|
Post by truthseeker on Nov 26, 2007 20:34:15 GMT -5
no school in the state thought these 2 kids were worth a scholarship if you had other pressing needs.... i don't know if wssu offered them one.... uzo thought unc-will were going to make an offer... well they didn't.... it looks as though usc-upstate was their only option as far as receiving a scholarship... they could still transfer... because i see uzo in eaves offense being more productive than the one he's in now....
yes i went to the uncg game.... both started for upstate but neither were effective... chavis could not get his shot off when guarded & uzo was playing too far from the basket to be effective....
eaves was at a lot of dudley & northeast gms i was at.... evaluating what these kids offered our program... coming here as walk-ons would have been a good move because here walk-ons play.... we did not have scholarships to give them with the needs we had to field...
only someone who knows bball would realize that...
|
|
Maxell
Official BDF member
Director of BDF Marketing
Posts: 12,445
|
Post by Maxell on Nov 26, 2007 23:53:03 GMT -5
Watching him play further reinforced my beliefs that it is probably a bad move to go after someone 6'10" (or 8" or whatever) that doesn't even average 4 rebounds per game.........in highschool!!!! You oughta give this a rest!
|
|
|
Post by The Professor on Nov 27, 2007 18:51:10 GMT -5
Damien Price walked on at UNC and then was but on schlorship. He was on the JV squad for two years.
I'm not impressed with either one of these guys. Saw them at their respective high schools. Eaves gets paid to make these decisions and he's not looking to dumb right now. Considering they both start and aren't avg 10 pts combined.
|
|
|
Post by The Professor on Nov 28, 2007 12:32:37 GMT -5
Please tell me some schools who offered schlorships to Chavis and Uzo. And why did they go to USC upstate
|
|
bluehaze
Official BDF member
Posts: 6,005
|
Post by bluehaze on Nov 28, 2007 12:39:09 GMT -5
Please tell me some schools who offered schlorships to Chavis and Uzo. And why did they go to USC upstate That's the bottomline. It would be one thing if they ended up at Hampton. They are at where they are for a reason.
|
|
|
Post by aggiejazz on Nov 28, 2007 20:42:23 GMT -5
Please tell me some schools who offered schlorships to Chavis and Uzo. And why did they go to USC upstate That's the bottomline. It would be one thing if they ended up at Hampton. They are at where they are for a reason. The young men are OK so there is no need to say anything negative about the them. The problem is "aahhbigboy". Aahbigboy, why don't you just criticize Coach Eaves about his coaching and leave Josh out of your arguments.
|
|
|
Post by Aggie Monster on Nov 29, 2007 13:07:59 GMT -5
You're avoiding the question. You cant answer who else offered him because it was no one of any importance. they all saw what Eaves saw.
|
|
aggie75
Official BDF member
BDV
Posts: 255
|
Post by aggie75 on Nov 29, 2007 17:06:03 GMT -5
How about David Noel
Heaven sent, you see.
So that's why Doherty goes back to the team hotel after his Carolina team upsets Maryland in the 2003 ACC Tournament quarterfinals and can only shake his head.
"Where would we be without David Noel?" he says of the player he allowed to walk on with the promise of a scholarship after one season.
Raymond Felton wonders the same thing. He meets Noel for the first time during summer school before their freshman seasons. Within a week of playing in nightly pickup games, Felton is on the phone to his best friend from Latta, Jermichael Wright.
"We've got a dude up here who isn't on scholarship," Felton told Wright. "I don't know why he isn't, though. He's dunking all over Sean."
The "Sean" in question, of course, was future Final Four Most Outstanding Player Sean May.
|
|
|
Post by Aggie Monster on Nov 30, 2007 10:17:23 GMT -5
By "importance" I mean another MEAC or DIV-IAA school on our level. I haven't seen the kid play, but without you saying "he was offered by this school or that school" I have nothing else to go on but the fact the Eaves was right. Now if you say Hampton offered or SC State offered then it's someone of importance. sheeet, say NCCU or Fayetteville State offered or something, but you aint even said that.
How is saying who offered him a scholarship getting too personal? That type of stuff is all over the internet for players who are worth anything, so I dont think he would mind.
|
|
|
Post by DOOMS on Nov 30, 2007 10:21:14 GMT -5
It's personal if nobody offered him.
|
|
|
Post by Aggie Monster on Nov 30, 2007 10:22:59 GMT -5
It's personal if nobody offered him. LOL, you saw that hidden message I see.
|
|
|
Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 30, 2007 12:03:41 GMT -5
ahhbigboy and jaffe joffa must be cousins.
Both of them try to constantly impress people on this board with their "inside knowledge" of A&T athletics, but both of them always seem to fall short when people ask for simple proof to verify their claims.
|
|
|
Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 30, 2007 21:41:46 GMT -5
I don't know what Aggie Juice is ... but I couldn't care less if you happened to be a Central or WSSU fan. Whatever floats your boat.
It is just somewhat laughable to me that the same people who always seem to have negative views about A&T athletics spend all their time ... on an A&T football message board.
BTW: You were the person who brought up the kid's recruiting process. Don't make a claim about something and then get defensive when people become skeptical.
|
|
|
Post by pantherpride on Dec 2, 2007 21:42:41 GMT -5
For all of you who wanted to know. Josh was offered a scholarship from UNC-G, Charleston Southern, Western Carolina, and South Carolina Upstate. He chose Upstate because of the coaches and the opportunity to play major minutes right away. A&T was no where near going to offer him plus at the last minute to save him from going any where else Eaves tried to ask if offering him a scholarship would keep him here. I spoke with his father and thats what he had told me. How many other kids you know help lead their high school team to three straight regional finals and two back to back state championships. As well as leading their AAU team (19u) to a National Championship. When you see him if you see him ask him to show you the three title rings he has. Uzo had some other offers on the table as well from High Point, UNC-W, VMI, and Furman. These kids made their own mind up where they wanted to go and that fact other players they know start out as walk ons at A&T and then no scholarship is offered them only helped make their decision to go some where else. So don't bash kids for their decision without finding out the truth.
|
|
|
Post by aggie82 on Dec 2, 2007 22:27:27 GMT -5
why would any kid take a scholarship to a school that was in the first year of transitioning to Division I? From what I read, Upsate wont even be eligible for a conference tournament for lthe next 5 years....they will just play money games like WSSU did last year.... all of that is fine if those kids really understood what they were getting into.....if not, a great mistake was made..
|
|