Pretty much how I am looking at this. KJ says coach I think I might leave. So coach starts looking for replacements and finds one and tells KJ ok you can go. KJ says coach I changed my mind I want to stay. Too late. Since KJ was talking about leaving I tend to believe this more than he was blind sided by it. I also donāt doubt that Major probably has not managed players feelings and emotions very well. I think he is a very matter of fact get on the train or get off kind of guy. That works with some players, not with others. Hopefully now that he has mostly his own guys his mentality will be a better match with the players he has brought in and the transfers from here on out will be fewer.
I said earlier I donāt fault him for leaving and I dont mind losing his production. I know transfers are a part of the game, but now that we are pretty much done with Bobbyās players letās hope that the number of -players leaving declines. Would like to have a little more stability.
Hereās what Iām worried aboutā¦ Braz is real tight with Deuce and KJ, so Iām hoping he doesnāt get pissed off at them being forced out and decide to leave too. If Braz transfers too, thatās it Iām completely done supporting Major.
Yeah if Braz leaves I will be really agitated. With that said I donāt think he will go anywhere. I am worried about his mental state going into next season with basically all his friends on the team gone either through graduation or transfers. He has a tendency to let his emotions get the best of him and we really need senior leadership next year. Hopefully he and Mayfield have gotten tight and can be the leaders we need.
My guess is the coaching staff has already considered the Braswell factor and they did not see a potential issue. At least, that is what I hope they did. If they did not consider this possibility or even if they did consider it and realized there may be problems, then we have reason for concern.
Thats what Iām worried about more than anything. Deuce and KJ are replaceable to some extent with our recruiting class coming in even though they will lack experience. If Bras were to bolt at this point that would be a huge hole to fill and Iām not sure we could fill it.
As far as his uncle saying he was blindsided I agree with the earlier poster that mentioned KJās tweets about getting up out of here or some other variation. When you make your feelings known that you are thinking about leaving you canāt be surprised or blindsided if the coach says your services are no longer needed. Another lesson for Charlotte 49er athletes on thinking before you tweet if KJ really did want to stay.
I do think he wants to win, which is another reason (on top of his buddies getting booted out) why Iām scared he will leave. He could play and get serious minutes for almost any team in the country. If he stays, I think we will be good, but probably finish around 18 or 19 wins.
I do think he wants to win, which is another reason (on top of his buddies getting booted out) why Iām scared he will leave. He could play and get serious minutes for almost any team in the country. If he stays, I think we will be good, but probably finish around 18 or 19 wins.[/quote]
Iām saying that I think Braswell is smart enough to realize that KJ and Deuce werenāt winning games here, so with them leaving he has a better chance to be on a winner.
I do think he wants to win, which is another reason (on top of his buddies getting booted out) why Iām scared he will leave. He could play and get serious minutes for almost any team in the country. If he stays, I think we will be good, but probably finish around 18 or 19 wins.[/quote]
Yeah if he really wants to win I am sure there are some NCAA tourny level programs that would be happy to have him his sr year.
I do think he wants to win, which is another reason (on top of his buddies getting booted out) why Iām scared he will leave. He could play and get serious minutes for almost any team in the country. If he stays, I think we will be good, but probably finish around 18 or 19 wins.[/quote]
I am sure he wants to win, but I donāt think he would want to prolong his college career to do so. Why would he want to delay playing professionally (wherever that may be) to sit out a year due to a transfer? My guess is he could make some pretty good $$ overseas.
Not many NCAA caliber teams are going to want a guy that takes up a scholarship for 2 years to only get one year out of him.
Braswell is clearly the best player on our team and he has been taken care of under Major. He is the focal point of our offense. He gets what he wants here. I have no worries about him leaving. A lot of people here were sure that KJ and Deuce were gone well before the season was over.
I do think he wants to win, which is another reason (on top of his buddies getting booted out) why Iām scared he will leave. He could play and get serious minutes for almost any team in the country. If he stays, I think we will be good, but probably finish around 18 or 19 wins.[/quote]
I am sure he wants to win, but I donāt think he would want to prolong his college career to do so. Why would he want to delay playing professionally (wherever that may be) to sit out a year due to a transfer? My guess is he could make some pretty good $$ overseas.[/quote]Bras will make serious bank overseas. Heāll probably even get some NBA workouts, but if Curt couldnāt land on an NBA squad with his athleticism, I canāt imagine Bras will either.
I donāt like this way of doing things, if what these family members are saying is accurate. If Sherrill wanted to stay, even if he had changed his mind after wanting to leave before, then he shouldāve been allowed to finish his last year. Iām skeptical weāre going to pull in better players with both scholarships (since we still had one with Briscoe leaving), so I donāt see a clear benefit of forcing him out.
Maybe weāre not getting the full story. It could be that what blindsided Sherrill was that the freshmen were going to get all the playing time, so it was either stay here and sit the bench or transfer for pt. But even then, Iām never sold on freshmen coming in and being better from day one (or that itās necessarily better to play them just to get experience if they arenāt ready), nor am I convinced that Sherrill would have no chance of improving enough to be a strong contributor, even if off the bench. I donāt buy the whole āwe know what we were getting fromā¦ā stuff, because itās been proven wrong too many times to count.
I know that Sherrill wasnāt going to play this year. Iām sure Sherrill is shocked now, but he was publicly broadcasting his disinterest in this program and this coach. Couple that with ineffective minutes on the floor and I donāt see this as a surprise or an issue.
I want all of our players to be on the level we project them to be. But some of them arenāt. I honestly think most freshmen big men could give us a basket and a rebound a game, even if on accident, in playing 13 mpg. I also see nothing in this history of this program that suggests that Sherrill or Deuce had their scholarships revoked. I can imagine they were both told what their roles were going to be next year and neither one was happy with it.
At this point, either Major will be successful or he will not. We can over analyze how the former players were handled, or how the players accepted the new coaches. But itās not going to change anything or bring them back.
Right now weāre in a wait and see, holding pattern. If anything the losing of former players has allowed Major another season for ārebuildingā.
[quote=āNormmm, post:37, topic:26647ā]At this point, either Major will be successful or he will not. We can over analyze how the former players were handled, or how the players accepted the new coaches. But itās not going to change anything or bring them back.
Right now weāre in a wait and see, holding pattern. If anything the losing of former players has allowed Major another season for ārebuildingā.[/quote]
I think weāre in a state of rebuilding for more than just this season regardless. We needed it and it takes a long time at this level to build back up. It took NCSU 5 years to rebuild under Sendek. They were definitely in a better place to rebuild than we were.
But losing Sherrill and Deuce is not cause for rebuilding and anyone who spins it as such is reaching pretty hard.
[quote=āNormmm, post:37, topic:26647ā]At this point, either Major will be successful or he will not. We can over analyze how the former players were handled, or how the players accepted the new coaches. But itās not going to change anything or bring them back.
Right now weāre in a wait and see, holding pattern. If anything the losing of former players has allowed Major another season for ārebuildingā.[/quote]I agree with everything you say here, except that I donāt think Briscoe or Sherrill leaving really buys Major much more time than he already had (though I think he has more time than most others on this board at least).
I just donāt like treating players this way. Or as the NCAA amusingly wants them called āstudent-athletesā. Remember how many posters were saying āwhy doesnāt Sherrill just stay at Charlotte and get a better degreeā a few days ago? Well, it doesnāt sound like he had that option from what the family members are saying. Maybe thatās not what really happened, but if theyāre characterizing what really happened accurately, it strikes me as the wrong way to do things even in our sleaze-filled modern college athletics.