ChemEGopher
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I had a reporter and one of my coaches bring it to my attention. I was shocked. There have been rumors during my entire high school career, so it was nothing new to me. I don't really pay attention to the message boards that much. It's a whole bunch of people who know basketball and some who don't who just go by what they read. I don't really put that much thought into it."
I had a reporter and one of my coaches bring it to my attention.
Always be wary of mid-20's Eden Prairie High School gradsFacts34 is full of shit and should be banned.
I don't really pay attention to the message boards that much. It's a whole bunch of people who know basketball and some who don't who just go by what they read. I don't really put that much thought into it."
Why should Facts be banned?
You can argue about the ethics of posting it on a fan message board all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that these were rumors out there.
Why should Facts be banned? I don't think he ever said that Trevor would for sure not play for the Gophers next year. He just said that something hapoened and it MIGHT prevent him from being on the team. At this point it's pretty obvious that something happened as more and more people are coming forward saying they heard the same rumor (myself included). So in the end Facts' facts were correct. You can argue about the ethics of posting it on a fan message board all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that these were rumors out there. I suspect that you didn't hear the murmors because your connection to trevor is his future mother-in-law and the allegations against him were not something anyone would want their future mother-in-law to know about.
give me a break, trevor was looking to get out of Marquette at the beginning of the summer but tubby wasn't interested in a transfer at that time. Everyone at Marquette knew he wasn't happy and wanted to be closer to his kid and no matter how much certain marquette fans whine about it, plenty of people in Milwaukee knew he was leaving most of the summer, as did alot of people in the twin cities, so it was no suprise.
give me a break, trevor was looking to get out of Marquette at the beginning of the summer but tubby wasn't interested in a transfer at that time. Everyone at Marquette knew he wasn't happy and wanted to be closer to his kid and no matter how much certain marquette fans whine about it, plenty of people in Milwaukee knew he was leaving most of the summer, as did alot of people in the twin cities, so it was no suprise.
Mbakwe was telling everyone in the media who asked that he was not leaving Marquette. That is not unlike the what happened again. Mbakwe has a history dating back to high school of pulling quick changes out of his hat. No matter what happens this time you would have to have your head buried 6 feet in the sand to pretend that Mbakwe should be taken at his word based on previous history.
Mbakwe was telling everyone in the media who asked that he was not leaving Marquette. That is not unlike the what happened again. Mbakwe has a history dating back to high school of pulling quick changes out of his hat. No matter what happens this time you would have to have your head buried 6 feet in the sand to pretend that Mbakwe should be taken at his word based on previous history.
I don't know what you were reading, but every MN recruiting fan knew he wanted to come here as soon as Crean left, and would be a Gopher as soon as Tubby decided to offer. Tubby just needed some time to warm to the idea of a transfer, talk to Mbakwe, etc.
Tubby offered the day before Marquette was to begin fall semester?
Tubby offered the day before Marquette was to begin fall semester?
No - he offered while Mbakwe was in junior college this past winter. Perhaps you were hibernating?
No - he offered while Mbakwe was in junior college this past winter. Perhaps you were hibernating?
Give me a break, after Crean left there was no reason for Mbakwe to stay at Marquette, and everyone (maybe besides Marquette fans) assumed he'd transfer, and he did. It was consistent with all of the Internet chatter and the stories that whole summer. The only questions were whether MN would have a scholarship for him, whether Tubby would take another transfer, and whether he would go to JC first to avoid sitting out a yr (after already missing most of his freshman yr bc of injury). Working out the last question is probably why he didn't physically leaving Marquette until [whenever]. It wasn't official that he was coming to MN at that time, but I'm sure he didn't make the decision without getting a sense of what the MN coaches thought him playing JC a year.
When a guy goes out of state to school, then the coach that recruited him leaves, you can't blame him for transferring. The only tragedy is that he's been screwed out of 2 years of eligibility, first by playing some meaningless minutes after coming back from injury late his freshman year, and then playing at a JC (instead of just transferring directly, presumably bc he needed the court time after the freshman injury).