Goodbye Josh Oduro

[mkaufman1]

Wish the kid all the best. Was a pleasure watching him grow from a nice 6'9 240 pound big guy, into a dynamic 6'9 post player who could really fill it up.

One of our best players in recent years. An absolute joy to watch.

 

[Jack Strop]

THANKS JOSH! Top 10 player in Mason history, tied with 8 others for second place (1st place = George "The Sergeant" Evans). You're among stellar company.

 

[GMUSSTN]

Josh took what could have been a VERY bleak 2 years and gave us something great to root for. It's fun as hell having an all conference player on your team. Love to Josh and wish him the best.

 

[GMU_DCU]

Glad Josh was able to prove all the naysayers on this board wrong and become our best player during his time here. Best of luck Josh, thanks for the memories!

 

[GreenLantern]

Josh was the bright spot of the last couple of years. Best of luck to him!

 

[Masonfan3]

Sounds like he and Fernandez are following CKE to Providence….

 

[Verdad]

Serious question - what would CKE’s record have been had Josh NOT stayed?

 

[GMU79]

Serious question - what would CKE’s record have been had Josh NOT stayed?

He wouldn't be at Providence, that's for sure. And probably if Ticket hadn't come back even with Josh. But, "ifs" don't get us much.

 

[Falco]

I hope he takes Peter too!

 

[Jack Strop]

I hope he takes Peter too!

I bet Baby O stays.

 

[GMUgemini]

I bet Baby O stays.

Me too. Close to home. Free school? Why would he leave?

 

[Walter]

Not sure about Peter’s basketball skills, but I like his enthusiasm.

 

[gmujim92]

Me too. Close to home. Free school? Why would he leave?

May not be his choice

 

[masonhoops1984]

May not be his choice

Honestly I think they may honor any player who sticks around. It’s going to be damn near impossible to get 13 players out of the portal.

High school kids are gone and committed. No more pgs who have no place here, won’t name names. They may as well just keep Peter then.

 

[gmujim92]

Honestly I think they may honor any player who sticks around. It’s going to be damn near impossible to get 13 players out of the portal.

High school kids are gone and committed. No more pgs who have no place here, won’t name names. They may as well just keep Peter then.

No offense to Peter, but why would a new coach who didn’t offer him decide to keep him on scholarship, knowing it was originally a favor to his older brother who won’t be around?

If he wants to stay as a walk-on that’s fine, but we should want our coach to have a full compliment of scholarships available as he starts building the team.

Makes no sense to take up one of 13 scholarships for an end of the bench player

 

[GMU79]

No offense to Peter, but why would a new coach who didn’t offer him decide to keep him on scholarship, knowing it was originally a favor to his older brother who won’t be around?

If he wants to stay as a walk-on that’s fine, but we should want our coach to have a full compliment of scholarships available as he starts building the team.

Makes no sense to take up one of 13 scholarships for an end of the bench player

But but but, he said he was better than Josh.

 

[masonhoops1984]

No offense to Peter, but why would a new coach who didn’t offer him decide to keep him on scholarship, knowing it was originally a favor to his older brother who won’t be around?

If he wants to stay as a walk-on that’s fine, but we should want our coach to have a full compliment of scholarships available as he starts building the team.

Makes no sense to take up one of 13 scholarships for an end of the bench player

Because it’s going to be hard to find 13 players in the portal. In 3-4 weeks when they finally hire a coach how many players will even be left? You can’t just go to the store and find 13 better players. It’s 1 player, if they have 2-3 other players stick around it may be different.

 

[gmujim92]

Because it’s going to be hard to find 13 players in the portal. In 3-4 weeks when they finally hire a coach how many players will even be left? You can’t just go to the store and find 13 better players. It’s 1 player, if they have 2-3 other players stick around it may be different.

It’s not gonna be 3-4 weeks before the new coach is in place lol. Don’t be surprised if it’s next week.

Also we have 4 incoming freshmen who remain committed to Mason and I don’t see any of them following Kim to Providence (maybe Ball has a chance, but not sure I see that).

Guess I just don’t think the new coach will have to fill 10 or more scholarships this offseason. Maybe I’ll be wrong.

 

[masonhoops1984]

It’s not gonna be 3-4 weeks before the new coach is in place lol. Don’t be surprised if it’s next week.

Also we have 4 incoming freshmen who remain committed to Mason and I don’t see any of them following Kim to Providence (maybe Ball has a chance, but not sure I see that).

Guess I just don’t think the new coach will have to fill 10 or more scholarships this offseason. Maybe I’ll be wrong.

Why would they come? They can go anywhere they want. Kids pick coaches not schools. Not a single kid is really local, I guess wva is close? None of them are going to providence you are correct. Not a single one has anywhere near the talent to play in the Big East. This is part of English though. He got some nice transfers but outside Fernandez the high school kids really haven’t done much especially for a guy who was suppose to be a big recruiter.

 

[Old Ram]

It’s not gonna be 3-4 weeks before the new coach is in place lol. Don’t be surprised if it’s next week.

Also we have 4 incoming freshmen who remain committed to Mason and I don’t see any of them following Kim to Providence (maybe Ball has a chance, but not sure I see that).

Guess I just don’t think the new coach will have to fill 10 or more scholarships this offseason. Maybe I’ll be wrong.

It’s definitely hard (but not impossible) to keep commits who you didn’t recruit.

It‘s going to require a huge sales job.