Jameel McKay, a.k.a "rim protector" and "enigma," spoke to the media today. He said he never really thought about sitting out Saturday's game at Texas A&M ... So game on. http://cyclonefanatic.com/basketball/mens/news/jameel-mckay-will-play-saturday-at-texas-a-m/
Jameel McKay will play at Texas A&M
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Well, this pretty much invalidates most of our thoughts from the last three days. Time to come up with something new to argue about.
The logical route for this to take is for people to argue over whether it's a good idea for him to play or not.
McKay playing Saturday is great news! As I suggested I'd do in the other McKay thread and prompted by stuff like the above that despite being obvious sarcasm is still not a helpful comment, here is a reminder of what McKay playing is great news and why comments like the above are not helpful.
I think I'm going to post this in any further Jameel McKay threads.
#1 - He paid his own way for a semester, that's how bad he wanted to be here.
#2 - He loves his team and teammates. Despite knee pain, going to locker room, and sitting out the rest of the KU game, Jameel was the first one out of his seat and jumping up and down when Matt Thomas dunked.
#3 - He gets up and down because he's passionate.
#4 - All this talk about his head is the fan's doing. Quit making him the scapegoat du jour. First, free throws. Then, size. Then, effort. Now, mindset.
#5 - His recent instagram pic isn't an indication that he hates ISU men's basketball or even college/ISU. It's an indication that he has had enough of fan bullying.
#6 - Recall the Capital City YMCA league. Even when not playing, he was always present and always obliging to visit with and take pics with fans. He LOVED the fans and was VERY giving and accommodating. Fan attitude changed that.
Take a stand, be the supportive fan. Would you boo a player's performance when they are playing? Of course not.
Then, why the heck are you frequently singling one guy out behind the veil of your keyboard.
McKay was a huge presence in the post-season awards last year: Defensive POY, only unanimous Newcomer of Year, 3rd Team All-Big 12. He's a baller, not "was" a baller, he IS a baller.
#1 - He paid his own way for a semester, that's how bad he wanted to be here.
#2 - He loves his team and teammates. Despite knee pain, going to locker room, and sitting out the rest of the KU game, Jameel was the first one out of his seat and jumping up and down when Matt Thomas dunked.
#3 - He gets up and down because he's passionate.
#4 - All this talk about his head is the fan's doing. Quit making him the scapegoat du jour. First, free throws. Then, size. Then, effort. Now, mindset.
#5 - His recent instagram pic isn't an indication that he hates ISU men's basketball or even college/ISU. It's an indication that he has had enough of fan bullying.
#6 - Recall the Capital City YMCA league. Even when not playing, he was always present and always obliging to visit with and take pics with fans. He LOVED the fans and was VERY giving and accommodating. Fan attitude changed that.
Take a stand, be the supportive fan. Would you boo a player's performance when they are playing? Of course not.
Then, why the heck are you frequently singling one guy out behind the veil of your keyboard.
McKay was a huge presence in the post-season awards last year: Defensive POY, only unanimous Newcomer of Year, 3rd Team All-Big 12. He's a baller, not "was" a baller, he IS a baller.
Tear it up McKay!
I still say sit him down for this game. In fact, we should sit him for the rest of the away games too since those don't really matter as much if we lose them. As long as we protect home court we will be fine.
Prohm should also just skip this game and focus on recruiting. He doesn't really want to beat his mentor and losing to A&M doesn't matter.
I'm not serious.
Prohm should also just skip this game and focus on recruiting. He doesn't really want to beat his mentor and losing to A&M doesn't matter.
I'm not serious.
Everything you said is spot on IMO except the bolded, that's one of the most ridiculous terms I've ever heard. People not constantly blowing sunshine up your *** isn't bullying, its reality. The social media stuff goes both ways, these athletes want the adoration and fame that comes with being an online personality, then they are going to have to deal with the negatives that come from that, sadly its just the way it is. When the solution to your issue is insanely simple and you refuse to resolve it, that's not the fans fault, that's on the the player. Think of how less complicated all of this would have been without social media.
Yes, social media is both positive and negative, and if you want one, you need to deal with the other. I may be recalling things with rose-colored glasses, but in my memory past negative feedback was much less personal, and often never reached the target.
Calling someone useless, not worth a scholarship, the reason for a loss, etc. - some of the milder comments I've heard about our players - is not a failure to "constantly blow sunshine up someone's ***". It's unnecessary, it's bullying behavior, it's counter-productive, and in most cases I'd guarandamteeya the person posting/tweeting it would not say it to the athlete's face. Not while sober, anyway.
Once again, CF does a fantastic job of blowing **** way out of proportion. I'm not even surprised anymore. And don't say that if they want to be on social media they need to deal with it. That is grade A bull ****. There is absolutely no way that it is acceptable for fans to single out and target individual athletes on social media, even if they say something that is questionable. That isn't our job as fans.
All in all, I think some fans should stop trying to read into what someone posts on twitter. Some of you are worse than the MS students I teach in regards to reading between the lines and decipher what a player in saying in 140 characters.
All in all, I think some fans should stop trying to read into what someone posts on twitter. Some of you are worse than the MS students I teach in regards to reading between the lines and decipher what a player in saying in 140 characters.
