Cedric Russell Portals out to Ohio State

[Turbine]

In the latest episode of how the transfer portal turns Jacobi Gordon has landed at NAIA Florida Memorial.

Dude just wants to PLAY.

[ZoomZoom]

Devin Butts...New Mexico Junior College. Makes me wonder how many of these guys were here just to fill a spot.

[JMV JustMyView]

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me F you while in my police uniform or in public I'd have a couple of hundred if not 1000 that doesn't faze me it comes with the territory not that I like it but it wont define who I am.

Very thankful sir for your service and C4L. I know there has to be many more veterans on here and I appreciate those guys also.

[fanof71]

Devin Butts...New Mexico Junior College. Makes me wonder how many of these guys were here just to fill a spot.

What about the schools that originally signed them...double loss.

[cajuns80]

Devin Butts...New Mexico Junior College. Makes me wonder how many of these guys were here just to fill a spot.

We have a lot on the team right now that are here just to fill spots too.

[Cajunchuck]

There seems to be a lot of concern sometimes about all the players that leave the Cajun basketball program but I can't think of many players that went elsewhere to a D-1 program that were very successful. The only one that comes to mind in the last 20 years is Elijah Millsap who transferred to UAB (Wilson and Russell could potentially be 2 more). There might be others but I don't recall at this moment. Seems we have more of a recruiting talented D-1 caliber players problem than that of an issue with players leaving.

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Devin Butts...New Mexico Junior College. Makes me wonder how many of these guys were here just to fill a spot.

Butts was not brought in to fill a roster spot for a year. Just speculation but I would suspect whatever issues led to his suspension last year contributed to him moving on and going to the JUCO level. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him return to the D-1 level in the future if off court issues aren’t a factor.

In Gordon’s case I think it was simply an issue of his athleticism being hindered so much by the previous injuries and they had an opportunity to bring in someone else as an upgrade.

[ManAboutTown]

Butts was not brought in to fill a roster spot for a year. Just speculation but I would suspect whatever issues led to his suspension last year contributed to him moving on and going to the JUCO level. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him return to the D-1 level in the future if off court issues aren’t a factor.

In Gordon’s case I think it was simply an issue of his athleticism being hindered so much by the previous injuries and they had an opportunity to bring in someone else as an upgrade.

It’s always the players, never the coaches that brought them him..

At some point, y’all have to figure out what is happening. (Hint: it ain’t the players)

[cajuns80]

Butts was not brought in to fill a roster spot for a year. Just speculation but I would suspect whatever issues led to his suspension last year contributed to him moving on and going to the JUCO level. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him return to the D-1 level in the future if off court issues aren’t a factor.

In Gordon’s case I think it was simply an issue of his athleticism being hindered so much by the previous injuries and they had an opportunity to bring in someone else as an upgrade.

Hence both being fillers. We just prayed Gordon would get his ability back.

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It’s always the players, never the coaches that brought them him..

At some point, y’all have to figure out what is happening. (Hint: it ain’t the players)

Not trying to say it is not on the coaching staff by any means, they are ultimately responsible for a player's off court actions while in the program. I do believe this staff runs a tighter ship than most and that is one reason we have seen this issue on a few occasions.

However to say that the staff knows someone is going to be a behavioral problem or have academic issues but think they can use them for a year to fill a role then cast them aside is pretty far fetched in my opinion.

[cajuns80]

Not trying to say it is not on the coaching staff by any means, they are ultimately responsible for a player's off court actions while in the program. I do believe this staff runs a tighter ship than most and that is one reason we have seen this issue on a few occasions.

However to say that the staff knows someone is going to be a behavioral problem or have academic issues but think they can use them for a year to fill a role then cast them aside is pretty far fetched in my opinion.

Are you saying they didn't know Butts had history of that? Because that would be wrong. They know for the most part what these kids are bringing in the program.

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Are you saying they didn't know Butts had history of that? Because that would be wrong. They know for the most part what these kids are bringing in the program.

I'm trying to say I don't they are coming into it with a mindset of "we don't care what the kid does we just going to use him for a year" which is what the initial post of "filling a spot" seemed to entail. Taking a chance on kids like that from SEC level schools is a necessity for mid majors. It has proven successful here in the past and even under this staff (Stroman and Gant). Many of you long for the Jessie Evans days, that was his bread and butter.