Seems a little awkward, or maybe he is feeling out this coaching staff and still hasn't completely decided what he will do.
Is Rodney Hood still working out with the team?
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Seems a little awkward, or maybe he is feeling out this coaching staff and still hasn't completely decided what he will do.
After last Saturday's baseball game he was playing pickup with some of the rest of the team. This was in the Mize Pavillion.
Huge advantage we still offer, unless he wants to go to MCC or step back a div, MSU is the ONLY Div 1 school he will actually get to play BB at next year.
Rick Ray has also brought in 'some' help for next year.
Rick Ray has also brought in 'some' help for next year.
He announced a transfer after his freshman year only to return to MSU and have a great career. If Rodney Hood wants to do the same, we'd be absolute idiots not to let him.
Hood has never quit on Ray. He may have quit after Ray was announced, but until you've practiced for and competed for a coach, you can' t quit on him.
If Hood wants to go to the NBA as quick as possible then it is in best interest to return to MSU and not quit. I don't think we would have anything to worry about with that.
Agreed.DAWG61 said:
He is/was a college freshman with the potential to reach the NBA. Our program has been a circus for a few years now on and off the court. We are the middle of a coaching change and players/recruits are doubting the program. I have no problem with Hood stating he was going to transfer. In fact, I don't blame him. I would probably transfer too. There is a difference in "quitting" and "transferring." Hood has announced that he is transferring with his best interest in mind. The simplistic mindset that some of our fans possess really does amaze me.
With that being said, I hope there is some substance to these Hood rumors. You would have to be a complete dumbass to turn that kid away.
that trannie cheerleader physical trainer thing seems more dumb. don't go giving this one awards like that yet.
Hood I would want to play for a different team at the same time he announced his transfer. However I would recognize that I am being projected as a potential lottery pick and would play my *** off for MSU next year and then go to the NBA where I would then be playing for a new team at the same time I would be starting my sophomore season if I had transferred. To transfer and sit out a season is financially stupid and very risky when I am guaranteed a starting position on an SEC high major basketball team right now. All it takes is one more good to great year of basketball and I'm a millionaire at the current projections. What can he gain? A few possible although be it improbable gains on my draft selection where it is most likely I will hurt my draft status and might even destroy it by all the new risks I take on by switching teams now. We have one spot open still for next year. It makes absolutely the most sense for Hood to stay put for one more year at MSU and then go to the NBA. I will throw this in though. I think Rodney Hood is completely overated and doesn't stand a chance in hell in the NBA at his current level of play. If he agrees he is not good enough for the NBA as I do then it might be in his best interest to transfer to a school that can push him to become a much better player that is NBA ready. However I care about MSU's basketball success and not Rodney Hood's draft status so I am hoping he has a change of heart and stays at MSU. Rick Ray just might be the best thing to happen for Rodney Hood. He might be able to push him into being an elite player.
Maybe that was reason he still around. Is it possible where ever he wants to go requires good academic standing and not just a bunch of incomplete courses. Have no idea if this is true just speculation and possible reason he is still around and haven't seen it thrown out there. I hope I'm wrong really want to see him go pro as a bulldog but not holding my breath.
Sorry didn't catch that. Was trying to give 3 month old bottle and post at same time. Haven't got the hang of that yet.
That's quite an endeavor. Multi-tasking at the highest level. I know how that goes though. A baby who needs to be fed and a thought that needs to be posted!
Hell, he couldn't "make" us a tournament team last season with Moultrie and Bost. It's obvious the guy's heart isn't at State, so I think it would be best if he and the school moved on. We're a ****** team next year with or without him, and he's seemed weak-minded and flaky recently, so I'm ready for MSU to get away from these kinds of players.
He's a good player but overrated around here.
He's a good player but overrated around here.
Hood wanted to quit what Stans had let MSU basketball become -- a drama filled soap opera with guys that weren't committed to "team". He didn't quit on Ray and said meeting with Ray and getting to know him a little had made his decision to transfer tougher. Maybe that was all just nice-speak for Ray's sake but that is what Hood said. I do feel certain that Hood was looking to transfer WAY before Ray was hired but was hoping for maybe a bigger name coach at the time.
the **** that he went through last season, how can he not take a step back and realize this might not be the place for him. If he decides to stay, I will be elated. If he leaves, so be it. I won't hold any ill will towards him but I won't really care what he does with his career either.
Hood was saying that he was going to be a leader and he should have been a leader this past season, but wasn't because he was only a freshman. Then Ray comes into town and runs the guys through a practice. Hood says that's the hardest he's ever worked in practice, and a couple days later, he's decided to leave. It seems to me that a new sheriff is in town and isn't going to run things like the old coach, i.e. catering to the "pre-madonna's" every move.
Also, wasn't Hood's dad quoted in a Clarion Ledger article a month or so ago saying that Hood's grades had fallen, and he was staying in school to try to finish the semester strong. So he quits a team after a tough practice and has to focus on pulling up his declining grades. Signs are pointing to issues with work ethic, which is very common among Stansbury recruits.
Also, wasn't Hood's dad quoted in a Clarion Ledger article a month or so ago saying that Hood's grades had fallen, and he was staying in school to try to finish the semester strong. So he quits a team after a tough practice and has to focus on pulling up his declining grades. Signs are pointing to issues with work ethic, which is very common among Stansbury recruits.
realized that he doesn't need to listen to his dad and do what he desires to do. Big Hood was just looking for some cash replacement.
we give him his best chance to get into the league next year. I don't know what his goals are, I have heard he wants to play in the NCAAT or if I was him I would want to go pro ASAP. He has to weigh those options and keep an open mind. I am glad Coach Ray insisted our current players keep practicing with him and talking to him and not turning their back on him, that to me says a lot about coach ray and what he is about to teach our guys in the future.
(if hood came back) We will be young next season and will probably not make the NCAAT, but IF we could come together and had some very dangerous weapons. It sure would be nice for him to come back and it would gives us a little clearer picture to measure Ray to Stansbury early in the process and not have to wait a year or 2 down the road until we feel like Ray has equal talent as Stansbury did the last couple of years, to see if Ray is a quality floor coach or not.
(if hood came back) We will be young next season and will probably not make the NCAAT, but IF we could come together and had some very dangerous weapons. It sure would be nice for him to come back and it would gives us a little clearer picture to measure Ray to Stansbury early in the process and not have to wait a year or 2 down the road until we feel like Ray has equal talent as Stansbury did the last couple of years, to see if Ray is a quality floor coach or not.