Bye Bye Ernest
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Bye Bye Ernest:
As it turns out there are indeed academic requirements for student athletes. Shocker to many that the money you spend on tickets and merch go to specialized counselors and other staff that guide athletes in all sports toward graduation, and that they graduate at a higher rate than other students. More at 10.
So what ever happened to all the rules and regs about players having to be on course to graduate, take x amount of classes, etc., for the team to be in good standing?
I’m recalling issues from the past when guys stayed for a year and left?
All that change with the 1 year portal rental?
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@rockchalkjayhawk nope, all the same rules apply. Academics and Compliance are buried in transcript evals right now to make sure enough credits transfer for the recruit to be immediately eligible. For example, if an athlete takes a junior/senior level course at another school and it only transfers as a 300 level to KU, could make the athlete not eligible since they may not have enough credits to have made degree progress. Sometimes if you read “School X is no longer in the picture for Player Y” that can be the reason.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@rockchalkjayhawk nope, all the same rules apply. Academics and Compliance are buried in transcript evals right now to make sure enough credits transfer for the recruit to be immediately eligible. For example, if an athlete takes a junior/senior level course at another school and it only transfers as a 300 level to KU, could make the athlete not eligible since they may not have enough credits to have made degree progress. Sometimes if you read “School X is no longer in the picture for Player Y” that can be the reason.
Thanks for the scoop, @FarmerJayhawk .
This portal stuff i’m sure is making it challenging and adding staff to all sports compliance staffs.
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So Udeh took 1 or more freshman level courses that didn’t transfer to Duke. Is that the gist of it?
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Maybe by the end of the week Self will have convinced Ernest to stick around. I haven’t been paying attention to 2024 recruiting, we got any bigs lined up? Wishful thinking on both?
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@rockchalkjayhawk said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@rockchalkjayhawk nope, all the same rules apply. Academics and Compliance are buried in transcript evals right now to make sure enough credits transfer for the recruit to be immediately eligible. For example, if an athlete takes a junior/senior level course at another school and it only transfers as a 300 level to KU, could make the athlete not eligible since they may not have enough credits to have made degree progress. Sometimes if you read “School X is no longer in the picture for Player Y” that can be the reason.
Thanks for the scoop, @FarmerJayhawk .
This portal stuff i’m sure is making it challenging and adding staff to all sports compliance staffs.
For sure. My sister runs football academics at a G5 and her thoughts on the portal cannot be repeated in polite company
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@rockchalkjayhawk said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@rockchalkjayhawk nope, all the same rules apply. Academics and Compliance are buried in transcript evals right now to make sure enough credits transfer for the recruit to be immediately eligible. For example, if an athlete takes a junior/senior level course at another school and it only transfers as a 300 level to KU, could make the athlete not eligible since they may not have enough credits to have made degree progress. Sometimes if you read “School X is no longer in the picture for Player Y” that can be the reason.
Thanks for the scoop, @FarmerJayhawk .
This portal stuff i’m sure is making it challenging and adding staff to all sports compliance staffs.
For sure. My sister runs football academics at a G5 and her thoughts on the portal cannot be repeated in polite company
Wow! Hopefully they added some staff for her and didn’t triple her workload!
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Looks like he has landed at TCU.
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Ooh, in conference. Let the rivalry, booing begin.
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No booing. Unless TCU wins….
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Hate to see it! Never bothered me with anyone else, it does with him.
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TCU was right there last year. They will be a real contender for B12 champion next year.
Not looking forward to that match up.
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I don’t think our guys will take kindly to him going to TCU. Thanks for the motivation- good luck…you’ll need it, Ernest!
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TCU is a good fit. I like Dixon. Wish him the best
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@Gorilla72 said in Bye Bye Ernest:
No booing. Unless TCU wins….
Ha. i won’t boo either. Disappointed to see him leave.
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@Jethro said in Bye Bye Ernest:
I don’t think our guys will take kindly to him going to TCU. Thanks for the motivation- good luck…you’ll need it, Ernest!
Most of “our guys” are also gone so I think it’s hard them to be too upset about it. I’m certainly disappointed but still hope he has made a decision that will be good for him.
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@benshawks08 said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@Jethro said in Bye Bye Ernest:
I don’t think our guys will take kindly to him going to TCU. Thanks for the motivation- good luck…you’ll need it, Ernest!
Most of “our guys” are also gone so I think it’s hard them to be too upset about it. I’m certainly disappointed but still hope he has made a decision that will be good for him.
I was thinking Juan and KJ when I wrote that. I haven’t asked them though, so you could be right.
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Isn’t it likely KU will only play TCU once this year since there are more teams?
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@Kcmatt7 said in Bye Bye Ernest:
TCU is a good fit. I like Dixon. Wish him the best
I too like Jamie always havve, even when he was at Pitt. - -thought he got a bad deal at Pitt, actually was glad to see him land in the Big 12
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I’m glad he’s in conference and we will get a chance to watch him grow. Think this is great.
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@approxinfinity could be a
lot worse
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@approxinfinity He’s a great kid with crazy athletic ability. If he makes a leap this year it will hurt but Hunter is the better player.
I’ll always love Ernest
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@kuballin10 said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@approxinfinity He’s a great kid with crazy athletic ability. If he makes a leap this year it will hurt but Hunter is the better player.
I’ll always love Ernest
I think this year, Parker might very well be a better player than Udeh. ducks
Now, down the line Udeh will be the better player probably but it’s about right now.
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@BShark Parker gonna be Clemence 2.0……slow the roll on this and don’t let coach’s speak in the off-season get you excited
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@kuballin10 said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@BShark Parker gonna be Clemence 2.0……slow the roll on this and don’t let coach’s speak in the off-season get you excited
Udeh was bad, no offensive game at all. He couldn’t beat out 6’5’’ KJ Adams for the spot. Mentioned this in the other thread but I think we will miss Zuby more down the line than Udeh. Could be wrong on this obviously.
I think Parker’s stat line will be in line with one of Mitch’s better seasons* which is fine. I’m going off watching him play, not what Bill is saying.
*So around 4pts/3rebs a game on 10-12 minutes.
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@BShark said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@kuballin10 said in Bye Bye Ernest:
@BShark Parker gonna be Clemence 2.0……slow the roll on this and don’t let coach’s speak in the off-season get you excited
Udeh was bad, no offensive game at all. He couldn’t beat out 6’5’’ KJ Adams for the spot. Mentioned this in the other thread but I think we will miss Zuby more down the line than Udeh. Could be wrong on this obviously.
I think Parker’s stat line will be in line with one of Mitch’s better seasons* which is fine. I’m going off watching him play, not what Bill is saying.
*So around 4pts/3rebs a game on 10-12 minutes.
Zuby was another tweener. Needed a few more inches to be a solid C prospect IMO.
