Rick Majerus

[tornado]

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/othersports/story/0B79F8C4042B15418625742900113EB2?OpenDocument

http://slubillikens.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041108aac.html

I guess this is the way you free up scholarships, just clean house.....Majerus must be trying to land Ben Hansbrough and a few others.

Here are the players booted...
Marcus Relphorde, Freshman...well travelled, overrated, just as many of the Boys to Men players have been
Anthony Mitchell, Freshman...a decent 6-4 SG from East St. Louis
Adam Knollmeyer, Sophomore...6-8 PF, saw 5.4 mpg, averaged 18 ppg 12 repg in HS
Dustin Maguire, Sophomore...from Bethalto, Civic Memorial, 6-5 SG, 18.2 ppg scorer in HS, was redshirting

He has seven players already coming in next year...Ruben Cotto, Brett Thompson, Kyle Cassity, Brian Conklin, Femi John, Kwamain Mitchell, Willie Reed.
and four scholarship players returning, Tommie Liddell, Kevin Lisch, Barry Eberhardt, Paul Eckerle.

Majerus' explanation...."If I could have 17 scholarships, I'd keep all four"
Ha, ha....I doubt it, as higher in the article he says..."it's about playing time to a certain extent, about a style of play, about a change of the coaching staff"
In other words...he didn't recruit these kids and he doesn't want them.......

[houstontxbrave]

Just to be certain. If one of these 4 decided well I want to be close to home IE SIUE, they would have to sit one year, even though leaving the SLU apparently was not their decision?

But if Majerus were told to leave SLU and he then decided to coach at lets say Marquette he would not have to sit one year.

How is that right? Assuming you want to stay somewhere but are told your not welcome anymore so you might as well leave, you are penalized for something you had no decision in making.

I know schollies are not guaranteed for 4 seasons and are renewable on a yearly basis but unless a player has academic issues or has done something outside of the school or to the team, it does not seem fair to penalize the player by making him sit for one year when he is not making the decision to leave, especially if that player wants to play D1.

[Da Coach]

That is one of the unfair rules the NCAA has, and though most coaches would like to see it changed, it probably won't be, soon. I think a kid should not have to sit out a year if he is forced to transfer by any coach who cuts his scholarship off.

But this move by Majerus was expected. He was already over the scholarship limit and was still recruiting a number of 2008 kids.
Among others, he is hotly pursuing Josh Harrellson, the 6'9" kid that verballed a year ago to Western Illinois and then instead spent the year at Southwestern Illinois juco.

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=59073&sport=2

[Rusty 54]

Maybe the NCAA should stop worrying about the 3 point line and start worrying about, oh I don't know, the STUDENT ATHLETES. Especially the ones in their commercials who are "going pro on something other than sports"

[TheCBIguy]

i really thought that he was going to let Lisch go.
Good to see he is taking some steps forward hopefully with the program.
Maybe he was considerate of the players and let them stay in his hotel room for the night before they took a flight home.

[Dallas Brave]

Maybe the NCAA should stop worrying about the 3 point line and start worrying about, oh I don't know, the STUDENT ATHLETES. Especially the ones in their commercials who are "going pro on something other than sports"

The NCAA's head is buried in a hole ... very near to where people typically keep their wallet. The NCAA's new motto is, "Smell me the money!"

[real fan]

Majerus may have trouble recruiting in areas where these players came from as you just don"t run that many out in a season.

[Dallas Brave]

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/spo...2?OpenDocument

http://slubillikens.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041108aac.html

I guess this is the way you free up scholarships, just clean house.....Majerus must be trying to land Ben Hansbrough and a few others.

Here are the players booted...
Marcus Relphorde, Freshman...well travelled, overrated, just as many of the Boys to Men players have been
Anthony Mitchell, Freshman...a decent 6-4 SG from East St. Louis
Adam Knollmeyer, Sophomore...6-8 PF, saw 5.4 mpg, averaged 18 ppg 12 repg in HS
Dustin Maguire, Sophomore...from Bethalto, Civic Memorial, 6-5 SG, 18.2 ppg scorer in HS, was redshirting

He has seven players already coming in next year...Ruben Cotto, Brett Thompson, Kyle Cassity, Brian Conklin, Femi John, Kwamain Mitchell, Willie Reed.
and four scholarship players returning, Tommie Liddell, Kevin Lisch, Barry Eberhardt, Paul Eckerle.

Majerus' explanation...."If I could have 17 scholarships, I'd keep all four"
Ha, ha....I doubt it, as higher in the article he says..."it's about playing time to a certain extent, about a style of play, about a change of the coaching staff"
In other words...he didn't recruit these kids and he doesn't want them.......

Is the 6'8" worth pursuing? I think we could afford to have him sit out next year if we think we can contribute for the 2 years after.

[Da Coach]

Adam Knollmeyer was a 2-star recruit on Scout and 3-stars on Rivals out of high school. I do not think Bradley was involved with him. He would probably be a good player in the MVC, but I wold not expect to see Bradley go after him.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=1627725

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=33280&sport=2

[SFP]

There's seems to be a few more players leaving their schools either from their choice or the coaches than years before...I wonder if there are any statistics on this. Is it the kids or the coaches who are pressured to win at all costs?

There is also a pretty good big leaving Florida!

[tornado]

it is also being discussed that Rick Majerus is also jettisoning one of the
Saint Louis assistants that is on his staff but it is NOT one that he hired.
Angres Thorpe has been at Saint Louis for six years and was hired by the prior coach in 2002.

http://slubillikens.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/thorpe_angres00.html

PS-- an article out of KC says that one of SLU's recruits, Willie Reed is not likely to be graduating and may not be at SLU.

[tornado]

Rick Majerus is also jettisoning one of the
Saint Louis assistants ....

It is confirmed...Agres Thorpe is leaving.
Thorpe also coached at Lewis and Ball State and already has another assistant spot lined up,
but it is a considerable step down, going to UW-GB.

[it's boogie time]

It's hard for me to blame the new coaches when they come in. The new coach is given a big contract and expected to win right away. The last coach's recruits got him fired. I'm really surprised in this case so many of them stuck around to play this year.

I realize that it sucks for the young players that got recruited by a fired coach, but I would have to assume that all of them have something lined up since they knew this was coming.

[J Money]

i really thought that he was going to let Lisch go.
Good to see he is taking some steps forward hopefully with the program.
Maybe he was considerate of the players and let them stay in his hotel room for the night before they took a flight home.

There's no way he would let lisch go. Kevin was their best and most consistant player the past 2 years and he'll be a senior next year. That would have been a terrible move to force him out.

[tornado]

Dustin Maguire, Sophomore...from Bethalto, Civic Memorial, 6-5 SG, 18.2 ppg scorer in HS, was redshirting
.....

Dustin Maguire is transferring to Northern Kentucky where he will play with a couple of ex-ICC players, DeAaron Williams and Kyle Julius.