Just curious ... how does his entering the portal suggest that he was not injured and quit ?? I'm not saying this is not the case, because I certainly do not know, but what supports your thesis ... other than speculation ??
Of course it is speculation as none of know for sure about injury or not. Yet, he didn't do the Senior night and unless it was emergency surgery it seemed odd that whatever might have been needed couldn't wait a day or week. Plus, he was observed jumping during the NCAA tournament game with no observable challenge. If he were not upset about his role then why transfer?
I guess because he quit on the team.Or has Cal made that okay now?
Another guy making stuff up. Most of the reasonable people here were just asking for his role to be relegated and him to be a spark off the bench for 10-15 mins per game max. It’s what I said since November. All you people heard when we said that was “I HATE WHEELER!!!”, though.
I'm glad he's leaving. Not because of his talent level, but because of his lack of character. Get him away from the team.
Why would that nice Nigerian prince lie!?
Do you mean to tell me that Cal is NOT a Nigerian Prince that wants to send me part of his $9M treasure???
Most kids transfer to position themselves in better situations, primarily for playing time and a sense of being needed. I think we all agree on that. My only point was about whether he was truly injured and actually quit the team. He may not have been injured and actually have "quit" the team, but how do we know that unless we are explicitly told ?? Repeating, I am not surprised he is leaving and wish him well wherever he ends up. I also hope our PG situation next year does not become an issue because of inadequacy and depth. We'll see, of course.
Can they if he quits/leaves the team, though?
I must have missed the people complaining —talking about it - yeah — but adios to the little quitting fire hydrant
Almost everyone wants him leave. Not sure what you’re talking about.
I realize it is speculation, but not showing up for senior night because of what exactly? His butt or ankle shouldn't keep him from fan appreciation on senior night.
I agree. Not showing up for Senior Night is certainly a bad look and begs the question. Without knowing the facts about the medical procedure, I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully, the actual facts will sometime come out about the extent of his ankle injury and how critical it was to have the medical procedure the day of Senior Night. There is no question that missing Senior Night does not pass the smell test.
My guess would be protecting his transfer options. His stat line looks a lot better than it would if you added a bunch of appearances with 5 minutes per game in there. His averages would have plummeted and he likely wouldn't have the same options to transfer.
No. I cannot be tied to play. Or anything really. They are paying for the right to use their name, image or likeness. If they buy a pig in a poke it's on them.
Yep, his feelings were hurt
Guy allegedly sprains his ankle (I guess in practice, we never saw it) and we're never told how serious it was/ High ankle sprain? Avulsion fracture? Who knows. All we know is he's day to day. Then 5 weeks later he's still only 70% (even though the day before we were told he was ready to go), it must have been the most severe ankle sprain in the history of ankle sprains.
That's probably more likely. But teams know who he is as a player. He played 2 years at Ga and 2 seasons here. There's no mystery to his game.
What do you mean by "can't be tied to"? If he is not playing due to injury all is good.. If he has a "perceived attitude" problem his NIL opportunities will diminish. Not playing because of injury instead of attitude, could easily be protecting NIL.
Of course future NIL could go down. The person I heard mention it was in his having to give back the NIL money he had already received. He wouldn't.
I don't care that he's leaving, the only thing I get a kick out of now is all the people that told us we were being jerks for not buying the injury story. Now they just won't wanna talk about it, or tell us to "just let it be."
