Dawson Garcia returning

Illinois football just had a nose tackle denied a 6th year. The argument is that he played 5 games at Northwestern (4 is the limit) his sophomore year.

Basketball doesn’t have the 4 game rule. It’s as soon as you enter a game barring injury in the first 30% of games. Hard to imagine they will give another year to someone with 16 games.
 

Illinois football just had a nose tackle denied a 6th year. The argument is that he played 5 games at Northwestern (4 is the limit) his sophomore year.

Basketball doesn’t have the 4 game rule. It’s as soon as you enter a game barring injury in the first 30% of games. Hard to imagine they will give another year to someone with 16 games.
I think your argument has merit.

If it were an orthopedic injury, I think that is a done deal. However, the last 5 he played could be seen in a different light. If I am arguing for him for a mental health waiver - which he has already been granted for the transfer sit out, thus that is established.

Garcia being a normal starter is pulled early from the 11th game. The next game he treis to return and only plays 2 minutes. Takes brief leave of absence. Not understanding what is happening, he tries a second return. He’s completey inaffective and its reflected in his stats. After trying 3 times he has to give up for the season.

Since he originally obtained the medical waiver for mental health, he has evidence of seeing mental health professional (and they clearly gave him evidence of diagnosis).

So I am submitting that if you turn those games as further evidence of injury. Note that it had to be seen in the context of basketball to be understood, then, the Millenzenials that judge one at the NCAAs will eat that shit up.

If that does not work, you stomp, cry, and issue demands that are above the scope of the authority you issue them toward.

Lastly, we’ll have everyone at the U burn things that are totally unrelated to the case. Take over buildings and whatever else that they do.
 

I am seeing the increasing possibility that the Garcia staying a Gopher for one more year- actually has a shot. What if our line up were:

Garcia
Crocker Johnson
Omot
Evans
Asuma

How would that compete in the Big Ten (assuming proper depth is acquired)?
It needs more beef and perimeter shooting.
 


Illinois football just had a nose tackle denied a 6th year. The argument is that he played 5 games at Northwestern (4 is the limit) his sophomore year.

Basketball doesn’t have the 4 game rule. It’s as soon as you enter a game barring injury in the first 30% of games. Hard to imagine they will give another year to someone with 16 games.
To the best of my knowledge, this discussion revolves around providing all athletes a fifth year of eligibility.
I am seeing the increasing possibility that the Garcia staying a Gopher for one more year- actually has a shot. What if our line up were:

Garcia
Crocker Johnson
Omot
Evans
Asuma

How would that compete in the Big Ten (assuming proper depth is acquired)?
Move Omot to the bench, JCJ to the 3, Garcia to the 4. Grab a starting 5, Enis and a backup 4/5 and you’re probably getting close.
 
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To the best of my knowledge, this discussion revolves around providing all athletes a fifth year of eligibility and not

Move Omot to the bench, JCJ to the 3, Garcia to the 4. Grab a starting 5, Enis and a backup 4/5 and you’re probably getting close.
You’re 100% correct. Garcia is not eligible for another year if you’re calculating a medical exception (his season with 16 games). Garcia is only eligible if everyone is granted an additional year.
 

You’re 100% correct. Garcia is not eligible for another year if you’re calculating a medical exception (his season with 16 games). Garcia is only eligible if everyone is granted an additional year.
You and Doogie are on it!
 






Asking for a friend …. Has anyone talked to Dawson Garcia to see what his intentions are? OR is this all web speculation that nobody knows anything about - what does HE want to do?
 

Garcia is expensive. We have 9 more players to recruit and having a superstar on payroll drags the overall team down.
 







You’re 100% correct. Garcia is not eligible for another year if you’re calculating a medical exception (his season with 16 games). Garcia is only eligible if everyone is granted an additional year.
Said it before he is done with college he is moving on it doesn’t matter
 

The old Nico Harrison philosophy.
Dawson Garcia is no Luka Doncic. If Dawson scored 8 more points per game and had 6 more assists, I would say you were correct in comparing me to Nico Harrison, who did make the world's worst trade, besides the Herschel Walker trade. But this isn't a trade and nobody else is going to be picking up Dawson Garcia as he is not in the transfer portal. Other than that, a perfect analogous situation.
 



Sorry but tough to take anyone serious who says they wouldn't want Dawson back next year. If it worked out where Dawson could come back next year you take him in a heartbeat.

There is no scenario where Dawson Garcia wouldn't make the 25-26 version of the basketball team better.
 

Let’s accept the premise that Garcia is getting another year.

His value in the portal would be sky high, I assume. It’s quite the coup if he waits too long to enter the portal because the Gophs could pay him zero (or way below market) due to his loss of leverage.
 

Dawson Garcia is no Luka Doncic. If Dawson scored 8 more points per game and had 6 more assists, I would say you were correct in comparing me to Nico Harrison, who did make the world's worst trade, besides the Herschel Walker trade. But this isn't a trade and nobody else is going to be picking up Dawson Garcia as he is not in the transfer portal. Other than that, a perfect analogous situation.
Nico traded him because he didn’t want to pay a superstar.

I was not comparing Garcia to Luka, I’m just saying that I’m against the idea - in basketball- that you should spread around your assets for depth.
 

Nico traded him because he didn’t want to pay a superstar.

I was not comparing Garcia to Luka, I’m just saying that I’m against the idea - in basketball- that you should spread around your assets for depth.
If MN doesn’t have the money to compete with other teams when attempting to fill 10+ spots, they will need to get creative. Maybe shorten the bench, etc. they just can’t do what everyone else does and hope for better results.
 

If MN doesn’t have the money to compete with other teams when attempting to fill 10+ spots, they will need to get creative. Maybe shorten the bench, etc. they just can’t do what everyone else does and hope for better results.
That might actually be McCollum’s play at Iowa. It might even work in this new NIL era. Pay 8 players, slow the game down to a crawl so you could theoretically only play 6. Fill the rest of the roster with scholarship practice bodies.
 





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