Instantaneous Ill-Informed Roundball Reaction (After I Had a Chance to Sleep on It, of Course)
by T Kyle King on Apr 16, 2010 7:56 AM EDT
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PrintMark Fox (to Trey Thompkins): Coach [Stacey] Palmore was calling you out about next year. I'm not going to do that.
Trey Thompkins: Don’t worry, coach. I’m coming back.
Mark Fox: God bless you, Trey.
How do I like this exchange? Let me count the ways:
1. It happened at the Georgia Tipoff Club's season-ending banquet, which was a great place to make the announcement, and it also made me aware of the fact that we have a Tipoff Club that hosts a season-ending banquet, which is cool.
2. It happened without anyone riding up in a limo, holding a press conference at the Hall of Fame, putting on a cap in front of photographers, or doing anything showy or self-promoting; a guy made an important personal decision, was given an easy opportunity to let folks know what he'd decided, and took it without fanfare. That's class right there, folks.
3. It answered (at least in my mind) these concerns about Coach Fox's creation of a family atmosphere around the program. While there's certainly a way to read Coach Fox's reaction cynically and opportunistically, the fact that he reacted as he did to an announcement he clearly did not know was forthcoming suggests to me that he was sincere. You don't say "God bless you" to someone you don't genuinely care about unless that person has just sneezed.
4. It means Trey Thompkins is coming back. (Duh!) Ladies and gentlemen, MaconDawg and I will be writing about, and you will be reading about, Georgia basketball in March 2011. How cool is that?
5. It might mean---might, mind you---that renegator is right and life in Bulldog Nation is about to become good again.
Go 'Dawgs!
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It's like Christmas in April.
With all the talk about the spring signing period, this was no doubt our biggest pickup of the period. God bless us, every one.
And kudos to Trey for making the right decision. As Coach Fox noted, there are a lot of guys who declared who would have gone lower in the draft than Thompkins. Of course, the fact that others are willing to jump off a bridge doesn’t mean he should. But I think this points to the fact that Trey’s setting high goals for himself both collegiately and long term. It’s easy to forget that Trey was supposed to be the bigtime instate recruit who would show people that big instate recruits could come to Georgia and succeed under Dennis Felton. While Felton has moved on, Trey still has a very good chance to realize his goals. Funny how things happen sometimes.
This puts us in good position for the NCAAs...
gives us the only returning member of the most recent All SEC first team, and also the best returning big man in conference. Florida lost Alex Tyus, Vandy lost AJ Ogilvy, Tennessee is graduating Wayne Chism while Cousins, Patterson, and Orton depart UK. We just might be able to finish 4th or higher in the East for the first time since I think 02, maybe even in the top 2 of the East.
I'm so jacked...
Well, you know the rest. This is great, great news.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Can someone get this man a stick of butter?
by marktheshark on Apr 16, 2010 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Who wants to live forever, anyway?
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
It just dawned on me, Dave . . .
. . . we might see you at a Georgia basketball game next year as Butter Guy.
At halftime, you and Peanut Butter Guy could joust.
Go 'Dawgs!
If I don't show up...
You’ll be saying, “I can’t believe it’s not butter” guy.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Oh, and more good news...
The #1 ranked wideout in the state, Christian Conely (6-2, 185) committed this morning to play for the Dawgs, according to the pay-per-view sites. Plus, it’s Friday. Always worth a box or two of Breakstone’s….
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
You beat me to it.
There should be a TMI post up this evening, in lieu of Free Form Friday, which was wiped out by my Free Form Workweek.
Upshot, this commitment is worthy of your trademark celebratory dairy ingestion.
I think today calls for a cocktail!
Feels good to have something positive for a change. Let’s drink to it!
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Apr 16, 2010 12:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The coolest thing about his commitment...
…is how definite he is about it. In his statement, he actually said that he was cutting off all contact with other schools.
Will
I know butter is DavetheDawg's thing...
… but if he could, just for one game, show up as “chocolate guy” and the other guy showed up as “peanut butter guy”… the marketing promo (and ensuing SportsCenter commercial) just writes itself.
by vineyarddawg on Apr 16, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
In addition to Thompkins last night...
Fox also confirmed what most felt, that he’s not about to move his family across country for the second time in a year, and that Mark Pope is joining Jeff Bzdelik at Wake Forest (Pope played under Bzdelik for a year or 2 with the Nuggets).
Please, no optimism...
… not even the slightest shred of it. I need to believe that UGA athletics have fallen into an unfathomable abyss from which there is no return. If everybody gets their hopes up, I’ll be forced to do the same only to have them crushed again. It would be 2008 all over again, and I don’t think I can handle that.
Sic 'em Dawgs
by ClassicCityDawg on Apr 16, 2010 1:09 PM EDT reply actions
I'm glad
that it seems Coach Fox has gone to a family style atmosphere. I think that helps with recruiting, it helps with retention, it just helps all the way around.
Go Dawgs!!
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