The soph. guard and the Tigers 3rd leading scorer, is leaving the Tiger program. He said he wants to continue his college career at a school where he was most comfortable. Anderson has lost two of his top 3 scorers from last year squad that finished 9-23, I guess when you finish 9-23 it really doesn't matter who leaves.
Gill-Caesar jumps ship...................................
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Mizzou can't be any worse than last year. Teki w a bad back may not have helped anyway. While at Mizzou team camp the feeling was very positive and I would be willing to guarantee the quality of basketball will be much improved.
Pacific grad Cullen Vanleer has been torching nets since early June and been hard at work w the other newcomers - all making an impact. Metro reported an injury but Vanleer had a day out w strep throat and then a minor finger issue but has been a full go in workouts.
No doubt, they literally can't be any worse than they were this past year. It was the worst year in nearly 60 years for the program and they were only BCS level school to not win 10 games last year.
This is what gets me about this argument: that they're going to be better, as though graduating from trash to garbage is reason to throw a party.
Listen if you are as bad as you can possibly be without completely disbanding the program, then the only thing you possibly can do is be better. MU could field a team from open tryouts and accomplish what they did last year.
That's what I hate about coaches and teams that bottom out a program like KA did with MU or Lusk did at MSU or the 76ers did in the NBA. Once you sink to that level, you basically just have to show up to convince the diehards that you are making progress.
The question shouldn't be did KA graduate the program from 9 wins to 12. It should be -- at a minimum -- is the program on a path to competing for SEC titles and making noise in the NCAA tournament?
As of right now, I don't see it.
This is what gets me about this argument: that they're going to be better, as though graduating from trash to garbage is reason to throw a party.
Listen if you are as bad as you can possibly be without completely disbanding the program, then the only thing you possibly can do is be better. MU could field a team from open tryouts and accomplish what they did last year.
That's what I hate about coaches and teams that bottom out a program like KA did with MU or Lusk did at MSU or the 76ers did in the NBA. Once you sink to that level, you basically just have to show up to convince the diehards that you are making progress.
The question shouldn't be did KA graduate the program from 9 wins to 12. It should be -- at a minimum -- is the program on a path to competing for SEC titles and making noise in the NCAA tournament?
As of right now, I don't see it.
Not going to expect van leer to be a huge impact this year. His offer sheet certainly doesn't suggest that's he's going to be an immediate high level player.
I think fewer than 9 wins is in real jeopardy. I can't even imagine this team getting above .500.
Thumb, I believe there is a story behind the Gill- Caesar transfer since we only have a few weeks before classes start @ the University of Missouri. One of the rumors I've heard is coach Kim Anderson has Cullen VanLeer ahead of Gill-Caesar on his depth chart and his feeling were hurt. Thumb, can you dispute the above rumor?
Other rumors has a Missouri Asst. coach going to Austin Peay next season when his father is expected to retire. This also could be connected to ( Austin Peay asst Cory Gipson taking a job @ Missouri State University. Cory Gipson was expected to be the next head coach @ Austin Peay but the up and coming heat @ Missouri may have changed things @ Austin Peay.
Losing MGC hurts, but it doesn't sound like he was going to be much of a factor in '15-'16 regardless. A shame too, because he's a difference-maker if healthy. I think losing MGC (for whatever the reason) is a bigger loss than JW3.
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