UPDATED (10/19) Amelia reports no jail time for Trevor; 2 more yrs probation

[BleedGopher]

per Amelia:

“It could be a plethora of things but it’s probably not going to include jail time because you don’t take a leap from pre-trial intervention to jail,” Chavez said at the time. This time around, “anything is realistic,” she said. “This adds a different element because he has a new – he’s now been convicted, in Minnesota, of a DUI. So that changes things.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/174406561.html

Go Gophers!!

 

[GopherLady]

per Amelia:

“It could be a plethora of things but it’s probably not going to include jail time because you don’t take a leap from pre-trial intervention to jail,” Chavez said at the time. This time around, “anything is realistic,” she said. “This adds a different element because he has a new – he’s now been convicted, in Minnesota, of a DUI. So that changes things.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/174406561.html

Go Gophers!!

Hoping for the best, but this makes me nervous.

 

[Rouser]

I'm more nervous about the fact that it seems like his knee is not at full strength yet and the season is about to start soon. Hopefully he gains confidence in his knee soon and be the old Trevor.

 

[Gold Vision]

To me it sounds like the team is prepared to move on without him. The University and Tubby stuck their necks out for him, but he made his own bed after being granted another year by the NCAA.

 

[scher215]

To me it sounds like the team is prepared to move on without him. The University and Tubby stuck their necks out for him, but he made his own bed after being granted another year by the NCAA.

Agreed. I think Trevor is genuinely a good kid and I think Tubby agreed. However, these issues are troubling and he needs to be prepared to face the consequences.

I, and I believe Tubby does too, have enough confidence in this team with or without Mbakwe that they can win. Andre and Rodney will make a pretty solid duo. I hope Trevor is back and gets things in order, but whatever happen happens.

 

[THE SCOUT!]

define good

 

[BarnBurner]

per Amelia:

“It could be a plethora of things but it’s probably not going to include jail time because you don’t take a leap from pre-trial intervention to jail,” Chavez said at the time. This time around, “anything is realistic,” she said. “This adds a different element because he has a new – he’s now been convicted, in Minnesota, of a DUI. So that changes things.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/174406561.html

Go Gophers!!

More great publicity for the U of MN BB team. All from the same wonderful man. He is a man now, right?

Tubber needs to kick his ass off the team. Done.

 

[Blackhammer]

A good rebounder. He had troubling finishing around the hoop at the end of games and his free throw shooting was very spotty. We are in good shape with him or without him. It would hurt more to lose one of our three primary guards.

 

[It's a Pig Man!]

A good rebounder. He had troubling finishing around the hoop at the end of games and his free throw shooting was very spotty. We are in good shape with him or without him. It would hurt more to lose one of our three primary guards.

Who exactly are you talking about here? I get Andre and I think that that argument can certainly be made and although I think it's a stretch I guess you could say losing Austin would hurt more but who is the third?

 

[howeda7]

Hoping for the best, but this makes me nervous.

Given that this violation has nothing to do with his incident down there, I'd think more probation is the likely outcome. If this had been a similar issue or even another Facebook stalking, then he'd be in more trouble. Either way, he made his bed.

 

[Maximus]

I can't wait until Trevor begins his post-U life, hopefully sooner rather than later. I wish him the best when he does.

 

[tinyarch]

Has anyone questioned why an incident that happened in July is only surfacing at the beginning of basketball season? Surely this information has been available to the media since July.

I don't know Trevor Mbakwe at all. Anytime a person gets a DUI it should make us ask what is happening in that person's life that s/he needs to drink excessively. However, that issue is completely non-related to Trevor's basketball skills.

Trevor is a good basketball player. I hope his knee fully heals and that he has a nice final season of basketball at the U.

Tubby has a lot more problems than Trevor's off-court decisions. He has yet to show us that he can develop an offense that doesn't spend much of its time standing around waiting for someone to create their own shot. He has yet to show us that he can game plan and incorporate plays that isolate a weakness in the other teams defense. In short he has yet to show us that he can be an even mildly competent offensive minded coach.

I've asked this on other boards.

Name one person that Tubby has coached at Minnesota that has remarkably improved from that person's freshman year to his senior year.

So, people can dis Trevor, but the Gopher basketball program isn't a highlight reel of outstanding basketball players at any level.

Once again, why wasn't the DUI brought up in July when it actually happened? Why wait until now? There seems to be something fishy about the timing of the news report.

 

[Blackhammer]

Who exactly are you talking about here? I get Andre and I think that that argument can certainly be made and although I think it's a stretch I guess you could say losing Austin would hurt more but who is the third?

We have three guys on this team that I think can handle the ball. Welch the other and I think with a roster heavy in front court players we can handle losing a forward or center more than a guard. Trevor is very good and I sure hope everything works out. But Rodney played great at the four, we have Mo back, Ingram showed flashes late and Buggs and Wally are strictly wings as is Joe, and we also have Elliot and Oto. Not mention Trevor does seem to be injury prone or maybe unlucky. I am not sure he has proven we can count on him on or off the court. For that reason I think our guards are more important.

 

[Dr.Don]

Has anyone questioned why an incident that happened in July is only surfacing at the beginning of basketball season? Surely this information has been available to the media since July.

I don't know Trevor Mbakwe at all. Anytime a person gets a DUI it should make us ask what is happening in that person's life that s/he needs to drink excessively. However, that issue is completely non-related to Trevor's basketball skills.

Trevor is a good basketball player. I hope his knee fully heals and that he has a nice final season of basketball at the U.

Tubby has a lot more problems than Trevor's off-court decisions. He has yet to show us that he can develop an offense that doesn't spend much of its time standing around waiting for someone to create their own shot. He has yet to show us that he can game plan and incorporate plays that isolate a weakness in the other teams defense. In short he has yet to show us that he can be an even mildly competent offensive minded coach.

I've asked this on other boards.

Name one person that Tubby has coached at Minnesota that has remarkably improved from that person's freshman year to his senior year.

So, people can dis Trevor, but the Gopher basketball program isn't a highlight reel of outstanding basketball players at any level.

Once again, why wasn't the DUI brought up in July when it actually happened? Why wait until now? There seems to be something fishy about the timing of the news report.

To quote Go4Broke in another thread:

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" You are going to need a helluva lot more than 64 (in this case 3) posts for most GopherHolers to pay attention to anything you have to say. Your best course of action is to take a seat in the back of the room and keep your mouth shut until you know what you are talking about."

 

[Biglew33]

To quote Go4Broke in another thread:

Go4Broke
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" You are going to need a helluva lot more than 64 (in this case 3) posts for most GopherHolers to pay attention to anything you have to say. Your best course of action is to take a seat in the back of the room and keep your mouth shut until you know what you are talking about."

No question. The last thing this board needs is a fresh voice.

 

[It's a Pig Man!]

We have three guys on this team that I think can handle the ball. Welch the other and I think with a roster heavy in front court players we can handle losing a forward or center more than a guard. Trevor is very good and I sure hope everything works out. But Rodney played great at the four, we have Mo back, Ingram showed flashes late and Buggs and Wally are strictly wings as is Joe, and we also have Elliot and Oto. Not mention Trevor does seem to be injury prone or maybe unlucky. I am not sure he has proven we can count on him on or off the court. For that reason I think our guards are more important.

So you think losing our backup point guard would do more damage than losing someone many are tabbing an All-American and future first round draft pick? Sorry man I'm just not buying it.

 

[GopherJake]

Name one person that Tubby has coached at Minnesota that has remarkably improved from that person's freshman year to his senior year.

Rodney Williams seems to be on track.

 

[scher215]

Rodney Williams seems to be on track.

Damien Johnson too.

 

[Blackhammer]

So you think losing our backup point guard would do more damage than losing someone many are tabbing an All-American and future first round draft pick? Sorry man I'm just not buying it.

I hope your right on the All American, first round pick. If he attains those levels it should be a great year. I doubt he loses any games over this.

 

[GophersOnTheRise]

Anytime a person gets a DUI it should make us ask what is happening in that person's life that s/he needs to drink excessively.

What? Do you know what his BAC was? How do you know he was drinking "excessively?" College students drink to have fun, doesn't mean there's something going on in their lives. It's a very common thing in college these days. The real question is why did he make the stupid decision to drive afterwards? I'm sure he knew at least one sober person who could have picked him up. Hell, he could have tweeted "I need a ride, who can pick me up" and 10 cars probably would have shown up within 10 minutes.

Name one person that Tubby has coached at Minnesota that has remarkably improved from that person's freshman year to his senior year.

How many players at Minnesota has Tubby even coached from their freshman to senior years? Not many. Rodney will likely be one though.

Once again, why wasn't the DUI brought up in July when it actually happened? Why wait until now? There seems to be something fishy about the timing of the news report.

If you were the coaching staff, would you go out of your way to make sure everyone knew about it? Or would you try to keep it quiet until it play out legally and handle it privately behind the scenes in the meantime? The reason it's taken so long is because it took a while for it to finally be leaked to the press, which isn't that surprising, really.

 

[Plinnius]

College students drink to have fun, doesn't mean there's something going on in their lives. It's a very common thing in college these days.

College kid? He turns 24 in January and has a kid.

 

[Plinnius]

Has anyone questioned why an incident that happened in July is only surfacing at the beginning of basketball season? Surely this information has been available to the media since July.

Same thing happened with the felony assault charge, didn't it. Happened in April and wasn't reported until the end of July, I think.

 

[GophersOnTheRise]

College kid? He turns 24 in January and has a kid.

As you can see from my quote that you took the time to point out, I said college student. Mbakwe is still a college student. Are you disagreeing with this? Anyway, the point is if you have a few drinks with some friends once in a while it shouldn't raise a red flag. (DUIs are obviously unacceptable, but having drinks with friends in and of itself is not)

 

[BarnBurner]

As you can see from my quote that you took the time to point out, I said college student. Mbakwe is still a college student. Are you disagreeing with this? Anyway, the point is if you have a few drinks with some friends once in a while it shouldn't raise a red flag. (DUIs are obviously unacceptable, but having drinks with friends in and of itself is not)

Lot of 30, 40 year old college students as well.

23 years old. Still doesnt get it.

 

[bigticket1]

Lot of 30, 40 year old college students as well.

23 years old. Still doesnt get it.

What Mbakwe did was stupid,but lets be realistic. How many people that post here can honestly say that they have never gotten behind the wheel while under the influence at some point after they turned 23 ? That doesn't justify what he did,but let those who are without sin cast the first stone.

 

[BleedGopher]

Tweets from Marcus:

"#Gophers senior PF Trevor Mbakwe's probation violation hearing was reset for Friday. That is when his possible sentencing will be decided."

"Mbakwe was in court today in Miami, though, when the judge decided to push back the hearing until Friday. #Gophers"

Go Gophers!!

 

[tinyarch]

To quote Go4Broke in another thread:

Go4Broke
Go4Broke is online now Senior Member

" You are going to need a helluva lot more than 64 (in this case 3) posts for most GopherHolers to pay attention to anything you have to say. Your best course of action is to take a seat in the back of the room and keep your mouth shut until you know what you are talking about."

Dr. Don...are you sure your name isn't Walter...

 

[wels0081]

Mbakwe is a giant infection and needs to be amputated from the team.

If he were taking a professional attitude toward basketball and college life, I would have much higher regard for him.

He is now 24 (25?)-years-old, hanging out with a bunch of 20-year-olds. He's the old guy that keeps coming back to the fraternity parties and thinking the girls are all easy.

 

[scher215]

Mbakwe is a giant infection and needs to be amputated from the team.

If he were taking a professional attitude toward basketball and college life, I would have much higher regard for him.

He is now 24 (25?)-years-old, hanging out with a bunch of 20-year-olds. He's the old guy that keeps coming back to the fraternity parties and thinking the girls are all easy.

I kind of doubt Trevor was at a frat party in Minnetonka ...

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Personally, I think the people calling for him to be dismissed are overreacting. The man made a stupid decision, but (thankfully) nothing bad happened. If he had injured someone, or crashed into a pole this is a totally different story and he is already gone. However, let's remember that you are convicted based on what happened, not what could have happened. Tubby already said that he has made his decision and that Trevor is already back practicing with the team. He'll come off the bench for the first few games and then by the time Duke comes around all will be forgotten in the world.


He'll get more probation, but there is no way the kid is going to jail. That is just trying to make a story out of nothing.