James Akinjo Leaving Georgetown

[krinklecut]

Depends on the veracity and severity of the rumored Ewing misconduct. Could be rumored misconduct just like it was rumored that Akinjo was "on a list" floated around campus. Could also be an ex post facto justification from a minor incident.

In that case, I'd be pretty pissed that he's bailing on the team mid-season because they booted his friend off the team for very legitimate reasons. He's entitled to do it, but doesn't mean fans can't think less of him for doing so.

Again, the above is based on a scenario in which his leaving was not especially provoked.

I'm all in favor of kids making decisions they think are best for their lives whether or not it affects my basketball team. Thinking less of a young man or woman's character for making the best decisions for themselves because it hurts the amateur sports team you follow is bad fandom.

 

[Chief00]

Steve would not help us this year. He would have graduated

Gee, I realize that, I just said he was a huge loss and mentioned him starting on the number 1 team as an indicator of his talent level. He was under appreciated by certain UConn fans.

 

[David 76]

1) Transfers to UConn don't get waivers

2) Always thought it was ridiculous that a player has to sit out a year but a Coach can pick up and leave.

 

[Chief00]

Hit 27k views and almost 350 replies in 24 hours - Thanks for all who participated - James Akinjo is done with Georgetown and he ain’t coming here.

Agree, good thread and had breaking news added as some information was revealed. It’s tough for NBA guys to make the transition to college coach - especially given the current environment of colleges.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

This thread has gone Full Yard with room to spare!

15 pages of accusations ranging from sexual assault to weed smoking weed. Evidence? Reddit.....G D Reddit

Ollie has no eye for talent. Yes he does, but he can't coach.

Vance Jackson is a bum

The College Kid may be innocent but homesick.

15 pages, and counting, and the kid probably can't transfer here. Of course, we have no reason the think he would if he could...........which he probably can't,

Damn, this is the Yard in full bloom. All that's missing is a reference to AO's dad and which school Kasongo will pick.

 

[businesslawyer]

Gee, I realize that, I just said he was a huge loss and mentioned him starting on the number 1 team as an indicator of his talent level. He was under appreciated by certain UConn fans.

No he wasn't. He absolutely sucked for two years. Didn't mean he didn't have potential to get better

 

[ctchamps]

This thread has gone Full Yard with room to spare!

15 pages of accusations ranging from sexual assault to weed smoking weed. Evidence? Reddit.....G D Reddit

Ollie has no eye for talent. Yes he does, but he can't coach.

Vance Jackson is a bum

The College Kid may be innocent but homesick.

15 pages, and counting, and the kid probably can't transfer here. Of course, we have no reason the think he would if he could...........which he probably can't,

Damn, this is the Yard in full bloom. All that's missing is a reference to AO's dad and which school Kasongo will pick.

Read this while having pizza and drinking beer.

 

[Madmannsucks]

LMAO. Georgetown hasn't said a single bad word about Akinjo. The people who have defamed him are message board posters here who think it's fair to speculate anonymously where they have no basis to do so.

Right? Holy cats, sometimes this board is like 3rd grade(I heard he killed 2 people).

 

[Chief00]

No he wasn't. He absolutely sucked for two years. Didn't mean he didn't have potential to get better

He had no meaningful Bigs coaching while at UConn. He didn’t suck anymore than anyone else on a losing team - Chief said he was good at the time, he just wasn’t utilized right. He has played well at Louisville from the get go.

 

[Madmannsucks]

He had no meaningful Bigs coaching while at UConn. He didn’t suck anymore than anyone else on a losing team - Chief said he was good at the time, he just wasn’t utilized right. He has played well at Louisville from the get go.

Where was Howie Dickenman when we needed him most? I know retired.

 

[Chief00]

Where was Howie Dickenman when we needed him most? I know retired.

The thing that held back Steve the most at UConn was he didn’t process defensive concepts in real time. With good Bigs coaching that’s correctable.

 

[Burnsbros23]

We always should of redshirted Steve. He was 17 as a freshman here.

 

[RichZ]

It’s a hardship. His coach was disrespectful to his deceased mother. He should be able to play wherever he wants after that.

Hardship has zero to do with the BE rules we have agreed to follow.

 

[RichZ]

Seriously? Waivers aren't voted on by the public. The NCAA doesn't make decisions based on what decisions are discussed on bulletin boards based on the PR.

While this is true, it seems to me the NCAA makes decisions based on whatever criteria they feel like pulling out of the hat for each case.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

He didn’t suck anymore than anyone else on a losing team - Chief said he was good at the time, he just wasn’t utilized right.

Well, Chief was wrong.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Why would we want Akinjo here? If you guys have problems with Gilbert's and Vital's shot selection, watch Akinjo chuck 25 foot pullups against double teams for 35 minutes a game.

Akinjo belongs on a mid major team where he can take 25 shots a game and no one will care if he misses 20 of them every third game. He was shooting 33.7% from the field and 24.2% from 3.

 

[Horatio]

This thread has gone Full Yard with room to spare!

15 pages of accusations ranging from sexual assault to weed smoking weed. Evidence? Reddit.....G D Reddit

Ollie has no eye for talent. Yes he does, but he can't coach.

Vance Jackson is a bum

The College Kid may be innocent but homesick.

15 pages, and counting, and the kid probably can't transfer here. Of course, we have no reason the think he would if he could...........which he probably can't,

Damn, this is the Yard in full bloom. All that's missing is a reference to AO's dad and which school Kasongo will pick.

No one does it better than us.

 

[UConnStats]

Why would we want Akinjo here? If you guys have problems with Gilbert's and Vital's shot selection, watch Akinjo chuck 25 foot pullups against double teams for 35 minutes a game.

Akinjo belongs on a mid major team where he can take 25 shots a game and no one will care if he misses 20 of them every third game. He was shooting 33.7% from the field and 24.2% from 3.

If he ends up getting coached by Mark Few, this may end up looking like a hot take. But it’s true that currently, he’s still plagued by the same inefficiencies he was in HS.

 

[UConnRock]

He had no meaningful Bigs coaching while at UConn. He didn’t suck anymore than anyone else on a losing team - Chief said he was good at the time, he just wasn’t utilized right. He has played well at Louisville from the get go.

He would have fouled out is 20 minutes if he got that much time.

 

[CL82]

While this is true, it seems to me the NCAA makes decisions based on whatever criteria they feel like pulling out of the hat for each case.

Agree with everything but the use of the word “hat.”

 

[Watchdog]

While this is true, it seems to me the NCAA makes decisions based on whatever criteria they feel like pulling out of the hat for each case.

Example A of your thought was on display in the Cincinnati game the other night. Their brand spanking new 7 foot center came across the river from the University of Northern Kentucky (along with UC's brand spanking new coach) and was immediately eligible.
How does that reconcile with denying the waiver request of Evina Westbrook, for one example, who left after the coach was fired and, allegedly, as a result of some untoward circumstances at Tennessee?
I keep wondering when a school might take the NCAA to court for making arbitrary and capricious decisions that benefit some while harming others.

 

[Stainmaster]

Example A of your thought was on display in the Cincinnati game the other night. Their brand spanking new 7 foot center came across the river from the University of Northern Kentucky (along with UC's brand spanking new coach) and was immediately eligible.
How does that reconcile with denying the waiver request of Evina Westbrook, for one example, who left after the coach was fired and, allegedly, as a result of some untoward circumstances at Tennessee?
I keep wondering when a school might take the NCAA to court for making arbitrary and capricious decisions that benefit some while harming others.

Arbitrary and capricious? You do know the NCAA is not a government agency, right?

 

[Caronimo]

We always should of redshirted Steve. He was 17 as a freshman here.

Should have*

 

[the Q]

I'm all in favor of kids making decisions they think are best for their lives whether or not it affects my basketball team. Thinking less of a young man or woman's character for making the best decisions for themselves because it hurts the amateur sports team you follow is bad fandom.

Im with you in general. But not an overall fan of essentially quitting mid season.

But I Guess that’s kind of the nature of the beast when your season spans both semesters.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Wow, not a good look for Ewing if this turns out to be the case. View attachment 48788

You got to be kidding me