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Post by mcdadenets50 on Jan 25, 2006 17:15:14 GMT -6
From the Badger d board: According to uwbadgers.com Greg Steimsma is done: Greg Stiemsma, a sophomore on the Wisconsin men’s basketball team, is ineligible to compete for the Badgers during the second semester. Stiemsma cannot participate in games or travel with the team but can practice with the team at home. “I’ve been dealing with depression which caused me to take a leave of absence from the team and also affected my academic performance,” Stiemsma said. “That has resulted in me being academically ineligible this semester. “I have taken steps to treat my depression and intend to work hard to resolve my academic issues. I look forward to competing in practice and helping my teammates in any way I can. I ask for understanding regarding my condition and appreciate the patience of everyone as I deal with it. I would like to thank my teammates, coaches and the fans for their support.” Stiemsma played in 16 games for the Badgers, averaging 2.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots in 11.7 minutes a game. mb21.scout.com/fwisconsin36703frm4
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Post by Pantherholic on Jan 25, 2006 17:22:44 GMT -6
dammit why couldn't we have played them now
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Post by Pantherholic on Jan 25, 2006 17:25:32 GMT -6
saw this on the J/S Daywatch:
Greg Stiemsma, a sophomore on the Wisconsin men's basketball team, has been declared academically ineligible to play for the Badgers the rest of the season after depression led to poor grades.
"I've been dealing with depression which caused me to take a leave of absence from the team and also affected my academic performance," Stiemsma said in a athletic department news release this afternoon. "That has resulted in me being academically ineligible this semester.
"I have taken steps to treat my depression and intend to work hard to resolve my academic issues. I look forward to competing in practice and helping my teammates in any way I can. I ask for understanding regarding my condition and appreciate the patience of everyone as I deal with it. I would like to thank my teammates, coaches and the fans for their support."
Stiemsma cannot participate in games or travel with the team but can practice with the team at home.
He played in 16 games for the Badgers, averaging 2.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots in 11.7 minutes a game.
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Post by pantherpanther on Jan 26, 2006 10:19:17 GMT -6
On ESPN Radio just now, Dan Needles brought up the idea that UW was using the medical exuse to hide Steinsma's academic ineligibility, so as to not make it look so bad (having two ineligible players). Bill Johnson remarked he would not join in on that debate due to the nature of Steinsma's problem, and how other players (he mentioned Julian Schwartz), have had to deal with issues.
What do you guys think?
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Post by Hack on Jan 26, 2006 11:03:59 GMT -6
Not buying Needles' logic.
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Post by blatzlight on Jan 27, 2006 18:44:03 GMT -6
Julian has OCD and is currently a student manager at MU while he attends grad school. Really nice guy too.
But for UW to have 4 academic ineligibility cases in one semester is unacceptable.
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Post by aknowsense on Jan 27, 2006 21:08:46 GMT -6
where's all the paul hornings of the world saying the UW needs to lower academic standards, losing these guys will not stand.
for any sports news idiot to say that UW made a kid come out and say he has had depression to cover up the fact that they have 2 players ineligiable is disgraceful. Unless he is actually in this kids head there is no reason to say that, and IMO it's way out of line.
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Post by blatzlight on Jan 28, 2006 1:54:19 GMT -6
Either one of the two has happened in at UW Moscow.
1) The University has no control over the basketball program 2) Bo dropped the ball and is now covering his ass like any PR salesman would
I go with number 2
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Post by mcdadenets50 on Jan 28, 2006 9:17:09 GMT -6
UW increases academic help for athletes By JEFF POTRYKUS jpotrykus@journalsentinel.com Posted: Jan. 27, 2006 Madison - In the wake of the departure of two men's basketball players who were declared academically ineligible in the span of three days, University of Wisconsin officials have outlined measures they hope will help avoid similar failures in the future. Advertisement "We had to answer to these people about what could be done," athletic director Barry Alvarez said Friday after briefing the UW Athletic Board of the changes. "What can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again? What type of supervision could we provide?" www.jsonline.com/badger/other/jan06/388260.asp
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Post by milwsport on Jan 28, 2006 13:48:47 GMT -6
I have lost all respect for Dan Needles. The guy has be a complete moron to suggest something like that.
He should change his name is Dan NeedlesS
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Post by mcdadenets50 on Jan 29, 2006 12:01:41 GMT -6
www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/index.php?ntid=70671Oates: System failed UW student-athletes TOM OATES 608-252-6172 toates@madison.com Well, at least we've got that cleared up. It was the athletes' fault. At least that was the message sent down from the University of Wisconsin athletic department after two men's basketball players were declared academically ineligible for the second semester and a third left school in part because he wouldn't have been eligible. The three players were part of coach Bo Ryan's last two recruiting classes and represent a staggering number for a program that hasn't lost anyone to academics in more than a decade. Athletes, especially young ones, usually struggle to balance the heavy workload between athletics and school, often scraping by in the classroom without the public ever knowing about it. And there is no question the Badgers who are ineligible must accept some responsibility for the situation. However, the sheer numbers involved also suggest a major system failure at UW... Interesting last two lines of the piece... In the end, it doesn't really matter which is correct because none of them casts UW in a favorable light. Just as it makes the school look bad when administrators and coaches throw their athletes under the bus to cover their own backsides.
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