GW69, who said JC was perfect? I would hope you can distinguish between he decided to hold a scholarship even when danjsport thinks he shouldn't (and didn't really want to) and JC being perfect. This is one of the reasons we have trouble having nice things at GW ... everyone is so negative about every little thing whether it's real or imagined. My job is not to idealize JC, it's to correct the record here when there is either wild or false speculation or statements being made. I was here (on the message boards) when JC was in HS lol.

Well, we have here a self proclaimed "an incredibly gifted Psychotherapist" and a persona who claims it is his job to correct the record.   

Bizarre yes, but is it really "Bickering?"


 

I’m also the “self -styled” legend in my own mind “King of Doowop”.Really!
Sometimes you just someone to come out and play with you. Remember?

Plenty of blame to go around as is often the case.

I don't think it's fair to say that JC did not get any of the players he wanted.  He has rebuilt practically the entire team.  Even if the meaning behind this pertains to filling a final roster spot or two, the statement seems to convey that his recruiting turned out to be disappointing, which by all accounts was not the case.

It's also not fair to do a 180 and claim that JC somehow made this great move to pocket a scholarship, since only 5 guys can play at a time and that bringing another player in would have only resulted in another player transferring out at some point.  I can agree that it was a wise move not to use the scholarship on a subpar player for the sake of filling up the roster.  But if pocketing the scholarship was such a smart move to begin with, then why was JC still interested in recruiting another player?  Of course, he was trying to improve his team which he should.  But, don't say that's a good move that the scholarship was pocketed because the objective of further improving the 2021-22 team was not fulfilled.

Finally, there are debates and there is bickering and there are personal attacks.  I would hope we can all agree that intelligent debates are welcome here and that personal attacks clearly are not.  Bickering is that gray area that I would hope we don't overreact to.  Stating that someone is wrong about something is admittedly a bit more harsh than saying that you disagree, but this is also often said within the context of a legitimate debate.  Agree that excessive bickering can be a bit much to take but in general, when two posters are arguing their sides, I would hope that we could all patiently wait things out.  When the bickering moves to personal attacks, then it should be time to shut it down.  Just my unsolicited opinion on the subject.

Snark-filled question: If the basketball team leaves a scholarship unused, can said scholarship be used by a gifted student who us not a gifted athlete to attend GW?

I think you are missing the point. It is a wise move NOW to pocket the scholarship. Of course, if JC could have gotten another transfer  - one that would be immediate impact - he would have taken him. He had one in mind but unfortunately and curiously (and surprising to everyone) the University could not admit him. So rather than take someone else just to fill a scholarship (even perhaps someone who could compete for minutes) he adjusted his thinking. Not sure why anyone could have a problem with that at this point. Yes, two months ago it looked like we'd be getting said transfer. But that didn't happen. It wasn't that he missed out on guys. It was that admissions threw a surprise at him because the kid was definitely coming (and before anyone thinks he brought in a questionable academic kid, his grades weren't the issue).

That said, I do think the transfer from FGCU will be better than predicted. His problems have been injuries and if he can stay healthy, he will do well.

Florida Colonial wrote:

Can I add that the transfer from Cornell (Bryan Knapp) is a walk on . Correct me if I'm wrong GWRising

Can we now all agree to move on.

Before we know it, we can actually start debating actual on court performance

Correct

Gwmayhem wrote:

GWRising, I did not miss your point.  I think we all see that after JC was unable to land the player or players he was interested in, due to academics or any other reason, he was correct to pocket the scholarship.  It's just that the original hope was to land additional talent.  So for you to say that it's just as well that he didn't because another player would only have resulted in someone else eventually transferring out sounds like a cop-out. Put another way, if he had been able to land the player who is unable to play at GW due to academics, you would more than likely be posting a lot about how the talent level of this team has been remarkably raised and not so much about how this new addition will likely result in another player transferring out.

I get the feeling that if JC had his team open in a zone, watched the team fall behind 15-0, took the team out of a zone, and GW eventually lost that game by 2, many here would be lamenting over why the team played zone at all while you would be reminding us how intelligent it was for JC to take the team out of the zone and to imagine how much the team would have lost by if JC hadn't changed strategies.  

Well if the other player had been accepted, I doubt he takes the transfer from FGCU. So we'd still be talking about the extra scholarship either way. But the point you continue to miss is that he was likely never going to use that scholarship. 

Former team manager and D2 transfer added to roster

https://gwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/theofanis-stamoulis/7907

In terms of in-bound additions, I'd say best off-season in a long time.  

We've gone from a collection of guys like Darian Bryant, to a collection of high end BCS talent