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@Wigs2 said:
@BeddieKU23 Like you–and most everyone else on this board–I liked CF and hated to see him go. However, I don’t agree with your remarks that he should stick out the year or play till semester’s end. And, if you think it through, I’m not too sure you would either.
First, the time and effort he puts into practice, both emotionally and physically, is time that he could use to find another school, as well as to prepare mentally to think for the first time “I’m not a Jayhawk.”
Second, would you really want a player to be playing for you who knows that he is not going to be a part of the team for the entire year? A player who in this case is playing for the Jayhawks but is thinking about playing at WSU (or any other school)?
Third, if you were a coach for a school that he might be interested in, is it possible that you would wonder why he is still playing for KU if he wants to leave?
I hate to see him go but I really don’t want to see someone who doesn’t give his full effort physically and emotionally.
Just my opinion.
I don’t agree but that’s okay we all have own opinion on this situation.
The staff places a great deal of time with these kids from hudy to the assistants and so on. For him to quit right before the season to me is a slap in the face.
I don’t think that if a kid thinks about transferring in the beginning/middle or end of the year will play with any less heart in the program. They all want to play at the end of the day and we never question kids commitment when they transfer at years end (White).
So I don’t agree that because a kids leaving in the beginning that we should have expected him to not have his heart in it. I think if he had stuck it out and seen where his minutes were and role was with this team in real game time that he might have rediscovered what brought him here in the first place.
A lot of people thought the way he played at the end would be a sign of good things to come. I did as well, and more than anything expected him as a Jr and Sr. to be very important to this teams success. Lucas red-shirting isn’t the norm anymore, we may be over getting the Releford, Morningstar, Withey types to stick it out. It’s sad because Kansas in the Self era has been made on CF types becoming Sr. monsters.
