Good to hear. Onyema could average double doubles just by staying in the game. You wouldn't have to feed him, just get him in the position to rebound. He is a work but he's come a long way and he seems to have the desire. My guess is he takes a giant leap forward next year.
I like Sibley as well. It is also a plus that he has already used his one time transfer exception. Supposedly, getting waivers approved after the first D1 transfer are more difficult. So, in theory, we should have him until he graduates. Looks like he is the guy to build the team around 😉
How would he be eligible right away somewhere else if he already transferred? The NCAA really needs to ratchet down the transfer exceptions. It's out of hand. Good Luck kid, don't let the door hit ya on the way out!
He was never on scholarship. He was not going to contribute much this year so it frees up a scholarship that would have potentially been given to him.
He left the team back in December. Although he was still on the roster and was honored at senior day, he had not been with the team for a long time. He left on good terms and Coach Golding still honored him.
Right! And, if I remember correctly, the deadline for players entering the portal is the end of April, but they'll be eligible to get picked up until the Fall. There is still plenty of time and lots of players out there.
I tend to agree. I know coach wants players in place by summer 1 to start working out. But there will be some good players available late. Do we hold some spots open...lots of ???
Floyd always had top recruiting classes and where did that get us? A lot of them never saw the floor.
While I have total respect for Floyd as a person I never, ever want to see his type of recruiting at UTEP ever again. His high-risk-high-reward recruiting embarrassed UTEP on national TV and some of his top recruits had attitude issues.
What was that team fight about? What were they fighting over? Playing time? Girlfriends? Does anybody have the scoop on what happened?
We have the patience, but the recruiting landscape has changed so much that we're not sure that Barbee-style rebuilds are still possible. Not enough players stay.
We are trying a different flavor because we don't have a choice. Lessened learned from Floyd and Terry should have been brought forward with this hire, but not at the expense of recruiting. The portal players are finding teams quick. Getting the leftovers is not a good plan in my book.
Has it really been that BAD? Golding may or may not be the guy to get things going again, but I wouldn't say he is settling for leftovers. I'm estimating, but by looking at all the names in the transfer portal, it looks to me like less than 25% have found a new home. Hardly leftovers. So far, his pickups look to be at least CUSA level guys. I guess only time will tell though.
He enrolled during the fall of 2017 while Floyd was still here. After he completes the 22-23 season, it will be 6 years after high school.
He played with Lathon last year. I wonder if they swapped EP stories?
I'm aware. He committed to UTEP in 2016. He's on his 4th team. I'm winding my sarcasm meter up.
I’m sure they did, though Lathon probably had a lot more than Joey.
I know. Just adding for those who didn’t want to look it up.
Last year, just wait until Golding has an early recruiting cycle. This year, just wait until what Golding picks up in the late recruiting period.
Exactly. His year is up in my book. End of summer recruiting grades will be interesting for sure.
So, he gets one year to get to the Dance, since it didn’t happen he’s gone?
That’s the way I took it. His “year” is up. He gets one year?
I saw that earlier. Should be an immediate impact player for them. Probably a much better fit for him.
