I think he learned something at Illinois. There,he hung on to a talented problem child or two. Must have thought he could turn them around. He couldn't and it sent the team down the tubes.
We will see at Kansas State if his move of sending them packing works better. Maybe it will, maybe it won't, who knows. Most would agree, something positive better happen on the court next year.
Some talented players don't follow the rules and are released. Duke let one go 2 months ago but then, Duke can fill those holes.
Who? Richmond was gone after his freshman year. Smith never played again after his sophomore year.
Answer the question, shitbrain.
McCamey
Which team did McCamey, the most productive player oscar ever recruited to Illinois, send down the tubes? What were his problems that oscar foolishly overlooked? Good rough ridin' grief.
How many years sooner would oscar have been fired if he didn't have McCamey? oscar wouldn't have sniffed the NIT between 2008-09 and 2010-11, let alone made the NCAAs twice, without him. oscar should call Demetri once a week for the rest of his life and offer to blow him for everything he did for oscar that oscar did not then, and will never, deserve.
You have your opinion, I have mine. I am not defending or trashing Weber.
I am just saying he has had similar problems before and we will see if the situation improves this time.
McCamey, Weber and tough love Chicago Sun Times - Inside Illinois - December 3, 2008
The frosty relationship between oscar Weber and Demetri McCamey resurfaced again after McCamey failed to pass, shoot or call a timeout at the end of Illinois’ 76-74 loss to Clemson, and it bears watching. Weber refused to start McCamey, his most talented player, in the first two games of the season in an effort to coax more intensity and consistency out of the sophomore point guard. McCamey doesn’t seem totally onboard with Weber’s tough-love approach, and Weber still seems impatient with McCamey’s casual approach. This uneasiness could make them stronger if they get past it–or it could make for more problems. When Weber arrived at Illinois, Dee Brown didn’t buy in initially, but when he did, it helped him become a complete, and more mature, player. On the other hand, Weber and Shaun Pruitt never saw eye-to-eye last year, and it cast a pall over the team. The McCamey deal is hardly on the same level, but both of them will benefit immensely, as will the team, if they can get on the same page. That means McCamey needs to step it up, but Weber probably has to watch his step psychologically, too.
You wrote: "There,he hung on to a talented problem child or two. Must have thought he could turn them around. He couldn't and it sent the team down the tubes."
Which team went down the tubes because oscar hung on to talented problem child McCamey? After that article, McCamey went NCAA, NIT, NCAA. When McCamey graduated from Illinois, oscar's very next team went straight down the shitter and he got fired.
Also, LOfuckingL at not seeing eye to eye with oscar making a player a problem child. McCamey was never suspended for any reason, nor charged with or accused of any sort of crime his entire career. He graduated on schedule from Illinois. All the while being voted all-big 10 his junior and senior years. Holy crap you're a dumbfuck. Typical oscar horseshit that the white midwestern downgrades gobble up and beg for more.
"That kid's got an attitude problem!"
That kid saved stupid eff Weber's job for three or four more years and probably got him hired at K-State, and all oscar did was scapegoat him for not achieving more. Piece of crap.