Casey Crawford did hit the jackpot!

[im4wsu]

A short playing career at Colorado

http://www.buffzone.com/ci_14666382

Casey Crawford, a 6-foot-9 junior who sparked the Buffs to a pair of key conference wins down the stretch, is leaving the program.

The Wake Forest transfer Bzdelik once projected as a potential impact player in CU's Princeton-style offense, has decided to clean out his CU locker to pursue a professional playing career overseas.

Crawford, a member of the All-Big 12 academic team, will graduate in May with a degree in political science.

"I'm at a point in my life where I want to move on," Crawford said during an interview with the Camera on Friday after meeting with Bzdelik. "Everyone knows my college career has been up and down. I'm graduating and ready to do something else."

Crawford averaged 4.6 points and 2.0 rebounds this season but only played 13.8 minutes a game. Bzdelik had an intense meeting with the former Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year as the season was winding down and challenged him to step his game up.

[ShockTalk]

A short playing career at Colorado

http://www.buffzone.com/ci_14666382

Casey Crawford, a 6-foot-9 junior who sparked the Buffs to a pair of key conference wins down the stretch, is leaving the program.

The Wake Forest transfer Bzdelik once projected as a potential impact player in CU's Princeton-style offense, has decided to clean out his CU locker to pursue a professional playing career overseas.

Crawford, a member of the All-Big 12 academic team, will graduate in May with a degree in political science.

"I'm at a point in my life where I want to move on," Crawford said during an interview with the Camera on Friday after meeting with Bzdelik. "Everyone knows my college career has been up and down. I'm graduating and ready to do something else."

Crawford averaged 4.6 points and 2.0 rebounds this season but only played 13.8 minutes a game. Bzdelik had an intense meeting with the former Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year as the season was winding down and challenged him to step his game up.

For a smart guy, he sure has a poor grip on his lack of basketball prowess.

[Capitol Shock]

I had a chance to play college soccer for a coach that I didn't particularly like even though he was a very successful coach. Sort of a Bobby Knight of soccer. Anyway, I refused to give it a shot.

To this day I always look back and ask myself what if? I sometimes have dreams about playing soccer. If I were to give Casey some advice it would be live your life to avoid having any regrets. Best of luck young man.

[Ashockalypse]

His career has been down and down not up and down. Very mismanaged career and still mismanaging.

[RoyalShock]

. . . and still mismanaging.

Who are you to say that graduating and moving on with his life is mismanagement?

[Ashockalypse]

I am no one Royal but the article does say that he is leaving to pursue a professional playing career overseas. I would be interested in what your opinion is on this: Since he did actually visit Wichita State, where do you think his career would be today if he would have came here and been under HCGMs tutelage?

[RoyalShock]

I don't know. You don't know. Nobody knows.

I'm just not an advocate of judging these types of decisions. It's not like he left the team to become a drug dealer. He made a decision that he feels is right for him. To say he's continuing to mismanage his life is pretty harsh and in my opinion, without merit.

[ShockTalk]

IMHO, for an All-Big 12 academic member, who is graduating with a degree in political science, and has had as lack-luster, bounce-around college basketball history, going off to pursue a career overseas as a professional basketball player sounds as mismanaged as past basketball decisions. That being said, I wish him the best and hope it all works out for him.

[wsu789]

My lord, Capitol, I hope you're as embarassed as I am for you in admitting you played soccer...

Your regret is exactly why I never gave up playing the flute...

[SB Shock]

IMHO, for an All-Big 12 academic member, who is graduating with a degree in political science, and has had as lack-luster, bounce-around college basketball history, going off to pursue a career overseas as a professional basketball player sounds as mismanaged as past basketball decisions. That being said, I wish him the best and hope it all works out for him.

Why? He's graduating with a degree and moving on with a new chapter of his life. What purpose would it serve to stay around at Colorado. Only reason I can think is:

1. He want's to earn a advance degree and have Colorado pay for it - doesn't sound like he's interested at least pursuing a higher degree at CU.

2. He want's to continue to develop his basketball skills for the NBA - well we know he's not going to the NBA.

3. He wants to stay around and be part of a winning program that has a chance to win a national championship - well it is CU, so we know that ain't it.

So I don't see anything mismanaged about it.

[SpanglerFan316]

It's amazing... with Crawfish supposedly such a bust at Wake Forest, why would people still say this?

The transfer from Wake Forest was supposed to be the Buffs' difference-maker this year.

If he isn't very talented, why would anybody think he would be a "difference maker" in the Big 12?

I think what Crawfish needed was the right coach to "get through to him". Imagine a J.T. Durley not "getting" the right coach. He probably wouldn't even be playing basketball anymore. I submit that if GG could get lazy Durley to play hard, he could have gotten Crawfish to play hard as well. However, that was a different time and a different recruiting year. Crawfish either needs to wake up or he is going to have a lot of "woulda, coulda, shoulda," memories.


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...8)

WSU vs. UNI championship game

## Player TOT-FG FG 3-PT FGA FG FGA FT FTA REBOUNDS OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
31 Durley, JT.......... f 2 5 0 1 1 1 2 4 6 3 5 1 8 0 0 33

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/mvc09.htm?SPSID=36371&SPID=2901&DB_OEM_ID=7600

I think Durley may still need a little work; I would not tout his accomplishments too loudly just yet.

[SFL]

It's amazing... with Crawfish supposedly such a bust at Wake Forest, why would people still say this?

The transfer from Wake Forest was supposed to be the Buffs' difference-maker this year.

If he isn't very talented, why would anybody think he would be a "difference maker" in the Big 12?

I think what Crawfish needed was the right coach to "get through to him". Imagine a J.T. Durley not "getting" the right coach. He probably wouldn't even be playing basketball anymore. I submit that if GG could get lazy Durley to play hard, he could have gotten Crawfish to play hard as well. However, that was a different time and a different recruiting year. Crawfish either needs to wake up or he is going to have a lot of "woulda, coulda, shoulda," memories.


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...8)

WSU vs. UNI championship game

## Player TOT-FG FG 3-PT FGA FG FGA FT FTA REBOUNDS OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
31 Durley, JT.......... f 2 5 0 1 1 1 2 4 6 3 5 1 8 0 0 33

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/mvc09.htm?SPSID=36371&SPID=2901&DB_OEM_ID=7600

I think Durley may still need a little work; I would not tout his accomplishments too loudly just yet.

:shock:

[Ricardo del Rio]

It's amazing... with Crawfish supposedly such a bust at Wake Forest, why would people still say this?

The transfer from Wake Forest was supposed to be the Buffs' difference-maker this year.

If he isn't very talented, why would anybody think he would be a "difference maker" in the Big 12?

I think what Crawfish needed was the right coach to "get through to him". Imagine a J.T. Durley not "getting" the right coach. He probably wouldn't even be playing basketball anymore. I submit that if GG could get lazy Durley to play hard, he could have gotten Crawfish to play hard as well. However, that was a different time and a different recruiting year. Crawfish either needs to wake up or he is going to have a lot of "woulda, coulda, shoulda," memories.


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...8)

WSU vs. UNI championship game

## Player TOT-FG FG 3-PT FGA FG FGA FT FTA REBOUNDS OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
31 Durley, JT.......... f 2 5 0 1 1 1 2 4 6 3 5 1 8 0 0 33

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/mvc09.htm?SPSID=36371&SPID=2901&DB_OEM_ID=7600

I think Durley may still need a little work; I would not tout his accomplishments too loudly just yet.

I didn't know it was possible to have 8 turnovers in a game, but I was wrongo.

[KC Shox]

Well, he would have blossomed under the instruction of our fine coaching staff but he chose to go the wrong direction from a basketball perspective. However, I will give him credit for hitting the books and earning his degree with honors. Good luck to you CC, you could have been a contender.

[Aargh]

If Crawford wants to play professional ball at any level, he should have stayed in school. He certainly could use another year to try to build up some type of basketball resume.

It appears (and has for several years) that the majority of Crawford's basketball talent is a figment of his imagination.