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Date Posted: 12:52:18 03/12/03 Wed
Author: GM
Subject: Re: Gai to transfer???????????????????????????
In reply to: Sobro 's message, "Re: Gai to transfer???????????????????????????" on 08:31:28 03/12/03 Wed

Who says Gai can’t afford to sit out a year? It’s not like he’d be laying around on the couch eating bon-bons for a year. He’d (hopefully) be putting on some much needed muscle, working on his skills, practicing with the team, etc.

McCleod was a transfer himself and it certainly didn’t hurt him.

There are certainly pros and cons in a very talented mid-major like Gai transferring to a bigger program, but to say it would be DISASTROUS is ridiculous. It would be disastrous (well maybe not disastrous but bad) for Fairfield, but it could be good (or possibly bad) for Gai.

On the down side, he risks losing playing time and the competition might be too much for him. Still, if a guy really has what it takes to play in the NBA, he ought to be able to earn plenty of minutes at a big time school. If he can’t play at Michigan, or wherever, he wouldn’t have made the NBA playing at FF either.

Sitting out a year has its plusses and minuses as well. For a somewhat raw kid like Gai, it might be a positive, though it is also possible it could set him back.

On the positive side, he’d play against much better competition both in games and perhaps more importantly, every day in practice. He’d also get a lot more exposure and probably much better coaching.

Regarding McLeod, IMHO he should butt out of the situation. He certainly shouldn’t be encouraging one of his players to transfer away from his former employer. If he did this while still employed at FF, he should never work as a coach again. If Gai goes to Michigan it would look particularly fishy given the Duke connection.

As for hiring Bol, it might be an OK idea providing a) it actually keeps Gai around and b) it creates a continuing pipeline of talent from the Sudan. I sort of doubt it would accomplish either of these things, though and then you’d be stuck with an assistant with little if any value to the program.

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