Last edited by SeattleUte; 01-21-2019 at 07:26 PM.
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
--Albert Einstein
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.
--Richard Dawkins
Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
--Philo
Childs was 1 of those recruiting mistakes. Daniels would not get them to NCAA if he was here. Better to build with freshmen from here. And add Lahat & the Finn & others next year.
Well, let's recount some things regarding Daniels as the fog of time has altered our view. SoCalPat noted that Daniels hasn't said anything publicly, and as far as I know the coaches haven't said anything publicly, and what we seem to know of that background has mostly come from 'insider' information, which isn't always the most accurate. We won't put on our SeattleUte tinfoil hats just yet.
But from those rumors, or what was explained before is that there was a problem with Daniels that escalated not only with the coaching staff but with the team, and if memory serves correctly, he served a suspension on the team mid season. At the time it was the understanding that it was not only the coaches decision, but the players decisions as well as a team what that would be and his terms for coming back.
So it seems doubtful that the management or mismanagement of Daniels lies solely with the coaching staff and their ability to deal with young hot heads, but that the rest of the team had a say in it too. How much I don't know, but you have to think that the only faster way to demoralize a locker room than having a 'cancer' in it (those aren't K's words by the way - that is again the propagators of the rumors), is to undermine the team rules and the wishes of the team in favor of said cancer because he has talent that SU likes.
Truth is, sometimes personalities don't mesh. I know plenty of people who struggle in one atmosphere where others seem to thrive and thrive in situations others seem to struggle.
We can't have a coach like Majerus for as long as we did to not understand this.
I don't know which one's Seattle Ute and which one is SoCal Pat?
I heard a lot about this at the time, and not from anyone on the coaching staff. Most or all of the players wanted him to leave; he was a very bad influence and really hurt team chemistry. Good for him that he is making the most of a second chance, but he had burned his bridges here. A fresh start was best for everyone.
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
update:
Devon Daniels is now coming off of the bench and is avg. 9.6 points/1.8 assists in about 23 mins per game. And less than two assists per. He's shooting 42% from the floor and sub 30% from deep.
Isaiah Wright - 12.5 points in 38 mins per
Makol Mawien - 6.7 points
Brekkot Chapman 12.7 points
am I missing anyone?
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.