doing it.  And it doesn't even look that strange from the outside looking in to me... he was barely playing at Monmouth and had an opportunity to play for the school that he grew up watching while also being exposed to one of the best coaches in the country and while also getting a good education.  Even if he didn't end up playing, this was a win-win for him.

Regarding the refusal to play this year, as far as I've been told, the original plan when he transferred was to sit out last year so that he'd have two years of eligibility left.  Instead, members of the staff requested that he try to get a waiver to play right away because they wanted to have him as an option at PG in case they didn't get good production out of the PG position.  So he listened to them, thinking he'd have a decent chance of playing, got the waiver, and ended up burning a year of eligibility to play 7 minutes last year.  I think at least a part of his decision not to play this year was because of that; now he gets the experience of being on the team, practicing/improving himself, and doesn't lose a year of eligibility so that he has the option to go somewhere where he'll actually play.
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