Bouknight Suspension

[TheChamps990411]

Id love to have just one season where we`re not dealing with off court nonsense. Just once plz.

 

[UCDaveD]

Vindication of a nothing burger.

 

[HuskyHawk]

About what was expected. No surprise at all. Missing Florida gives UConn cover for those morons who think they are going too easy on him. Bringing him back right before Florida could make it look superficial and unserious. Sets the right tone.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Great news. Buffalo lost most of their scoring, so it should be a nice tune up for Bouknight before we get to (hopefully) the Xavier and Floridas.

Tune up against Buffalo? hmmmm

 

[Palatine]

UConn guard James Bouknight suspended three games after preseason arrest

UConn men’s basketball player James Bouknight has been suspended for the first three games of the season after his late-September arrest, coach Dan Hurley said Thursday. The freshman guard wi…

www.courant.com

 

[gtcam]

Missing Florida gives UConn cover for those morons who think they are going too easy on him

The moron moniker is unneeded. The kid did things that some others who may have done the same or even less paid more than AR and 3 basketball games (like jobs and careers). I am happy for him but I fully understand that others may feel this is too light.
Some only care about the Ws and Ls no matter the circumstances- those who feel that way in cases like this should wear that label

 

[UConnDan97]

I declare @UConNick today's winner of the @UConnDan97 award for most optimistic poster.

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I'll allow it, but he seems very "iffy" on the Florida game outcome...

 

[Jimdish255]

Best case scenario. Misses a big Florida game, so the punishment actually means something, but we can still be full strength for Charleston.

Yeah but he's not full strength, he's behind from not playing. Could take a few games or more to get back in rhythm and shake the rust off.

 

[cohenzone]

If if the kid is half as impactful as some people think he will be right from the get go, great. He apparently changes our chances against a Florida dramatically. I hope our pretty veteran team isn’t that dependent on him. He’s seems talented but most of our great players needed some time to adjust.

 

[RichZ]

That's putting some serious lipstick on the pig.

Didn't Serious Lipstick open for Kiss back in the day?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Missing Florida gives UConn cover for those morons who think they are going too easy on him

The moron moniker is unneeded. The kid did things that some others who may have done the same or even less paid more than AR and 3 basketball games (like jobs and careers). I am happy for him but I fully understand that others may feel this is too light.
Some only care about the Ws and Ls no matter the circumstances- those who feel that way in cases like this should wear that label

It was my moniker and I stand by it. He's a kid who made a mistake and is paying a heavy price in loss of reputation and trust from the people who's opinion he values. He has been publicly humiliated. That is the real punishment here. Holding him out of games doesn't do anything further to punish him, it just punishes UConn. It's a pointless move done for appearances sake. And yes, I'd say the same for any non athlete. I'm not in the "only care about W & Ls" category at all. I care about the players, and suspending him for a longer period of kicking him out of UConn would be the wrong thing to do for him.

 

[BlueMAB]

In the sense that some people were calling for much longer suspensions and even expulsion (which I never thought was rational or likely, this result is about what I thought would happen), it is a win. Bouk misses the first couple games of the season including a marquee one. But then there's still 90% of the season for him to partake in. He'll still have ample chance to play, improve, and leave his mark. And I don't think he'd single-handedly be changing the course of our season in how he might impact the results of these three games. We'll more likely than not be 2-1 (hopefully 3-0) with or without him. And if it's a close loss to Florida where he might've actually been a difference, that's still just a loss to a top-ten team in the country that won't hurt our résumé. And he'll have 27 or more chances to impact our season in those contests.

Sure, in the context of a few vocal morons who thought the kid should be punished significantly longer it's a win. But he was never going to get a lengthy suspension for a relatively minor violation.

And before you holier than thou posters (not you @UConNick ) say this was not "minor", consider the fact that the AR program was specifically created for minor issues. We can talk all day about what "could" have happened, but he was never going to be punished for things that didn't happen.

 

[Husky25]

Missing Florida gives UConn cover for those morons who think they are going too easy on him

The moron moniker is unneeded. The kid did things that some others who may have done the same or even less paid more than AR and 3 basketball games (like jobs and careers). I am happy for him but I fully understand that others may feel this is too light.
Some only care about the Ws and Ls no matter the circumstances- those who feel that way in cases like this should wear that label

I'm not one for name-calling but there were a lot of calls for harsher penalties based on what-ifs and speculation.

A person I know very well was caught twice in four years (2 1/2 actually, this person turned 21 over Winter Break after their 5th semester) in the late 90's for underage drinking in a common area. This person was given probation both times and had to serve a weekend overnight assisting in the infirmary should someone come in after imbibing too much.

Those were certainly not the only times that person raised a beer can to their lips prior to being 21, but if the RA and/or RD based their punishment on "what-ifs," they'd be kicked out of the dorms.

 

[pj]

He's a kid who made a mistake and is paying a heavy price in loss of reputation and trust from the people who's opinion he values. He has been publicly humiliated. That is the real punishment here. Holding him out of games doesn't do anything further to punish him, it just punishes UConn. It's a pointless move done for appearances sake.

Hardly a pointless move. Holding him out is the public display that he did wrong, that he acknowledges it and the team acknowledges it, and that he is being punished appropriately. This public display is what enables everyone to close the book on the whole episode, forgive him, and move on. If it was swept under the rug, then the public could rightly think he got away with misbehavior, and that the parties involved were corrupt and dishonest. The episode might then stain his reputation for years.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Hardly a pointless move. Holding him out is the public display that he did wrong, that he acknowledges it and the team acknowledges it, and that he is being punished appropriately. This public display is what enables everyone to close the book on the whole episode, forgive him, and move on. If it was swept under the rug, then the public could rightly think he got away with misbehavior, and that the parties involved were corrupt and dishonest. The episode might then stain his reputation for years.

That's why I said the time of the suspension was appropriate. To be clear I meant holding him out of more games is pointless (which I said in an earlier post). Wasn't clear in what I wrote. I thought him missing Florida was important to send the message that we weren't prioritizing his return for a big game.

 

[intlzncster]

Didn't Serious Lipstick open for Kiss back in the day?

No idea if they exist, but that def is a great name for a band.

 

[UCfor3]

Missing Florida gives UConn cover for those morons who think they are going too easy on him

The moron moniker is unneeded. The kid did things that some others who may have done the same or even less paid more than AR and 3 basketball games (like jobs and careers). I am happy for him but I fully understand that others may feel this is too light.
Some only care about the Ws and Ls no matter the circumstances- those who feel that way in cases like this should wear that label

I think many were of the opinion that his punishment should be proportional with what other college basketball players would get at other division 1 universities for a similar crime. Nothing less, nothing more. Like it or not it's a big business. It serves no purpose to suspend someone for a whole semester when your competition would do otherwise. Puts you at a competitive disadvantage. It's not an either or. We could care about wins and losses( it's a college basketball message board after all) and also want the players to be held accountable for their actions. I mean non basketball players dont have the horde writing counless articles for the public to read about your worst life moment. It was on the ESPN news crawl as well.

 

[coachn]

JB should get whatever punishment any other student would get. Unfortunately he is a basketball player and games get involved.
Am going to game tonight and am disappointed JB won't be playing. I'm sure he will learn from this.
JB play the rest of the season with an edge and be even greater than you otherwise would. UCONN Nation is behind you. Go Huskies.

 

[UConNick]

I declare @UConNick today's winner of the @UConnDan97 award for most optimistic poster.

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Haha I'll accept it, but I'm not out here predicting undefeated seasons for a team that Hand could play close.

On a serious note, my fandom is always about trying to balance optimism with reality. Without hope that things will get better, there's no point in being a fan of anything. Without a foothold in reality, you look like an idiot.

 

[ctchamps]

Haha I'll accept it, but I'm not out here predicting undefeated seasons for a team that Hand could play close.

On a serious note, my fandom is always about trying to balance optimism with reality. Without hope that things will get better, there's no point in being a fan of anything. Without a foothold in reality, you look like an idiot.

The problem is reality is subjective so it’s impossible to be considered grounded in reality by everyone. It is idiocy to believe otherwise.

 

[Orioles]

Because I said last night that the punishment was a slap on the wrist, and stated facts of the incident, my post was deleted.....

 

[Get a Job]

Because I said last night that the punishment was a slap on the wrist, and stated facts of the incident, my post was deleted.....

This one will probably be deleted too. It's against the board rules to complain about posts being deleted. Unfortunately the Boneyard is not subject to the Bill of Rights.

 

[Road2Six]

2 more games til we get to witness The Bouknight Effect.

 

[Road2Six]

Stops around 3:15 mark.

 

[CL82]

I hope Bouk is fired up and wants to make a statement when he comes back. He's an awfully nice piece to add.