Stuckey is AMAZING!!!

[bigtyme]

Stuckey is a hell of a player. It was funny when Krysko was talking about calling everyone he knows in the NBA and telling them there is a gem in Cheyney they need to take a look at. I would not be surprised to see hime either transfer to a bigger school or leave early. If he stays and gets a degree more power to him.

I would not put money on him transferring anywhere unless it is to the NBA. Players have to sit out a year and they lose eligibility if they do so that would be out of the question. And as for his grades being a 3.64, we all can assume what is going on here. If he was a real 3.0 student he would have gone to WState or UW. EWU got a good basketball player but there was something to the notion that we stopped recruiting him at one point. Besides, I would rather have role players and a couple of good players than one great player and no one to support him. I don't see him doing us any good in a grizzly uniform. Just my opinion.

 

[GrizSteve]

To blame Stuckey for the loss is pretty harsh and crazy. He missed 7 shots from the field.
So at the very best, Stuckey could have added 14 points to EW total, either assists or make 'em all. And that is playing a perfect game.

By the way, Strait missed 8 shots and so did Criswell.

 

[coyote]

I don't see him doing us any good in a grizzly uniform.

I believe if everything else in his life was ok, we could have found a place for him. He has a lot of talent.

 

[Grizbacker1]

Stuckey is a hell of a player. It was funny when Krysko was talking about calling everyone he knows in the NBA and telling them there is a gem in Cheyney they need to take a look at. I would not be surprised to see hime either transfer to a bigger school or leave early. If he stays and gets a degree more power to him.

I would not put money on him transferring anywhere unless it is to the NBA. Players have to sit out a year and they lose eligibility if they do so that would be out of the question. And as for his grades being a 3.64, we all can assume what is going on here. If he was a real 3.0 student he would have gone to WState or UW. EWU got a good basketball player but there was something to the notion that we stopped recruiting him at one point. Besides, I would rather have role players and a couple of good players than one great player and no one to support him. I don't see him doing us any good in a grizzly uniform. Just my opinion.

I think he still has a redshrt year available. If he was thinking about leaving early, a year at a big time program could be worth a lot of $$$$$

 

[kalm]

Stuckey was a prop 48 and had to sit out last year to work on grades - which he did, and quite well. A Pac-10 school would have probably made him go the juco route. So if he transfers, he loses an additional year of eligibility and would have only two left. Another down side to transfering to an elite program would be the possibility of diminished playing time and/or exposure with a couple of other athletes as talented as he is on the team. So any transfer decision would be based on could I or would I even have the opportunity to do this against Pac-10 competition? I don't know the answer, but for selfish reasons, I hope it's no.

As for the game last night, not only is Stuckey a freshman, the entire team is pretty much made up of underclassman. And this is only Burn's second year as a head coach. Stuckey's D and turnovers will improve with time, and if he stays, Eastern should be in real good shape for the few years.

Nice win Griz, if we can't capture the conference title this year, I hope you do. We'll try to help you out to that effect with Sac and NAU in our house this week. :thumb:

Good luck

 

[Bronco]

He's a stud,
My first game of the year last night and was impressed.
great crowd and excellent halftime adjustments.

 

[BWahlberg]

I guess the point I was trying to make is this;

EWU is Stuckey. Without him last night probably wouldn't have been much of a game. The game was on his shoulders and it came to a point, when he got shut down, that EWU couldn't do anything because their game plan relied on him staying hot the whole game.

As I recall two of those steals of his were batted passes that rolled or bounced around, touched a few hands and he picked them up. I could be wrong there, but thats how I recall it. It's a steal, but not one you could credit to him playing tight defense.

The two guys he gaurded the most, Criswell and Mayes were fairly open on most of the shots they took.

I was at the game, when EWU would be passing the ball around, Stuckey would just be standing there, outside the arc, most of the time. There were times he'd drive in, but usually he'd float outside the 3 point, maybe that was EWUs game plan, I don't know, it just seemed he would only hustle when he would have the ball or expect to have the ball passed to him.

 

[griz17]

As much as I would like to see him leave EWU, I don't think there's any reason for him to leave. If he keeps doing what he's doing, I think he'll draw all the attention he needs to get some NBA attention. Like somebody previously said, staying at this level will allow him to be the shining star on his team -- won't have to worry about playing 2nd fiddle to some PAC-10 savage.
That being said... he could be a PAC-10 savage in my opinion.

(ps. how do you put in the little yellow guys?)[/code]

 

[EWURanger29]

I predict he may go NBA before he graduates from college.

Probably wont have much of a choice since he had such bad grades

Yeah, he was academically ineligible out of high school. But he did get a 3.4 GPA his first year of college, not bad.

 

[EWURanger29]

I predict he may go NBA before he graduates from college.

Probably wont have much of a choice since he had such bad grades

Swilly,

Careful. You are assuming it is his grades. There are 4 different ways an athlete could be considered a non qualifier by the NCAA. Here they are.

As a point of clarification, the NCAA's "initial eligibility" standards are summarized at this link. The actual NCAA Bylaws which set forth the requirements can be found at NCAA Bylaw 14.02.9, which provides:

14.02.9.1 Qualifier. A qualifier is a student who, for purposes of determining eligibility for financial aid, practice and competition, has met all of the following requirements (see Bylaw 14.3):

( a ) Graduation from high school;

( b ) Successful completion of a required core curriculum consisting of a minimum number of courses in specified subjects;

( c ) Specified minimum grade-point average in the core curriculum; and

( d ) Specified minimum SAT or ACT score.


Stuckey is a hell of a player. It was funny when Krysko was talking about calling everyone he knows in the NBA and telling them there is a gem in Cheyney they need to take a look at. I would not be surprised to see hime either transfer to a bigger school or leave early. If he stays and gets a degree more power to him.

Don't expect Rodney to go to transfer to another school. He's very loyal to the program plus he's already sat out one year. Wouldn't make sense.

 

[EWURanger29]

Stuckey did all he could for that team. Could of played defense a little better but who couldnt? 36 points is good enough for me

But it still lost the game for EWU. If he scored 20 - 28, had more rebounds and assists, and 2 other guys on EWU got into the upper 'teens EWU could've won this game. You cannot question his ability, but there's things he needs to improve on to be a team player.

Sorry, but that's B.S. sating Rodney doesn't play defense. He's 2nd or 3rd in the BSC in steals.

 

[Ballhog]

Rodney is a very gifted player. He may well wind up in the NBA.
Rumor has it that he may not be back at EWU next yr. He did wind
up at EWU because of grades. RG had an in with people close to him. That said to me EWU's coaching is dorked. As good as Rodney is one man teams seldom win. They seemed to have no offensive
plan except setting screens for Rodney. Also I thought that the Griz
played the worst defense the first half they have played all season. Kevin simply does not match up, Either double Rodney or put Virgil or Mayes on him. It was a credit to the Criz that they
adjusted the second half. Game ball-Mayes. I wonder how long Burns will last at the Eagles curret pace?

 

[BigBear100]

I thought NCAA made Prop 48s come in as sophomores.... is this something new coming in as a freshman? Not surprising he had a good gpa at EWU. It magically happens all the time with their prop football players. Must have good teachers....

 

[TrueGriz]

I thought NCAA made Prop 48s come in as sophomores.... is this something new coming in as a freshman? Not surprising he had a good gpa at EWU. It magically happens all the time with their prop football players. Must have good teachers....

If a prop 48 player graduates in 4 years he can play a 4th year. If he can't graduate in 4 years he can only play 3 years. As mentioned in another post Stuckey sat out last year because of being a prop 48 player.

 

[Silvertip]

Whatever deficiencies other posters have noted re Stuckey are of very little consequence. Hey, the kid is a freshman who plays a very mature brand of basketball for his age. He's going to do nothing, but get better and better as the coaching he receives gets better. And he's got a lot of years ahead of him to get better.
Mr. Stuckey is for real.

 

[Bozgriz]

That kid is tough...How did EWU get him? Can he read?

 

[EWURanger29]

I thought NCAA made Prop 48s come in as sophomores.... is this something new coming in as a freshman? Not surprising he had a good gpa at EWU. It magically happens all the time with their prop football players. Must have good teachers....

Right, right, and since we have a good track record with prop 48 players that must mean that there's some sort of foul play going on, right? Have you considered that it might have something to do with coaching and the generally good work ethic that the players we recruit seem to possess?

 

[NorthwestFresh]

I don't see him doing us any good in a grizzly uniform. Just my opinion.

:shocked:

Come on now. If the Griz had Stuckey they really could do some damage in the NCAA tournament. We have a really good team right now, but this kid Stuckey would be the one guy that could compete athletically with some of the teams we will see in the NCAA tournament.

Saying he wouldn't do us any good is simply just hating on him. I would have welcomed him to Missoula with open arms and so would Krysko.

 

[EWURanger29]

That kid is tough...How did EWU get him? Can he read?

No, he can't read. :loser: :finger:

Sounds like some good locker room material for the game at Reese Court. I think I'll post some of these Stuckey-hater comments over on eagsports.com

 

[Swillbury]

That kid is tough...How did EWU get him? Can he read?

No, he can't read. :loser: :finger:

Sounds like some good locker room material for the game at Reese Court. I think I'll post some of these Stuckey-hater comments over on eagsports.com

As good as Stuckey is, your eagles are still 8-12 and 3-4 in the conference.....So until his team starts to win then people can hate on him all they want