Emiah leaving team

**ianoconnor** · 12-13-2012, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by Knownothing

My opinion is this. When she commited the old man came on and sang the praises of his kid and the program. Rightfully so. We gave our thumbs up and welcomed this girl to Iowa State. Then she decided to leave and now we are supposed to not speculate about the situation. B.S. It works both ways. Bottom line is she quit on her teamates. That does not show good character. I quit a sport once. However, it was after the season even though I was miserable mid way through that season. Bottom line is I signed up and made a pledge to be with the team.

Samesies. Wish more kids had this mentality these days.

**EHdakota** · 12-13-2012, 09:22 AM

I quit the track team when I was in HS. The coach and teammates thanked me for it.

**Dryburn** · 12-13-2012, 09:29 AM

There is one aspect of this that I really do not like, if I understand the story correctly. She quit the team while the head coach was out of town. From what I understood from the news article in the Ames Trib, Emiah and her parents talked with "the coaching staff" yesterday morning, and then she quit in the afternoon. If BF was out of town, that may mean she (they) did not actually meet with him face to face. Something about that just does not seem right to me.

We will probably never know all of the circumstances to this story. Like most, it is hard for me to understand what could have possibly been that egregious that a freshman player had to quit less than a third of the way through the season.

http://amestrib.com/sections/sports/...r.html-0#small

**alarson** · 12-13-2012, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Knownothing

My opinion is this. When she commited the old man came on and sang the praises of his kid and the program. Rightfully so. We gave our thumbs up and welcomed this girl to Iowa State. Then she decided to leave and now we are supposed to not speculate about the situation. B.S. It works both ways. Bottom line is she quit on her teamates. That does not show good character. I quit a sport once. However, it was after the season even though I was miserable mid way through that season. Bottom line is I signed up and made a pledge to be with the team.

Arent there things that play into it as far as when the transfer is made though (for how long she would have to sit)? Getting done before the semester changes over might help that.

**isufan** · 12-13-2012, 09:35 AM

Not good if she quit without talking to Fennelly in person. More stuff in this article about the "family" talking to the coaching staff.

**Polarbears** · 12-13-2012, 09:52 AM

Reading between the lines of rbingley's defense when someone criticized her attitude towards teammates last game, it seems like she wasn't getting along with one or more of her teammates. Hard to say. With Kidd moving ahead in the rotation, and the star point guard coming in next year, maybe she felt she would be fighting for PT anyway. Sad, I thought she was a great addition to the team, and her lost minutes at PG will be very hard to replace. BF said at one point that Kidd doesn't have much interest in being PG. We will miss her athleticism and ball-handling. Hallie as backup PG?

**pdxclone** · 12-13-2012, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Knownothing

My opinion is this. When she commited the old man came on and sang the praises of his kid and the program. Rightfully so. We gave our thumbs up and welcomed this girl to Iowa State. Then she decided to leave and now we are supposed to not speculate about the situation. B.S. It works both ways. Bottom line is she quit on her teamates. That does not show good character. I quit a sport once. However, it was after the season even though I was miserable mid way through that season. Bottom line is I signed up and made a pledge to be with the team.

+1
It does work both ways on using CF to promote your kid but not wanting to set the record straight on a very abrupt departure from the team.

Also agree with the part of quitting on her teammates. This is a huge issue. You spent months getting to know your teammates before you sign your LOI. They invested their own time to host you. They work out over the summer with you to help you get better. You may not be getting along with your roommate but there is an investment there as well. You bonded as a team in the trip out of the country. No matter what the "real" reason is, play out the season for your teammates.

**BoxsterCy** · 12-13-2012, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by isufan

Not good if she quit without talking to Fennelly in person. More stuff in this article about the "family" talking to the coaching staff.

Appears that helicopter dad sure soured on ISU in a hurry. Maybe he would have been happier at Vanderbilt after all.

**klamath632** · 12-13-2012, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by acoustimac

Considering that we known absolutely NOTHING about this situation I don't think your comments carry any weight at this time.

It's a trend. We can't comment on a trend?

**Malone** · 12-13-2012, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by MaccloNe

I let my kids make their own decisions to prepare for the real world. Way too much mom, dad and we in your posts for my liking.

I signed in just to like this. Way too much mommy and daddy entering the picture. Let the kid make her own decisions. Overbearing parents suck.

**CyCy** · 12-13-2012, 12:25 PM

Refresh my memory. When Lucious left MSU in the middle of the season did he quit or was he booted.

**ribsnwhiskey** · 12-13-2012, 12:29 PM

Overbearing parents belong in little league, not D1 athletics.

**ianoconnor** · 12-13-2012, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by CyCy

Refresh my memory. When Lucious left MSU in the middle of the season did he quit or was he booted.

Dismissed by Izzo.

**acoustimac** · 12-13-2012, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by klamath632

It's a trend. We can't comment on a trend?

What's a trend? Outside of a very few, no one on this site knows why she left. So making the type of comments that have been made are pure speculation and rumoring. My dad's advice always rings true...if you don't know what you're talking about don't talk.