Bad news- Obekpa leaving SJU
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RedSlyFox
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I would have to agree with Mr Google, that we are not even close to being a bubble team next year. Just this past season, with a veteran team, we were a bubble team with three games remaining, until we beat the Hoyas.
With the departure of Jordan and Obekpa, Coach Mullin has a clean slate to work with and with this in mind, we should give him a couple of years to bring along his type of guys that fits his DNA in order to build a sustainable program. It’s going to get ugly, before it’s pretty for sure. The facts are, Coach hasn’t coached a single game ever, this year’s core group of players will be playing together for the first time ever, and to boot our returning players (Amar, Felix, and Christian) collectively were responsible for the following 2014/2015 key stats, mostly from early season weak competition and/or the seldom blowout: Points – 6%, Assists – 2%, Rebounds – 12%, and Blocks – 3%.
Although wins are important, I see this season as the return of a legend trying to right the ship of a once top basketball program.
stjohnschris
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I don't agree with addition by subtraction. Losing Jordan affected our win column. Losing CO is different. SDSU was the the only time all season that I felt his absence made us far less competitive. In so many aspects of the game he is still a liability on the court.
nobody knows what kind of team we will have next year...with or without obekpa......doormat....middle of the road...bubble team.......you can all offer your opinions...doesnt mean it is correct.........lets let them practice....learn a system......and then show us what they can do............jordan is the bigger loss here.....obekpa provided so little offensively hopefully we can get mussini.....hopefully papa is still in play.....that sure would ease the loss of his height......but in all reality aside from some blocks obekpa really was a liability on this team .....and thats when he played....forget how much time he missed the thing i thought last year obekpa provided the most was while he was on the floor he allowed pointer to wreak havoc....thats where he was missed the most last year when he didnt play...but we dont have pointer anymore so thats a mute point anyway
If he is gone, for whatever reason, his or the staff, it stinks coming at this particular time. We now have no Centers on next year's roster (Sima doesn't count as he didn't sign an LOI nor has it been officially announced that he is indeed coming). Papagiannis is not coming and though not a big man, I will include that I doubt Mussini is coming either.
Just an overall bad turn of events as far as next year goes. I knew next year would be tough, just didn't think it would wind up being this tough.
The future is a different story as I believe the foundation is strong with the staff. But next year, its going to be downright ugly.
Just an overall bad turn of events as far as next year goes. I knew next year would be tough, just didn't think it would wind up being this tough.
The future is a different story as I believe the foundation is strong with the staff. But next year, its going to be downright ugly.
beast of the east
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Refusal to enter a Big East tournament game after it was his own stupid fouls that landed him on the bench to begin with?
Head hunting with a cowardly elbow to the head for an opponent who was simply playing physical (resulting in an ejection and suspension)?
Testing positive for drugs in the advent of an NCAA tournament game? (costing us a shot at a tourney win)
(And those are just the highlights)
Leaving our program one year early? PRICELESS
There have been few if any worse representatives of our school and program. No goodbyes for CO - just get your bags and get out.
Head hunting with a cowardly elbow to the head for an opponent who was simply playing physical (resulting in an ejection and suspension)?
Testing positive for drugs in the advent of an NCAA tournament game? (costing us a shot at a tourney win)
(And those are just the highlights)
Leaving our program one year early? PRICELESS
There have been few if any worse representatives of our school and program. No goodbyes for CO - just get your bags and get out.
I would add the incident very early on--I believe it was Humboldt State--where Obekpa took a shot on our OWN basket to get the rebounding stat--I believe it was so he coujld record a triple double. Even Tarik Turner expressed his dismay about it on TV. It showed an utter lack of sportsmanship.
That said.....I find this development very puzzling. Mullin is already on the record saying that Obekpa was "a joy" in workouts and that the past was the past. And I think his departure will hurt enormously at this juncture.
I'd really like to know the real story here. What possible "demands" could Mullin be putting on him that Obekpa so objected to? Attend class? Attend practices and make an effort? Don't smoke weed during the season?? Something doesn't add up here.
Beast , Sirvoo et sl.
It's the proverbial addition by subtraction! Chris Mullin and staff have experience, moxie, a plan - CO apparently could not handle the "unreasonable" demands:
1.have a good attitude
2.make a good effort
3.allow yourself to grow up
all the best
It's not bad news
Everything at this point is a guess. Why is he leaving? We dion't know. Where is he going? We don't know. IS HE LEAVING? we don't know. Although a poster who has had good info in the past is insisting it is true.
Good or bad for the long term; it is a loss for next season.
We all see "good things ahead". What would a disaster of a season do to future recruiting?
I hope this is untrue and he stays. All the past BS is in the past. The only way this would be acceptable to me is if Mullin determined he was not a fit for the team or his plans going forward, and the fact is we will never hear that put out there as a reason for the departure.
we are sju
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Yet you were more protective of a kid who you never saw play???? All your best wishes to Sampson yet good riddance to CO. At least be consistent