Ogirri's side of the story

[vbird53]

...let the kid have his fresh start.

[ShockerFever]

Ogirri was mad cause HCGM wasnt gonna let wear his flashy yellow shoes to draw attention to himself

Was that a problem to you during the Sweet 16 run?

My, how people can turn so fast. Not surprising here though.

Actually, I'm giving newshock a pass on this one. I, too, read it as sarcasm. No one is trying to diminish SO's contribution to our Sweet 16 run. The next year was more than forgettable.

Sorry.

Usually when he says something sarcastic, he ironically makes it so obvious.. usually with a haha, or lol, or hehe, or j/k, etc.

[newshock1234]

Ogirri was mad cause HCGM wasnt gonna let wear his flashy yellow shoes to draw attention to himself

Was that a problem to you during the Sweet 16 run?

My, how people can turn so fast. Not surprising here though.

Actually, I'm giving newshock a pass on this one. I, too, read it as sarcasm. No one is trying to diminish SO's contribution to our Sweet 16 run. The next year was more than forgettable.

Sorry.

Usually when he says something sarcastic, he ironically makes it so obvious.. usually with a haha, or lol, or hehe, or j/k, etc.

ha ha
better

[ShockerFever]

Ogirri was mad cause HCGM wasnt gonna let wear his flashy yellow shoes to draw attention to himself

Was that a problem to you during the Sweet 16 run?

My, how people can turn so fast. Not surprising here though.

Actually, I'm giving newshock a pass on this one. I, too, read it as sarcasm. No one is trying to diminish SO's contribution to our Sweet 16 run. The next year was more than forgettable.

Sorry.

Usually when he says something sarcastic, he ironically makes it so obvious.. usually with a haha, or lol, or hehe, or j/k, etc.

ha ha
better

Was that sarcastic?

[Shox21]

probably

[wsushockerdude]

wow. since when has the new coaching staff not shown any love? And are we talking ku basketball lucky or ku football lucky

[rrshock]

Wasn't there also a question as to whether or not SO would have been eligible last year anyways? I thought I read something somewhere that he was gonna have to sit due to classroom stuff. Maybe that was someone else I was reading about instead.

[SubGod22]

I remember that speculation at least. There were a lot of rumos flying around Sean that last year, and some popped up even before the season had begun. Some may be true, others not. But I'm sure the truth has at least been hit upon in the past and not something we need to bring up here. Needless to say, but I will anyway, I think we can all agree that there were some issues with Sean and around Sean that made his departure the best thing for both him and our fine University.

[Zardoz]

I agree with Sub. I also doubt that we will ever know the full story, but it was best for Sean and the program that he play elsewhere. Sean was an important part of the Sweet 16 team to be sure. Disruptions in his personal life seemed to have negative effects on his on court performance. When Mark left he bolted, I don't blame him for this.

I don't think it is fair for him to say that he never got any love from HCGM or the staff. His game was going south when he left and defense was never his strong suit while here and that is something that HCGM demands. He was very "soft" o defense his last year here.

I'm happy that he has found a place where he can be happy. Disappointed that he has to dis us for problems that were largely due to poor decision making skills on his part.

[Aargh]

As I recall the timing, the trfr to Wyoming was announced and considered a done deal BEFORE Turgeon announced he was leaving.

By the time Marshall was hired, Ogirri's trfr was cast in concrete. Why would Marshall show him any love?

Plus, if Ogirri's trfr was tied in any way to Turgeon leaving, how did Ogirri happen to have a school lined up about the same time UK hired Gillespie?

I don't blame Ogirri for saying what he's saying. That's probably best for everyone right now, even if the timing doesn't work and it's possibly a work of fiction.

Seans' brother came on here once and told a very credible reason why SO left WSU and it had nothing to do with the rumors that have been mentioned in this thread. That explanation was that SO had inadvertently picked up a group of followers that he he didn't want to hang with and that he couldn't get rid of. Those followers apparently believed strongly in the 2nd amendment, but probably saw no reason to have a conceal/carry permit or any type of education about gun safety.

I wish SO a successful year at Wyoming - even if it means we'll have uninformed posters all over SN complaining about Marshall running him off.

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

http://www.shockernet.net/sn/viewtopic.php?t=7805&highlight=sean+ogirri

http://www.shockernet.net/sn/viewtopic.php?t=7927&highlight=sean+ogirri

[Ricky Del Rio]

If all will recall, Sean's production fell out dramatically in his junior year. The opponents put a man in his jock and left him there.

Since Sean did not have the ability to counter with a drive to the basket, all he could do was pass the ball.

Sean was very one dimensional on offense and the opponents figgered it out.

Sean was a pure shooter, but he could not shoot extra well with a hand in his face.

[Shox21]

I agree with Sub. I also doubt that we will ever know the full story, but it was best for Sean and the program that he play elsewhere. Sean was an important part of the Sweet 16 team to be sure. Disruptions in his personal life seemed to have negative effects on his on court performance. When Mark left he bolted, I don't blame him for this.

I don't think it is fair for him to say that he never got any love from HCGM or the staff. His game was going south when he left and defense was never his strong suit while here and that is something that HCGM demands. He was very "soft" o defense his last year here.

I'm happy that he has found a place where he can be happy. Disappointed that he has to dis us for problems that were largely due to poor decision making skills on his part.

In all fairness, I believe the business of not getting any love from Marshall and staff was NOT a quote from Sean. It was the writer of the article. And from all of Sean's attributed quotes in that article, I really didn't see that he put down WSU.

As I recall the timing, the trfr to Wyoming was announced and considered a done deal BEFORE Turgeon announced he was leaving.

By the time Marshall was hired, Ogirri's trfr was cast in concrete. Why would Marshall show him any love?

Again, I don't think this is accurate. SO's transfer was being announced on a radio station in Denver in late April (April 23); Turgeon's hiring was announced in early April (April 9). SO's transfer was not a "done deal" before Turg announced he was leaving. Ogirri had not "left" by the time Marshall came on board (April 14), but he had already made up his mind. Even though Marshall can sell ice to an eskimo, he may not have tried really hard to keep a kid that so obviously didn't want to be here.

http://www.shockernet.net/sn/viewtopic.php?t=7445 (Turgeon's hiring)
http://www.shockernet.net/sn/viewtop...t=7805&start=0 (Sean's leaving)

[Aargh]

Thanks for the corrections to my faulty memory. I remember the timing in reverse order of how it happened. Maybe in my own mind I concluded Ogirri would be leaving before Turgeon announced he was leaving.

I still believe it was the best thing for SO to do. SO needed aa change of environment.

[forevershockerfan]

This is what I remember about SO. When he was on----he could shoot lights out. Seton Hall will verify that!!!!!!!