Do not release Wes
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You do not release him until you gather all the facts to make sure there are no illegal or improper actions taking place.
We absolutely should not release him. If he had said he wanted to transfer in January or February, no problem, we could have signed someone else for next year. We can't do that now.
ISU offered him a scholarship for the 2008-2009 season and according to the DMRegister, Wesley signed it on May 6. A scholarship is basically a 2-way contract and it is needed to protect both parties. As far as I'm concerned, once he signed it, he needs to live up to it or pay the consequences...which means he can either be at ISU on scholarship or he can go to some other school and pay his own way.
ISU offered him a scholarship for the 2008-2009 season and according to the DMRegister, Wesley signed it on May 6. A scholarship is basically a 2-way contract and it is needed to protect both parties. As far as I'm concerned, once he signed it, he needs to live up to it or pay the consequences...which means he can either be at ISU on scholarship or he can go to some other school and pay his own way.
I think GMac and Pollard are building a case to not release him. First GMac says that he has to stand up and fight and then he creates a time line with several signed legal documents that negate Wes' story. They wont release him until Wes convinces GMac and Pollard that he was truly unhappy all season even though there were no indications.
I was expecting a Nick Nolte kind of freak out today too. GMac deserves a lot of respect for staying so cool and handling this with class. If I were in his shoes, I certainly would hold nothing back.
Start watching at 5 minutes
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This whole situation is one giant circle jerk in the middle of a god damn cluster ****
I was expecting a Nick Nolte kind of freak out today too. GMac deserves a lot of respect for staying so cool and handling this with class. If I were in his shoes, I certainly would hold nothing back.
Start watching at 5 minutes
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjI3cgdYZDE"]YouTube - Blue Chips - Illegal Recruiting[/ame]
This whole situation is one giant circle jerk in the middle of a god damn cluster ****
We've got to release him at some point. It's bad business if we don't.
But first make him fly back to Ames on his own dime and explain the situation to GMac and Pollard in person. If he can explain it to their satisfaction then release him to schools that aren't in the following list: any Iowa school, any Big XII school, Kentucky, Alabama, Michigan, Michigan State, or any school that we have scheduled or are thinking of scheduling in the near future.
Even better, only release him to Southern Miss. Force him to play for LE for three years.
But first make him fly back to Ames on his own dime and explain the situation to GMac and Pollard in person. If he can explain it to their satisfaction then release him to schools that aren't in the following list: any Iowa school, any Big XII school, Kentucky, Alabama, Michigan, Michigan State, or any school that we have scheduled or are thinking of scheduling in the near future.
Even better, only release him to Southern Miss. Force him to play for LE for three years.
There gonna have to keep waiting cause wes isn't gonna get out of his scholarship
There was a good LE quote about Adam Haulska on CR today that sums up Wes right now.
"There are two types of pussies in the world, mental, and physical, and right now your son is both."
Good post. It reminds us that things could be worse -- Larry could still be our coach. But in fairness to Adam he announced he was transferring as soon as possible, he took the high road with regard to comments about his coach and teammates, and he did not sign his scholarship renewal then renege on it a few weeks later.
Here is what we are going to do. We should sit on Wes's scholly for about another week and then bring in Brad Reese the 6-6 200lb 3 man. That is if he isn't committed yet.
We should throw a bone at Emmanuel Negedu and Rashanti Harris also because what do we have to lose. We can offer both these guys a frickin starting spot in the Big12 their first year most likely.
I think things would be back in order if we had this as a line up.
Garrett
Staigger
Negudu
Thompson or Vanderbeeken
Brackins
We should throw a bone at Emmanuel Negedu and Rashanti Harris also because what do we have to lose. We can offer both these guys a frickin starting spot in the Big12 their first year most likely.
I think things would be back in order if we had this as a line up.
Garrett
Staigger
Negudu
Thompson or Vanderbeeken
Brackins
And at least Adam had a reason.
Coach was a raging Alcholic
He had 2 close friends and a pretty decent girl at Iowa.
Wes just disappeared like Micheal Jackson.
Along those same lines - and I don't think we really can dictate where WJ will end up - BUT I'd really like for us to make his release conditional. The conditions would be that he can transfer BUT NOT to any of the schools whom have come sniffing around WJ prior to McD's press conference. Although that is what I'd love to see, I also know that it could be very difficult to prove which schools have been on WJ's trail recently. It'd be great if the NCAA could come to our aid in this & threaten possible investigation into any institution trying to mess with this situation before our school has the chance to sort it all out....Wait, the NCAA help us?...God help us please - give us some justice in this situation!!
Yeah, I honestly never thought I would say it... But right now I have more respect for AH than I do Wes...
Don't forget he had at least two teammates -- Jackson Vroman & Tim Barnes -- who were more interested in smoking weed than in playing basketball.
Vroman was a hell of a ball player and brought so much energy to hilton..and yet people love to talk about smoking weed. This team needs someone like jackson who brought energy, rebounding and points.
Adam also had his dad tell coach he was transferring, so in that respect, they were pretty similar...
Cheap shot. I don't care if they were the Cheech and Chong brothers Vrmoan gave us all he had.
