vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Jul 22, 2008 17:19:02 GMT -5
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Post by hifigator on Jul 23, 2008 11:53:50 GMT -5
That is absolutely ridiculous.
He was only there one year. Not only did he not lead them to a Final Four or a Championship, but he didn't even get them out of the first weekend. That's just silly.
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Post by RDF on Jul 23, 2008 12:44:49 GMT -5
That is absolutely ridiculous. He was only there one year. Not only did he not lead them to a Final Four or a Championship, but he didn't even get them out of the first weekend. That's just silly. Adding to that--his team advanced further in NCAA's this year without him. I understand he is an extremely talented kid and was National Player of Year--but he didnt' do what Carmelo did for Syracuse--which I could see getting a jersey retired--although I believe you retire the jersey--keep number alive--or use the number of a retired jersey to honor the player by giving it to your best player, etc.. |
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Post by hifigator on Jul 23, 2008 15:34:05 GMT -5
In general, I am sort of stuck in the middle WRT retiring numbers. I think there are certainly players that come along that are special enough that they deserve some permanent recognition. But by the same token, there are always goig to be some right on the border of achieving such accomplishments. Like anything, where do you draw the line?
Here at Florida, the first thing Spurrier did was to unretire the numbers that had been retired. His, of course, was one such number from his Heisman season in '66. For all of the ridicule that Spurrier had -- most of it rightfully so -- for his non-politically correct comments and positions, I must admit that unretiring the numbers certainly didn't fit with the ultra-ego image that he had most of the other time.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Jul 23, 2008 19:04:42 GMT -5
Throwing my $.02 in, I think you could also make an argument that KD isn't even that good. He's not even the best player on a lottery-quality Seattle (or OKC) team.
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Post by dungeon ball on Jul 23, 2008 21:45:25 GMT -5
Is this potentially a marketing move for kids who are potential one-and-done's? I mean, you have some coaches now going on record saying they don't want to recruit them, and then you have Barnes saying we'll enshrine you for just one season.
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Post by Johnny Jungle on Jul 27, 2008 1:01:15 GMT -5
I find it pretty ridiculous that Texas is doing this. Kevin Durant was a stat sheet filler in college and he was a very good college basketball player but like mentioned above he lead his team no where. At least if you want to make a case for a one and done guy you have to look at Carmelo Anthony at least he won a national championship and had incredible numbers.
KD isn't all that great in comparison over time to overall players you could say guys like Glenn Robinson and Kurt Thomas had better career numbers in college than KD. There has to be more to this than meets the eye and perhaps it is all a recruiting tool or marketing scheme.
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