Comments on: The Next “Thad Five (plus one)”

By: el Kaiser

el Kaiser — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:17:27 +0000

@Mike, MikeL and Eric G – thanks for clearing that up. I knew it had to be something, but I was genuinely surprised when I heard there would be no incoming freshmen.

@Greg – Part of me still believes that Turner is going to stick around. I wouldn’t begrudge him at all if he left early for the NBA (where I think he’ll be a star) but I sure would like to see what would happen if he stuck around for his last year.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:45:29 +0000

Turner’s not staying, unfortunately. We’d be talking Final Four if he did though.

By: Eric G

Eric G — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:24:42 +0000

Actually, we had one or two we could have given out this year, but we held on to it for next year knowing we were basically set for this season with so many returning players. It does still bring us one scholly short for next season if someone doesn’t leave early, though.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:39:57 +0000

All of the players leaving early have cost us scholarships, so Thad didn’t have any available to offer for this year.

That’s also somewhat of a concern if Turner decides to stay another year – we’re one scholarship short for the next. There are ways to work around it (ways that normally involve convincing someone low down on the bench that they might be more playing time elsewhere) but it’s still a slightly rough situation if it happens.

By: MikeLew

MikeLew — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:35:11 +0000

The reason no freshmen came in this year was because, for much of last season, we had no ‘ships to give out.

Then, the transferring happened too late in the recruiting cycle to add anyone of real value to the program, so Thad pocketed the scholarships to give out to future classes.