Yemi Makanjoula commits to Tennessee

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pl3 said:
As a person who has been to switzerland, I will give my 2 cents:

1) I believe the man said Ware was a player you win SEC titles with.
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In 2009. I'm pretty sure my opinion on his failure to develop anything that resembled basketball skills in the last two years is well documented. He's like the dominant Little League pitcher who's no better at 18 than he was at 12.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
UT with Bruce was heading back to the old days. This is Pearl's recruiting mess we're left to fight with.
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Yep...for those of us not so emotionally attached to Bruce, it was evident that this program was headed for a year or more of struggles with Bruce at the helm. The fact that Bruce got bounced (martyred according to the Pearlofiles) before all of this came due on his watch means the Pearlofiles can always claim that the drop in the program was due to the firing of Bruce and the fault of any coach who follows.
 
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VolinDawgland said:
Yep...for those of us not so emotionally attached to Bruce, it was evident that this program was headed for a year or more of struggles with Bruce at the helm. The fact that Bruce got bounced (martyred according to the Pearlofiles) before all of this came due on his watch means the Pearlofiles can always claim that the drop in the program was due to the firing of Bruce and the fault of any coach who follows.
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They will join the Fulmerites in whining about how things would have been so much better had their idol not been deposed. If they're really industrious, they can get the five people in Knoxville who don't realize Rod Delmonico was a piece of trash and form a support group covering all three sports.
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
Our recruiting mess has nothing to do with the way Pearl recruited.

We are in this situation because we fired a coach very late in the game.

As I have suggested on numerous occasions, if the decision was to fire Pearl, it should have taken place in September 2010, not this spring. Pearl did the best he could to recruit this season and fill the holes that were coming. Chances are, if he was back Hopson would be too and maybe even Tobias.

If Pearl would have been fired in September, this class could have been salvaged. If Pearl was still coaching, this class could have been salvaged. The way Pearl's firing was handled, and the timing of it are what has resulted in the recruiting mess. If you can't see that maybe you should go away.

Blaming Pearl is the typical babble and garbage I have come to expect from you, lawvol, and the other hatophiles, but it is tired, stale, and boring. Move on and blame something else.

It is laughable that every time an unknown and unheralded player comes along you and the other degenerates jump on Pearl and say it is a result of what he has done. If we'd been able to land a highly ranked prospect this late in the game I doubt any of you would give him any credit for the rise in stature he helped give the program over the last six years.
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You really need to accept reality, rather than babble on and on about your hero not being the problem with the basketball program. No one who has any sense would try to argue that Pearl is not completely responsible for the current state of the basketball program. To do otherwise is absurd.
 
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He's athletic, skinny and looks more like 6'6". But again those pics and videos are all over a year old. Certainly looks like a project.
 
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How big should the difference in our speculative game plan be with this addition (compared to before he committed)?
 
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At this point, it simply gives us another body to work with. The information on this kid is so limited there is no real way to project any real contribution he can provide for the team. If we are in foul trouble and need another body, he can provide that for us. That's probably all we can expect at this point.
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
If we'd been able to land a highly ranked prospect this late in the game I doubt any of you would give him any credit for the rise in stature he helped give the program over the last six years.
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Yea, it's not as if I have written continuously on here that we should believe we could get a good coach and continue to be successful as a result of Pearl elevating the status of the program...Oh wait, I did that. You must have had your head so far up your hero's ass that you missed it.
 
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Does anyone know if Illinois ever offered the kid a scholarship? If not were they interested in him at all or was he just interested in them?
 
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lylsmorr said:
Hahaha, Hopson hadn't been to classes in a while. Try again.
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Just because he wasn't in the classroom doesn't mean he wasn't in school. Fallacy at its finest.

Scotty was enrolled, and will be leaving in good academic standing. He was participating and keeping in communication online with his professors. Good try though.

Not saying he would've come back, but honestly, it is in his best interests to go this year with a down draft rather than be off of every mock draft in the next draft.

I think a team will give him a shot in the 2nd round. I think there is a slight chance that he goes in the first. Hell, I would rather have Scotty over Renaldo Balkman. lol
 
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Actually, Hat... I would. At UT, you can do a total withdraw and still be in good academic standing. That is a one semester deal, but I've seen it done before. As long as he either took his finals and passed, or withdrew from school completely, he will be in good academic standing. Not even on probation.

See Janzen Jackson and no, it doesn't matter what date you withdraw as long as it is before finals.
 
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hatvol96 said:
They will join the Fulmerites in whining about how things would have been so much better had their idol not been deposed. If they're really industrious, they can get the five people in Knoxville who don't realize Rod Delmonico was a piece of trash and form a support group covering all three sports.
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Back several years ago when his youngest son was playing youth baseball, Delmonico came into the establishment I worked at while in school and would take the entire team out to dinner. He would take up a server's whole section, stay for two hours, and not even leave an extra penny on the table for the tip. I completely agree with Delmonico being trash.
 
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DaDuRkEr said:
Actually, Hat... I would. At UT, you can do a total withdraw and still be in good academic standing. That is a one semester deal, but I've seen it done before. As long as he either took his finals and passed, or withdrew from school completely, he will be in good academic standing. Not even on probation.

See Janzen Jackson and no, it doesn't matter what date you withdraw as long as it is before finals.
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Too bad none of what you posted has the first thing to do with the NCAA's definition of good academic standing for APR standards.
 
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That is when 2.13/hr was infuriating. I hoped he would leave a dollar or two just once so I could follow him back to the parking lot and let him know that its obvious he needed a few bucks more than a student working nights @ $2.13/hr to get by.
 
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I didn't say anything about NCAA's version of "good academic standing." I was 110% talking about the way UT looks at it since there is no question he wouldn't be eligible to play here anymore.
 
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DaDuRkEr said:
I didn't say anything about NCAA's version of "good academic standing." I was 110% talking about the way UT looks at it since there is no question he wouldn't be eligible to play here anymore.
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Why would anyone remotely care how UT looks at it? If he doesn't have the requisite hours of progress towards his degree when the 'AA looks at his numbers, the basketball program takes an APR hit. I can't imagine why anyone would give a damn if he's eligible to come back and take classes later or not.
 
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pl3 said:
The only way that is possible, is if Hopson withdrew weeks ago and was in good standing before he left town. I don't know the 'aa judges each case.
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The 'AA requires him to make X hours of progress towards a degree each semester. Withdrawing, unless he's coming back in the summer to pick up those hours, would be irrelevant. Pretty sure that's not happening.
 
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