The proper context to discuss Rashed starts with his father Walt who was arguably one of the top 25 UCLA players in that school's history.  So unfair as this may be, Rasheed arrived at GW with very outsized expectations.  He was clearly not an A10 caliber player and Mike Jarvis managed to get him a few minutes here and there.  He was a point guard who was no threat to shoot or score.  He did stay at GW for four years (a long, long time ago, before transfer portals and NIL, most college basketball players did just that), opting for a limited role at GW over perhaps an expanded role at a lower level.

I have not seen the documentary yet though it is on my to do list.  Crittendon certainly took the fall, and perhaps rightfully so, though Arenas was as big a nut job as there was.  When he became a free agent, he was down to the Wizards and Clippers so he flipped a coin.  The coin came up Clippers which explains why he chose the Wizards.  That was Gilbert.

"RA-SHEED HA-ZZARD!!" would waft down from the student section in my day. It was musical. It was joyous and it usually meant we were winning. Seemed like a nice guy from what I could tell. Fascinating posts on this thread.

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Thanks for the article, Martinboy; however, I will note when Darin Green and Rasheed complained about Mike Jarvis, he was no longer our coach.

About Rasheed Hazzard, I agree with Martiniboy and GWmayhem's points about him staying at GW for four years despite the minimal role he had, and how much things have changed in 30 years when it comes to players transferring. A guy like Hazzard would have been plotting his exit from GW late in February of his freshman year nowadays. Especially, when you consider that his father was a legendary player. I know one of Shaquille O'Neal's sons has transferred at least 3 times since he's been in college. 

About the Javaris Crittenton and Gilbert Arenas situation, I didn't see the documentary but I remember it and heard Gil and others speak on it. Gil claims the incident stemmed from a card game on a plane involving himself, Crittenton and other Wizards players that escalated to the point where they threatened to harm/shoot each other, and Gil ended up bringing a gun to the locker room to mock the situation (which proves GWmayhem's point about Gil being somewhat nutty!!!).I know Crittenton was also charged with murdering a woman in Georgia a short time after the incident with Arenas.

Stats are horrifying. But remember he was occasionally helpful in a couple of games, including after looking 
it up, a key 3-pointer in the Franklin National Bank Classic (former BB&T, etc).
  Obviously we had high hopes for him. Became an NBA Assistant, so coaching may have been
more his strong suit.
And Hazzard and Darrin Greene would have transferred years earlier, as Martiniboy pointed out.
  He and Greene, who was perpetually deep in Jarvis' doghouse, criticized Jarvis in the Hatchet.
  A decade ago, that could have been the anonymous basis of destroying a GW coaching career.