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Post by The Cats on Mar 21, 2023 8:58:13 GMT -5
I’m not surprised in the least. I’m sure his recruitment has been ongoing and that he already has a verbal agreement with whichever team he’s chosen. This garbage has got to stop. I agree. Some coach has illegally reached out to him and recruited him. Can’t prove it but many coaches do not follow the rules. Why else would he jump ship now with one year left? I'm not saying you are wrong, but it could be as simple as his preferred major in grad school. Maybe WCU does not offer it. I know many coaches are like a snake in the grass, but until there is proof....
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Post by upstatecat88 on Mar 21, 2023 8:59:22 GMT -5
I’m not surprised in the least. I’m sure his recruitment has been ongoing and that he already has a verbal agreement with whichever team he’s chosen. This garbage has got to stop. He listed as a redshirt junior this season on the roster, which means he was a senior, if he graduated, he won't have to sit out, and is immediately eligible, just as it was prior to the portal. I stand corrected. Thank you. But, I don’t retract my frustration! There has to be a way to find players who want to attend Western and can find some emotional connection to being there.
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Post by The Cats on Mar 21, 2023 9:12:56 GMT -5
He listed as a redshirt junior this season on the roster, which means he was a senior, if he graduated, he won't have to sit out, and is immediately eligible, just as it was prior to the portal. I stand corrected. Thank you. But, I don’t retract my frustration! There has to be a way to find players who want to attend Western and can find some emotional connection to being there. I agree, but the pendulum has swung heavily in favor of the players, making it too easy to transfer, with absolutely no drawbacks for the player making multiple moves. Take for instance Bubba Parham from Samford, when he lands in a new school, it will be his 4th school, how is that good for college athletics?
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Mar 21, 2023 9:58:12 GMT -5
For what little it's worth, I believe Glover will be on school three. Florida (2 yrs.) > Samford (2 yrs.) > ?. Bubba Parham is VMI > Georgia Tech > Samford, but to my knowledge he isn't in the portal.
Claude's good friend is Johnnie Broome at Auburn. Claude is probably not an Auburn-level player, but he could be getting pressure to test the waters from a lot of different sources, including Broome.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Mar 21, 2023 12:38:12 GMT -5
For what little it's worth, I believe Glover will be on school three. Florida (2 yrs.) > Samford (2 yrs.) > ?. Bubba Parham is VMI > Georgia Tech > Samford, but to my knowledge he isn't in the portal. Claude's good friend is Johnnie Broome at Auburn. Claude is probably not an Auburn-level player, but he could be getting pressure to test the waters from a lot of different sources, including Broome. He might be testing the waters, but I don’t see Coach Gray as a guy that will allow a kid to enter the portal and then welcome him back with open arms if he does not find a new home. I might be wrong and I do not know for sure. That is a bad precedence to set. If you start allowing testing of waters, then kids on the fence will go into the portal every year looking to move up and when they don’t, they know they can come back. Also, if you enter the portal, the coaching staff needs to start looking for your replacement immediately and cannot wait for a teenager or early 20 something to decide what they want to do. So if he is testing the waters, he better find another team because the coaching staff needs to move on and find a replacement quickly. I don’t think Coach Gray is waiting around before he looks for someone else to replace Claude.
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Post by 83wasagreatyr on Mar 21, 2023 13:02:40 GMT -5
Unless he and Coach had a pre-arranged deal allowing him to "test the waters" and potentially come back. I hope he comes back. Good player. If he goes to Winthrop we will need to _________ (fill in the blank).
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Mar 21, 2023 13:49:50 GMT -5
After this year, Winthrop would be a lateral move at best
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Mar 21, 2023 13:51:00 GMT -5
For what little it's worth, I believe Glover will be on school three. Florida (2 yrs.) > Samford (2 yrs.) > ?. Bubba Parham is VMI > Georgia Tech > Samford, but to my knowledge he isn't in the portal. Claude's good friend is Johnnie Broome at Auburn. Claude is probably not an Auburn-level player, but he could be getting pressure to test the waters from a lot of different sources, including Broome. He might be testing the waters, but I don’t see Coach Gray as a guy that will allow a kid to enter the portal and then welcome him back with open arms if he does not find a new home. I might be wrong and I do not know for sure. That is a bad precedence to set. If you start allowing testing of waters, then kids on the fence will go into the portal every year looking to move up and when they don’t, they know they can come back. Also, if you enter the portal, the coaching staff needs to start looking for your replacement immediately and cannot wait for a teenager or early 20 something to decide what they want to do. So if he is testing the waters, he better find another team because the coaching staff needs to move on and find a replacement quickly. I don’t think Coach Gray is waiting around before he looks for someone else to replace Claude. Interesting that Claude hasn't posted anything at all on his Twitter
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Post by The Cats on Mar 21, 2023 16:40:50 GMT -5
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Mar 22, 2023 5:43:15 GMT -5
I wish him well and hope he sets the world on fire wherever he goes. He was given a great opportunity at Western. His playing time went way up over what he got at Morehead State where he was used mostly as a sub and only appeared in 9 games his last year there. He averaged like 4 points per game there. He got an opportunity at Western and made the most of it. I don’t think these larger P5 schools are looking at Claude as a starter. The big kid we lost to TCU a few years back has not been a starter and his playing time went way down as well as his point and rebound totals. Claude can be a big fish in a small pond at Western but not so much at a Florida. A lot more competition from better athletes at those schools. In my opinion, these kids are getting some bad advice from the adults in their lives. The grass may not be greener on the other side. It is probably just more grass.
Hopefully he is leaving to further his education like some have said on here.
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