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Sam Japhet-Mathias Dismissed

Sorry it didn't work out for him. Time to move on.
Now we know where another scholarship spot is available.
 
knowell said:
If we start dismissing people for not meeting program expectations, there will not be enough players to field a team and there damn sure won't be anyone to coach them.
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Oh, so you know what the phrase "not meeting program expectations" entails that caused his dismissal? To me it sounds like issues other than playing up to snuff created his problems and maybe he was one of the reasons Manning seems to have lost some of the team? If that is the case, isn't this a good thing?
 
sportsnut said:
Oh, so you know what the phrase "not meeting program expectations" entails that caused his dismissal? To me it sounds like issues other than playing up to snuff created his problems and maybe he was one of the reasons Manning seems to have lost some of the team? If that is the case, isn't this a good thing?
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Bingo
 
BobHWS said:
This is an interesting new linguistic twist as a reason for the suspension or dismissal of a player. Traditionally in cases like this, the reason given is a "violation of team rules." We could be witnessing the birth of a new euphemism.
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I am thinking the same thing.
 
Not sure why folks would immediately speculate that this is deeper / more widespread than just SJM.

Pretty clear that he’s been in the doghouse all season.

Good luck to him, wherever he ends up. He wasn’t going to see the floor much, anyway.
 
I think I actually read more into people’s comments than they had intended. My bad.

Agree this is probably a good thing.
 
Kicking a player out of the program for "violating team rules" when you're short a scholarship

That is the Wellman Way. Bdzelik was a master at it.
 
BillBrasky said:
Kicking a player out of the program for "violating team rules" when you're short a scholarship

That is the Wellman Way. Bdzelik was a master at it.
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Nah, if it was solely for the scholarship, you do it after the season and let him transfer elsewhere without making him look bad.
 
BillBrasky said:
Kicking a player out of the program for "violating team rules" when you're short a scholarship

That is the Wellman Way. Bdzelik was a master at it.
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I don't think BZ had to kick any body off the team. They were running away as fast as they could.
 
Expectations at Wake are pretty low so it has to be pretty disappointing for someone to be dismissed for not meeting them.
 
Good luck to Sam where ever he may end up. Certainly did not work out at WFU the way any of us, including Sam, wanted but not too late for him to still have a good run somewhere.
 
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