Welcome Giovanni Emejuru

[jruby]

Another thing is why isn’t Haynes in the portal, it’s 2 years so he can’t play again this year.

 

[gmubrian]

Another thing is why isn’t Haynes in the portal, it’s 2 years so he can’t play again this year.

Because it wasn't a violation.

 

[EXpatriot13]

the opposing defenses can't collapse on either big without leaving the shooters with wide open 3's.

We need more shooters for this to be the case.

There are opportunities on our roster for guys like Ball to take on a bigger role, and for Okojie to hopefully develop a more consistent 3pt shot (he’d be damn near unstoppable).

Of course our roster is nowhere close to being finalized though. I’m confident the staff will bring in a proven shooter, and/or someone they are confident is ready to breakout.

 

[jruby]

Because it wasn't a violation.

That’s my point! Haha, thank you!

 

[Falco]

..and Mason just acquired a 6'11 270 wide body physical, with a really defend the paint and lay the hurt on anyone defending in the post...to go along 6'8 245 Haynes who can stretch the floor or play down low...

Emejuru is 270? Legit

 

[Junkees9]

I love having Jalen Haynes but stretching the floor is not his strong suit, if you are referring to 3-point field goal accuracy, for example.

 

[MasonFanatic]

A countable coach is the HC and their 3 assistants. Mark and Lamar are not assistants. Houston was an assistant under Hewitt.

Didn't the NCAA relax their rules on countable coaches for this season? I thought under the new rules, Mark was allowed to do some coaching and not be solely DOBO. Which may be another reason why the alleged violation wasn't actually applicable.

 

[MasonFanatic]

Maybe you guys are right it was a rules violation. Would be a good excuse to finally fire Green then. He offers nothing, after they fired their previous compliance guy before that they got in all sorts of problems.

Malcolm Grace is our compliance director. I have no idea why you're bringing Darrell Green into this discussion.

 

[Pablo]

Didn't the NCAA relax their rules on countable coaches for this season? I thought under the new rules, Mark was allowed to do some coaching and not be solely DOBO. Which may be another reason why the alleged violation wasn't actually applicable.

NCAA Division I Council modernizes rules for coaching limits

The Division I Council took steps to modernize a number of rules Wednesday, including approving adjustments to transfer waiver guidelines, modifying personnel rules across several sports and formally eliminating the requirement for standardized test scores in initial eligibility. The Council met...

www.ncaa.com

"The Council supported an increase of two coaches in men's and women's basketball. These additional coaches may engage in coaching activities but may not recruit off campus"

 

[Patriot8]

Guys I don’t know what to tell you... I literally have a copy of the notice that was sent explaining the violation.

Fwiw, I agree with the rule, and I'm looking forward to seeing Haynes on the court next season.

 

[gmubrian]

Guys I don’t know what to tell you... I literally have a copy of the notice that was sent explaining the violation.

Fwiw, I agree with the rule, and I'm looking forward to seeing Haynes on the court next season.

If you are looking at the same notice I am, look a little bit lower at the section that describes the penalty. That is contradicted by your last statement about seeing him on the court next season. Since he would have transferred if that penalty were still in place, it is obvious that notice is out of date and the situation has changed. As a poster on here once wisely said, "I just don’t see the point in promoting anything negative regarding the program", so I suggest we stop promoting this narrative that is out of date.

 

[Patriot8]

If you are looking at the same notice I am, look a little bit lower at the section that describes the penalty. That is contradicted by your last statement about seeing him on the court next season. Since he would have transferred if that penalty were still in place, it is obvious that notice is out of date and the situation has changed. As a poster on here once wisely said, "I just don’t see the point in promoting anything negative regarding the program", so I suggest we stop promoting this narrative that is out of date.

Yes, the situation has changed. However, the initial point still stands as to why we didn’t see him this past season.

Talking about something vaguely on a message board is different than tweeting at a player. Having said that, I’ll happily drop this nonsense and go back to my recruiting dungeon.

 

[Patriotsince81]

Patriots Ink Siena Transfer Giovanni Emejuru - George Mason University Athletics

George Mason University men's basketball head coach Tony Skinn announced Tuesday that former Siena standout Giovanni Emejuru will compete for the Patriots beginning

gomason.com

 

[KAOriginal]

So now here's the question.....

Is he not really that good because other programs didn't offer more...P5s etc?

Or did Coach Skinn decide to break the bank for this guy?

I can't imagine he just out of the goodness of his heart said..."yeah I have got to be at Mason..."

That's what we are left to ask in this brave new world of college basketball....

 

[gmujim92]

So now here's the question.....

Is he not really that good because other programs didn't offer more...P5s etc?

Or did Coach Skinn decide to break the bank for this guy?

I can't imagine he just out of the goodness of his heart said..."yeah I have got to be at Mason..."

That's what we are left to ask in this brave new world of college basketball....

I think there’s a happy medium where you can add an impact player who doesn’t require you to break the bank. This is one of those situations. There will be others to follow.