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FearLeon
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Posted: 11/6/2025 2:31 PM
Whatever AJ is getting paid, I just wonder 20 years from now if him and others in similar situations will sit back and wonder if it was worth leaving a program where you are starting to not playing the final 2 years of your collegiate career.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 2:55 PM
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The rush to psychoanalyze players and pretend we have even of a fraction of the data points needed to understand their rationale seems weird to me.

It's okay not to know stuff.
Idk man, I think its totally fair game to have a discussion on why key players leave the program in their final year. Not really that weird at all.
I don't think the discussion is odd.

But I do think it's odd when people pretend to know the answers, and frame it as a reflection of someone's character and indicating a lack of loyalty or love of the game.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 3:13 PM
The article that was posted suggested that the shoulder is not 100% and a redshirt is on the table.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 4:02 PM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
The rush to psychoanalyze players and pretend we have even of a fraction of the data points needed to understand their rationale seems weird to me.

It's okay not to know stuff.
Idk man, I think its totally fair game to have a discussion on why key players leave the program in their final year. Not really that weird at all.
I don't think the discussion is odd.

But I do think it's odd when people pretend to know the answers, and frame it as a reflection of someone's character and indicating a lack of loyalty or love of the game.
He told his coach that it was all about $$$, and ultimately not his decision. There's nothing to interpret here. Unless you want to call Jeff Boals a liar.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 4:06 PM
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He told his coach that it was all about $$$, and ultimately not his decision. There's nothing to interpret here.
. . .so logically he's a disloyal person who doesn't love basketball?
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Posted: 11/6/2025 4:20 PM
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Quote from AJ's father says it all:

"AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about."

Pretty sure only Dad's vote counted.
Just read the article too and I'm confused as to how you landed so confidently on this take. Why must we conclude that his dad forced him to transfer?
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Posted: 11/6/2025 4:32 PM
Bobcat Tattoo wrote:expand_more
Quote from AJ's father says it all:

"AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about."

Pretty sure only Dad's vote counted.
Just read the article too and I'm confused as to how you landed so confidently on this take. Why must we conclude that his dad forced him to transfer?
He's sharing something someone told him.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 6:31 PM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
Quote from AJ's father says it all:

"AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about."

Pretty sure only Dad's vote counted.
Just read the article too and I'm confused as to how you landed so confidently on this take. Why must we conclude that his dad forced him to transfer?
He's sharing something someone told him.
Unless I’m misunderstanding, this is directly from the article (full quote for context):

"Honestly, the Lord has been good to our family," Ronald Brown said. "AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about. Even for AJ, as many years as he was at Ohio and how much he played, he understood that coming to Florida was like starting over again. Everything was going to be different. Everything was going to be harder. But playing with his brother was ultimately why he made the decision."
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Posted: 11/6/2025 8:00 PM
Bobcat Tattoo wrote:expand_more
Quote from AJ's father says it all:

"AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about."

Pretty sure only Dad's vote counted.
Just read the article too and I'm confused as to how you landed so confidently on this take. Why must we conclude that his dad forced him to transfer?
He's sharing something someone told him.
Unless I’m misunderstanding, this is directly from the article (full quote for context):

"Honestly, the Lord has been good to our family," Ronald Brown said. "AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about. Even for AJ, as many years as he was at Ohio and how much he played, he understood that coming to Florida was like starting over again. Everything was going to be different. Everything was going to be harder. But playing with his brother was ultimately why he made the decision."
I thought he was a flight risk every year he was here. Injuries kept him here. And hurt him being everything he could be here. I don’t blame him now, didn’t then. He got a lot on tape. It was mostly sporadic, but he showed a lot of flashes of what he could be. He’s probably focusing on Europe, thinking his OU tape is enough and playing with his brother was bigger than getting better tape at OU.

It doesn’t make me any less bummed to see him log 0 minutes.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 9:58 PM
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
Quote from AJ's father says it all:

"AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about."

Pretty sure only Dad's vote counted.
Just read the article too and I'm confused as to how you landed so confidently on this take. Why must we conclude that his dad forced him to transfer?
He's sharing something someone told him.
Inside information with no proof offered. SBH, you should know They hate that on this board! But heys not everyone has the SBH connections to the program.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 10:33 PM
Didn't play in a 40 point blowout win. The 7-9 kid finally got in a game for the first time. I think the redshirt is on.
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Posted: 11/6/2025 10:55 PM
Bobcat Tattoo wrote:expand_more
Quote from AJ's father says it all:

"AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about."

Pretty sure only Dad's vote counted.
Just read the article too and I'm confused as to how you landed so confidently on this take. Why must we conclude that his dad forced him to transfer?
He's sharing something someone told him.
Unless I’m misunderstanding, this is directly from the article (full quote for context):

"Honestly, the Lord has been good to our family," Ronald Brown said. "AJ had other options and, truth be told, he really loved playing for Ohio. But the opportunity came up and it was something, as a family, we sat down and talked about. Even for AJ, as many years as he was at Ohio and how much he played, he understood that coming to Florida was like starting over again. Everything was going to be different. Everything was going to be harder. But playing with his brother was ultimately why he made the decision."
This is the part not in the article (quoting SBH): "He told his coach that it was all about $$$, and ultimately not his decision. There's nothing to interpret here. Unless you want to call Jeff Boals a liar."
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Posted: 11/7/2025 8:29 AM
shabamon wrote:expand_more
The article that was posted suggested that the shoulder is not 100% and a redshirt is on the table.
That damn shoulder is never going to be 100%. He already had a medical redshirt for it once despite starting 9 games...are they really going to give him another year? Or have any standards and limitations on these things went completely out the window with the NCAA?
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Posted: 11/7/2025 8:31 AM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
The article that was posted suggested that the shoulder is not 100% and a redshirt is on the table.
That damn shoulder is never going to be 100%. He already had a medical redshirt for it once despite starting 9 games...are they really going to give him another year? Or have any standards and limitations on these things went completely out the window with the NCAA?
Dude is never going to be healthy. Truly wish him well, but yes, it's looking like he will play nine years of college basketball at this pace. With his last four years sitting on Florida's bench.
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Posted: 11/7/2025 9:15 AM
shabamon wrote:expand_more
Didn't play in a 40 point blowout win. The 7-9 kid finally got in a game for the first time. I think the redshirt is on.
My thought exactly when I saw that box score.
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Posted: 11/7/2025 1:49 PM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
The article that was posted suggested that the shoulder is not 100% and a redshirt is on the table.
That damn shoulder is never going to be 100%. He already had a medical redshirt for it once despite starting 9 games...are they really going to give him another year? Or have any standards and limitations on these things went completely out the window with the NCAA?
NCAA has no control anymore. Current emergency injunction filed in Columbus where a player is claiming that eligibility limits are a violation of Ohio and Federal Antitrust laws. The courts make the rules today.
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Posted: 11/7/2025 1:54 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
The article that was posted suggested that the shoulder is not 100% and a redshirt is on the table.
That damn shoulder is never going to be 100%. He already had a medical redshirt for it once despite starting 9 games...are they really going to give him another year? Or have any standards and limitations on these things went completely out the window with the NCAA?
NCAA has no control anymore. Current emergency injunction filed in Columbus where a player is claiming that eligibility limits are a violation of Ohio and Federal Antitrust laws. The courts make the rules today.
Dudes like JT Barrett and Cardale must be punching the air.

They would STILL be there.
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Posted: 11/7/2025 4:10 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
The article that was posted suggested that the shoulder is not 100% and a redshirt is on the table.
That damn shoulder is never going to be 100%. He already had a medical redshirt for it once despite starting 9 games...are they really going to give him another year? Or have any standards and limitations on these things went completely out the window with the NCAA?
NCAA has no control anymore. Current emergency injunction filed in Columbus where a player is claiming that eligibility limits are a violation of Ohio and Federal Antitrust laws. The courts make the rules today.
Go on? Are you saying there is a chance that athletes eventually can stay at a school(s) forever? I'm assuming as long as they are enrolled.
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Posted: 11/10/2025 2:22 PM
spongeBOB CATpants wrote:expand_more
The article that was posted suggested that the shoulder is not 100% and a redshirt is on the table.
That damn shoulder is never going to be 100%. He already had a medical redshirt for it once despite starting 9 games...are they really going to give him another year? Or have any standards and limitations on these things went completely out the window with the NCAA?
NCAA has no control anymore. Current emergency injunction filed in Columbus where a player is claiming that eligibility limits are a violation of Ohio and Federal Antitrust laws. The courts make the rules today.
Go on? Are you saying there is a chance that athletes eventually can stay at a school(s) forever? I'm assuming as long as they are enrolled.
Well you’ve got several 8-9 year players in the NCAA right now.
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Posted: 11/11/2025 7:00 PM
Grant Foster of Gonzaga is on his 5th college.

He will be 26 or more years old when he's finally drafted for pro ball.
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