i dont want cade to be hurt, but i kind of hope he is injured as an explanation for his terrible play. he looks off. and worse, he looks like he doesnt care.
you replaced beasley's insane production last year with joe harris 2.0.
you replaced shroeder's production with an old, injured caris levert.
and we expected them to be better this year?
they are back to the same problems they had before last season: no shooting and no one else to handle the ball except cade. no ivey is just murdering them.
james franklin is about to be so, si, so, SO rich.
msu wont have enough money for franklin. too many good programs have coaching vacancies this year, msu is better off keeping smith.
There's no point to rasmussen on the team. he'll probably stick around because he's on a semi-reasonable contract that has too much term. but as long as he plays like this, he's useless.
maybe this will be a wake up call to him? he hasnt been productive since he got hurt 2 years ago during his best stretch as a player.
at this point, he's holding back mazur and danielson.
not that we have to compare us to the rest of the world, but they've been having legalized gambling on sports for years. not every country is full of moalistic protestant scolds like america.
or they could do nothing and let folks enjoy themselves, even though some people will abuse the activity in a way that harms themselves and occasionally others.
like we do with so many things.
do you think sports teams should ban alcohol sales and forbid players from drinking? alcohol is addictive too. should they ban facebook and tik tok and other social media sites from advertising, that is said to be addictive too.
much of the things we like to do in life have externalities. your tolerance for those externalities is a matter of personal choice. same with the existence of gambling and "gambling addiction."
i dont find it bothersome that some people gamble too much. nor do i find it worrisome that leagues want to make money off it, or that its legalized (other than those annoying kevin hart commercials). some people can handle it, and some people cant.
i just dont find the argument persuasive that the presence of legal gambling is suddenly infecting the purity of our sporting events with the scourge of greed and gambling. its always existed. games have always been fixed. people have always looked to make money with insider information. same with stock markets.
ymmv. and thats ok too.
i'm not upset at them giving asp the chance, but i'm not blind either. he's just not ready and he's bringing edvinsson down with him. at some point you have to recognize he cant play on the second pair yet.
im more perturbed that wallinder isnt ready. he needs to sink or swim. asp is still a baby, wallinder needs a shot or just cut him loose.
and even more perturbed that buium got injured just when he started to look playable.
lastly, can we get mazur on this team and get rid of rasmussen?