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Date Posted: 00:50:44 07/19/01 Thu
Author: testors lab
Subject: weak
In reply to: P-Diddy 's message, "I no longer go by Puffy (and Duke did pretty well with "soft" players - with the exception of Carlos "the boozehound" Boozler)." on 16:50:49 07/12/01 Thu

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>>
>>I don�t know much about the possible recruits that are
>>often brought up on this and other boards but I have
>>to wonder if we are often too scared to recruit the
>>occasional �hard edged� players. Don�t get me wrong
>>but while other Universities are losing players to the
>>draft or poor grades, we lost a player this year to
>>BIBLE SCHOOL.
>>
>>Do we want to worry about losing a productive team
>>member because he was a potential high draft pick or
>>wasn�t getting it done in class? (And please don�t
>>even bring up Lloyd, from what I have heard he was
>>�excused� more for his Cadillac Escalade than his poor
>>grades.) We often hear about Sister Rose and her hard
>>work, which I observed first hand while at X, and
>>don�t doubt her hard work, but why don�t we take a
>>chance on a real wildcard that may take the assistance
>>of three �Sister Roses�. Our players are soft, and it
>>scares me that while our locker room is filled with
>>the sweet tunes of Puffy Daddy before a game our
>>competitors locker rooms are booming with the gangsta
>>rap tunes kicking it old school with lyrics
>>encouraging cop killing and beating ho�s.
>>
>>It all comes down to our desire to win. As I stated in
>>an earlier post I enjoyed how available Pete was
>>during his stint at X and how he handled himself to
>>both the press and public. Would I have liked Pete as
>>much if he had recruited thugs or kids that coming in
>>only planned to stay one or maybe two years? I don�t
>>know, winning can go along way. Look at all the
>>support that Huggins gets, what are we willing to
>>trade for a program of UC�s caliber?
>>
>>Should we take the motto �Just win baby� or continue
>>to settle for an occasional NCAA bid, with one win and
>>out. Because I am afraid with the current state of
>>college basketball that is the most we can expect from
>>the level of our current recruits. This isn�t our
>>fathers college basketball, or in the case of the old
>>posters like muskieman and Kokomo Ed their grandkids
>>college basketball. It is now a business, a
>>steppingstone to the next level, nothing more. Kid�s
>>are being drafted out of high school and if they are
>>not they are going into universities with one or two
>>year plans. We have been lucky that we have not had to
>>worry about this, we have had decent kids in that most
>>of us were appreciative of the opportunities that
>>Xavier gave them and made the most of their four
>>years. What are we willing to give for a sweet 16
>>appearance? I don�t know if it is possible to win
>>without the bad element involved anymore? Gonzagas are
>>the exception rather than the norm. If a quality
>>player on and off the court is available there is no
>>way to keep him for 4 years, and if you can keep a bad
>>apple clean and eligible you can expect his name
>>showing up on a police blotter at least once during
>>his stop at your school.
>>
>>To sum it it up "Give me corn rows, domestic violence
>>and marijauna charges and tatoos or give me the NIT."
>>
>>Maybe the sky is falling, or at least we are going to
>>need get our hands a little bit dirtier.
>>
>>THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

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