Evan Dourdas Leaves Team

[iommi]

This is interesting actually. Upsetting too.

 

[Alsacs]

This sucks but not surprising.

 

[iommi]

This sucks but not surprising.

"Exaggerated"

 

[newmexicuse]

I assume he will be going somewhere where he will get more minutes.

 

[iommi]

CuseTroop What a shame. We hung out with him quite a bit at Atlantis. Nice kid.

 

[PoppyHart]

He was the opposite of "Boeheimed". I don't think the walk-ons have ever played more.

 

[RF2044]

"Exaggerated"

SMH...

 

[Noexcuse]

There goes the team GPA

 

[Cuseball]

This is interesting actually. Upsetting too.

Jimmy and staff did not develop him properly

 

[two3zone]

Any inside reason to this? Seems odd.

 

[pfister1]

Any inside reason to this? Seems odd.

He's been recruited over, we're trying to clear room for upgrades at the walk on position next season.

Seriously, why is this a thing? Is it a thing?

 

[AZOrange]

Why does the team even report this stuff?

 

[TheGov3304]

Rumor has it Roy Williams and the Tar Heels project him as a starter next season. Cannot fault the kid for doing what is best for him.

 

[TheGov3304]

There goes the team GPA

The SU drinking team gets a basketball boost though

 

[Cusefan0307]

"Exaggerated"

I was doubting it for a couple, now I just think we may be desperate.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Calipari, tampering again.

Really, though— the reasons are "upsetting," but not disclosable?

 

[iommi]

I don't know why he's leaving the team. Some of us know why he'd have a reason to be upset. I'm not going to post something based on an "exaggerated rumor." It's interesting, though, when there is a rumor and then this happens. I will say that Dourdas did absolutely nothing wrong.

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

Implication that Howard played a role here? Can we just come out and say it, or am I misreading ?

 

[orangedave]

Why does the team even report this stuff?

Maybe because people will notice he's no longer on the bench and will ask why?

 

[orangedave]

I don't know why he's leaving the team. Some of us know why he'd have a reason to be upset. I'm not going to post something based on an "exaggerated rumor." It's interesting, though, when there is a rumor and then this happens. I will say that Dourdas did absolutely nothing wrong.

I find it disturbing that you would even post this part of your comment considering what we just went thru with all the speculation on Howard.

 

[iommi]

I find it disturbing that you would even post this part of your comment considering what we just went thru with all the speculation on Howard.

Okay, guess I shouldn't have posted anything? Just disregard what I write.

 

[orangedave]

Okay, guess I shouldn't have posted anything? Just disregard what I write.

I would never ask you not to post. You are actually one of my favorite posters. I just found the one sentence I highlighted to be too close to the comments that got out of control on the Howard thread.

 

[Madbiker]

Good grief ... if we have to be concerned with walk-ons coming or going.

 

[iommi]

I would never ask you not to post. You are actually one of my favorite posters. I just found the one sentence I highlighted to be too close to the comments that got out of control on the Howard thread.

Well, thanks for that. I stand by my post. Maybe I could've excluded that sentence that you highlighted. It's a very difficult game: trying to say something without saying something.

This team has chemistry issues. Is that fair? I could've just posted the news that Dourdas was leaving, I guess, since we don't know the specific reason. Maybe it'll be announced why he's leaving? Maybe not.

 

[iommi]

I would never ask you not to post. You are actually one of my favorite posters. I just found the one sentence I highlighted to be too close to the comments that got out of control on the Howard thread.

I'll add that I'm not sure anything posted about Howard got out of control, other than one poster who posted specific things. That was wrong. We all know there are issues. It's not just that he looks like Salami from "The White Shadow" out there. We have all heard the staff has "dealt with things." Coaches don't "deal" with things like point guards picking up their dribble.