Missouri State’s leading scorer suspended for ‘conduct detrimental to the team

[SHOXAAC]

Marcus Marshall channeling his inner Iverson: "Defense. We talkin bout defense."

Whatchu talkin bout Willis!!!

[KC Shox]

We've (the Valley) had some major talent leave the league of late, Nic Moore, Rayvonte Rice, now this guy off the top of my head. Good for us, but bad for those programs and the Valley. We need guys like this to help make the Valley better. Too bad.

[DwShock]

Bears might as well and do everyone a favor and either drop football or basketball

[wusphlash]

Not likely that he's graduating in three years so he'll have to sit out one year to play one year.

I'm sure there was a lot of behind the scene things going on that we never heard about but I think this is too bad for the Valley from a talent perspective.

[kochHead]

We've (the Valley) had some major talent leave the league of late, Nic Moore, Rayvonte Rice, now this guy off the top of my head. Good for us, but bad for those programs and the Valley. We need guys like this to help make the Valley better. Too bad.

Coaching issues...

Sometimes you give a dog too much leash and before you know it they are walking you. Next thing you know they are pissing on you in front of the other dogs. Now the other dogs know who is running the show and you gotta problem. Then that dog leaves to play basketball at another school and you get fired from your dog walking gig. That kinda fell apart there at the end, but you get the point.

[WuDrWu]

Good to see that Wichita State countdown is still up. Obsession noted.

[Shock Top]

I just read the Marcus Marshall threads on their board. They REALLY hate Lusk.

I suspect the same would have happened with the Maurice Evans situation.

[wufan]

I suspect the same would have happened with the Maurice Evans situation.

It did.

[Shock Top]

It did.

I ment on ShockerNet ;)

[SHOXAAC]

To many tails wagging the dog for my old fashion arse!

[rjl]

Why would a kid do this!? I just don't get it. It screams all kinds of bad character to me. I really doubt Lusk "ran him off." He probably just didn't play favorites and that upset a diva.

Because you hate the coach?

Screw "tough it out." You only live once and you only have one shot at a college career. Do it somewhere you want to be.

[WSUwatcher]

Purely from the BB side, don't you believe that any kid who is shooting 45.9% from the field, 45.6% from three and nearly 90 percent from the charity stripe over 14 games clearly would have a green light (even from 3G) to shoot the ball virtually whenever?

Don't you have to be on the court for a shot to count? At WSU, Marcus would never pull up to the light if he refused to play defense. He'd need to change his ways or find a new home. And hey, rjl -- he's not going to find a program worth participating in if he refuses to defend and tells the coach about it. If that story is true, why would anyone want him unless he somehow convinces them that it'll never happen again? (And if it does, how long do you suppose he'll last?)

Strange as it may sound, I think WSU's trip to Springfield may be a little tougher if MM is gone.

[SHOXAAC]

Because you hate the coach?

Screw "tough it out." You only live once and you only have one shot at a college career. Do it somewhere you want to be.

Screw "tough it out." That's laughable. Welcome to life junior. You don't have to like leadership, but in the real world you toe the line. The sooner young people learn this, the better.

[Dave Stalwart]

Because you hate the coach?

Screw "tough it out." You only live once and you only have one shot at a college career. Do it somewhere you want to be.

In this case, it looks like "tough it out" only meant to go ahead and play defense and team ball on a team that you committed to receive a free education from and is currently rebuilding. With you onboard (being MM), they might even achieve success soon. I just really wish it would not be so common that talented kids will bail on their school. I do understand that it important to do what you enjoy doing and maybe you should move on if not. It's just that it sounds like he got mad for being told to play defense. Given the fact that he is far and away their star, it seemed like he is probably being a diva.

[Aargh]

It's long been my opinion (since the Hinson days at MSU) that with what MSU pays BB coaches, they have to gamble with hiring assistants with no head coaching experience. That's going to result in either 1) Hiring a winner who leaves at the first possible moment, or 2) Hiring a loser that they have to fire and eat a contract they can't afford.

Losing Marshall at this point seems to be a plus for MSU. That's on Lusk. Lusk either didn't thoroughly evaluate Marshall, didn't lay out what was required before signing Marshall, or lost him after he was signed.

Marshall's attitude seems to be locker room and practice poison.

Someone once asked a college coach what it was like coaching a college basketball team. He answered (roughly),"What do you think it's like watching a bunch of 18-year-olds running up and down the court with your paycheck in their pockets?"

There's a really fine line between recruiting risks a coach can handle that will make him a winner and recruiting risks a coach can't handle that will make him an insurance salesman.