Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Each day that passes without a Ramey verbal to Miznoz makes it increasingly likely that he'll go elsewhere. And that is a great thing!
I can't stop watching that. It's like a car accident - just can't look away.
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/colu...cle_1cbc7cdb-8187-58bd-901a-09653475b92e.html
Joan Niesen, SI.com: "Every year, about 4,000 teenagers enroll as freshmen at the University of Missouri. Another 75,000 or so babies are born to families in the state. Many of those poor young people are doomed, in the sense that by virtue of their birthplace or their college admittance they will cheer for the Missouri Tigers. I was both born in Missouri and chose to attend graduate school at Mizzou. I am twice cursed. I don’t remember the Fifth Down Game—I was about to turn three—but I lived through Frank Haith’s tenure as basketball coach and the loss to Norfolk State, the checkered career of former No. 1 football recruit Dorial Green-Beckham and Gary Pinkel’s revelation of a cancer diagnosis days after he’d managed his team through a divisive boycott. Really, even the good moments at Missouri often turn out poorly. In 2007, after its best season in program history, the football team was denied a BCS bowl bid that was given instead to Kansas—which it had beaten two weeks earlier. Quin Snyder, one of the NBA’s most talented coaches who was once the hottest name in college basketball, got his start at Missouri—where he embarked on a crusade of NCAA infractions and left the program in dire straits."
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/colu...cle_65afd8f9-f108-565e-80b9-f2ee38f54d3f.html
Oh boo-hoo. I'd kill for the football success they've enjoyed for the past 15 years. Hope to see Porter Jr. averaging a double-double for the Hawks (or some such) one year from now.
I don't feel too bad for Mizzou. They got a great assistant coach out of the deal.
I see that it was made in 2012, but I can't imagine making a video that could possibly do more to mock the racial issues that have defined Missouri the past few years.
... but the guys who did it are pretty much the same people that did the Missouri one, except their school has a better basketball program and they think they are better because of it.
I try not to schadenfreude, but Mizzou getting ONE GAME out of the recruit they hired their coach for is just magnificent
I try not to schadenfreude, but Mizzou getting ONE GAME out of the recruit they hired their coach for is just magnificent
As a Bulls fan, who this kinda sucks. Who do we tank for the #1 pick now?
Hopefully he heals up and performs well at the combine or whatever it's called.
But do you really want to use your #1 pick on a guy with serious back issues?
I wish Porter Jr a full recovery. Super talented kid.
That said, I wouldn't mind seeing some insult to this injury when after Mizzoo has to pay for all of his surgery and rehab, he then goes straight into the draft.
As John Lennon said :
"Instant Karma's Gonna Gitcha..."
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The injury is bad for college basketball and bad for Porter Jr., I sincerely hope that the kid fully recovers, although back injuries are tricky and surgeries are well behind in success than other popular injuries (e.g., knees). I do not feel sad for Mizzou, but all these comments about hiring Porter Sr. for just one recruit are almost as bad as all the comments against Illinois hiring Chin for just one recruit.
Bottom line is that Cuonzo/Porter will continue to recruit well for Mizzou, they have always recruited well. Whether they do well long term remains to be seen, but it is guaranteed that we will compete for many recruits moving forward.
But do you really want to use your #1 pick on a guy with serious back issues?