Austin Swift (ex-Griz)

[GrizWhiz]

Austin's Cal Poly Pomona team just won it's Division II semi-final game. The game was on Altitude. Austin played more minutes than any other Cal Poly player. He doesn't shoot much ( 7 points) but defended extremely well (during the last 10 minutes or so that I saw) and had 5 rebounds. He also handled the ball and passed very well. I believe the finals are 11:00 Sat morning.

 

[mtgrizrule]

The only problem with Austin in his time here, was he and the coaches seen differently as to when his time would come. Physically, he was probably the best perimeter player we had. It is hard to find 6'5" guys that can play 1,2, or 3. I wish he had the patience to stick it out here. I liked his game.

 

[citygriz]

two huge redshirt blunders: swift and qvale. both talented. both from small towns. both needed time to develop. yet both played as true freshmen, getting limited minutes and contributing nothing (swift) or little (qvale.) krysko may have been a great coach but he was not a great personnel guy, and the swift decision ranks near the top of his list of blunders, together with the recruitment of vanderjagt and van vliet. swift comes from a good family, was obviously one of the few guys on our team that could create his own shot, yet clearly needed time to adjust from lower-division high school ball to the college game. then to blow off his redshirt year for something like ten minutes of playing time, i never understood it.

 

[GrizBBIsKing]

two huge redshirt blunders: swift and qvale. both talented. both from small towns. both needed time to develop. yet both played as true freshmen, getting limited minutes and contributing nothing (swift) or little (qvale.) krysko may have been a great coach but he was not a great personnel guy, and the swift decision ranks near the top of his list of blunders, together with the recruitment of vanderjagt and van vliet. swift comes from a good family, was obviously one of the few guys on our team that could create his own shot, yet clearly needed time to adjust from lower-division high school ball to the college game. then to blow off his redshirt year for something like ten minutes of playing time, i never understood it.

More than likely it was Swift's blunder to not redshirt, not Krysko's blunder. . Krysko cannot force a guy to redshirt. It is ultimately the players decision. So, once again you blame a coach without the facts.

 

[mcg]

Actually a coach can force a player to redshirt simply by not putting him in a game. No appearances = redshirt.

 

[GrizBBIsKing]

Actually a coach can force a player to redshirt simply by not putting him in a game. No appearances = redshirt.

Technically, you are correct. But, practically, it isn't. If a player wants to play and does not want to redshirt, but coach does not play him and wants to redshirt him, more than likely, that guy will not stay for his fourth year of eligibility. Swift is a good example.
Late '90s, Robin Selvig had a player he wanted to redshirt, but that player did not want to redshirt. One year that player had to redshirt due to injury, but the player still did not stick around for her 4th year of eligibility.

So, really, it is more the player's decision in the end.

 

[Mousegriz]

Swift looked about the same for Cal Poly as he did here. Tall and smooth looking for a 3 player but pretty slow and seemed unable to get his shot very often. I believe he scored two points and got 5 rebounds, but missed a shot that could have won it at the end of regulation.