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MDHuskFan said:
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Bill Murray Yes GIF by IFC
 
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MDHuskFan said:
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Interesting move. Worst case scenario, he's probably able to transfer to those D2 schools (or similar) after JUCO. Best case, maybe he gets some sniffs from low majors. Good luck! Kid definitely had the enthusiasm and love for the game.
 
runner11 said:
Go to Rollins and enjoy that boat slip life.
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Love Rollins and Winter Park. Play golf with an ex President of Rollins and have spent quite a bit of time there. Buddy Ebsen and Mad Dog Russo are well known alumns. Doc Rivers and Carrot Top have homes
 
Edward Sargent said:
Love Rollins and Winter Park. Play golf with an ex President of Rollins and have spent quite a bit of time there. Buddy Ebsen and Mad Dog Russo are well known alumns. Doc Rivers and Carrot Top have homes
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Buddy Ebsen lost the role of Tin Man because he was allergic to the paint.
 
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Gonna be fun to follow the futures of every member, staff and player, on the #5 team. I feel this squad will end up looking very special in retrospect.
 
Yikes, talk about questionable decision making. Had he stayed at UConn he could’ve gotten a good degree while playing ball against NBA pros everyday and enjoying free courtside seats at an elite program. Instead he’s opted to go to a CC in the middle of nowhere to pursue a low major D1 offer?!

Good lord.
 
goskis2018 said:
Yikes, talk about questionable decision making. Had he stayed at UConn he could’ve gotten a good degree while playing ball against NBA pros everyday and enjoying free courtside seats at an elite program. Instead he’s opted to go to a CC in the middle of nowhere to pursue a low major D1 offer?!

Good lord.
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He wants to play competitive basketball. He doesn't (and won't) play at UConn. It's an honor to earn a scholarship and one of the best feelings in the world when you get that letter. Right now, he's paying 60k a year to ride the bench. It's really not a surprise that he would try to pursue the highest level of basketball he can if he loves the game.

I'm guessing by this reaction you never played a competitive sport at a high level. Sitting on the bench sucks when you're someone who loves to play ball.

He can get a good degree any time, and probably get it for free if he gets a D1 scholly like he's after. Shoot, he'll get a good degree for free even if he stinks at JUCO and goes straight to D2 instead of burying himself in 200k+ of debt by the time he graduates.
 
goskis2018 said:
Yikes, talk about questionable decision making. Had he stayed at UConn he could’ve gotten a good degree while playing ball against NBA pros everyday and enjoying free courtside seats at an elite program. Instead he’s opted to go to a CC in the middle of nowhere to pursue a low major D1 offer?!

Good lord.
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1. His courtside seats were not free by any stretch of the imagination.

2. I doubt he intends to close out his career at a community college. Hence the reference to betting on himself.
 
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According to the school’s website out-of-state tuition sits at $60.5k (makes me feel better about how much I’m paying for my MBA)

The boys played 39 games last year, so it comes out to about $1.5k a game. Now that’s steep for courtside seats for a college basketball game. But you factor in that you get locker room access and you’re sitting spitting distance from Hurley himself, that’s above and beyond the average game day experience! Not to mention the added bonus of going through a natty run and having free transportation and room and board while on the road.

I hear your point on competitive spirit and loving the game. Well, he got to share the practice court with some of the best players at the collegiate level as well as access to top class training facilities. I’m not sure if walk-ons get the same academic benefits such real athletes, so I’ll just add that the 60k comes with a pretty decent education attached to it as well.

If I were him I would have hung around with the fellas for four years, played basketball behind closed doors at the Werth center, lost my mind on the sidelines (collecting rings?), and graduate into an actual job with some incredible stories.
 
goskis2018 said:
According to the school’s website out-of-state tuition sits at $60.5k (makes me feel better about how much I’m paying for my MBA)

The boys played 39 games last year, so it comes out to about $1.5k a game. Now that’s steep for courtside seats for a college basketball game. But you factor in that you get locker room access and you’re sitting spitting distance from Hurley himself, that’s above and beyond the average game day experience! Not to mention the added bonus of going through a natty run and having free transportation and room and board while on the road.

I hear your point on competitive spirit and loving the game. Well, he got to share the practice court with some of the best players at the collegiate level as well as access to top class training facilities. I’m not sure if walk-ons get the same academic benefits such real athletes, so I’ll just add that the 60k comes with a pretty decent education attached to it as well.

If I were him I would have hung around with the fellas for four years, played basketball behind closed doors at the Werth center, lost my mind on the sidelines (collecting rings?), and graduate into an actual job with some incredible stories.
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(a) you’re not him and (b) he’s not satisfied with being a cheerleader. doesn’t mean he’s making a bad decision, he’s making the right one for him.
 
goskis2018 said:
Yikes, talk about questionable decision making. Had he stayed at UConn he could’ve gotten a good degree while playing ball against NBA pros everyday and enjoying free courtside seats at an elite program. Instead he’s opted to go to a CC in the middle of nowhere to pursue a low major D1 offer?!

Good lord.
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You do realize he can come back to UConn as a student? Probably even rejoin the team as a walk-on. Or attend an even higher-level academic school?
 
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Congrats Emmett! Hope he can play his way into a D1 scholarship in a couple of years
 
goskis2018 said:
According to the school’s website out-of-state tuition sits at $60.5k (makes me feel better about how much I’m paying for my MBA)

The boys played 39 games last year, so it comes out to about $1.5k a game. Now that’s steep for courtside seats for a college basketball game. But you factor in that you get locker room access and you’re sitting spitting distance from Hurley himself, that’s above and beyond the average game day experience! Not to mention the added bonus of going through a natty run and having free transportation and room and board while on the road.

I hear your point on competitive spirit and loving the game. Well, he got to share the practice court with some of the best players at the collegiate level as well as access to top class training facilities. I’m not sure if walk-ons get the same academic benefits such real athletes, so I’ll just add that the 60k comes with a pretty decent education attached to it as well.

If I were him I would have hung around with the fellas for four years, played basketball behind closed doors at the Werth center, lost my mind on the sidelines (collecting rings?), and graduate into an actual job with some incredible stories.
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Good thing you're not him, and he decided he wanted to also be able to play while in college without going 240k in debt. He wants to play competitive basketball instead of sniffing the jock of Hurley and future NBA players every day. Can you blame him? Being a cheerleader is cool, but he obviously wants to play.

What does a great training facility or great coaching matter if you'll never play a minute of meaningful basketball again?

And wait for it... other schools award bachelor's degrees too!
 
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WrenchFan69 said:
You do realize he can come back to UConn as a student? Probably even rejoin the team as a walk-on. Or attend an even higher-level academic school?
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If any of those happen, respect. If he gets a scholarship at a better academic school then UConn then his “bet on myself” attitude will look pretty bada$$, and I’ll eat crow.

If he goes to a D3 school or no name low-major D1 school then he messed up. Basketball is just a game/hobby at his level, and I would suggest he’d be better off focusing on his adult life and career while having an elite experience at UConn.

For context on my perspective, I played a non-major sport at a high level in high school where NCAA opportunities largely laid on the West Coast or D3 level. I look back at a crucial moment of maturity when I was 18 to deprioritize sport in college (difficult to do as a teenager when all that mattered to me was athletics) and reorient towards a career. I played club at UConn, had an awesome time, and set myself up for the real world.

Tl/dr, I’m biased
 
goskis2018 said:
If any of those happen, respect. If he gets a scholarship at a better academic school then UConn then his “bet on myself” attitude will look pretty bada$$, and I’ll eat crow.

If he goes to a D3 school or no name low-major D1 school then he messed up. Basketball is just a game/hobby at his level, and I would suggest he’d be better off focusing on his adult life and career while having an elite experience at UConn.

For context on my perspective, I played a non-major sport at a high level in high school where NCAA opportunities largely laid on the West Coast or D3 level. I look back at a crucial moment of maturity when I was 18 to deprioritize sport in college (difficult to do as a teenager when all that mattered to me was athletics) and reorient towards a career. I played club at UConn, had an awesome time, and set myself up for the real world.

Tl/dr, I’m biased
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Free business degree from no-name university > 200k+ in debt with a degree from UConn. That is a crippling amount of debt. Particularly if you don't intend to live in CT. That IS focusing on his adult life and career.
 
He may have had non-athletic scholarships or help paying for school from his family. A full 200k debt is really difficult to deal with, you’re right.

The general idea of your comparison is pretty off though. A business degree from UConn and 200k in debt >>>> a business degree from a no-name school. Credentialing and access to network are crucial for a successful career in business. Attending a no-name school, and especially a small one, puts a ceiling over your career right out of the gate (with a few rather extreme examples).
 
goskis2018 said:
He may have had non-athletic scholarships or help paying for school from his family. A full 200k debt is really difficult to deal with, you’re right.

The general idea of your comparison is pretty off though. A business degree from UConn and 200k in debt >>>> a business degree from a no-name school. Credentialing and access to network are crucial for a successful career in business. Attending a no-name school, and especially a small one, puts a ceiling over your career right out of the gate (with a few rather extreme examples).
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You are so wildly out of touch in this thread, yet you continue to just double and triple down
 
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