Devoe on leaving: "I didn't feel like I reached my individual goals"

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Which goal was that? Smoking enough dope to kill a cow in one day? I'm sure they'll be more accepting of his deviant behavior in Oregon...
 

Devoe on leaving: "I didn't feel like I reached my individual goals"

And he didn't give a damn about TEAM goals. :mad:
 




The only quote I didn't like was the one that went " both me and coach Smith know what we want to do in life "

Really? Maybe that should have been - both me and coach Smith know what I want to do with my life and because I don't feel I will reach my goals playing for coach Smith I'm going to transfer.

I know I'm putting words into Devoe's mouth but that seems to be what's underlying.

Regardless - I wish him well and hope that he finds what he's looking for at Oregon.
 

It was evident from his time on the court this season that he was after "individual goals." Selfish shots, takes and overall game management weren't really team-centric. This is addition by subtraction, but we'll wish him the best anyways.
 

I don't want to pile on Devoe, but a skeptic might reply to him,

"That's OK Devoe, you didn't meet our goals, either."

Best of luck at Oregon.
 

Sounds like Devoe is suffering from delusions of self-grandeur.
 



KyGopherfan said:
Sounds like Devoe is suffering from delusions of self-grandeur.
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It seems like the 24 hr AAU culture is only helping to further this sense of entitlement. An athlete becomes a celebrity before becoming a star and expects to be treated this way by the coach, no matter if the coach has a long track record of success or not.
 

Complete BS. This is a classic example of putting "individual goals" above the team's. If he really felt that "the sky is the limit" for this gopher team, he wouldn't have left unless he absolutely wanted to be selfish. He also said that guys on the team are still like bothers to him and he's talked with them as recently as yesterday. That pisses me off. If I'm a player for the gophers and Devoe tried to contact me right now, I'd say F you. Maybe in time we'll be "brothers" again, but you abandoned us in the middle of the season and left us out to dry. That's not what a teammate or a brother does.
 

I'm just curious what those goals were? I mean, every player sets goals for himself, but usually they are after team goals, and they'll sacrifice some in order to achieve team success. Was it simply scoring more? Was it improving his handles? Or perhaps he felt he should have been a starter by now, which I wouldn't necessarily fault him for, but just seems a tad selfish.

In any event, he's gone, wish him well, just think he might regret the decision a little bit.
 

IMO, these comments make it a little more clear why we did not land Cory Joseph. I doubt Devoe would want Cory hurting his individual goals nor would Cory want to do that.

Devoe was easily my favorite player coming into this season. He has managed to do a 180 for me. I don't hate him by any means, but comments like this have no place in a team sport like basketball. If you want to accomplish your individual goals (i.e. playing time, scoring, etc.) practice hard, REALLY hard, and you will get them. Quit in the middle of the season and you won't.
 



scher215 said:
IMO, these comments make it a little more clear why we did not land Cory Joseph. I doubt Devoe would want Cory hurting his individual goals nor would Cory want to do that.

Devoe was easily my favorite player coming into this season. He has managed to do a 180 for me. I don't hate him by any means, but comments like this have no place in a team sport like basketball. If you want to accomplish your individual goals (i.e. playing time, scoring, etc.) practice hard, REALLY hard, and you will get them. Quit in the middle of the season and you won't.
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Couldn't agree more. I loved Devoe prior to this year, but I've lost all respect for him. He's proven to be nothing but a selfish quitter. Good riddance.
 

I don't blame him for leaving, if it wasn't a good fit, then it wasn't a good fit. He's the one who has to live with walking out on his teammates. That's on him. IMO, he should have left before the season began or played out the season. Bailing mid-year for a long-shot of having two years of eligibility remaining was a selfish move. Good luck at Oregon dude.
 

Tubby, like any other coach has had players leave his programs...but I believe if you were to look back on Tubbys career the players that left, never went on to bigger and better teams and some actually have failed in life, had criminal careers, etc...matter of fact I think maybe a very small percentage of them ever even played for the team they transfered to. Correct me if I'm wrong anyone. I just feel that Tubby has proven himself over a lifetime of hard work and dicipline and a young kid coming in and realizing he has to work in life, gets tired, then decides to find greener pastures can in no way reflect on coach. In other words these kids are spoiled long before they get to Tubby...GO GOPHERS!!
 

Buh bye!! Wish I could say I'll miss you.
 


Dirk Diggler said:
Bailing mid-year for a long-shot of having two years of eligibility remaining was a selfish move. Good luck at Oregon dude.
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Actually, what are the red-shirt rules? Is it possible he would be granted 1 1/2 or 2 years of eligibility? Just curious.
 

Good for him if he wants to leave. I think he was a good player, but not a game changer, IMO. He's nothing more than a third option on a really good team. Nothing against the kid, and he should be happy, but its not like Kobe Bryant just left...
 

goldengophers said:
It seems like the 24 hr AAU culture is only helping to further this sense of entitlement. An athlete becomes a celebrity before becoming a star and expects to be treated this way by the coach, no matter if the coach has a long track record of success or not.
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I think that far too many people blame AAU for the problems players have.

I was never an elite AAU player, I didn't fly around the country playing games and I didn't have coaches sending me scholarship offers. However, I did play against a lot of very, very good players who did go D1 and did have that type of basketball upbringing. Those teams are comprised of the best players in the area and are meant to compete at a high level. I'm sorry its not 1975 and the best player is the kid who practices at the park the most. The game has changed, change with it. The problem with these kids is not AAU, its how they are treated. Talk to ESPN, Scout Inc or one of the dozen other player rating sites. Talk to everyone on this site who looks at every box score of Andrea Hollins and Joe Coleman...then multiply it by 250 and you have what these kids are facing. If a thousand people tell you're that you're great, then you start to think you're great.

Also, not every kid that has issues has them because of AAU. A lot of these kids come from broken homes, poverty, poor school systems or all of the above. They arent raised to know how to act when disciplined, they arent academically prepared for college and they need money for food, clothes, etc. Scholarships don't cover cost of living and these guys cant work during the season. Anyone who has been to college knows it gets expensive because you're always spending money on something. Scholarships don't cover that.

And I now step off my soap box.
 

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