Andrew Fleming transferring
- Thread starter Blair Sanderson
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You know what? Not everything in college athletics is about winning. Sometimes it's just important to do the right thing.
Baer had numbers comparable to Ryan Bowen did his freshman year. I think he deserves a scholarship.
I saw him enjoying Johnson County's finest chicken this evening with Wagner, and would have bet you $100 he was not leaving. Color me shocked.
We are all well aware of Fran's track record landing high caliber guards sans Peter Jok (Marble was originally a Lickliter recruit). Don't you think Fran already is and has been going for those type of players. At this point now that there's 2 open scholly's it would be both foolish and a bit disrespectful not to give 1 of them to Baer whom continues to outperform several players still on scholarship.
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I mentioned him in a different thread about Hutton. One of the few decent PGs that are eligible immediately.
Were you at the Vine? Are they even still open? Man they had good wings. I thought I remembered the one on Gilbert closing but the one on the strip staying open?
Why should Iowa have to rely on "high quality walk-ons"? I'll take scholly players, preferably from Chicago/Detroit/StL metro area.
What is best for the team is to show future recruits that you treat your current players right. Baer proved to be better than any of the six players Fran gave schollies to last year, he deserves one next year.
Nobody said anything about "relying" on walk-ons. You need walk-ons to fill out a roster, every school has them and they contribute at a number of schools. Kids like Baer pass up other scholarship opportunities for a chance to play at a high level and earn themselves a scholarship. He has proven himself to be better than a number of our scholarship players, he has earned himself a scholarship. Seems like an awfully Tom Creanish move to not reward the kid for being better than the kids that you deemed worthy of scholarships. That would make Baer a scholarship-worthy player, no?
Fran has something up his sleeve. I would be shocked if we did not pick up another player...or two.
Okay, I'm not trying to be the grammar police, but I can't ignore this one since it seems you made the effort to use whom in a sentence. No offense. Whom is the objective form of who, which means it is used in a prepositional phrase (of whom, for whom, to whom) or when receiving the action (..not to give one to Baer whom I watched play basketball for Iowa this season).
Otherwise, use who. "...Baer who continues to outperform several players..."
Again, nothing personal. Fwiw, I think a lot of your comments are spot on, so I'm really not trying to be a dick.
As teams get better and more talented good players transfer. no big deal.
I doubt these guys leave if the coaching staff doesn't nudge them. I mean, theres a ton of playing time up for grabs next year.
Look around the conference, Its just the reality of what goes on at this level now days.
Look around the conference, Its just the reality of what goes on at this level now days.
You must not have a career position that requires personnel decisions, or your employees would hate you and your chances for success would be extremely low.
So as a person who makes personnel decisions, wouldn't you try to bring in the best talent you can? Guess I don't get why people are saying he has to give Baer a scholarship even if it means passing on a better player. Sure you're loyal to your employees but if you have openings you always look for the best talent internally and externally.
The Hawks will be good next year of this I am certain. Players will transfer and graduate , others will be brought in to take their place and nothing this coaching staff has done here indicates they wil not be very good.
Apparently not, guessing we have a lot of middle managers on this board who are happy with where they are at and have no shot at ever actually managing anything meaningful. When you are actually in charge of things you can't always be worrying about people's feelings over what's good for the entire program or company. Keep both scholarships open unitl you're sure you can't find anyone better than what we currently have on the roster, then Fran can give it to Baer.
If you have valuable employees, do you reward them with raises or opportunities for advancement, when possible? If not, your chances of developing a successful team aren't going to be very good.
Oh shoot, must have been real hard to figure out what I was referencing to................................
Now I am SUPER excited to see Moss in action. For 2 other players at or near his position with equal or slightly more experience to leave says to me that he must be pretty darned good. Those guys are leaving with open spots next year and multiple years of potential playing time ahead of them. Moss and Williams (slightly different position but there is some overlap given his size) must be tearing it up in practice.
I hope these 2 stay put!
I hope these 2 stay put!
