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TransferringIt Can Be A Smart Move
Second Time Around Brings Happiness To Some
Not long ago the transfer athlete was viewed with considerable suspicion. Why, went the reasoning, take one someone else's problem. But, my, how times have changed.
With the exception of a few giants like Louisville and North Carolina a great many highly ranked programs have transfer players who have found happiness the second time around. Let's start with the Big Ten. Brad Sellers at Ohio State (from Wisconsin), Gerry Wright at Iowa (from Southern Cal) and Doug Lee at Purdue (from Tesas A&M). At Kansas, Greg Drieling has developed into an outstanding pivot player since leaving Wichita State four years ago. Ron Rowan is a starting guard for St. John's after beginning his career at Notre Dame.
And the list goes on.
Jim Les (form Cleveland State) and Mike Williams (from Cincinnatti) are cornerstones as Bradley creeps toward a top ten rating. Anthony Jones (via Georgetown) is the key triggerman for Nevada-Las Vegas. Pepperdine has burst into national prominence
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this year thanks to senior swingman Dwayne Poole (from Nevada-Las Vegas). John Brownlee (from North Carolina) has made a major contribution to the revitaiization of Texas basketball. The top player at Detroit is Greg Wendt, ex of Duke. Carl Golston
the peppery point guard at Loyola Chicago started his career at Wisconsin. As Drake nears a tournament spot its top scorer is David Miller, a transfer from Wisconsin.
Joe Ward, the top scorer for Georgia, started out at Clemson. Cal Irvines's top point getter is Johnny Rodgers. a Stanford transfer. And next year you'll be hearing similar stories about Michael Brown at Clemson (from Syracuse), Mike Giomi at North Carolina State (from Indiana) and Delray Brooks at Providence (from Indiana).
The point is this: With the intense pressure placed on 17 or 18-year old kids to make a choice of colleges there are bound to be mistakes. And, second, there are some schools clearly quilty of over-recruiting. So, the transfer player isn't necessarily a problem child, but perhaps one who made a bad judgement (as Al McGuire once said,"Give me ten minutes and I can turn any kid's head.") or simply was over-evaluated.
Rule Changes Should Be Considered
My thought is we need to take a serious look at the rules imposed on the transfer student. The one-year wait was intended to discourage wholesale player movement, but I'm wondering if it hasn't out-lived its usefulness. The commitment is one sided here. I believe if a player wants to transfer out he should be required to sit out just one semester before becoming eligible.
In the case of Brown at Clemson or Brooks at Providence, both would be eligible next fall. And to those who suggest it would open the door to a barrage of transfers, I answer with the examples above. So many youngsters are getting a chance to play which makes them happy and their new coaches happy. If the old coaches are unhappy then who, really, do they have to blame but themselves?.........
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I don't want to take away any credit from the University of Virginia for the upset win over previoiusly unbeaten North Carlina. but let's take a look backward. For the previous two weekends the Tar Heels played tough back-to-back games and I'm wondering if that didn't finally catch up to Dean Smith's club? Why the Master would subject his team to such a schedule is beyond me. Lord knows UNC doesn't need the money or the exposure that badly........Does it?........
Fallout continues from the Minnesota mess. It's well the Gopher administration decided to continue the season because to do otherwise would have been a terrible blow to the program. And the sad part is that no matter how good a job interim coach Jimmy Williams does in the days ahead it's not likely he'll get a chance to carry on. This is a quality coach who has paid his dues and deserves a chance. I doubt he'll get it here........
Serious Problems Within Presidents' Council
All seems quiet now with the NCAA Presidents' Council, but there are serious problems within the group. "What we are finding as a major problem." said one member, "is that so many presidents really are powerless to deal with their board of regents. See, we have
bosses too so no matter what we may do it all has to be approved by them."..........There'll
be a changeover on that Commission and many of us will be watching carefully to see the replacements. Remember in Walter Byers' NCAA, there's a correlation between who gets appointed and their relationship with Shawnee Mission headquarters.......
When Virginia Tech knocked off Memphis State as the Tigers were poised to assume the number one ranking it was history repeating itself. A couple of years back Dana Kirk's club came to Blacksburg with the number one rating and left with a lesser figure. I say it
again. Tech's Charlie Moir is a very fine and much underrated coach.......The flow of
coaching resignations continue.
Joe Williams is gone at Florida State and Jack Hartman says it's all over for him at Kansas State. Williams certainly had an interesting career starting from his white sport coat days at Jacksonville. He took the Artis Gilmore-led the Dolphins to an NCAA championship game against UCLA and was considered the "boy wonder" of coaches. Later he went to Furman with modest success before replacing Hugh Durham at Florida State. Despite the new facility in Tallahassee, Williams never got the program going. Interestingly he turned down a "lifetime" contract two years ago to return to Furman.........
Hartman Never Enjoyed Quality Recruiting Tools
Hartman, always regarded as a great bench coach, never had the quality recruiting tools at Kansas State to attract great talent. But his record was an outstanding one and the resignation comes just one year after he underwent open heart surgery.......In light of all these vacancies it will be interesting to see how many schools take a chance on some bright, young assistant coach and how many attempt to coax established coaches away from their current jobs.......
It took 52 games and 25 years, but Cal Berekley finally beat UCLA. New coach Lou Campanelli (who'll doubtless be a prime target at some of the previously mentioned coach-hunting schools) has the Bears chasing a Pac-10 title. Among the changes he's made at Cal is renaming the home arena. Known for years as Harmon Gymnasium it is now called Harmon Arena per Campanelli's instructions. "Gym you associate with high school," he said.'Tf you are a major college program you play in arenas, pavillions or coliseums. I wanted that type identity for our program."........
Unless a number of underclassmen declare hardship this year. NBA scouts tell me it could be the worst NBA draft in years. Among the seniors only Maryland'sLenBias is considered
a sure "impact" player..........Here, at no extra charge, is the key to Scott Skiles' success
as an offensive player. Although he is thick legged and lumbers rather than runs, his first step with the dribble is as explosive as any college player. His appearance and style merely set up that quick step. Ask Michigan's Gary Grant.