2007 BU commitment- Rashad Austin

[mexicobufan]

mexicobufan wrote:
The kid reminds me somewhat of Mike Williams as far as build???


"Your memory must not be very good. Mike was much bigger, taller and his shoulders were significantly broader. The only resemblance between the two would be that they both have arms, legs, a head and a torso. I'm not trying to take anything away from a kid that looks to be a perfect fit for our team, but Mike Williams? Thanks for the early morning laugh and have some more Kool-Aide!"

If you will notice I put two question marks after my statement because when Mike played at BU I was young enough that everyone looked big to me. I dont know if its the waiting on the NCAA bid or what but some folks seem a little tense. I am glad I made you laugh but next time try to understand what a question mark means and maybe it will help you understand its a question!!!

[Braveman]

Is anyone else ready for 'Stone Cold' Rashad Austin? I want 'Austin 3:16' shirts and chants of 'Austin, Austin, Austin' ringing throughout Carver next year!

Don't give the pa guy any ideas?? Zach attack makes me puke every time i hear it...

[BradleyBrave]

Is anyone else ready for 'Stone Cold' Rashad Austin? I want 'Austin 3:16' shirts and chants of 'Austin, Austin, Austin' ringing throughout Carver next year!

Don't give the pa guy any ideas?? Zach attack makes me puke every time i hear it...

Hopefully you'll never have to hear it again.

[Mikovio]

Is anyone else ready for 'Stone Cold' Rashad Austin? I want 'Austin 3:16' shirts and chants of 'Austin, Austin, Austin' ringing throughout Carver next year!

Don't give the pa guy any ideas?? Zach attack makes me puke every time i hear it...

Bayside is a school that's cool and you know that it's true! (know that it's true!)

[georgethedog]

mexicobufan wrote:
The kid reminds me somewhat of Mike Williams as far as build???


"Your memory must not be very good. Mike was much bigger, taller and his shoulders were significantly broader. The only resemblance between the two would be that they both have arms, legs, a head and a torso. I'm not trying to take anything away from a kid that looks to be a perfect fit for our team, but Mike Williams? Thanks for the early morning laugh and have some more Kool-Aide!"

If you will notice I put two question marks after my statement because when Mike played at BU I was young enough that everyone looked big to me. I dont know if its the waiting on the NCAA bid or what but some folks seem a little tense. I am glad I made you laugh but next time try to understand what a question mark means and maybe it will help you understand its a question!!!

I put a "wink" after my comments. Next time try to understand what a "wink" means before you get upset at a response. Since we cannot see each other, some posts can seem to be too harsh or out of context. I got mad at a response Tornado gave to one of my posts the other day and I should not have because he did not mean it to be mean-spirited. To make it known that I was just having some fun I put the "wink" icon there so you would know it was all in fun. Sorry if I offended you. I'll take someone like Tolliver as I believe DaCoach mentioned he was built like. (Bad sentence structure, huh?)

[tornado]

I stood right next to Rashad Austin when he visited here for a Bradley game, and I talked very briefly with him.
He had a baggy sweatshirt/hoodie so I obviously couldn't see his muscle development, but here is my description....and I think it'll match Da Coach's.

I thought Rashad could very well be a body-double for Jason Faulknor, but maybe a smidgen bigger.
I judged him to be 6'8 and fairly strong, not an ounce of fat on him.


Here are a couple recent pics of Rashad
He is listed several places as 240 lb, and nobody on BU's roster currently (except Sam Singh) is over 225 lb.

[real fan]

He sounds like the type of player we need; a good rebounder and has the ability to score; we don"t need a center that is a big scorer but one that is a threat so it opens up our guards a lot more when you have a good post player.

[tornado]

Here is an interesting comment from Rashad Austin's head coach...
That the guy keeping stats at that last game failed to credit Rashad with numerous rebounds...

When he viewed the game film, Rashad really had 28 points/17 rebounds.

http://www.journal-advocate.com/articles/2007/03/09/news/sports/sports1.txt

???‚¬?“Rashad carried us through the tournament,???‚¬?? Trenkle said. ...if you watch the film...
he actually had a 28-point, 17 rebound performance."

[real fan]

what are our chances with him as everyone thought Sikes was coming here and then ended up at Cincy.

[Da Coach]

Right now, there is not an available scholarship. But every year 1 or 2 open up unexpectedly, so I would expect the liklihood to be high that Bradley will continue to recruit and offer a scholarship to a juco player like Austin. But they are recruiting other kids, too.

[dogsrus]

what are our chances with him as everyone thought Sikes was coming here and then ended up at Cincy.

We knew Sikes was being courted by Cincy also......BU was on em hard...reeeeeaallll hard but I don't think anyuone thought it was a lock.

Wonder if he wishes he would have came here? At least we are still going to be playing. Didn't see him but a few times. Not sure how good he was.

[Da Coach]

Sikes was a true power forward-type. He was bigger and stronger than Salley. Cincinnati had some games where he was their best player, but he was not always consistent. But he could have helped Brdley a lot this year, IMO.

[bert notorius]

2007 BU Commitment- Rashad Austin

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[Big Mike]

Does that make this the "OFFICIAL GOOD NEWS THREAD?"

[Big Mike]

This is the guy I wanted....good #'s and good size! YES!