Doug to Creighton

[07PantherAlum]

Re: Doug to Creighton

I can't believe you guys would be that hard on a kid because he wants to go play for his Dad. I am disappointed that he won't be playing at UNI because I think he has talent, but I sure don't think it's the end of the world. So maybe Nate Buss plays instead of redshirting next season, he might end up better anyway.

I'm not upset that he is going to another school. I am upset he is presumably going to Creighton, another CONFERENCE school with no repercussion. It's handing UNI a giant bag of.....

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Doug to Creighton

Right, but I'd imagine that most times school A says it's okay, the conference would go along with it.

That may be true. It's odd that the decision has to be communicated at the time of transfer to the student, however. It would be interesting to see how this has played out in past situations.

Either way, this should be Dannen's call and he should be the one to be the bad guy.

[UNIMIS2001]

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I can't believe you guys would be that hard on a kid because he wants to go play for his Dad. I am disappointed that he won't be playing at UNI because I think he has talent, but I sure don't think it's the end of the world. So maybe Nate Buss plays instead of redshirting next season, he might end up better anyway.

There are consequences to decisions in life, deal with it.

[TH1974]

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I'm not upset that he is going to another school. I am upset he is presumably going to Creighton, another CONFERENCE school with no repercussion. It's handing UNI a giant bag of.....

UNI doesn't have to allow Doug to go.

[UNIChippewa]

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I can't believe you guys would be that hard on a kid because he wants to go play for his Dad.

I'm not being hard or rooting against Doug in this case, he is after all a 17/18-year old kid. But I am disturbed by Greg trying to take him with him to Creighton and I would be really disturbed if UNI and Dannen and Jake just let it happen with no consequences. And as other people have said, this is college basketball. Doug McDermott is our most highly-rated recruit ever, right? If we lose him (which it appears we will), it's big.

People have the right to either feel this isn't a big deal in the end or (like myself) that it is a big deal and would set us back if we don't at least stand our ground.

[UNI Prof]

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Right, but I'd imagine that most times school A says it's okay, the conference would go along with it.

Can you name the times when a player hasn't had to sit out when transferring in conference? I recall cases where schools have asked the amount to be reduced to one year, but the authority still lies with the league. See: Axtell, Luke.

[07PantherAlum]

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UNI doesn't have to allow Doug to go.

I'm not upset with UNI over their decisions, I am upset with the process of it being a conference foe. Stings a lot more than say if it was a Big 12 or CUSA school.

[UNIPNTHR]

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I can't believe you guys would be that hard on a kid because he wants to go play for his Dad. I am disappointed that he won't be playing at UNI because I think he has talent, but I sure don't think it's the end of the world. So maybe Nate Buss plays instead of redshirting next season, he might end up better anyway.

It may very well be the best route for Doug to go play for Greg at Creighton. In fact, I fully respect that decision if that's what the family has settled upon.

However, regardless of friendships, in the midst of the McDermott's doing what's best for the McDermott's, UNI needs to do what's best for UNI.

UNI will survive without Doug, that's not, or at least shouldn't be, a question. The simple fact is that Doug sitting out 2 years is better for UNI than Doug not sitting out 2 years. And if Dannen doesn't stick up for UNI here, it will be a real shame.

[The Tight End]

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You can't tamper with your own son. Mac went to games where he couldn't be there to recruit, but he could watch and talk to his son.

I'd say Mac it taking Doug to CU no matter what. Even if he has to pay for it himself and Doug has to sit.

I haven't seen anyone comment along these lines as of yet but what happens if Jake wants to release Doug and Troy says "NO WAY". What happens next?

[9YRPLAN]

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i do have an issue if greg truly convinced doug to come to creighton, but we dont know if that is the case, or if it was dougs decision.

[UNI83]

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I haven't seen anyone comment along these lines as of yet but what happens if Jake wants to release Doug and Troy says "NO WAY". What happens next?

Dannen signs the paper to let Doug out. If Dannen doesn't sign, Doug doesn't go.

[Panther789]

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i do have an issue if greg truly convinced doug to come to creighton, but we dont know if that is the case, or if it was dougs decision.

My guess is that it wasn't much of a decision. In other words, as soon as Mac knew he was going to CU, both guys knew Doug was coming along.

As you suggested earlier, the only reason Doug probably didn't go to ISU is that he knew it could get really messy if Greg got canned.

[9YRPLAN]

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doug hasnt graduated. he could go to prep school and retain his eligibility.

[UNIpanther99]

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Dannen needs to do the right thing for UNI as others have stated, however the right thing is to release him immediately. Think of how awful UNI will look if it appears like we are trying to keep father and son apart. I understand the feeling to want to protect UNI, but we have to think about our image. We are still riding a wave of good press from the NCAA tournament, and we don't want to do anything that would tarnish that in the eyes of the national media or future recruits.

It totally sucks for us, but we have to bite the bullet, take this, and move on. Doug McDermott is a great player, but he is only one player on a team. We still have the right coach for us, some amazing players returning, and recruiting is looking very good for us.

All that said, here's hoping we continue to kick Creighton's butt for many years to come.

[TH1974]

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I'm not upset with UNI over their decisions, I am upset with the process of it being a conference foe. Stings a lot more than say if it was a Big 12 or CUSA school.

UNI doesn't have to allow Doug to go (to Creighton).