ITT we beat a dead horse

[ksupamplemousse]

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/22/4843241/spradling-will-leave-his-mark.html

Will and Shane both quoted in this article as planning on transferring. Since the season ended the day we played KU in the Bram, I thought we'd crank up the offseason oscar vs. Frank discussion. Who you got, oscar's squad last year or Frank minus Will and Shane?

[Cartierfor3]

I still believe NuWill can do great things.

[kso_FAN]

I still believe NuWill can do great things.

I think he will have some other great games in his career, but the 3 in OT vs KU will probably be my lasting memory of him.

[Cartierfor3]

I still believe NuWill can do great things.

I think he will have some other great games in his career, but the 3 in OT vs KU will probably be my lasting memory of him.

 

[ksupamplemousse]

I still believe NuWill can do great things.

"Good afternoon ma'am, I'd like to talk to you about our point guard and savior Will Spradling." Keep the faith NUWF3.

[dal9]

that sternum injury sounds brutal, wow.

[catzacker]

Will never got better and has been let off the hook because he is a try hard white guy.  But he scored 15 points against ku, so eff everything else.

[eastcat]

“The first thing you better do,” Weber remembers hearing over and over, “is try to keep Will Spradling.”

Glad to hear oscar had his priorities in order. 

[bones129]

25 shots just to play? 25 injections? 25 needles? Amazing.

[ksupamplemousse]

“The first thing you better do,” Weber remembers hearing over and over, “is try to keep Will Spradling.”

Glad to hear oscar had his priorities in order. 

Well, I'm sure a lot of tucks had his ear, so that's not really very surprising.

[scottwildcat]

  (ignore the repost just focus on the beating of a dead horse)

[Powercat Posse]

25 shots just to play? 25 injections? 25 needles? Amazing.

Tough kid.  Don't forget about getting the broken nose and then standing in there the next game taking a charge. 

I have always liked Will more than a lot of peeps on this site.  He isn't the savior and none of us who like him claim that... but I am glad he stayed and glad that NuWill still has some good OldWill traits in him

[TheFormerKCCat]

“The first thing you better do,” Weber remembers hearing over and over, “is try to keep Will Spradling.”

Yeah, I think Bill Self (maybe other Big XII coaches were the 'over and over' part) usually gives good advice, but in this case I can think of about four other players who were priority: Rodriguez, McGruder, Gipson, and Henriquez.

[catzacker]

“The first thing you better do,” Weber remembers hearing over and over, “is try to keep Will Spradling.”

well of course Shannon is going to say that.

[steve dave]

"The last thing you do, and only if you have time, is try to keep Angel Rodriguez"

[steve dave]

good job by Mellinger to finally get something on paper about the transfer rumors, tho

[Trim]

It was the first thing after the other first thing.

Weber was considering taking the job, but wanted to make sure Rodney McGruder was returning for his senior season before he did. McGruder grew up in Washington DC, and Frazier (a former point guard for Weber at Illinois) grew up in nearby Baltimore. So Weber called Frazier, who was playing professional basketball in Germany at the time, to ask if he could get McGruder on the phone and find out if he was committed to K-State after the departure of Frank Martin. All while not saying anything about Weber’s interest in becoming the next coach.

Not the easiest of tasks, considering Weber’s request came at 3 in the morning (German time) and Frazier had never met McGruder. But Frazier delivered.

“My phone rang and it was Coach Weber,” Frazier said. “He said, ‘Chester, you have to call Rodney.’ All right what’s going on? ‘Well, I might get the Kansas State job and I need you to see what’s going on. He’s their best player.’”

Frazier took a moment to wake up and then called a friend associated with DC Assault, McGruder’s former AAU basketball team. He obtained McGruder’s cell phone number and had him on the phone about 30 minutes later.

McGruder was more than happy to talk.

“It wasn’t really weird,” McGruder said. “One of my good friends is friends with Chester. He said Chester was going to give me a call. I had seen him play before when he was at Illinois. I was cool with it. I was sitting on my couch watching TV. He was just asking me about my situation. I said, ‘Yeah, I’ll stick around. I love K-State.’”

Read more here: http://blogs.kansas.com/kstated/2012/06/08/a-few-minutes-with-chester-frazier/#storylink=cpy

Weber met with the Kansas State players prior to the news conference.

The first player he met with was Rodney McGruder. Weber wanted to make sure that the junior guard was on board. He went to a reception with boosters Saturday night. By Sunday morning he was at a church in Manhattan for mass and then went out with a real estate agent.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/7778142/oscar-weber-details-how-got-kansas-state-wildcats

[pissclams]

good job by Mellinger to finally get something on paper about the transfer rumors, tho

yup, but since they were only rumors and none of the guys were really going to leave then oops

[kso_FAN]

So he made a point to keep McGruder before he took the job and Will after he took the job. He also talked about keeping Angel last year.

I think he probably just gave Mellinger a quote that fit the narrative of his story though.

[pissclams]

[lopakman]

25 shots just to play? 25 injections? 25 needles? Amazing.

Tough kid.  Don't forget about getting the broken nose and then standing in there the next game taking a charge. 

I have always liked Will more than a lot of peeps on this site.  He isn't the savior and none of us who like him claim that... but I am glad he stayed and glad that NuWill still has some good OldWill traits in him

 

[Dr Rick Daris]

the shear volume of stories written on will is just bizarre. like, mellinger was just sitting there in his apartment or whatever and then a lightbulb went off and he said "sam, you know what the world needs? it's a fifth will spradling puff piece. go make it happen."

[pissclams]

not bizarre at all imo, he's a local kid doing well. 

[Dr Rick Daris]

not bizarre at all imo, he's a local kid doing well.

so is nino. why isn't there a nino story every other week?

[pissclams]

nino isn't a senior, puff pieces are made for seniors.  or maybe you're implying it's because will is white?