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Are you literally too dumb to understand that a coaching change, standing alone, is NOT grounds for waiver after the player has enrolled and completed a season at the school? A coaching change combined with the incoming coach saying they WANT the player to leave/transfer (or otherwise condoning...

Now we’re just battering the English language. Unless you suffer from multiple personality disorder, you cannot fear reprisal from yourself. By definition.

Last point because you literally have no idea what you’re talking about: “The latest adjustment — to four of the 13 guidelines — could lead to fewer requests being granted as it seems to raise the bar on what is required by a school to make a case for immediate eligibility for an athlete.”...

You’re gonna feel really dumb when you learn why Brooks doesn’t play this year. But carry on. Y’all aren’t worth the time.

What you say you “obviously meant” is in literal direct contradiction to the actual definition of reprisal. Unless you think reporters are retaliating against themselves.

All true. Also true: 1) Cincy supported Hardnett getting a waiver because they encouraged him to transfer. The NCAA is giving strong consideration to the position/input of the school from where the player is transferring FROM. Cincy is unhappy Brooks left because the new staff really wanted...

You literally wrote, “Or, are the questions not even asked for fear of some sort of reprisal that could effect reporters' livelihoods?” So reprisals against reporters *for doing their job* that “effect” reporters livelihoods isn’t wrong? I sure think it would be. And it is most definitely not...

Without Brooks, the goal and standard of 2019 is to make the tournament. If Brooks doesn’t play, as I expect he won’t, it’s NOT because of some conspiracy or scheme by the coaches. The coaches would LOVE to have Brooks available this year. That is a no-brainer. The fact that he won’t be is NOT...

In my view, saying coaches “like” mismanaging the roster and “want to continue” the mismanagement is a baseless attack. The level of distrust directed at Coach L — a coach who inherited Haith’s dumpster fire and worked his butt off to transform the program until he was wrongly implicated by...

Data, right? Cool story. Moving on... I’d like to support the team and coaches who have taken us from a bottom feeder to ACC champs. Having gotten past a gut-wrenching disruption, we are starting to move in a really exciting direction again. Baseless attacks on the coaching staff really...

This is exhausting. I think that the teams we played in Italy wanted to win - if for nothing more than competitive nature, pride, and bragging rights (beating an ACC team). Do stat lines from Italy predict the season? Absolutely of course not. Are they available data points that have more...

Miller averaged just under 10ppg in Italy. He was reported as having 2 blocks in one game... I haven’t seen full stat sheets. They played two professional teams and a Lithuanian college team. See the write up a few pages back of the competition in Italy. Both the pro teams had 6’11” guys. I...

There will be more team rebounding this year. I might have been a bit low in my rebounds prediction, but I don’t see Miller or Gak being a beast on the boards this year. I hope I’m wrong. As you noted, Gak averaged over 1 BPG in the games he played last year. I was vacillating between 1.5 and...

Game experience to build team chemistry. If he doesn’t play this year - which I suspect will be the case - he has a full year to heal and get 100% healthy (if what I’ve heard is correct).

Ever seen players play out a season and then get surgery? You think playing additional games (even if they’re exhibition) helps to build team cohesion? You know Brooks will be playing with the same guys even if he doesn’t make it on the floor this season, right? Just follow the program over the...

There is no argument because he’s not getting a waiver. If he was 100% healthy and eligible for a waiver he would play. You think you know better than the coaches about his health and eligibility for a waiver? Cool for you.

You can cry, moan, and post all you want but Brooks is almost certainly not getting a waiver (and thus not playing) this year. He is also not 100% healthy... you’ll figure it out. I’m all for criticizing coaches when it’s due (I was a huge critic of Clark, Haith, Coker, Shannon, Golden, and...

Predicting numbers like that is a fools errand. Too many variables and unknowns. With that said... Between Miller and Gak I’ll call for 35MPG, 16PPG, 8.5 RPG, 2.5 BPG. Cincy wanted Brooks to stay and showed other guys (who have gotten waivers) the door. Also, Brooks is not fully healthy. Also...

You are so breathtakingly bad at this. Go back to telling us how Rodney is totally useless and we played nobody in Italy. Brooks won’t play this year. You’ll have plenty to whine and cry about as the team meshes and matures. Next year (2020) Brooks will be part of a legitimate top-10 team...