Emiah leaving team
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It is definately a weird situation. Leaving less than half way through a freshman season means that there was something WAY wrong here. I am going to chalk it up to the style of play that BF runs. I was leaning more towards Emiahs side and just disappointed that she was leaving. Now after seeing all of her dad's posts, I have to side with BF and think that attitude most definately came into play. As much as was said about her not being a selfish player - It sure came out quickly how selfish Moody was before the Iowa game. Never a great move to start throwing other players under the bus when the spotlight is on you.
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Best of luck to Emiah wherever she goes. Sorry it didn't work out. While I would have loved to see her stay at home at UMKC, I'll be keeping track of her success wherever she goes, like I love to do with all of West's D-I athletes (and even many D-IIs).
Best of luck to Emiah wherever she goes. Sorry it didn't work out. While I would have loved to see her stay at home at UMKC, I'll be keeping track of her success wherever she goes, like I love to do with all of West's D-I athletes (and even many D-IIs).
Kids need to be treated like potential free agents these days because that is what they are.
No reason to be critical of the most successful coach in the ISU athletic department though.
No reason to be critical of the most successful coach in the ISU athletic department though.
Strange, he posts to tell us to stop speculating why an important player is leaving the program because coaches, the player and her family know why. Okay.... New to the internet?
In my opinion, if a player leaving mid season is anything other than the player abandoning her team and quitting because of some silly circumstance (Getting yelled at, etc), then one would think letting us know would be essential. You said it right, our "precious program" because it does mean a lot to us. If something fishy is going on, we want to know so the fans, players, etc can effectively voice our concerns to the program and demand change. By not voicing your concerns or what the issue is, obviously puts more blame on the player.
It's a shame she is leaving ISU, the fans support her and I would think the team supported her. Best of luck wherever the road takes her.
In my opinion, if a player leaving mid season is anything other than the player abandoning her team and quitting because of some silly circumstance (Getting yelled at, etc), then one would think letting us know would be essential. You said it right, our "precious program" because it does mean a lot to us. If something fishy is going on, we want to know so the fans, players, etc can effectively voice our concerns to the program and demand change. By not voicing your concerns or what the issue is, obviously puts more blame on the player.
It's a shame she is leaving ISU, the fans support her and I would think the team supported her. Best of luck wherever the road takes her.
I agree with you 100% in the years I have followed the team, one left because she did not like flying (AA), one we think because of the the way BF was yelling at her (JS), one I believe because she was homesick (CR) one for off court issues but the rest it seems were just not happy that they were not playing enough (the joco from OK as I talked to her dad when we played in the Virgin Islands and all he did was complain that his daughter was much better than those on the floor)so they went elsewhere. It is hard for some players who were the star of their high school team to find out that there are players on the team now who are just as good or even better, some handle it others do not.
There are a lot of parents that are getting too controlling when it comes to college athletics, let alone what goes on before kids get to college. IMO kids, teammates, and coaches can work most issues out, but problems come along when a parent is constantly whispering something in the kid's ear.
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.
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/isu-cyclones/women’s-basketball-bingley-transfer.html-0#small
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/isu-cyclones/women’s-basketball-bingley-transfer.html-0#small
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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.
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?
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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.
Appears that helicopter dad sure soured on ISU in a hurry. Maybe he would have been happier at Vanderbilt after all.
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.
