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Hearing a lot about dad being difficult.
I've got nothing against dad being involved. Too many of these kids don't have dad's, or have mentors who are taking advantage of them (see zach brown... or tamesha.. whatever her name is..).
Coaches are also VULTURES for these kids. It can be awful, even at the d2 level.
When daddy starts demanding playing time then we have a different conversation.
Any ideas what TWs dad is doing?
I've got nothing against dad being involved. Too many of these kids don't have dad's, or have mentors who are taking advantage of them (see zach brown... or tamesha.. whatever her name is..).
Coaches are also VULTURES for these kids. It can be awful, even at the d2 level.
When daddy starts demanding playing time then we have a different conversation.
Any ideas what TWs dad is doing?
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LOL - Why wouldn't I want his Dad to be difficult to schools we are/were recruiting against? That's why I tell the casual fans - leave recruiting to the experts.
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Zack Brown's mentor "dad" did not take advantage of him - he tried to help him.
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Those aren't mutually exclusive goals.
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Rodney is possibly more valuable off the court than he is on it. We are lucky to have him on our side
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To my friends - that was fun last night - looking forward to The Weekend June 2nd. Chief
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If we could get a squad full of players who love UConn as much as Rodney, we'll be just fine.
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Haha, that made me laugh. I think he's talking about the singer "the weekend"
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Kid might actually be waiting all this out. Just in case.
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So are you saying by trying to help him he might have enabled him in some way? Perhaps, but he was in a very low place before he even met his mentor. My read of the situation was his mentor Dad tried to help but Zach already was in too deep. Can't fault the guy for trying to help a kid just because it did not work out. At least he tried.
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Correct.
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Cheif listens to the weekend?? My head hurts lol
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I'm not sure you know what mutually exclusive means. Or you're just kind of a numbskull and can't answer my point.
If his mentor can become his new family and change him, Zach could have become successful and benefitted the mentor greatly. Get the kid out of the slums, poach his millions. The only reason he knew Zach was because he wanted him to be on his son's AAU team.
Where is that mentor now? When he realized Zach was down a wrong path and WASN'T going to be a basketball star, he disappeared?
That's the read I have on the situation. I hope I'm wrong.
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There are definitely shady "mentors" all around trying to get rich. Brown's mentor was already a rich guy so I don't think this was some sort of scheme. This is totally speculation, but I imagine that he kept giving Zach chances but the kid was too irrevocably damaged from his upbringing. You can only give someone so many 2nd chances.
As for Waters, this situation is totally screwy. It really seems clear that he is hoping for a KU or Duke offer after they miss on Duval but I would take him with open arms regardless of the path. The idea that a guy like Stansbury at a school like WKU is backing off of Tremont because of his father is completely wild but we aren't in a position to turn down someone with that talent. I guess WKU is? Just weird.
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No reason to be sorry this one is beyond fluid it's all out whacked.
Again we need to be careful what we wish for at times,
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