Rodney Hood
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Rodney lead us to believe that he was staying around, then quit on MSU. Wonder if he will quit on Coach K too?
I don't think Rodney likes to work hard and is a prima-donna AAU product. He couldn't handle Coach Ray's practice..
Saying that, he will probably be an All-American and a Top 20 pick in two years, we are Mississippi State...
I don't think Rodney likes to work hard and is a prima-donna AAU product. He couldn't handle Coach Ray's practice..
Saying that, he will probably be an All-American and a Top 20 pick in two years, we are Mississippi State...
But it is kind of hypocritical. Its like someone speaking out against welfare but then has no problem collecting a welfare check for themselves.
I also have a hard time actively rooting for a 19 year old kid to wash out and fail just because he had the audacity to transfer from my school after his HC was let go.
But that is just me. To each his own I suppose.
I also have a hard time actively rooting for a 19 year old kid to wash out and fail just because he had the audacity to transfer from my school after his HC was let go.
But that is just me. To each his own I suppose.
Do you remember how frustrating it was watching last year's basketball season unfold? It was the sheets of the worst bed shitting I've witnessed in some time. Now imagine you're an elite talent and had to witness that bull **** first hand while missing out on the NCAA tourney....AND you're pretty much guaranteed to not make it to the dance in your career now unless you carry the team completely. Would you consider leaving? Okay, now imagine the only thing you still liked about the team was fired,err,retired. Still staying?
Nothing against Rick Ray, but it would piss me off if when I stepped on campus the team had enough talent to make a deep run, and then 1 year later I'm looking at being the only mother17er left with any talent, and I'm playing for Rick Ray! That's not what he signed up for, and while we all know that's life....if you're a stud basketball player it doesn't have to be. At least not at 19 yrs old and with RH's talent.
So, I will not be pulling for him bc he bailed on my Dawgs.....but I'm mature enough to understand what was going through his mind. Coach K or Rick Ray? Hmm
Nothing against Rick Ray, but it would piss me off if when I stepped on campus the team had enough talent to make a deep run, and then 1 year later I'm looking at being the only mother17er left with any talent, and I'm playing for Rick Ray! That's not what he signed up for, and while we all know that's life....if you're a stud basketball player it doesn't have to be. At least not at 19 yrs old and with RH's talent.
So, I will not be pulling for him bc he bailed on my Dawgs.....but I'm mature enough to understand what was going through his mind. Coach K or Rick Ray? Hmm
I'm disappointed that he won't be at MSU but considering the mess of a team last year, sometimes a guy just wants a clean break, and I'm not going to fault him for doing that especially since I bailed out from paying attention to basketball games this past December.
I'm glad he's at Duke because it's my favorite ACC university (family members have attended and earned degrees from there-- UNC is a close second for the same reason).
I'm glad he's at Duke because it's my favorite ACC university (family members have attended and earned degrees from there-- UNC is a close second for the same reason).
patdog said:
I just don't get how people can be so irrational about college sports.
I don't know which is worse:
- the idiots who hate on transfers leaving, love transfers for coming, and don't recognize they are inconsistent in their thinking...
or
- you, who fully recognizes your total lack of objectivity and complete inconsistency, and is apparently very much at ease with it.
The first group is sadly ignorant, but you know about it and choose to not change.
Being so inconsistent would drive me nuts.
You just have nothing to stand on when you are that inconsistent and biased.
If a guy makes a decision that's good for MSU, I like it. If he makes a decision that's bad for MSU, I don't like it. What's irrational about that? It's not like I'm saying he's a bad person or anything. He's not. I just don't really want to see him succeed at Duke.
Rationality is the state of having good sense and sound judgment; and you can make a sound judgement only when you are objective. Objectivity is judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices hence to be rational you must possess objectivity.
You insert emotion into the equation.
I am stunned that this is such a foreign concept to many here.
I am stunned that this is such a foreign concept to many here.
I've never said he didn't make the right decision for him. Just that I hope he fails. If you're going to be that "rational" about everything, why are you even a fan of Mississippi State or any other team? If you look at it objectively, there's really no reason to favor one team over another. You'd just watch games not caring at all which side won or lost. Sorry, but that would just suck.
Wow, so in your view a person is either a fan who teeters on the edge of hypocrisy and childish pouting, or they are emotionally removed from the events surrounding the teams they follow?</p>
Or maybe there is a level middle ground?</p>
I think it sucks that Hood left. I think it sucks because i liked his skills and his attitude on the court. I think it sucks because he could have helped make MSU a lot better than we will be next season.
But just because i think this sucks for MSU doesnt mean i have to want for him to fail. I mean seriously, you are actively hoping for a 19yo to fail just because they chose to leave the school you root for. Get some perspective. He left in good academic standing. He played out the year and hustled in every game.
If he had screwed the team over by leaving mid-year, i could see people hoping that Karma hits him. If he had left the team in bad academic standing, that too could justify some sort of discussion about hoping he grows the F up and learns accountability. </p>
But Hood played hard and left in good standing. </p>
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I just find the vitriol directed at him to be part funny(in a sad way) and part pathetic.
You actually hope the guy fails? Seriously? Why? Just because he chose to no longer attend MSU, you hope he fails. And this is objectivity to you?</p>
I always want MSU to win. But I also try to refrain from the chilsish **** games and double standards that many fans(you clearly being one) fall into. You know, the dumb games where you are in a glass house and throw stones at others?
If i were to hope a player fails based on the fact that they left a program early and transfer, then i must hope all players fail who leave a program early. That would apply to players that MSU gains too. Otherwise, i am just being an inconsistent emotional child. </p>
Or maybe there is a level middle ground?</p>
I think it sucks that Hood left. I think it sucks because i liked his skills and his attitude on the court. I think it sucks because he could have helped make MSU a lot better than we will be next season.
But just because i think this sucks for MSU doesnt mean i have to want for him to fail. I mean seriously, you are actively hoping for a 19yo to fail just because they chose to leave the school you root for. Get some perspective. He left in good academic standing. He played out the year and hustled in every game.
If he had screwed the team over by leaving mid-year, i could see people hoping that Karma hits him. If he had left the team in bad academic standing, that too could justify some sort of discussion about hoping he grows the F up and learns accountability. </p>
But Hood played hard and left in good standing. </p>
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I just find the vitriol directed at him to be part funny(in a sad way) and part pathetic.
You actually hope the guy fails? Seriously? Why? Just because he chose to no longer attend MSU, you hope he fails. And this is objectivity to you?</p>
I always want MSU to win. But I also try to refrain from the chilsish **** games and double standards that many fans(you clearly being one) fall into. You know, the dumb games where you are in a glass house and throw stones at others?
If i were to hope a player fails based on the fact that they left a program early and transfer, then i must hope all players fail who leave a program early. That would apply to players that MSU gains too. Otherwise, i am just being an inconsistent emotional child. </p>
What objective reasons do you have to hope MSU wins? Are our coaches and players somehow better people than other teams' coaches and players? If you hope we win, by definition you're hoping someone else loses. Someone who has never done anything to you and you should have no objective or rational reason to hope they fail. Yet you still do hope they fail. How is this rational or objective? The only difference is I'm a little more honest about it. So what if I hope Hood fails? Does that fact affect anything in the world? Of course not.
What is irrational is to hope a guy who is going to a conference that MSU doesnt play in and will play for a team that MSU almost never plays against, will fail.
Its irrational because you have no interest in the matter. You hoping MSU wins and therefore its opponents losing can be justified since your interest in the matter is for MSU to win the game.
But with Hood, why hope he fails? How will that help the team you root for? It wont. Its irrational.
Its irrational because you have no interest in the matter. You hoping MSU wins and therefore its opponents losing can be justified since your interest in the matter is for MSU to win the game.
But with Hood, why hope he fails? How will that help the team you root for? It wont. Its irrational.
Hump4Hoops said:
if his dream is to play in the NBA then he should of stayed and went pro after this year. Sitting out a year and burrying himself on Duke's bench is going to murder his draft stock. He can't shoot well enough to get starter minutes at Duke.
You say it's rational for you to pull for MSU and against whoever we're playing. But why is that rational? There's no real reason you should pull for MSU over any other school. Yet for some reason, you like one school more than the rest. We all have some teams and players we like and some we don't. For the most part, none of it is really rational or objective and it's kind of silly to pretend that it is.</p>