(08-01-2017 11:52 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 10:19 AM)blazr Wrote:  

(07-29-2017 10:19 AM)CrushMI Wrote:  Stansbury has been a strong recruiter at MSU, Texas A&M, and now WKU. He has never had any NCAA issues. Just because he targets high rated recruits, everyone assumes it is dirty.

Stansbury's problem has always been that he targets high rated recruits who either never make it to campus or are ultimately dismissed be it for academic or character issues (which, in hindsight, helps understand why other coaches mysteriously backed off those 4- and 5-star talents). But I'm sure that issue is all in the past...

Oh, and he is absolutely filthy, but that's just another opinion to add to the list.

Lets see the proof or hear the stories? Yes that's right crickets...Everyone accuses him of all kind of stuff but has zero evidence backing up these off the wall claims...

Look up the recruitment of Walter Sharpe in 2004 and the aftermath.

I don't know the details, but I remember both UAB and UAT suddenly dropping their recruitment of the kid on the same day with rumors of improprieties coming out of Starkville. That was odd in and off itself as UAB & UAT rarely see eye-to-eye on anything. The NCAA nosed around for awhile, but could never connect the dots. There must have been something there as a local investigation did lead to the firing of one or more officials at Parker High School shortly thereafter.

It was enough to convince me he was dirty then. I have no idea about now, but Western's meteoric rise in basketball recruiting raises all sorts of red flags (just ask UCF how that turned out for them a few years back).

Your school has made it's bed it the hire, now we all wait to see if you get fleas.

(08-01-2017 12:04 PM)blazerjay Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 11:52 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 10:19 AM)blazr Wrote:  

(07-29-2017 10:19 AM)CrushMI Wrote:  Stansbury has been a strong recruiter at MSU, Texas A&M, and now WKU. He has never had any NCAA issues. Just because he targets high rated recruits, everyone assumes it is dirty.

Stansbury's problem has always been that he targets high rated recruits who either never make it to campus or are ultimately dismissed be it for academic or character issues (which, in hindsight, helps understand why other coaches mysteriously backed off those 4- and 5-star talents). But I'm sure that issue is all in the past...

Oh, and he is absolutely filthy, but that's just another opinion to add to the list.

Lets see the proof or hear the stories? Yes that's right crickets...Everyone accuses him of all kind of stuff but has zero evidence backing up these off the wall claims...

Look up the recruitment of Walter Sharpe in 2004 and the aftermath.

I don't know the details, but I remember both UAB and UAT suddenly dropping their recruitment of the kid on the same day with rumors of improprieties coming out of Starkville. That was odd in and off itself as UAB & UAT rarely see eye-to-eye on anything. The NCAA nosed around for awhile, but could never connect the dots. There must have been something there as a local investigation did lead to the firing of one or more officials at Parker High School shortly thereafter.

It was enough to convince me he was dirty then. I have no idea about now, but Western's meteoric rise in basketball recruiting raises all sorts of red flags (just ask UCF how that turned out for them a few years back).

Your school has made it's bed it the hire, now we all wait to see if you get fleas.

What you are leaving out....

UAB was the kids 3rd choice and was going to Bama if not Miss St. But in the end UAB took the kid as a transfer.

This after he missed team flights at Miss St. Was left home for the NCAA tourney because he would not practice. Then got kicked out of school because he would not do any school work and failed.

Then before starting at UAB the kid was shot in the stomach which he tried to deny he was shot and attempted to hide his wound from police and medics. Then while sitting out the year on the UAB bench. Sharpe was one of five UAB Blazers arrested for disorderly conduct after a night on the town in Birmingham.

He played 1/3 of a season at UAB then Sharpe was declared academically ineligible for the rest of the year.

Sounds like UAB didn't mind a little filth of their own. But let me guess....the kid was just misunderstood, now that he was at UAB?

Every freaking fan believes they are cheated when losing recruits. It's possible Stansbury is dirty as hell. But if so he's better at it than any coach the NCAA has seen in my 50 years of watching the game.

(08-01-2017 12:25 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 12:04 PM)blazerjay Wrote:  Look up the recruitment of Walter Sharpe in 2004 and the aftermath.

I don't know the details, but I remember both UAB and UAT suddenly dropping their recruitment of the kid on the same day with rumors of improprieties coming out of Starkville. That was odd in and off itself as UAB & UAT rarely see eye-to-eye on anything. The NCAA nosed around for awhile, but could never connect the dots. There must have been something there as a local investigation did lead to the firing of one or more officials at Parker High School shortly thereafter.

It was enough to convince me he was dirty then. I have no idea about now, but Western's meteoric rise in basketball recruiting raises all sorts of red flags (just ask UCF how that turned out for them a few years back).

Your school has made it's bed it the hire, now we all wait to see if you get fleas.

What you are leaving out....

UAB was the kids 3rd choice and was going to Bama if not Miss St. But in the end UAB took the kid as a transfer.

This after he missed team flights at Miss St. Was left home for the NCAA tourney because he would not practice. Then got kicked out of school because he would not do any school work and failed.

Then before starting at UAB the kid was shot in the stomach which he tried to deny he was shot and attempted to hide his wound from police and medics. Then while sitting out the year on the UAB bench. Sharpe was one of five UAB Blazers arrested for disorderly conduct after a night on the town in Birmingham.

He played 1/3 of a season at UAB then Sharpe was declared academically ineligible for the rest of the year.

One of, just one of, the examples I had in mind. Mike Davis should never have taken him in, but Davis had character/academic issues with players himself. Davis eventually got us mired in an APR mess before we could get rid of him, but we were able to get out relatively unscathed thanks to our president, at the time, being proactive with the NCAA. Now you have your own Mike Davis, except UAB was Davis' first shot at a HC gig...Stansbury has a track record. I hope he works out. Don't need WKU falling into a mess for the conference's sake. But I'm not surprised at what I've seen so far...and won't be if it becomes a trend. Good luck.

(08-01-2017 12:44 PM)blazr Wrote:  except UAB was Davis' first shot at a HC gig...Stansbury has a track record. I hope he works out. Don't need WKU falling into a mess for the conference's sake. But I'm not surprised at what I've seen so far...and won't be if it becomes a trend. Good luck.

What are you talking about. UAB wasn't Davis first HC experience. When he came to UAB he had just been fired from Indiana where he was the HC from 2000-2006. He took over for Bobby Knight.

(08-01-2017 01:22 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 12:44 PM)blazr Wrote:  except UAB was Davis' first shot at a HC gig...Stansbury has a track record. I hope he works out. Don't need WKU falling into a mess for the conference's sake. But I'm not surprised at what I've seen so far...and won't be if it becomes a trend. Good luck.

What are you talking about. UAB wasn't Davis first HC experience. When he came to UAB he had just been fired from Indiana where he was the HC from 2000-2006. He took over for Bobby Knight.

Oh yeah, good catch. Was thinking, off the top of my head, that he came after a post-Knight interim stint. I think I've blocked most of the details of him from my mind.

(08-01-2017 01:28 PM)blazr Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 01:22 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 12:44 PM)blazr Wrote:  except UAB was Davis' first shot at a HC gig...Stansbury has a track record. I hope he works out. Don't need WKU falling into a mess for the conference's sake. But I'm not surprised at what I've seen so far...and won't be if it becomes a trend. Good luck.

What are you talking about. UAB wasn't Davis first HC experience. When he came to UAB he had just been fired from Indiana where he was the HC from 2000-2006. He took over for Bobby Knight.

Oh yeah, good catch. Was thinking, off the top of my head, that he came after a post-Knight interim stint. I think I've blocked most of the details of him from my mind.

Sorry it didn't fit into your narrative.

(08-01-2017 04:06 PM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 01:28 PM)blazr Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 01:22 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 12:44 PM)blazr Wrote:  except UAB was Davis' first shot at a HC gig...Stansbury has a track record. I hope he works out. Don't need WKU falling into a mess for the conference's sake. But I'm not surprised at what I've seen so far...and won't be if it becomes a trend. Good luck.

What are you talking about. UAB wasn't Davis first HC experience. When he came to UAB he had just been fired from Indiana where he was the HC from 2000-2006. He took over for Bobby Knight.

Oh yeah, good catch. Was thinking, off the top of my head, that he came after a post-Knight interim stint. I think I've blocked most of the details of him from my mind.

Sorry it didn't fit into your narrative.

Yes. The fact that it wasn't Davis' first gig invalidates my entire point. My Internet forum logic is rusty.


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(08-01-2017 05:26 PM)blazr Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 04:06 PM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 01:28 PM)blazr Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 01:22 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 12:44 PM)blazr Wrote:  except UAB was Davis' first shot at a HC gig...Stansbury has a track record. I hope he works out. Don't need WKU falling into a mess for the conference's sake. But I'm not surprised at what I've seen so far...and won't be if it becomes a trend. Good luck.

What are you talking about. UAB wasn't Davis first HC experience. When he came to UAB he had just been fired from Indiana where he was the HC from 2000-2006. He took over for Bobby Knight.

Oh yeah, good catch. Was thinking, off the top of my head, that he came after a post-Knight interim stint. I think I've blocked most of the details of him from my mind.

Sorry it didn't fit into your narrative.

Yes. The fact that it wasn't Davis' first gig invalidates my entire point. My Internet forum logic is rusty.


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clt says WKU is suffering from associating with a UNC CHeat player.

Released from his LOI

makes 'zero sense'. I personally thought Western should have released him if he wanted it a few weeks ago. But after signing financial papers and joining the team that should have been off the table.

(08-01-2017 09:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  Released from his LOI

makes 'zero sense'. I personally thought Western should have released him if he wanted it a few weeks ago. But after signing financial papers and joining the team that should have been off the table.

He isn't released from the loi. Just released to transfer. Completely different.

Good riddance.
Let the team play basketball now.

Agreed. Waaaaaaaaaayyyyy to much drama

(08-01-2017 09:15 PM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 09:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  Released from his LOI

makes 'zero sense'. I personally thought Western should have released him if he wanted it a few weeks ago. But after signing financial papers and joining the team that should have been off the table.

He isn't released from the loi. Just released to transfer. Completely different.

So other words Western is just releasing him to transfer? I believe turd turd was only one Western tried to block from doing that . Western lost the appeal on that one. So yeah, I understand that.

The only different in the release and no release is a kid must pay his own way without the release. That really isn't a hurdle anyways

(08-01-2017 09:43 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 09:15 PM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 09:02 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  Released from his LOI

makes 'zero sense'. I personally thought Western should have released him if he wanted it a few weeks ago. But after signing financial papers and joining the team that should have been off the table.

He isn't released from the loi. Just released to transfer. Completely different.

So other words Western is just releasing him to transfer? I believe turd turd was only one Western tried to block from doing that . Western lost the appeal on that one. So yeah, I understand that.

The only different in the release and no release is a kid must pay his own way without the release. That really isn't a hurdle anyways

Yep just a normal transfer. Sometimes you put limitations on the release (can't go to certain schools) but just a normal thing

He will not be allowed to transfer to another C-USA school, but if he wasn't going to play for WKU that's probably irrelevant.

(08-01-2017 10:14 PM)techdawg28 Wrote:  He will not be allowed to transfer to another C-USA school, but if he wasn't going to play for WKU that's probably irrelevant.

I would liked to have seen can't play for LSU, UNC, UK, and Missouri to that list.

If anything, this might make for a good 30 for 30 someday

(08-01-2017 10:37 PM)LouisvilleHilltopper Wrote:  If anything, this might make for a good 30 for 30 someday

Yea I don't think MR is going to be good enough to be featured in any 30 for 30...I feel like he is in for a rude awakening with life in the real world....

Personally just ready to move on and happy to be done with the constant drama and fit throwing by this guy....

It is really tough being a WKU basketball fan. It's exhausting. Just wish we could get some continuity and less drama. Maybe Dennis Felton hasn't bought a house in Cleveland yet.

(08-02-2017 06:48 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(08-01-2017 10:37 PM)LouisvilleHilltopper Wrote:  If anything, this might make for a good 30 for 30 someday

Yea I don't think MR is going to be good enough to be featured in any 30 for 30...I feel like he is an for a rude awakening....

Personally just ready to move on and happy to be done with the constant drama and fit throwing by this guy....

Too bad that rude awakening is not happening in CUSA.