Jalen Johnson

[Tripple Threat]

I've seen the responses from Jalen and Coach Marlin. Does anyone know the real reason?

[cajun_lannister]

I've seen the responses from Jalen and Coach Marlin. Does anyone know the real reason?

Wants to make it further than the second round of his conference tournament

[ZoomZoom]

He's graduating according to KATC. Pretty much common place today guys go to the portal if they have one last year left of eligibility.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

Jalen Johnson has to be the only player to transfer that the coaching staff truly regrets losing

[zephyr]

He's graduating according to KATC. Pretty much common place today guys go to the portal if they have one last year left of eligibility.

Not too common when you had just transferred the year before.

[Geaux]

This is an indictment on Bob. When we had an opportunity to clean house, we didn't and now we are stuck with him. Yes, Bob is a good man, but he's a sub par SBC coach and recruiter.

Until Bob hires someone on his staff that's comfortable enough to challenge him, we'll get the same results.

[ZoomZoom]

Jalen Johnson has to be the only player to transfer that the coaching staff truly regrets losing

Fully agree. Sorry to lose him but at the same time, nice talking real relevant sports.

The portal/graduate student portal is pretty much a one way street...player can pursue a graduate degree that may not be offered at their present school, move closer to home, change of environment...any number of reasons.

[zephyr]

You are right. Change of environment is what concerns me. He got here a year ago. It's not like he's wanting a change of scenery after a year unless that environment was somewhat toxic. Can't be due to playing time. Had he wanted a graduate degree that we don't offer, why come here in the first place when you'll be leaving a year later? He's from LA so moving closer to home doesn't really seem that important.

[cajuns80]

You are right. Change of environment is what concerns me. He got here a year ago. It's not like he's wanting a change of scenery after a year unless that environment was somewhat toxic. Can't be due to playing time. Had he wanted a graduate degree that we don't offer, why come here in the first place when you'll be leaving a year later? He's from LA so moving closer to home doesn't really seem that important.

I'll get beat up for it, but we will be much better without him on the floor. Tons of deficiencies in his game. We will be much better defensively not having to cover him up anymore. Thought the ball stopped in his hands alot which caused many turnovers and interrupted our flow on offense. I know his numbers are decent, but it's much deeper than his numbers.

[zephyr]

I'll get beat up for it, but we will be much better without him on the floor. Tons of deficiencies in his game. We will be much better defensively not having to cover him up anymore. Thought the ball stopped in his hands alot which caused many turnovers and interrupted our flow on offense. I know his numbers are decent, but it's much deeper than his numbers.

He would have been a central part of this team. He has shortcomings but we could have used his consistent shooting with some of the help we would have gotten on the front line this year.