by bcbc55 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:34 pm
After just checking the 2016-17 UMaine Men's Basketball Roster, here are two interesting questions that popped out to me about the 2016-17 UMaine Men's Basketball Roster. There are 16 players listed on the roster by my count their should have been 17 names listed'
One player, another guard (now makes it 11 or 12 guards out of 16 or 17 players) the transfer from LaSalle will have to sit out this coming season (transfer sit out rule).
One of the incoming freshmen, a recruited guard, 5'10" Marcus Flyod's, name is not listed on the current goblackbears.com men's basketball website 16 player roster.
Flyod is from Wilmington, Delaware and played the past two years at Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas a top rated prep school in the country. He had offers from Texas State. Iona, Idaho State and Lousiana-Monroe/ Well spread out and spaced areas of the country. Southwest, Middle south, Northeast and Western North. He definitely had some choices so he has to be a top recruit especially for America East Conference.
2 possible reasons for the players name not on the current roster!
Question one: Is it just an oversight and an omission of the player's name?
Question two: Or has the player left the program already?
IF Either one of the answers to the 2 questions is the reason for his name not being on the roster, is not good for the program.
Lesser problematic for the program is a poor public relations move if omitting the player's name is the reason his name is not included on the roster.
Bigger problem would be the loss of a top guard that the UMaine head coach is very high on in his June 17th, 2016 news announcement of said player on the goblackbears.com men's basketball website.
Head coach feels that this player is the type of player who will fit right into the current UMaine men's coaching staff philosophy of up tempo run and gun offense, pressing defense and in and out 5 in 5 out every 4/5 minute subsitution plan.
Let's hope that it is an error of omission and not a loss of a VERY POTENTIAL CAPABLE PLAYER.
Anybody happen to know why this player's name is omitted from the 2016-17 roster?
P.S. Interesting side note of the incoming 6 freshmen/Juco Transfers 5 are guards and one is a forward. goblackbears.com has 5 front court players and 11 guards, if include Flyod then it is 12 guards and 5 front courters.
Who besides Melmed, Ward, Ashley who are walkons as there are only 13 scholarships available. If they have used all, the scholarships then there has got to be another walkon.
Unless some players have half scholarships, if that is allowed?