Tamin Lipsey's back, but Keshon Gilbert won't be for third-seeded ISU in the NCAA Tournament
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I've stopped asking that question. There one azzhat, here, that will add a Dumb tag to anything contrarian to the current narrative.
Well, I'm in the minority that thinks that there is more to this (we'll never know for sure either way). I guess it bugs me that we saw him play quite recently, even if it was just for a few minutes, and while he may have looked not quite himself, nothing looked so serious that he couldn't play in a pinch, say if too many guards were in foul trouble or if say, a real serious injury occurred...say like when Lipsey truly was unable to remain on the court with HIS groin issue.
I'm certainly not surprised by TJ is telling the public (and when he announced it, for the sake of keeping the 3-seed in play). We have players like Lipsey gutting it out at less than 100%, we've heard nothing suggesting that doctors have told KG that he risks career ending issues if he continues to try to play. Okay, so KG doesn't have the same "explosiveness" and isn't 100%, but this is it, final games of his college career, no guarantee there is anything after this, why not be active just in case. People have talked about how emotional he is, maybe he suggested that he doesn't wanna play unless he can give 100% which would truly be unfortunate as we watch others on the team doing that and there's just no way that TJ wouldn't take a KG as a bench depth 75%, if KG was willing to be there to provide that
None of us are going to find out all the facts. Once again, we're all just guessing, but to me, this isn't cut and dry and personally, I think there's more to this and I don't want to see him on the bench.
I'm certainly not surprised by TJ is telling the public (and when he announced it, for the sake of keeping the 3-seed in play). We have players like Lipsey gutting it out at less than 100%, we've heard nothing suggesting that doctors have told KG that he risks career ending issues if he continues to try to play. Okay, so KG doesn't have the same "explosiveness" and isn't 100%, but this is it, final games of his college career, no guarantee there is anything after this, why not be active just in case. People have talked about how emotional he is, maybe he suggested that he doesn't wanna play unless he can give 100% which would truly be unfortunate as we watch others on the team doing that and there's just no way that TJ wouldn't take a KG as a bench depth 75%, if KG was willing to be there to provide that
None of us are going to find out all the facts. Once again, we're all just guessing, but to me, this isn't cut and dry and personally, I think there's more to this and I don't want to see him on the bench.
I have people I trust in Ames, and on good authority, that minutes before the selection show and ensuring press conference TJ was napping on his luggage in the broom closet — as he makes all his staff do, because “toughness and grit?”
When Keshon stormed in, kicked the luggage out from TJ’s head and proclaimed, “two words TJ….**** you, PAY ME!!!!”
Sources then indicate that there was an arm wrestling duel to decide KG’s future with the team. TJ’s smedium polo was torn away to reveal a ‘Cyclomaniac’ wrestling singlet (blender bird ft tertiary blue no less).
An astonished Gilbert questioned, “when did you start wearing tear-away polos?”
“Always have!,” Otzelberger replied before handedly besting Gilbert in the feat of strength competition.
Wild times.
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Why is it Solterra’s responsibility to answer for this hypothetical? I don’t see him speaking on it in the post you responded to.
Mind you, I could be drunk, blind. Or simply a malcontent.
He may not travel because TJ would see it as a negative. If there's not something going on beyond injury, I don't see how that would be a decision you would make.
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It’s strange to me a players availability is part of the rationale for which seed they are placed.
Why are you pressing Solterra on it? Only thing I’ve seen is TJ didn’t respond to the question if he would travel.
I don’t know or care about Solterra, just confused why you decided that he needed to defend the hypothetical, “KG isn’t traveling with the team” narrative.
Right.
Keshon is a major reason why we’re a 3 seed. He was freaking awesome in the non conference. Starting 15-1… he was our MVP.
How did you learn this? Seems odd, I assume he still has access to all of our facilities.
See if he’ll run a pickup game.
Can confirm. He was playing on a court next to me. Could hear him loudly complaining about "not getting paid what he's due." Saw him dunk multiple times from the free throw line and was looking very explosive. At this point there seems to be much more to this story that TJ OtzLIEburger is letting on.
