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(04-15-2020 04:44 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-15-2020 04:28 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(04-15-2020 01:52 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-15-2020 01:14 PM)mac Wrote:  

(04-15-2020 01:07 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  They aren't implications. The first 2 words were "my guess". Last year it was Reece who didn't want to redshirt and got a wasted year. My guess is the guy could be the 2nd coming of Shaq and JJ wouldn't have let him play more than 5 minutes all season because he couldn't be talked into redshirting. He should have played 0 minutes whether he agreed to redshirt or not. Still could have suited up, warmed up, and sat on the bench... just never put him in. Then he wouldn't have wasted a year.

You wrote "Extremely petty stuff". You just made that up bro, with no clue what's actually going on over there.

Why would JJ want to redshirt the 2nd coming of Shaq? That makes zero sense. You make these baseless claims based solely on the hatred of the coach. Maybe thats your thought process (spite) but JJ isn't treating his team like that. Go ask Reece whether he was ready to play last year or not and whether he wanted to redshirt.

Not everyone wants to spend 5 years in college.

So tell me then, since you are in the know, why did he play at all?

The same reason any other not rotation player plays every year. Like Reece playing 15 minutes last year.

I understand your rational there Giles, but I'm not sure that his being a "not rotation player" fits the bill in this case. There has to be a more rational reason than that since ODU was needing someone at that position, especially after Dickins left the team.

My thoughts on why he didn't play more than his very few minutes is because he was (A) still recovering from his injury, and (B) not up to speed with things both physically and scheme wise due again to his being set back by his injury.

Had he not suffered the injury, I believe that he would have played more minutes than he did. Just can't be certain how many more though since I was never able to really see him play in significant game action. Evidently the coaches feel similarly to how I do since I was told they, "Don't know what to expect from him" even going forward to this next season. All of which would again explain why they are actively looking for an experienced transfer center.