SFCityBear said:
oskiswifeshusband said:
He could not have been happy with losing a starting role and/or his minutes decreasing. Fact is he did not bring enough to put Celestine on the bench. Not easy to ride the pine, except nowadays they ride folding metal chairs. At least there are no splinters. He seemed to play hard. I wish him well.
Sorry, my last post was really meant to refer to losing Grant Newell being a big loss. While losing Devin Askew would be tough, it was something that I'm certain Madsen could've weathered through recruiting. It's harder to replace Grant, IMHO. He has good size for a college 4, (in flashes, he showed he) can move his feet well on defense, and seemed coachable. I had high hopes for him for next year.
But if he's really as you described, that suggests he's not as coachable as I had believed. That's a shame. With good coaching, Newell could've really stepped up his game (and likely turned into an all-conference type of player). But good coaching is useless if it falls on deaf ears.
Good luck to the young man, should he leave. However, I really do wish he stays at Cal and works on his game under Madsen's tutelage. Madsen played with and against some excellent bigs, the most obvious being Shaq. Madsen has a lot to teach young bigs, especially undersized ones, like Newell.
