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Post by johnnygogo on Aug 15, 2024 13:41:57 GMT -5
Strange Q... Latrell Reid entered the portal as a grad transfer, but he never got picked up. Can he come back to SP? Can a grad play their fifth year at their "home" school, or do they "need" to transfer as a grad transfer?
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Post by youngalum on Aug 15, 2024 14:09:32 GMT -5
He needs a waiver from the NCAA to get another year of eligibility. That probably won’t happen. If somehow it gets approved he could come back to SPU assuming we have a spot and all parties are on board. However it is most likely his college career is over.
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Post by peacockpride on Aug 15, 2024 16:20:30 GMT -5
He withdrew his name from the transfer portal back in June and I would agree it's unlikely he gets a waiver to play another year.
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Post by loyal on Aug 15, 2024 19:33:18 GMT -5
Would have won in AC without him.
Must have worked incredibly hard to achieve his improved level of play.
Wish him all the best.
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Post by loyal on Aug 15, 2024 19:33:56 GMT -5
Would NOT* have won in AC without him.
🤦🏻♂️
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Post by youngalum on Aug 16, 2024 7:35:58 GMT -5
Would NOT* have won in AC without him. 🤦🏻♂️ Agreed. He was the heart of the team and our floor general. I think I'll always remember that near triple double against Manhattan as one of the better games I've seen an SPU PG have. 2X Maac Champion (he played valuable minutes in the 2022 Championship game against Monmouth). Member of the Elite 8 team. Maac DPOY. I don't think it's a stretch to say he is a SPU Hall of Famer.
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Post by latigo on Aug 16, 2024 13:17:39 GMT -5
I have to agree. Great floor general and leader. He worked hard and was the catalyst of the Peacocks. Looking forward to the season but not cold weather. Go Peacocks!
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Post by spcfan on Aug 16, 2024 17:32:11 GMT -5
Agree ,heart and soul of the team.Would not have won tourney without him. Mason should offer him a coaching job if he wants it. Could easily see his intensity and court knowledge translate to coaching. Also agree he will be a HOF’er with 2 MAAC titles and played key minutes in the 2022 title game vs.Monmouth,
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Post by peacockpride on Aug 16, 2024 18:16:36 GMT -5
Loved watching Reid but I can’t say I saw him as a Hall of Famer. He only had one season where he played to a level to be considered for that honor. I’ll remember him fondly with the championship team last season similar to the way I remember Jeron Belin on the 2011 team.
It does bring up an interesting discussion, with Men’s Basketball specifically, of what constitutes a Hall of Famer moving forward. Someone like Washington no doubt was a “Hall of Famer”, but he only played here two years and didn’t graduate. Should that be viewed differently than the player who comes here for 2 years at the end of his career and has similar accomplishments but graduates from SP? Does someone like Reid get in over Daryl Banks who played the same number of seasons here but ended his career somewhere else?
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Post by cindycrawford on Aug 17, 2024 9:47:58 GMT -5
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe a requirement for the HOF is that the individual be a graduate. The only two recent players who appear worthy of the honor would be Ndefo and Reid. Given today’s portal, it would appear likely that any player with the talent and resume to be worthy of HOF selection would probably leave before graduating. It is possible that members of the ‘22 or ‘’24 team could make it as a “team” selection. Regarding the selection of Banks and Washington, while their contributions were sufficient for selection, I don’t believe they are worthy of the honor , having abandoned the school for perceived greener pastures. All of us stop celebrating wedding anniversaries once our spouse has left.
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Post by latigo on Aug 17, 2024 10:08:23 GMT -5
Lol. Cindy. Great point. Some even stop celebrating EVEN if the spouse stays.
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Post by peacockpride on Aug 17, 2024 10:38:49 GMT -5
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe a requirement for the HOF is that the individual be a graduate. The only two recent players who appear worthy of the honor would be Ndefo and Reid. Given today’s portal, it would appear likely that any player with the talent and resume to be worthy of HOF selection would probably leave before graduating. It is possible that members of the ‘22 or ‘’24 team could make it as a “team” selection. Regarding the selection of Banks and Washington, while their contributions were sufficient for selection, I don’t believe they are worthy of the honor , having abandoned the school for perceived greener pastures. All of us stop celebrating wedding anniversaries once our spouse has left. Cindy- exactly the point I was getting at. Will the graduation requirement need to be revisited at some point with the current nature of college athletics? It seems your stance would be that if they don’t graduate from here, they’ve “abandoned” us and the answer is no. My thinking Is the player who comes here for 1-2 years after abandoning two or three other schools isn’t that much more committed/worthy than the player who starts here and gives the same contributions at the start of their career but doesn’t get the SP degree. Let’s face reality, none of these guys care about the school they get their degree from anymore. If we keep the degree as a HOF requirement then we should put in Reid because he may be the last basketball player who meets the individual criteria for quite some time.
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Post by eport on Aug 17, 2024 12:22:58 GMT -5
Short and sweet....I agree 100% with Cindy Crawford.
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Post by whiskeyjack61 on Aug 17, 2024 13:41:17 GMT -5
I also agree. A degree should mean something.
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Post by oldtimer1 on Aug 17, 2024 18:07:50 GMT -5
As an aside, keep in mind that the HOF is not only a basketball HOF but includes athletes in other sports as well as individuals who have contributed to the St. Peter's legacy. With that, in mind, I totally agree with Cindy. Without commentating further my somewhat "insider" knowledge has observed that much of the selection process is somewhat political i.e. who applies, who sponsors and who selects. That is not to comment who is worthy and who is not but to say that the whole process is somewhat complicated and often questionable.
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