Tuesday Linkage
by BirdGT on Apr 13, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
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Block C is keeping up with the coaching search at Clemson. Check out the twitter for updates. The Tigers apparently almost nabbed Mississippi State’s Rick Stansbury but the MSU buyout gave TDP a bit of a headache (Hell, a game of checkers gives TDP severe migraines).
Speaking of Clemson, there was mild speculation from BCI that Al Skinner was headed to Clemson to fill the gaping void in the hearts of the Orange and Purple.
Wake Forest selected current Colorado head coach, Jeff Bzdelik, to lead their program in to the future. I have no idea how to pronounce that name. Any help from Wake fans would be appreciated. When I voted on Blogger So Dear, the Wake fans seemed disappointed with the hire.
ACC Hockey Champions reign Supreme
Not only is Brian one of the finest ACC hoops/football bloggers out there, he's got exclusive rights to the ACC's lone wolf when it comes to collegiate hockey. The BC Eagles just won the NCAA National Championship in hockey, in case you didn't know.
Georgia Tech Alumni
Matt Wieters is a fan favorite in Baltimore. He's started the 2010 season with a bang, batting an impressive 0.409 in 6 games so far.
Matt Kuchar was the only GT alum to make it to the final day of the Masters. Here's a good interview of Kuchar about his pro debut in 1998. Kuchar finished tied for 24th at an even par, which netted him a cool $69,000 in four days of work.
It's official. Gani and Derrick have declared for the NBA Draft. Our front court is depleted. The hype of Derrick Favors amazes me. I'm happy for the kid to be making millions but is it a good thing for me to be desensitized to guys leaving early? I look at CFB and the NFL as the pinnacle of the sports world. The NBA is behind those two by a couple miles and CBB is WAY behind the NBA as far as quality is concerned. The NBA's habit of drafting potential is really killing college basketball. Maybe it's time to just put in the college baseball rule. A 3 year commitment or go pro as a high schooler.
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The NBA would only do that if it benefited the NBA, and right now, the current one year rule is working great for them. You have to keep in mind the NBA competes for market share with the NCAA, so it doesn’t hurt them if college basketball is struggling. Also, the one year rule helps NBA scouts some regarding their due diligence of pro prospects. Kids that used to have a lot of hype coming out of high school can be evaluated for at least on year at a level with comparable talent. David Stern has no responsibility to help college basketball. I don’t see this rule changing anytime soon.
look at MLB though
High Schoolers can go to the farm system like in MLB. It would definitely help the NBA’s image if the babies they plucked from the carriages were hidden away in the D-league for a couple years before being put in the spotlight. Basically, the NCAA is just a D-league. It’s like watching minor league baseball now. Poor product. Little team chemistry in the major programs and massive exoduses every other year.
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The Perfect Car: 201 cubic inches, 40 horsepower, 3.77:1 drive ratio, single barrel carburetor, top speed of 65 mph
The downside is that NCAA basketball is currently
thought of as a joke. Many people believe, rightly or wrongly, that most college basketball players have no business in college. Cleaning up that college image by requiring a longer tenure might even help the NBA since I know of a lot of people who also refuse to watch the pros because they think they are nothing but thugs. In the end the fallout from the current system is that a good kid like Favors makes what for him is the right decision given the current rules but catches our collateral dissatisfaction with an over all dysfunctional system.
by Atlanta's original team on Apr 13, 2010 11:40 AM EDT reply actions
I agree
I think of college baseball, minors, and MLB as the best solution for the NBA’s current situation. Draft a high school kid or college kid, stick him in D-league, and let him develop physically and emotionally. I think the problem, like Jacob said, is that the NBA doesn’t want to develop a profitable D-league. MLB’s minor league is so complex and immense compared to the NBA-DL because it’s older and more respected. I think the system’s broken.
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