Artis has serious game. Hopefully, @ UTEP he values his second chance and makes the most of it.

Medium risk, high reward.

(05-06-2015 10:04 AM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  Still wondering why anybody would sign up to play for Tim Floyd & why hasn't Utep let him go yet? Utep deserves so much better.

Floyd was here during the 1980's when UTEP went to 5 or 6 straight NCAA tournaments. He is like the adopted son of El Paso. Unless he has multiple losing seasons, he isn't going to be fired.

(05-06-2015 09:51 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(05-05-2015 03:06 PM)mistabinks Wrote:  

(05-05-2015 09:41 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  I just don't get why, after we have lost so many good recruits because of a lack of character, that we would go back to this well.

Assuming you are well informed, , what about him concerns you?

I don't know anything about the guy except for what has been reported here. I'm a firm believer in second chances and am glad he is being given a second chance. I'm simply concerned that he may not last given Floyd's recent bad luck with recruits of questionable character.

That is a very fair statement.

(05-06-2015 09:51 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(05-05-2015 03:06 PM)mistabinks Wrote:  

(05-05-2015 09:41 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  I just don't get why, after we have lost so many good recruits because of a lack of character, that we would go back to this well.

Assuming you are well informed, , what about him concerns you?

I don't know anything about the guy except for what has been reported here. I'm a firm believer in second chances and am glad he is being given a second chance. I'm simply concerned that he may not last given Floyd's recent bad luck with recruits of questionable character.

Who are you and what did you do with Fitbuddy/Music/Chunks/Carlos/EPChiChi? I don't think you could fit them all in a car trunk. How much is the ransom?

(05-05-2015 06:15 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  It is lost on me how this is a "bad ass" transfer, even if he is not guilty. His stats at Oregon are fairly pedestrian. And while it might end up being a good transfer, nothing about his time at Oregon says it is a lock.

We think he's a good addition as his signing elevated UTEP's recruiting class went from 64(?) best to 41. I'd say that's quite an improvement. The good thing is we know that he can play D1 already as he has experience and did a good job. He's not like a freshman who hasn't really shown he can play D1 ball. Besides, we have someone we can compare him to that's left UTEP due to graduation and we can see already that Artis is better, way better.

Besides that, we needed a point guard really bad.

(05-06-2015 05:57 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  

(05-05-2015 06:15 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  It is lost on me how this is a "bad ass" transfer, even if he is not guilty. His stats at Oregon are fairly pedestrian. And while it might end up being a good transfer, nothing about his time at Oregon says it is a lock.

We think he's a good addition as his signing elevated UTEP's recruiting class went from 64(?) best to 41. I'd say that's quite an improvement. The good thing is we know that he can play D1 already as he has experience and did a good job. He's not like a freshman who hasn't really shown he can play D1 ball. Besides, we have someone we can compare him to that's left UTEP due to graduation and we can see already that Artis is better, way better.

Besides that, we needed a point guard really bad.

That is the truth.