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Ari Stewart and J.T. Terrell finally get a coach fired

Maybe ... tough to get in the mindset of those guys though, and how they viewed things at the time. Memory corrupts with time, and sometimes it's easier for us after the fact to say "I could've done it but I didn't try hard enough then because of Y" than it is to admit we thought we were trying our best at the time. (Whether that's true or not is secondary to this discussion.)

I'm definitely over-thinking this now.
 
This article pretty well summarizes the whole revoked scholarship situation

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"The National College Players Association, an advocacy group that lobbies for athletes' rights, found an average roster turnover rate of 22 percent among the 65 schools in the 2009 NCAA tournament. That works out to 169 players out of 775 possible returners.

The group includes players who lost scholarships for academic reasons or who sought transfers, but excludes graduating seniors and those who left for the NBA."

Pretty interesting since that's roughly 3 players a year for a 13 man roster.

"Both studies include Kentucky, where seven players on Billy Gillispie's final squad didn't return once John Calipari took over in 2009 and brought his own recruits. Four of those former Wildcats have said publicly they were asked to leave the program.

Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart said that Calipari was honest with the team he inherited.

Players were told up front whether or not they fit into Kentucky's plans. Either "we have a spot for you or we can help you go someplace else," Barnhart said."

Not that KY should be our model.
 
This article pretty well summarizes the whole revoked scholarship situation

link

"The National College Players Association, an advocacy group that lobbies for athletes' rights, found an average roster turnover rate of 22 percent among the 65 schools in the 2009 NCAA tournament. That works out to 169 players out of 775 possible returners.

The group includes players who lost scholarships for academic reasons or who sought transfers, but excludes graduating seniors and those who left for the NBA."

Pretty interesting since that's roughly 3 players a year for a 13 man roster.

"Both studies include Kentucky, where seven players on Billy Gillispie's final squad didn't return once John Calipari took over in 2009 and brought his own recruits. Four of those former Wildcats have said publicly they were asked to leave the program.

Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart said that Calipari was honest with the team he inherited.

Players were told up front whether or not they fit into Kentucky's plans. Either "we have a spot for you or we can help you go someplace else," Barnhart said."

Not that KY should be our model.

You have to take that with a grain of salt, Billy Gillispie had 19 players (including walk-ons) on roster in 2008. As crazy as that sounds, the 2009 UK team still had 7 players from Billy Gillispie's team.
 
"Both studies include Kentucky, where seven players on Billy Gillispie's final squad didn't return once John Calipari took over in 2009 and brought his own recruits. Four of those former Wildcats have said publicly they were asked to leave the program.


We got one of those players- Konner Tucker.
 
"@JasonBelzer Where's the article on the fall of Wake? #1 in nation yr we fired our coach. Still haven't fired [Redacted]. http://i.imgur.com/xwhPT.png"
 
"@JasonBelzer Where's the article on the fall of Wake? #1 in nation yr we fired our coach. Still haven't fired [Redacted]. http://i.imgur.com/xwhPT.png"

For some people the further we get from Dino, the better he was, for others he gets worse.
 
Weren't we #1 the year before we fired Dino?
Jan 2009 we were #1
Apr 2010 fired Dino IIRC
 
Weren't we #1 the year before we fired Dino?
Jan 2009 we were #1
Apr 2010 fired Dino IIRC
Yeah, think that's correct. The year that we fired Dino, we were hanging around the "receiving votes" for most of the year.

January 19th, 2009, we were 16-0 and #1.
 
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