He got upset and mocked people online who reported that a couple days ago lol.
Thank you, Captain: Jeremy Roach transfers to Baylor
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He got upset and mocked people online who reported that a couple days ago lol.
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
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That's a little bit of a dramatic interpretation. He said "man I wish.". That doesn't sound all that upset or mocking.
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Jeremy Roach's recent endorsement of Raid pest spray (an example of a real NIL deal between a player and a goods and services company, as opposed to whatever corrupt school-involved nonsense the NCAA has allowed to happen) may have planted the thought of Baylor in his head. As you may recall, Raid signed with two players with appropriate last names. The other is Baylor women's player Darianna Littlepage-Buggs; here's a brief online ad with both of them.
Inception!
Inception!
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Baylor fan site SicEm365 talks to Jeremy Roach. Video here:
From about the 1-minute mark:
Q: You played four years at Duke, you've been there, you know, and it's always hard to leave a place. What were your emotions when making the decision, and how did the coaching staff when you decided to make this decision make you feel about, you know, deciding to leave a place that's really tough for anybody to leave, whether it's one year or four years like you were there?
A: Yeah, I mean, my time at Duke was great. I felt like I gave it my all. I stayed for four years, which is so rare nowadays. Guys want to go one and done, but me coming in as a 5-star recruit and staying for four years, I mean, I felt like just my passion, my sacrifices that I made... Staying four years, I feel like every all the fans and the coaching staff and everybody around the program and the university kind of appreciated that. So when I decided to hit the portal, there was no hard feelings there. They were super excited just for my next journey. They're there to support me, and there wasn't any bad blood lost. I stayed there for four years, I did my four years there, so everybody's pretty happy, and I feel like my legacy won't be tarnished or anything...
From about the 1-minute mark:
Q: You played four years at Duke, you've been there, you know, and it's always hard to leave a place. What were your emotions when making the decision, and how did the coaching staff when you decided to make this decision make you feel about, you know, deciding to leave a place that's really tough for anybody to leave, whether it's one year or four years like you were there?
A: Yeah, I mean, my time at Duke was great. I felt like I gave it my all. I stayed for four years, which is so rare nowadays. Guys want to go one and done, but me coming in as a 5-star recruit and staying for four years, I mean, I felt like just my passion, my sacrifices that I made... Staying four years, I feel like every all the fans and the coaching staff and everybody around the program and the university kind of appreciated that. So when I decided to hit the portal, there was no hard feelings there. They were super excited just for my next journey. They're there to support me, and there wasn't any bad blood lost. I stayed there for four years, I did my four years there, so everybody's pretty happy, and I feel like my legacy won't be tarnished or anything...
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ClemmonsDevil
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I love Jeremy. He would have started and probably been as good as last year if not a little bit better. But his only path to playing in the NBA (and I don't think he will ever play in the NBA) is to play with the ball in his hands. And he wouldn't do that at Duke. He would play off the ball like he did this year. So Jeremy is taking his 5th year to go somewhere where he will presumably be point guard. I would have loved to have had him back, but this is a perfectly rational decision on his part. Hope he has a great year and I thank him for helping Duke get to a Final 4 and an Elite 8. Great kid. Great family. Good player.
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Looks at you, introducing "rationality" to a conversation that sorely lacks it.
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And you know me. Not my norm.
SouthernDukie
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But every once in a while you do the unexpected and we all applaud.
Better, yes.
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Thank you. I have been trying to lower my personal standards bar.
*Edit* I react like that sometimes and it's not bad if people assume you might be crazy.
SouthernDukie
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That's the DBR4's mantra. All of us are consistently attempting to do that.
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The same guys from SicEm365 talk to Brendan Marks of The Athletic about Jeremy Roach (and former Tennessee player Jonas Aidoo, presumably deciding between UNC and Baylor) here.
"Jeremy Roach was one of the most sought after guards in the portal, and for good reason. You know, I don't know that he will hit quite to the same extent that he did from three this year -- it was a career best mark, almost 43% -- but you're talking about a guy who's high efficiency, doesn't make mistakes, is a perfect malleable piece. That's the best part: whoever else Scott Drew decides to add around Jeremy Roach, it's a pretty seamless fit. He's played on ball, he's played off ball, he can play with multiple guards, he can play as the lone guard. He can do a little bit of everything..."
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To all the sports fans out there, the rule is simple: don't be a hypocrite.
Last season there were UNC fans who complained about Jeremy Roach being at Duke forever, when Armando Bacot was on their campus for forever plus a year. Hypocrites.
Had Roach and RJ Davis each stayed at their respective schools for a fifth season, then both sides would be bound by a détente, or mutual non-aggression.
The only good news about Roach leaving and Davis staying is that Duke fans can now feel free about needling UNC for having a 5-year guy, again and for the last time.
This is very simple. I don't like UNC, so when something happens to UNC, it's bad, mockable, even detestable. On the other hand, I like Duke very much, so when it happens to Duke, it's good and admirable. To wit: I like it when Duke wins, and dislike it when UNC wins.
Some might call me a hypocrite. Sure. We wouldn't be fans if we weren't hypocrites.
To be clear, I find it disgusting when UNC fans are hypocrites.
As Elaine, I’m not specifically trying to lower the bar; it’s just happening naturally.
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So... the bar is real, and it's spectacular?
You know it!
scottdude8
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Personally, I've long accepted that being a mildly-obsessive sports fan (which I think we all are to varying degrees if we're around here, haha) requires being a hypocrite. Growing up I DESPISED guys like Chris Chelios and Todd Bertuzzi as a Red Wings fan... until they became Red Wings. Then I loved when they did the exact things I used to hate them doing on other teams.
Sports is the one element of my life where I get to turn off some portions of my brain that is constantly overthinking things, and I thoroughly enjoy it.
So, yes, I'm going to make fun of RJ Davis being in Chapel Hill for 5 years, while also loving that we have Mason Gillis in his fifth year. No, I will not apologize for the blatant hypocrisy.
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I hope Baylor and not UNC lands Aidoo from Tennessee. But if they do, Baylor will have a pretty loaded roster again next year. I'd assume that would put them in top5 territory if they aren't there already.