Sit on the bench and not play or transfer to someplace you can play, tough decision there. Idiot.
Didn't know the season was done in December also.
Source: K.J. Bluford is transferring
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Sit on the bench and not play or transfer to someplace you can play, tough decision there. Idiot.
Didn't know the season was done in December also.
Niang, Hogue, Nader, Mckay, Edozie, Gibson not a horrible 6 deep. Edozie could be ready by next year. Naz and Thomas haven't been world beaters lately but they looked better our first 7 games and will again. Sdw is getting better and monte is solid and will be better. Rashad would be great if not him would like a seasoned shooter to add to our mix if he can play right away otherwise I would have no quilm adding a transfer that sat out next season for 2015. 1 to replace hogue.
I think Okoro was probably strongly encouraged to look at other schools. I think this is probably Bluford leaving on his own since it happened at midseason but I think there's a good chance he would have been encouraged to move on after the season was over any way.
I'm pretty sure Okoro left because he could go to where he really wanted to. Iowa State seemed like his 2nd choice. I got that he always wanted to play for Rutgers but didn't go there because of their coach.
It was a family related issue. If Okoro had wanted to go to Rutgers to begin with, he could have.
He could have but Rutgers had that coach who was cruel to his players. Remember? Maybe that was before or something.
I'm sure Fred sits down and has a heart to heart with these guys and basically says....
"Look, I don't really see your skillset fitting in here. Would you like me to help you find a program where you can contribute and play a significant role?"
It's probably a mutual thing to some degree and even though the players are likely hurt, hearing the reality of the situation, it really is better for them if they can go to a different program and find a bigger role. Look at Sledge and McKight and the success that they have had.
"Look, I don't really see your skillset fitting in here. Would you like me to help you find a program where you can contribute and play a significant role?"
It's probably a mutual thing to some degree and even though the players are likely hurt, hearing the reality of the situation, it really is better for them if they can go to a different program and find a bigger role. Look at Sledge and McKight and the success that they have had.
To a degree. He wanted both Kane and Amardi, but that did not work out as planned.
Just shut up. Please.
Okoro had both his dad and brother die during the season, and you think Hoiberg "strongly encouraged" him to look at other schools? He's from New York and went back home. Jesus...
He has 1 year of eligibility in d1 and depending on if he has a red shirt (dont think he does) then he will really justbhave .5 year (next january). I wouldnt be surprised to see him go division 2.
That's true. Cutting someone that late is tough to do and I wonder if Amardi was who the staff settled on because he would have the easiest time of finding a scholarship from a power conference team. I don't know if edozie or bluford would have had the same luck and I think Fred really does want all these kids to succeed whether it's at ISU or not.
No Mckay is losing a half semester of eligibility. But is redshirting this year. One semester counts as a year. He didnt play this year unlike bluford. He loses a semesterbecause of the transfer sit out rule. After this season bluford only has 1 year left. He will either redshirt all of next year or play for only half a year somewhere. By leaving now he is certainly losing an extra semester if eligability unless he goes d2. I think he used his redshirt already too so this may be his only chance. Maybe he figured .5 is better than no minutes. He is behind thomas naz and sdw at the 2 and if we get RV he would be our 5th 2 and unlikely to see any minutes. He made the right move.
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It's the same as McKay. Neither Bluford or McKay redshirted yet (as far as I know anyway).
They both came out of Juco this fall as Juniors, signed with a team then decided to transfer prior to the second semester. It doesn't matter if you played in the first semester or not. McKay can't start his "redshirt" year until he enrolls at his new school (ISU) for the spring semester. He said on Twitter that he's in Ames today. He had to finish out his first semester at Marquette.
Bluford is in the same situation, provided he's at another school by the start of spring classes this year. Starts his redshirt year then and will be eligible second semester next year with 1.5 years to play.
Bluford always seemed like a reach by Hoiberg. He definitely like to get his shots up, but if given the opportunity for significant minutes, I don't think he would have been chucking like he did in CCL and garbage time. He's small and not as talented as our other guards. It was wishful thinking to expect anything near what McGee did last season. I hope he gets some minutes somewhere.
