TJ Bell leaves program

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WOW.

And that's a bummer.

GOOD LUCK TJ! Thank you for all the hard work you put in over the years!
 
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Nothing like losing our best center... wow.

More to this story than being told and I bound and determined to find out. A kid stays with the program through injuries and suddenly playing more than he ever has and he walks away.

I hate to start speculating so I'm editing my original response.
 
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I hate it! I hate it! I hate!

Wake up Rickman at the end of the bench and tell him to shake the dust off the sneakers.
 

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skdent1414 said:
I hate it! I hate it! I hate!

Wake up Rickman at the end of the bench and tell him to shake the dust off the sneakers.
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That could be the silver lining in the long run..More Rickman and Kessinger..We'll get to see if they can grow into productive players or not. However, nobody can argue that this definitely makes the team worse off right now and most likely for the remainder of the season.
 
Southgrad07 said:
That could be the silver lining in the long run..More Rickman and Kessinger..We'll get to see if they can grow into productive players or not. However, nobody can argue that this definitely makes the team worse off right now and most likely for the remainder of the season.
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Or not... that's where I'm leaning toward.
 

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SycamoreStateofMind said:
I'm talking about today. You saw how much TJ being hurt killed us last year. This will be no different.
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I was thinking the same thing.

I do like the idea of Kessinger playing more, admittedly. I feel like he's a guy who could grow as a player, quickly, with more playing time.
 
ISUCC said:
very sad to see this, good luck TJ!!
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Disappointing to say the least. Not too sure why football and basketball continue to have these kind of stories. I am sure T.J. has his reasons but it does smell a little fishy. I trust SSOM will get his crack research team into motion and find out why. Best of luck to the young man for sure. The good news in all this is that he HAS graduated.
 
GoBlueISU said:
Rumor around Terre Haute is he had a disagreement with his teammates and walked out.
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So four years of hard work one full season of rehab from a tough injury to come back from = a lot adversity!

I'm to believe that a disagreement ended his career?! I'm having hard time with that.
 

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SycamoreStateofMind said:
So four years of hard work one full season of rehab from a tough injury to come back from = a lot adversity!

I'm to believe that a disagreement ended his career?! I'm having hard time with that.
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Yeah, I see where you're coming from but that could be the reason why, too. Think about a guy that was called lazy and soft when he came in, busted his tail to get into the rotation and then blows up his body playing. Then he busts his ass to come back in even better shape only to be yanked from games to players he may perceive that aren't playing hard or being selfish.

Will be interesting to see if anyone confirms that rumor or not. Bell blocked the SP Twitter account a long time ago or I'd ask him since he is no longer an official student-athlete.
 
This is pure speculation on my part which I said I didn't want to do but me thinks he was dismissed from the team for conduct detrimental to the team.

If that involved a fight or disagreement with teammates perhaps maybe so. I think this a decision that Lansing made. The only point I'm trying to make is that I don't think TJ walked away from the program on his own.
 
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SycamoreStateofMind said:
This is pure speculation on my part which I said I didn't want to do but me thinks he was dismissed from the team for conduct detrimental to the team.

If that involved a fight or disagreement with teammates perhaps maybe so. I think this a decision that Lansing made. The only point I'm trying to make is that I don't think TJ walked away from the program on his own.
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For sure. I was just playing off of what GoBlueISU posted. I could see it happening a multitude of ways.

I still laugh back to the story that was posted about TJ and Rhett hot boxing in the parking lot.
 
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