04-15-2017, 09:56 PM
I do think that's a big black mark on our academic advising office. When people transfer out of Rice for academic reasons, they have failed the athletes. That's several embarrassing failures on their part this year now.
(04-15-2017 09:49 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ](04-15-2017 09:45 PM)bobreinhold1 Wrote: [ -> ]Lott is gone. He's going to Howard for pre-med.
Good luck to him. I can't begrudge anyone for making a decision based on academics!
(04-15-2017 10:04 PM)cr11owl Wrote: [ -> ](04-15-2017 09:49 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ](04-15-2017 09:45 PM)bobreinhold1 Wrote: [ -> ]Lott is gone. He's going to Howard for pre-med.
Good luck to him. I can't begrudge anyone for making a decision based on academics!
I still don't understand how this is a real reason unless he can't keep his grades up in the Rice pre-med classes.
(04-15-2017 10:04 PM)cr11owl Wrote: [ -> ](04-15-2017 09:49 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ](04-15-2017 09:45 PM)bobreinhold1 Wrote: [ -> ]Lott is gone. He's going to Howard for pre-med.
Good luck to him. I can't begrudge anyone for making a decision based on academics!
I still don't understand how this is a real reason unless he can't keep his grades up in the Rice pre-med classes.
(04-17-2017 12:25 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]I wonder if we might go after an international player or two... Those guys tend to sign a little later and you don't always see them coming.
(04-17-2017 07:19 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]Evans to VCU.
Kaarlgard once again looks like an idiot by not blocking Evans from transferring there.
Rhoades looks like a **** head for raiding our program of players. Respectable coaches do not do that. Archie Miller isn't raiding Dayton at Indiana. Shaka didn't bring a bunch of VCU guys to Texas.
(04-17-2017 07:19 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]Evans to VCU.
Kaarlgard once again looks like an idiot by not blocking Evans from transferring there.
Rhoades looks like a **** head for raiding our program of players. Respectable coaches do not do that. Archie Miller isn't raiding Dayton at Indiana. Shaka didn't bring a bunch of VCU guys to Texas.
(04-17-2017 07:37 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ](04-17-2017 07:19 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]Evans to VCU.
Kaarlgard once again looks like an idiot by not blocking Evans from transferring there.
Rhoades looks like a **** head for raiding our program of players. Respectable coaches do not do that. Archie Miller isn't raiding Dayton at Indiana. Shaka didn't bring a bunch of VCU guys to Texas.
I disagree on all counts. I feel better about Evans transferring with him ending at VCU. He and Coach Rhoades are obviously very close. Does anyone think Evans would have come to Rice, if not for Rhoades? If they have that Pera/Harden-like bond, more power to them.
(04-17-2017 07:41 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ](04-17-2017 07:37 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ](04-17-2017 07:19 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]Evans to VCU.
Kaarlgard once again looks like an idiot by not blocking Evans from transferring there.
Rhoades looks like a **** head for raiding our program of players. Respectable coaches do not do that. Archie Miller isn't raiding Dayton at Indiana. Shaka didn't bring a bunch of VCU guys to Texas.
I disagree on all counts. I feel better about Evans transferring with him ending at VCU. He and Coach Rhoades are obviously very close. Does anyone think Evans would have come to Rice, if not for Rhoades? If they have that Pera/Harden-like bond, more power to them.
Well I guess we just agree to disagree.
I'm not so much mad at Evans as I guess if you have all your options on the table, you go where you want to be...
Kaarlgard is just incompetent. Almost every AD blocks their players from following the coach in a coaching change.
And Rhoades looks like a POS for raiding his former team. I literally can't think of an example of this happening in a non-grad situation. If he had any respect for Rice, he wouldn't do that.
(04-17-2017 07:54 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ]It just doesn't feel that way to me when Rhoades said long ago that the first player he called after getting the Rice job was Marcus Evans, plus Evans is returning to his home state. And is it really "raiding" if only one player follows him, and that player is returning to his home state?
(04-17-2017 07:57 PM)owlatheart Wrote: [ -> ](04-17-2017 07:41 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ](04-17-2017 07:37 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ](04-17-2017 07:19 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]Evans to VCU.
Kaarlgard once again looks like an idiot by not blocking Evans from transferring there.
Rhoades looks like a **** head for raiding our program of players. Respectable coaches do not do that. Archie Miller isn't raiding Dayton at Indiana. Shaka didn't bring a bunch of VCU guys to Texas.
I disagree on all counts. I feel better about Evans transferring with him ending at VCU. He and Coach Rhoades are obviously very close. Does anyone think Evans would have come to Rice, if not for Rhoades? If they have that Pera/Harden-like bond, more power to them.
Well I guess we just agree to disagree.
I'm not so much mad at Evans as I guess if you have all your options on the table, you go where you want to be...
Kaarlgard is just incompetent. Almost every AD blocks their players from following the coach in a coaching change.
And Rhoades looks like a POS for raiding his former team. I literally can't think of an example of this happening in a non-grad situation. If he had any respect for Rice, he wouldn't do that.
Totally agree on JK. Horrible move. To those who keep saying they wouldn't mind hiring young "up and comers" as coach if they only stay 2-4 years, the transfer situation will happen most every time. Who the hell wants to rebuild ever few years??
(04-17-2017 07:54 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ]It just doesn't feel that way to me when Rhoades said long ago that the first player he called after getting the Rice job was Marcus Evans, plus Evans is returning to his home state. And is it really "raiding" if only one player follows him, and that player is returning to his home state?
(04-17-2017 08:29 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote: [ -> ](04-17-2017 07:54 PM)mrbig Wrote: [ -> ]It just doesn't feel that way to me when Rhoades said long ago that the first player he called after getting the Rice job was Marcus Evans, plus Evans is returning to his home state. And is it really "raiding" if only one player follows him, and that player is returning to his home state?
I agree with Bigs on this one. I'm pissed at Rhoades for this, but not Evans, who both had a close relationship with Rhoades from the time he was a Freshman in high school and is returning close to home. I also don't understand how you can blame Dr. K for this. He no doubt knew that Evans was going to transfer anyway. Aside from holding grudges, why block his transfer close to home and with a coach he's very comfortable with? It's not like we play VCU or they're in our conference.