What amazes me is that there are people on this board, and the majority of the people on Swan Lake, refuse to believe that there is a problem with Renardo not going to Europe. We should just cut ties now with this fat *** piece of **** before the season starts:
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Gary Parish on Renardo Sidney staying home:
2. What's the deal with Renardo Sidney returning to Houston to be with John Lucas rather than going on a preseason exhibition trip in Europe with Mississippi State?</p>
There's no way to spin it into a positive because I just refuse to believe there's a positive reason for a member of a team to not accompany his teammates on a trip designed to build team unity and get a head start on the season to come. John Lucas has had a nice impact on players over the years, and I hope that's the case here. But it should be noted that Lucas doesn't usually spend much time working with players free of issues -- personal issues, substance-abuse issues, whatever -- and it should also be noted that most college coaches, Rick Stansbury included, would never let a seemingly important player skip a preseason trip to "work out" with somebody else two states over unless there were real problems. Again, this is not a good sign.</p>
3. So will Sidney play for Mississippi State this season?</p>
According to Stansbury, that's still the plan. But at this point it's reasonable to be skeptical. The whole Sidney-to-Mississippi State story has been a circus from the start and there's no reason to think it won't end that way, too. Put another way, it won't end well. That's my prediction. It just won't end well and Stansbury will end up regretting ever enrolling the troubled prospect -- that is if he doesn't regret it already.</p>
4. Is Sidney the best of example of "I should've never taken this commitment from this prospect with all these red flags" in recent years?</p>
He's up there, certainly. But Tim Floyd would probably argue that O.J. Mayo deserves consideration considering Mayo's enrollment at Southern California is essentially what ended Floyd's tenure. And Bobby Gonzalez would probably argue that Herb Pope deserves consideration considering Pope popping an opponent in the private parts during an NIT game played a role, at least some role, in Seton Hall firing Gonzalez a year after giving him a contract extension, but Gonzo probably had more to do with his own downfall than Pope or anybody else. Gonzo was and is a mess. He probably needs John Lucas as much as anybody.</p></div>
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Gary Parish on Renardo Sidney staying home:
2. What's the deal with Renardo Sidney returning to Houston to be with John Lucas rather than going on a preseason exhibition trip in Europe with Mississippi State?</p>
There's no way to spin it into a positive because I just refuse to believe there's a positive reason for a member of a team to not accompany his teammates on a trip designed to build team unity and get a head start on the season to come. John Lucas has had a nice impact on players over the years, and I hope that's the case here. But it should be noted that Lucas doesn't usually spend much time working with players free of issues -- personal issues, substance-abuse issues, whatever -- and it should also be noted that most college coaches, Rick Stansbury included, would never let a seemingly important player skip a preseason trip to "work out" with somebody else two states over unless there were real problems. Again, this is not a good sign.</p>
3. So will Sidney play for Mississippi State this season?</p>
According to Stansbury, that's still the plan. But at this point it's reasonable to be skeptical. The whole Sidney-to-Mississippi State story has been a circus from the start and there's no reason to think it won't end that way, too. Put another way, it won't end well. That's my prediction. It just won't end well and Stansbury will end up regretting ever enrolling the troubled prospect -- that is if he doesn't regret it already.</p>
4. Is Sidney the best of example of "I should've never taken this commitment from this prospect with all these red flags" in recent years?</p>
He's up there, certainly. But Tim Floyd would probably argue that O.J. Mayo deserves consideration considering Mayo's enrollment at Southern California is essentially what ended Floyd's tenure. And Bobby Gonzalez would probably argue that Herb Pope deserves consideration considering Pope popping an opponent in the private parts during an NIT game played a role, at least some role, in Seton Hall firing Gonzalez a year after giving him a contract extension, but Gonzo probably had more to do with his own downfall than Pope or anybody else. Gonzo was and is a mess. He probably needs John Lucas as much as anybody.</p></div>
