Our staff praise of Belk (Long)

May 17, 2018, 4:41 PM

One of the many strengths of CDS and this staff is they work the media like a maestro when it comes to filtering info about our players. This is done for motivational purposes many times(a starter may be slacking, so the backup gets rave reviews from the staff which the media reports. Result: Fire lit under starter) On the flip side if a kids ego is fragile or his situation is tenuous, I have noticed our coaches tend to put out praise for that particular player. I honestly think that was the case with Belk. No doubt he was drawing rave reviews from our staff, but looking back Dabo was probably trying to get Belk to realize this was the best place for him by being overly effusive with the praise. Not saying that Belk couldn't have been good, but looking back I am starting to doubt that he was already the manchild that the coaches were making him out to be. I think Dabo tried to salvage the situation much like he did with Nkemdiche situation. Once it became too much of a cesspool we backed out and diplomatically said we were letting the kid explore options. Thank goodness we did that with Nkemdiche, and I have a feeling in a couple of years we will say that with the Belk situation. Look at the numbers on players that transfer out of here. They usually underperform and vanish into obscurity (Kyrin Priester, Kitt, Chalmers, Pagano, Dye, Fruhmorgen..etc. and the list goes on. As a sidebar, it clearly sends the signal that USUC has thrown down the gauntlet, and is willing to overtly cheat, cut corners, move heaven and earth to try to catch up with us. They are a desperate and pitiful lot, and hopefully the NCAA will still have enough bite left to put them on probation in a couple of years. This clearly sends the signal that they are willing to take the risk of being the next OLE MISS to rise from the ranks of mediocrity.

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One of the many strengths of CDS and this staff is they work the media like a maestro when it comes to filtering info about our players.

This is done for motivational purposes many times(a starter may be slacking, so the backup gets rave reviews from the staff which the media reports.

Result: Fire lit under starter) On the flip side if a kids ego is fragile or his situation is tenuous, I have noticed our coaches tend to put out praise for that particular player.

I honestly think that was the case with Belk. No doubt he was drawing rave reviews from our staff, but looking back Dabo was probably trying to get Belk to realize this was the best place for him by being overly effusive with the praise.

Not saying that Belk couldn't have been good, but looking back I am starting to doubt that he was already the manchild that the coaches were making him out to be.

I think Dabo tried to salvage the situation much like he did with Nkemdiche situation. Once it became too much of a cesspool we backed out and diplomatically said we were letting the kid explore options.

Thank goodness we did that with Nkemdiche, and I have a feeling in a couple of years we will say that with the Belk situation.

Look at the numbers on players that transfer out of here. They usually underperform and vanish into obscurity (Kyrin Priester, Kitt, Chalmers, Pagano, Dye, Fruhmorgen..etc. and the list goes on.

As a sidebar, it clearly sends the signal that USUC has thrown down the gauntlet, and is willing to overtly cheat, cut corners, move heaven and earth to try to catch up with us.

They are a desperate and pitiful lot, and hopefully the NCAA will still have enough bite left to put them on probation in a couple of years.

This clearly sends the signal that they are willing to take the risk of being the next OLE MISS to rise from the ranks of mediocrity.

Our staff praise of Belk (Long)

Holy Wall o' text Belkman

^^^^Beat me to it***

This'll help

Thanks TMT. Good writing=good editing***

Holy wall of text!

The NCAA just cited them for recruiting violations in Dec

lol ... NCAA is a toothless panhandler that wears Air Jordan

Would have been better if you didn't use punctuation marks.***

HTH

Re: Our staff praise of Belk (Long)

our staff was not the only one praising him

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