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Why can't Dwayne Polee be a Griz???

Grizmayor

Grizmayor

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Well Griz fans... where's Tink's at!!! Did I just read that Kareem Jamar's teammate and center Dwayne Polee was dropped by USC!!! Good God get on the freaking phone Tinkle!! Kareem might want to bring a buddy with him... what a 1-2-3 California trifecta that would be!
 
Grizmayor said:
Well Griz fans... where's Tink's at!!! Did I just read that Kareem Jamar's teammate and center Dwayne Polee was dropped by USC!!! Good God get on the freaking phone Tinkle!! Kareem might want to bring a buddy with him... what a 1-2-3 California trifecta that would be!
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He'll have to stand in line with New Mexico, UNLV, and Georgia....besides, does UM need another point guard....Cherry and Kamarr are going to be a good pair...
 
GrizLA said:
Grizmayor said:
Well Griz fans... where's Tink's at!!! Did I just read that Kareem Jamar's teammate and center Dwayne Polee was dropped by USC!!! Good God get on the freaking phone Tinkle!! Kareem might want to bring a buddy with him... what a 1-2-3 California trifecta that would be!
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He'll have to stand in line with New Mexico, UNLV, and Georgia....besides, does UM need another point guard....Cherry and Kamarr are going to be a good pair...
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We must not talking about the same person? 6-9 center?? Not Jordin Mayes, the point guard headed for AZ... And from all the posts I'm reading, we have the greatest recruiter God put on earth coaching UM... why wouldn't Polee want to come be a part of Griznation? Come with Kareem and Vaughn and keep on winning. (Is this post a little too tongue-in-cheek and wishful thinking? Please advise me now!)
 
Polee was referred to as a stellar guard in the CIF game...but, no matter, UM has a full cupboard..sometimes, it is not a good idea to overstock...look at UCLA or North Carolina this year..too much talent not enough team work....as for Tinks, he is a good recruiter and coach...sorry you disagree...but...now he is working against the LA Times, as well....today, in an article about the best players in Ca., they had a special mention for Kareem and wondered openly why, even though he is committed to Montana (gasp), why were no Pac 10 schools going after him...since he was the star of the game, they invite all PAC 10 coaches to shove Montana aside.....if Tinkle can get this guy, he just might be the greatest recruiter who ever coached at UM..bet that pisses you off....
 
here's a link to the story:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-sondheimer29-20100329,0,1442783.column

still, i just have a feeling kareem is coming our way--what with cherry already here, autry committed, woods a possiblity, and a team in place that just went to the big dance. plus if i were him, i just wouldn't put much faith or trust in the johnny-come-latelies, no matter the conference. where were ya, dawg?
 
GrizLA said:
Polee was referred to as a stellar guard in the CIF game...but, no matter, UM has a full cupboard..sometimes, it is not a good idea to overstock...look at UCLA or North Carolina this year..too much talent not enough team work....as for Tinks, he is a good recruiter and coach...sorry you disagree...but...now he is working against the LA Times, as well....today, in an article about the best players in Ca., they had a special mention for Kareem and wondered openly why, even though he is committed to Montana (gasp), why were no Pac 10 schools going after him...since he was the star of the game, they invite all PAC 10 coaches to shove Montana aside.....if Tinkle can get this guy, he just might be the greatest recruiter who ever coached at UM..bet that pisses you off....
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A 6-9 point guard huh? I'll be a son-of-a-gun... Cupboard? Too Full? Look under "Oxymoron"... Great Recruiter and Coach? That 4th-place finish in the Big Sky proves your point exactly. I don't totally disagree. But he's either one or the other, evidently not both. I'll go this far with you, I think this has been a great recruiting year for the Griz if all these kids stick to the plan. IMHO, I think the problem with our hoopsters was mental preparation. We certainly didn't play with a sense of urgency (i.e. the EWU, ISU, Denver and Bobcat debacles) on several occassions. I read on eGriz last month that there was a feeling that Tink's "over worked" the guys prior to game time. Honestly, I don't know. Doesn't matter, the results speak for themselves. I have the feeling that Tinkle is a great guy, good family man, and an esteemed Grizzly. I HOPE his teams turn into consistant 24-26 game winners each year. And that is a lot easier to accomplish when the Dwayne Polee's of the world are wearing something that says "Montana" across the chest.
 
man, grizmayor, you are definitely a glass-half-empty kind of guy! team wins 22 games; ranks among the nation's leaders in field goal percentage defense (translation: you're working and hustling, bro!); gets into the big dance with three key clutch victories down the stretch (northern arizona, northern colorado and weber), and doesn't flinch or show any nerves against a top-ten team, coming within five points after missing an opportunity to tie the game with less than a minute remaining.

and still you're complaining!

several points.

first, every game you mention (except the one bobcat home game, when qvale had the flu) was on the road, and the road can be treacherous in college basketball, as any fan knows. i fully imagine our basketball team wears the same target as the football team, with every conference team out to even the score again "the griz." and did you see the denver game? i did. yeah, we shot poorly the first half, but almost pulled it out second half after a great effort.

but second, do you expect a team to be mentally sharp every single game through an entire basketball season? to go through the season with no valleys, no troughs, no low points or off nights? the only thing i can say is, you expect a helluva lot more from them than you do from yourself, since this post suggests you're already having a bad day.
 
Grizmayor said:
GrizLA said:
Polee was referred to as a stellar guard in the CIF game...but, no matter, UM has a full cupboard..sometimes, it is not a good idea to overstock...look at UCLA or North Carolina this year..too much talent not enough team work....as for Tinks, he is a good recruiter and coach...sorry you disagree...but...now he is working against the LA Times, as well....today, in an article about the best players in Ca., they had a special mention for Kareem and wondered openly why, even though he is committed to Montana (gasp), why were no Pac 10 schools going after him...since he was the star of the game, they invite all PAC 10 coaches to shove Montana aside.....if Tinkle can get this guy, he just might be the greatest recruiter who ever coached at UM..bet that pisses you off....
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A 6-9 point guard huh? I'll be a son-of-a-gun... Cupboard? Too Full? Look under "Oxymoron"... Great Recruiter and Coach? That 4th-place finish in the Big Sky proves your point exactly. I don't totally disagree. But he's either one or the other, evidently not both. I'll go this far with you, I think this has been a great recruiting year for the Griz if all these kids stick to the plan. IMHO, I think the problem with our hoopsters was mental preparation. We certainly didn't play with a sense of urgency (i.e. the EWU, ISU, Denver and Bobcat debacles) on several occassions. I read on eGriz last month that there was a feeling that Tink's "over worked" the guys prior to game time. Honestly, I don't know. Doesn't matter, the results speak for themselves. I have the feeling that Tinkle is a great guy, good family man, and an esteemed Grizzly. I HOPE his teams turn into consistant 24-26 game winners each year. And that is a lot easier to accomplish when the Dwayne Polee's of the world are wearing something that says "Montana" across the chest.
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To get athletes like Polee:
1.Must make a couple of celebrated runs in the tourney,
2.Must become affiliated with a celebrated conference...MWC

in fact, if you go to the Lobo's board, it seems to be between them and UNLV, with the Rebels being the frontrunner.

If for some reason (won't happen) he came here, the griz would be very, very close to building a Zags or Butler type team. Not saying they would go to the final four, so settle down, just saying they would be getting to the point where they could lace em up with anybody and not get embarrassed, and also win a few...which starts the cycle.
 
Who's complaining, take your Granny glasses off and read the post umb-day, ass-yay. Well... it never hurts to ask, right? I love how you guys come on here and prove my points for me with polyanna BS... Hmmmm... the Griz made a miraculous run to get to the big dance. WHY? may I ask. Golly Beaver, maybe it's because they played with a SENSE OF URGENCY... ON THE ROAD! But, then again, I didn't see the Denver game, THANK GOD. (and plez don't call New Mexico a top-ten team, it insults the sport) Good Lord ladies, when you're playing your hand, you have to know what's in the deck. And for your information Dr. Froid, I had a long-legged red head assisting me in many ways that we can't mention in a family forum... so, let's file this one under "An effing great day"... thanks for the giggle... PS: Right now the glass is half-full of Land Shark with a slice of lime... got'er covered dude.
 
Hammer said:
General Disarray said:
Is Grizmayor David2 on crack?
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other way around
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I'm really feeling the love now... I guess I shouldn't have dropped the soap in this forum... :shock: "Hey Babe, Grab me another 'Shark and Lime, the Obama reach-arounds are pulling a train on me!!"
 
Speaking of jumping jack wingers caught up in recruiting confusion, what's going on with Will Cherry's former teammate Damon Powell? Maybe mslacat knows. He'd be a very exciting addition to the team assuming he's a qualifier and can stay eligible. Wasn't he going to a JC? So would he probably not be eligible for D-I until next year?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAvdpjItgD4[/youtube]
 
General Disarray said:
Speaking of jumping jack wingers caught up in recruiting confusion, what's going on with Will Cherry's former teammate Damon Powell? Maybe mslacat knows. He'd be a very exciting addition to the team assuming he's a qualifier and can stay eligible. Wasn't he going to a JC? So would he probably not be eligible for D-I until next year?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAvdpjItgD4[/youtube]
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Last I heard he verbaled to Fresno State, then did not qualify. I googled him. Got a few hits, but nothing recent. It is a shame a kid with that kind of potential did not or could not pursue it further. Maybe someone that knows Cherry could find out.
 
Found something.

http://norcalbasketball.blogspot.com/2009/09/damon-powell-update.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA8fJXY92OU

http://parsingthewac.blogspot.com/2010/01/damon-powell-no-longer-at-los-madanos.html
 
Grizmayor said:
Who's complaining, take your Granny glasses off and read the post umb-day, ass-yay. Well... it never hurts to ask, right? I love how you guys come on here and prove my points for me with polyanna BS... Hmmmm... the Griz made a miraculous run to get to the big dance. WHY? may I ask. Golly Beaver, maybe it's because they played with a SENSE OF URGENCY... ON THE ROAD! But, then again, I didn't see the Denver game, THANK GOD. (and plez don't call New Mexico a top-ten team, it insults the sport) Good Lord ladies, when you're playing your hand, you have to know what's in the deck. And for your information Dr. Froid, I had a long-legged red head assisting me in many ways that we can't mention in a family forum... so, let's file this one under "An effing great day"... thanks for the giggle... PS: Right now the glass is half-full of Land Shark with a slice of lime... got'er covered dude.
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Problem is...you have made no points...so, no one is going to prove or not prove then for you...
 
From today (Friday, April 2nd Tuscon, AZ newspaper) - Sounds like Polee's list is down to AZ, ASU, Vegas, Washington, and Oregon)

It is interesting to see that SC hired his dad as "Director of Basketball Operations" and then Dwayne drops his verbal commitment to SC.

Here is the article:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildaboutazcats/2009/11/30/former-usc-commit-polee-begins-recruiting-trips/

Did you know Polee committed to USC while in middle school before getting attention from anyone? Polee’s decision to back out of his commitment to USC answers critics that suggested former USC coach Tim Floyd pulled a fast one in his recruitment by hiring his father Dwayne Sr. as the director of basketball operations. Turns out the Polee connection did not matter for the Trojans and new coach Kevin O’Neill.



Click on the photo to watch the YouTube video mix of Class of 2010 recruit Dwayne Polee Jr.

The decision of Class of 2010 recruit Dwayne Polee Jr. to back out of his verbal commitment to USC, despite his father Dwayne Sr. being the director of basketball operations, has to send shivers up Kevin O’Neill’s spine. The new USC coach and former interim coach at Arizona still inked a credible group earlier this month during the fall signing period, but what could have been a top 10 class with Polee is now somewhere in the top 25.

Polee, a 6-6, 180-pound forward from Los Angeles Westchester High, visited UNLV this weekend for the Louisville game and was treated like royalty by the Rebels’ student section. Instead of making over-the-top signs like West Virginia did with Adreian Payne, UNLV’s students simply invited Polee and his family to sit in the student section with them.

No preferential treatment there … Polee did not sit on the bench or was given seats by a big-time booster. UNLV’s treatment of Polee was clean and fun.

What’s in store for Polee in his recruitment? He lists UA, ASU, Oregon and Washington as his main suitors along with UNLV.

Scout.com rates Polee as the No. 27 player at his position in his class. Rivals.com ranks him as a three-star athlete. Arizona fans know all about three-star recruits from the L.A. area. That’s what Derrick Williams was rated out of La Mirada, Calif., last year. Now he is on track to possibly make the Pac-10 All-Freshman team with how he played overall in Maui (season-high 25 points vs. Wisconsin).

Polee is part of a senior-laden Westchester team that will compete for another CIF Division I state championship.

How good of an athlete is Polee? Hoopmasters.com recruiting guru Van Coleman described one play in last summer’s Nike Peach Jam in Augusta, Ga., this way:

“Polee made the play of the tournament when he went up and grabbed a shot right out of the sky two-handed, landed and headed for a transition bucket. What made it so impressive is the fact the ball was a good foot and a half above the rim when he plucked it out of the sky!”

How would he fit into next year’s roster? Before you think Arizona is already heavy on forwards (Williams, Solomon Hill, Kevin Parrom, etc.) you must realize that you can not pass on the skills of such an athletic player who is a gym rat, from what I have been told. Polee can either change the pace of the game off the bench with his explosiveness around the basket defensively and offensively, or he can challenge players like Hill and Parrom to work harder in practice for a starting spot.

Signing Polee in the spring would do Arizona a lot more good than harm. In addition to that, he knows Williams and Hill from their AAU days in southern California and they all share a good friendship.

Polee, in fact, eliminated Hill’s Fairfax team from the state playoffs last year with a last-second shot.

“That felt so good,” Polee told Slam Magazine. “Because, outside of just wanting to beat Fairfax, we wanted to go to state regionals. We hadn’t been there in a minute. So I was just excited, but mostly to have an opportunity to go to state—the rivalry is important, but the state title was the main goal. To get there, we had to go through Fairfax, so that’s how I see it.”

Polee’s numbers at Westchester last season: 10.8 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. He figures to get more responsibility this year as a senior and improve those numbers.
 
Well... one thing's for sure, the kid is shrinking. A week ago he was a 6-9 center, then a 6-7 point guard, now he's a 6-6 small forward. I changed my mind. By the time he got to Missoula, he'd probably be a 6-3 power foward like Banny.
 
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