fair enough. however, i stand by the assertion that basketball players (majority - do not use the exceptions as the rule) at ACC schools are not there for the degree. they are attempting to improve their future ability to earn money playing basketball. which is 100% kosher. that's the whole problem with college basketball. they are not "student" athletes. stop calling them that. They have a skill that most of us do not have. same for computer programmers. no one would criticize a student who took a job at microsoft as a sophomore. why do it for a junior basketball player that may earn six figures in france?
Wikipedia not a real source. Try again.
Sitting on it, I’m with Creamy and Ironwill. I don’t think our team will see too much of a drop off from Crawford to Childress. Our starting five and maybe sixth man should be decent but unless Jamie Lewis the Mystery Man comes in ready to play we don’t have a back up PG. and Ikenna Smart is below average at basketball backing up Sarr. Theoretically, we should have a decent back up option available at the 2/3 in either Johnson or Mucius but that’s about it.
As I’ve said ad nauseum lately, too many unknowns for me to feel remotely good about anything - but I don’t think at this point losing Crawford is that big of a deal. This must be what numbness feels like.
It is because basketball-wise this is a big loss. Brandon is a adequate back-up, but he's not a starter in the ACC. Bryant average over 16 ppg for two consecutive seasons. He was in the Top 10 in steals and assists for those years. We ain't getting close to that from Brandon barring a miraculous improvement.
It's happened to State the last couple years too with Trevor Lacey, Cat Barber, and Maverick Rowan all leaving for the pros with eligibility left and going undrafted.
Maybe it’s not as much that they’hate playing for Manning but they dislike the culture at Wake Forest??
Losing Crawford is a big deal.
Disagree. he was beyond stupid with the ball in his hands.
European teams typically pay the income tax, so your earnings are tax free. That said, one would assume that the salaries would be higher if the players paid their taxes themselves. Either way, it's technically "tax free" in that the contracted pay amount is exactly what the player nets. Plus, your living expenses, car, etc are often covered, so the contracts are worth quite a bit more than the salaried amount.
And yet he was still the best player on the team.Disagree. he was beyond stupid with the ball in his hands.
I think their problem was with Manning but I am willing to listen to the Wake culture argument. What about ther Wake culture offended them?
I agree about Manning, but the uppity elitist school we are trying to be cannot help.
I think we get all the WF culture we need to know when we look in the student sections of basketball and football games.
We no longer even have that many good ole NC guys, who love college basketball, teaching on the faculty.
That used to help the tall kids connect. There’s no connection for Doral, Bryant other than the coaching staff. So if the coach relationship founders, they got no reason to stay.
Disagree. he was beyond stupid with the ball in his hands.
He was mocking your #hottake on Wikipedia.No. No author, one paragraph. Please, if you're not serious don't waste my time. I'm not going to educate you.