Topic: Spears son joins Herd bball

[W0lfman]

https://x.com/lukecreasy/status/1801058896468971694?s=46&t=c2gJ3C7ktKnryvzqs94eDA

[HoPPy785]

Anyone know much about him? Will he be a contributor, starter, depth player?

[IM4DHERD]

Wasn't there some legal trouble while he was at "Bama".  Maybe the driver when a crime was committed or something?

[miltonherdfan]

anyone know what happened with the Spears' lawsuit vs. NY Times over their accusation involving Kai?

[Buffalo Bop]

Walk-on?

[IM4DHERD]

Here's the detail...

https://www.al.com/news/2023/12/kai-spears-lawsuit-against-new-york-times-can-move-forward-judge-rules.html

[Lord Haw-Haw]

What, are we suddenly a landing spot for the children of athletic department employees? Corny will have to kid glove the guy since his father is his immediate supervisor. I have a subscription to The NY Times and intend to investigate this further. However, it appears that the NY Times has issued some type of retraction of their original report placing Kai Spears in the automobile tied to a murder investigation near the University of Alabama.

[Johnnyherd]

Going off memory, the original story put him associated with the incident , a lawsuit was involved and factual corrections and apologizes were made.

[GreenBison]

What, are we suddenly a landing spot for the children of athletic department employees? Corny will have to kid glove the guy since his father is his immediate supervisor. I have a subscription to The NY Times and intent to investigate this further. However, it appears that the NY Times has issued some type of retraction of their original report placing Kai Spears in the automobile tied to a murder investigation near the University of Alabama.

Doesn't this fall under WV State Nepotism Ethics?

[svherd]

What, are we suddenly a landing spot for the children of athletic department employees? Corny will have to kid glove the guy since his father is his immediate supervisor. I have a subscription to The NY Times and intent to investigate this further. However, it appears that the NY Times has issued some type of retraction of their original report placing Kai Spears in the automobile tied to a murder investigation near the University of Alabama.

Couldn't be any worse than Pruett, Theinamen (?) and seemingly dozens of others brought in the last decade. Walk on.

[Flat Tire 2]

Doesn't this fall under WV State Nepotism Ethics?

I remember Todd Donnan playing for his father.  Didn't Jack Cook's son play for him?

I am not sure if Spears is getting a scholarship and I don't care? There are what 13 scholarships in D1 basketball? Every team including Marshall has a scholarship player who never sees the playing floor unless the game is a runaway. Older fans will remember Willie Wilcox, I am not saying Spears will be another Willie, but I am not going to worry about the player at the end of the bench. Hopefully CJ will not fill the entire roster with players who don't contribute like Dan did in most years.

In regards to our closet wvu fan Lord Poo Poo, I believe the football and basketball coaches report directly to Brad Smith not the AD. Not sure.

[FilmJunky]

Walk-on?

Saves a scholly for someone else I guess lol.

[MUther]

He earned a scholarship with Alabama.  He must do something right.  They've been decent within the SEC, lately.  Certainly better than we've been in the Sun Belt. 

[MUfan08]

He's walking on here, so relax.

[overherd1]

Wish him all the best here!

[herdorbust2]

I have no problem with this. I'm sure he is as good as Nutter, Marko, Braun and lots of others Danny gave scholarships to and kept for years on the bench. He is a walk on that came from Alabama after earning a scholarship.

[FilmJunky]

He's walking on here, so relax.

Any athletic directors kid who goes to a school where the parent works is going to walk on to save a scholly. He gets tuition paid for anyways.

[Buffalo Bop]

https://x.com/HerdHoopsNews/status/1801087781046755551

[MicDrass1]

I?d say he?s in our Top 7.  He has been practicing on different levels. 

[MUfan08]

Any athletic directors kid who goes to a school where the parent works is going to walk on to save a scholly. He gets tuition paid for anyways.

Thank you for confirming he is walking on and you know the process of it.

Of course he will get his schooling paid for, pretty common for coaches and employees children if they are in good academic position.

[chris88]

Thank you for confirming he is walking on and you know the process of it.

Of course he will get his schooling paid for, pretty common for coaches and employees children if they are in good academic position.

- He was all-academic SEC so grades not an issue
- His team in Pittsburgh area won the small school state championship at least once while he was there.

[MUther]

- He was all-academic SEC so grades not an issue
- His team in Pittsburgh area won the small school state championship at least once while he was there.

Yeah, I don't know why anyone would see this as a bad thing.  At the very least the basketball team gets some more attention from the AD, which could help with budget and funding when dollars are tight.

[bighat]

Because they are looking for bad things.

[Johnnyherd]

Alabama was a number 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, a final four team and ranked 3 in the nation at one point.

If he deserved a scholarship there, he deserves a shot here.

[wesnky]

Wasn't there some legal trouble while he was at "Bama".  Maybe the driver when a crime was committed or something?

Maybe not a DD choir boy, stuff happens, but if he can play at Bama I bet he play for the Herd