I realize there are other team distractions, but this is bigger than the "internal" stuff. The entire world knows now. Right now, the team is probably focusing more on what do we do with Bryce than how do we beat Iowa.
Going to go with Trust the Major here since pretty much most of his decisions as coach have been pretty good ones for the team, the university and individual players.
If you are going to suspend college basketball players for partying during the week, look out. Half of the players in college basketball would be suspended.
Seriously? Why in the **** would anyone be up at 3:30am on a Wednesday night? Everyone has to sleep, might as well do it when the rest of the world is too.
Posted this in the other thread but ESPN is reporting that Nader was one of the others in the apartment.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...014604/iowa-state-bryce-dejean-jones-arrested
Dejean-Jones' attorney told ESPN there were four people in the apartment -- Dejean-Jones, teammate and roommate Abdul Nader, Dejean-Jones' brother and a friend from Los Angeles.
Slushfund for what? To pay a $100 noise violation?
Why?
TBH, if I'm a coach and I have a player who's had 5 noise complaints, I'm automatically assuming it's just a ******* neighbor who just keeps calling him in because he's a loser.
Anybody that thinks college kids hanging out doing the things he was *charged with is uncommon, you are wrong. Is it right? No. But a lot of people do this everyday and go on with their lives.
A roommate of mine years back had the police called on us because he was listening to Metallica in his room. My other roommate and I were watching TV and didn't even hear it. The guy below us just had a problem with us because we were young and he had bad experiences in the past. So I don't think you can assume it was even a party, they may have just been playing video games.
Fred will make the right call, but how do you suspend someone who is never formally charged with anything? If Fred decides to suspend him I am fine with that, and if he doesn't I am fine with that as well.
I'm not a late-night person, but if we're down to the idea of suspending someone for making noise late at night, we're really reaching for disciplinary action.
Shrug this one off and drive on.