Well, he did say a little bit like AWIII.
They are both basketball players, who transferred. That part is alike.
The rest of it? Like apples and walruses.
Honestly at this point, even if it is his mom, this is still all on Taurean. Notwithstanding that the "family health issue" is a legit reason, of course.
Temporarily delay pending NCAA investigation. Or at the minimum temporarily delay releasing him to SHU pending NCAA. Nuance - but this way it puts it more on the NCAA instead of SU.
I'd just block the transfer. There is no reason to allow this kind of behavior, either by the player or SH. Had the decision been more timely, I'd agree that we should just "move on". Unfortunately, the decision appears to have been deliberately delayed to allow the player's mother to shop offers on the AAU circuit. As a result, the timing is very harmful to recruiting and team composition, so (to me) it's more important to discourage the behavior than to let bygones be bygones. I don't remember tampering being involved in Jason Hart's case, but that also involved a very very late change of mind and SU (for good reason) stood its ground.
I agree with you...I am an a-hole though so i would probably do what i said just to rub his face in it.
For me, it's not about retribution. It's about being up front and responsible. The transfer/tampering rules are in place to discourage this kind of last-minute selfish maneuvering that damages team composition and interferes with recruiting decisions that are vital to the health of the program. Recruiting's difficult enough without this kind of nonsense. I think the Hart precedent should apply ... TT's situation is even more egregious.
Personally, I would not block the transfer, if there is even a small semblance of truth to the 'family illness' thing. Yes, he left us in a bad position, but we don't need to give opposing coaches any more ammunition to recruit negatively against us.
But I would most definitely ask the NCAA to investigate Seton Hall. We might get a future draft pick out of it.
Fixed.
I don't disagree in any of your principles. I do think this could get turned around and make us look like the bad guy...very easily. Again, I agree with you and am not saying we shouldn't block it, etc. I could easily see it turned into something like "Syracuse/Boeheim care more about pride and winning games than the happiness/best interest of its student athletes."-I'm not saying this, but could see others turning it into something of sort, even though we know its not the case.
No. Granting it makes you a target in the future.
Ordinarily, I'd agree ... except that the timing of this is beyond the pale. SU's literally a sitting duck now ... with its most (only) experienced front court player AWOL at the last minute under shady circumstances with no options.
Crapola. Anyone who says this - who cares? Are you in 5th grade where schoolyard taunts send you home crying to mommy?
Not what I think. I think we SHOULD block. My point is, at least my opinion is, that the press would take any chance to give us negative publicity, whether warranted or not. And to answer your question, I am a 39 year old professional(not sports) who is trying to look at things objectively.
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