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St. Patrick's Bad Analogies

DePaul pays its bball coach over $2 mil per year

Over 3 mil when still paying Wainwrong!

Went to same church as well sacred heart in wanatah

Man, I hope THAT kid was on the altar at Sacred Heart.

"At ALTAR SERVER, 6'7' and STILL in EIGHTH GRADE...JAcobbbb....KITCHELLL!!!

At cantor, in her eightieth year of eligibility, ..."

if Bryce leaves, and he and his girlfriend break up

before this ends up on the "Coaching Rumors" thread, I should vehemently underscore that by "he" I was referring to Alec, not Bryce

[Not going anywhere]

Nobody really wants to talk about it, but as Paul Oren has pointed out, someone has left the program every year since 2003.  Just when people are saying "peace" and "security!" ... ye know not the day nor the hour.

Here's a totally random assessment from someone on the internet who lives like a thousand miles away, so it must be legit.

Not going anywhere ("out", in NFL injury terms)
Keith Carter
E Victor Nickerson
Darien Walker
Shane Hammink

All these people have either just sat out a year and/or have just a year of eligibility remaining.  So...in the words of Chris Rock, "never say never?  I'M saying NEVER."

Could, but doubt it ("doubtful" on the NFL gamblers' injury report)
Alec Peters -- if Bryce leaves, and he and his girlfriend break up, and possibly completely forgets who he is (be on watch for:  tattoos)
Jubril Adekoya -- lost his starting job and didn't pout, still saw a lot of PT, so you would hope not...
David Skara -- sure, this European forward won't go anywhere.  plenty of promise, outside shooting touch, good fundamentals...what?  you were talking about Sam Haänpaä?  Oh.
Tevonn Walker -- maybe a big school comes calling.  Izzo, or someone with fewer scruples, needs guys like this.
Lexus Williams -- the band still went on tour without him.  Not saying he would, but if he could go somewhere else and play immediately because of the injury redshirt?  I'm not sure if the recent NCAA loophole closure applies to this type of case.  I hope it does.
Chandler Levingston Simon -- He had a scholarship somewhere else; he may want one along with more PT.

You never know ("questionable")
Max Joseph
Nick Davidson

Obviously the writing is on the wall here for them; PT will be even scarcer than this year.  But hear me out; I have a solution that will make everyone happy.  (Not to steal from my upcoming PT thread or anything.)

OH NO HE'S GOING TO BANG REDSHIRT DRUM AGAIN ISN'T HE

Hear me out:  plan to redshirt them both (unless break glass in case of injury).  We have plenty of guards next year.  BUT the year after that, less so.  And none are coming in this year.

SO

Max Joseph would get plenty of run in 2017-19, and maybe Davidson then sees Joseph-like minutes from this year.  If not, then he might just be able to pull a Will Bogan: graduate in 3 and still have 2 to play somewhere that he'd play more.

What sayest thou?

Annual House-Creaning begins anew (a trifle early this year)

Click for Capo pics!

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2015/03/25/transfers-from-iu-during-the-tom-crean-regime/70434440/

oh cool.  i was hoping we overlapped but no.

I just like to remember the good old days, when Little Brother knew his place, ok?

Kitchel

Is that the South Central kid?

EDIT: yes, Jake Kitchell (valpo native!)
http://www.gosycamores.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15200&ATCLID=204968628

Career stats: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/51743/jake-kitchell

When you said "16 points and 52 minutes" i thought you meant total, not per game.  I feel much better for Jake Kitchell knowing you were talking about per game.

IF the coaches dont screw it up

obligatory.  saw this live...even more amazing in the moment.
John L. Smith's meltdown against Ohio State in 2005
take that mark turgeon that's how you do a halftime blurb

From that article:

"I think [Hurley or Drew], those are your two guys," one source said before the Hurley extension became public.

It also mentions that Purnell was making 2 mil +.  No wonder Hurley and Drew will interview. 

I don't think Bryce is about money; and I don't think that he'd take DePaul, but one thing I've learned is that it's difficult to say "no" to your exact same job, just somewhere else, at a multiple of your current salary.

The explanation is that my cousin and I were able to out vote you and Sissy for the length of the whole day, okay, Marilyn? Take it like a man!!!!

This made me chuckle.  Well done.

Bryce Drew to RPI. Done deal.

because he got tired of the high school gym


and wants someone to splurge on the latest fads in uniformz

[for undisclosed reasons]

Keene & Vaughn leaving YSU men's program

probably to focus on their comedy act, or possibly to start a law firm

As WKBN was first to report Tuesday morning, YSU's leading scorer Marcus Keene and Sophomore Osandai Vaughn are leaving the Penguin program for undisclosed reasons.

...

As WKBN was first to report Tuesday morning, YSU's leading scorer Marcus Keene and Sophomore Osandai Vaughn are leaving the Penguin program for undisclosed reasons.

really?

As WKBN was first to report Tuesday morning, YSU's leading scorer Marcus Keene and Sophomore Osandai Vaughn are leaving the Penguin program for reasons disclosed to be related to what one source called "a puddle of suck".

THERE WE GO

They're going up against Guerin Catholic, led by ex-Chesterton star, former VU-target, and Lehigh commit Matt Holba.

It will be interesting to say the least.

RPI at this point is irrelevant.

so you're saying "RIP RPI"?

There will be no fences, battlements or moats with ill-tempered sea bass.

I was hoping for some naming opportunities, like "The Elden & Mary T. Smith Memorial High-Voltage Fence" and "The T. Marv & Gardens Sea Bass Hatchery"

When I was in high school Herr Rhinehart was "die Deutsch Lehrer."

you were? what years?

Is it too soon to blame Richie Edwards?

the majority of people see the players as someone from the community

until their new dorm gets finished, with its electric fences, battlements, and moat infested with ill-tempered sea bass

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2014-10-03/kansas-basketball-dorm-photos-new-video-renderings-cost

New KU dorm

, and we're done here

#HL2015

I dunno, guys, but how many of you, if offered at least twice your salary to go do what you do elsewhere, would turn it down?

As the only person here to have lived in Tuscaloosa, I think it an amazing place to live.  Plus the support of sport is unparalleled, and as a Wolverine I say so grudgingly.  Only two schools in the conference scare you, so it can be had, plus, as FB is king, you have time to work out the program.

I'd do it, with a 10-year contract, of course.

I am not talking about a 15000 seat arena with sky boxes and open bar

Well I wasn't either--until you mentioned it...

I'll keep banging the redshirt drum.

So every now and then I think "that would make a good google image search" and well, it was pretty funny, "redshirt drum".

Especially because the #5 and #6 results (to me at least) were posts of mine on this very forum...

M, BED:

Daniel Relvao 6'9 Class of 2015 PF/C Mountain Mission School Basketball Highlights

As the "hammeror"

I prefer "evicter"