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By: Basketball gods still demanding Auburn sacrifices, apparently | The War Eagle Reader

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:53:09 +0000

[...] the 1 will likely now come down a walk-on and a true freshman who (while promising) had to decide between Auburn and Buffalo. Who’ll run the offense for a team now lacking any player who averaged more than 13 minutes a [...]

By: WarBlogEagle

WarBlogEagle — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:33:42 +0000

I agree it’s asking a lot. But I don’t think it’s asking too much. Plenty of coaches have managed just fine without oversigning. Again: some things are more important than winning. It’s Auburn basketball, not Kentucky hoops or Tide football; we’ll understand if certain sacrifices–especially ones like “Player X isn’t cut”–have to be made.

By: Aubiece

Aubiece — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:15:34 +0000

Hi Jerry
I agree to a certain extent, but, Barbee will be judged on his record,
not how many players he kept on scholarship. That is asking a lot
of him to not put the best team out there he can. I wouldn’t want it
to happen to my kid, but I see why Barbee or any other D1 Coach
would call out the Turk. Perhaps one of the players has a “medical”
problem that will keep them from playing…
Wink, wink, nod, nod…

By: WarBlogEagle

WarBlogEagle — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:10:09 +0000

Aubiece, sorry man, but I have to disagree. Winning is nice, but if the price is cutting a kid’s scholarship he was promised for four years–even if it was by the previous coaching regime–then that’s one I’m simply not willing to pay. Some things are more important than winning, if you ask me, and not canceling a kid’s best shot at a college education is one of them. Like I said, we’ll cross this bridge when we have to, but I’m not excited about the possibility.

By: Aubiece

Aubiece — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:16:30 +0000

I have to say that if AU needs a point guard and there are none
except a walk on enrolled, AU needs to sign one. If AU has to
let a scholarship player go to meet their needs, so be it.
If we want to have Big Boy BB this may be the price AU has to pay.
Barbee is on the clock, he will be judged by his record, starting in
2010-2011 season. With no point guard, even though I am no BB
guru, I would think the odds of even a mediocre season would be slim.
Now Barbee will get plenty of time to dig AU BB out, but the digging is
starting now.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:53:22 +0000

What excites me is the phrase “speed-demon”, considering Barbee’s usage of Calipari’s dribble-drive offense.