Luke Brown.

Well, Hosier played at Alexandria, so I'd say he would have done about the same at Blackford as he did in Alex.

Maybe worse if you consider that he had a better coach at Alex and actually had capable teammates including a big kid who also was a DI recruit (can't remember his name. Didn't he go to Akron or some place like that, then quit?)

Maybe better statistically if you figure that he would have just had free rein to do whatever he wanted.

I get it attendance is down.. The program itself is lifeless. Go to a couple games it's the exact same 2500 people in the exact same spots. There is no energy at all. We continue to go because that's just what we do. The only time you see a different face is when they bring in some group Ie boy scouts or the like. In game promotions have all but stopped minus a couple cheesy things.

Stop now and think like your one of the guys already on the team. You did not receive this treatment. Are you going to lose your minutes to a guy coming in off the street? You have put your time in to earn those minutes since summer.

Let's face it you don't make those videos and have Brown sitting on the Bench somebody is going to get pissed. These guys on this team have been together how are they going to treat Brown. How many hard shoulders and elbows is the kid going to take in practice

Now be Brown imagine the pressure he is going to feel. It's not going to be easy for him either. There are just so many angles and ways for all of this to backfire.

Let's hope none of this happens and the kid becomes a star. That's what we need

I haven't yet seen these Tweets, so maybe it's that big a deal. You said yourself it was more off key and odd than anything else. Besides it's not Luke saying anything. And I'd bet players are smarter than you think about it.

And if there is reaction it might well be a player just plays harder to make his point. Persons would more likely respond that way.

He was a hot head, his punches and shoving was in heated physical practice when somebody muscled with him and were based on losing his temper. If he punched Brown it would mean Luke had a mean streak and wouldn't back down. A good thing probably...

Can't disagree about that.

You're the expert on Twitter.

But maybe you're looking too hard at how things can go wrong.

I think my biggest “concern” is we have two guys who transferred in who think they are the PG. It’s just a matter of time before Whitford will feel he has to give all their minutes to brown. ( who hopefully will proves he’s earned them). So now you got guys sliding down a spot on the bench. How will Cochran or Jacobs take that? Can we really put Cochran at the two? He can’t shoot. Personally I think he’s a tremendously undersized 4….. what do you do with Bumbalough? Catch and shoot off guard? Jacobs? Now, if brown is spectacular fairly quickly and we’re suddenly winning consistently you’ll hear those guys talk about “team.” But if brown is overmatched and still gets the minutes because Whit is desperate, well, guys start to think “why did I come here” and off we go.

I don’t necessarily think things will play out poorly. Like Rob I’m just kicking stuff around because what else we got with bsu basketball? I think too many of us don’t have the confidence whit can manage this well. Folks want to see brown and they want it now. If whit can’t get him on the floor, for whatever reason, the pressure builds. If some of the players he replaces get butthurt how does whit handle that. Persons basically took over the team from whit when he was here. Whit defers to his players and that’s not good.

Are we not entertained? If nothing else brown will inject life into the arena. Hopefully he does the same for the team. I’ll be very honest, I hope Brown is a true star and I still hope Whitford isn’t kept. In 9 years he’s shown very little as a coach. Pretty hard to see that’s gonna change going forward.

I've been saying for 9 years that Whitford has never been able to win enough in living rooms and at kitchen tables.
We've not won in the recruiting wars and he's not a good bench coach which equals what we have...blah.
We especially have never gotten that one truly special player that you can build a team around. Persons was close but Whitford didn't surround him with the right pieces plus he's a lousy coach anyway.
Teague was also close as a senior but I wouldn't put him in the same category as a Tee Smith or Steve Payne or McCurdy. So now we have Luke Brown. Is he the elusive special player we've never been able to land? I don't know but he's going to play for the same coach we've all agreed at one point or another is not special as a motivator, a strategist, a recruiter and a leader. He's not a bad human from what I can tell but a special coach he is not. Therein lies the problem for Mr. Brown and his soon to be mates.

So if Cochran or Jacobs or Bumbalough decide to transfer because of Brown or even another situation, are we devastated? Have we determined that any of those are key players in our next MAC championship?